Minute Meditations

Francis’ biographers point out that when people met with him, or heard him preach, it was not simply a question of listening to words of peace and joy.

It’s when we do God’s work that our heart finds its true home. It’s when we help feed the hunger of others, share our resources with those in need, and replace our selfishness for the selflessness modeled by Jesus that ...

I don’t think there is much difference between life and death. The difference is as a leaf suspended in a flowing stream.

We as moderns view the whole of Francis’ life—beginning, middle and end.

This cross at San Damiano, like all crosses, is the “canvas” on which the answers are painted.

There is no such thing as a human person without dignity or value in the eyes of God.