Minute Meditations
St. Francis Encounters the Crucified Christ
Ilia Delio, OSF
July 5, 2025
The Franciscan path to God is an inversion of monastic values. Rather than fleeing the world to find God, God is to be found in …
Love As St. Francis Did
Maureen O'Brien
June 28, 2025
To fully love as Francis did, there is no compartmentalizing. Can I follow this example?
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Pray for the Mother of Carlo Acutis
Christopher Heffron
June 23, 2025
When Carlo Acutis first came onto our radars, my first impression was not jubilation that millennials finally would have a saint to call their own.
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Christ Lives Within
Stephen Copeland
June 15, 2025
There is nothing wrong with asking for something in prayer, as this names for God the desires of our hearts.
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St. Francis Lived Honestly
Pat McCloskey, OFM
June 2, 2025
Francis desired to live honestly. If the friars could do without something, then it belonged to a poor person who needed it.
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Possessed by the Spirit
Jovian Weigel, OFM
June 1, 2025
The Holy Spirit is not an extra in Christian holiness. Rather the sending of the Spirit is the completing of the entire beautiful plan of God to share his Life with us.
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Creation Never Hurries
Kyle Kramer
May 27, 2025
Creation will not hurry. Yet, as life thrives and evolves, God will accomplish everything.
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