Minute Meditations

For St. Francis, this search for himself began and ended by asking the only one whose opinion mattered: Jesus.

Being his disciple means transforming every aspect of our lives so that nothing, not even the smallest part of who we are, is out of touch with the mission of Christ.

Each and every one of us has been created differently, for God’s own glory, and we each have our own path to follow.

In a world marked by violence and death, suffering does not have the last word. The last word is love and that love is the fullness of Christ, the Word of God. 

Kinship of creation is the theological insight that we are fellow creatures with all of God’s creation, uniquely loved and valued by God.

The distinction between creation and nature is an important one when we discuss the integrity of nature from the Franciscan tradition.