Minute Meditations

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St. Catherine of Siena: Pray for Us!

Catherine of Siena stands as a companion with us on the Christian journey in her undivided effort to invite the Lord to take flesh in her own life.

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Bring Everything to Christ

People walked days to hear me preach and in such numbers that I often spoke outdoors.
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God’s Self-Offering

The love of Jesus Christ that leads to his willing embrace of the crucified earthly destiny that appeared before him is both a model for how we are called to love and a revelation of God’s self-offering of control out ...
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Control, Surrender, Loss

If love is the free surrender of one’s control, then suffering is the involuntary taking of that control away.
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A shepherd surrounded by his flock of sheep in a field during sunrise.

Pope Francis: The Good Shepherd

Considering Pope Francis' debilitating health issues, my mind always goes back to when his papacy was announced to the world.
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Surrender to God

Both Christ and St. Francis show us that they suffered what we suffered, but they suffered in love, and that makes all the difference.
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‘Who Are You, God? Who Am I?’

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