Minute Meditations
St. Francis, Spirit-Filled
				
			
																				
			Murray Bodo, OFM		
				
																						
			December 30, 2024		
		
		
				Francis no longer saw his body as something apart from him. He was his body; the spirit and body were one. He was one person.
Spread Joy Far and Wide
					
			
																				
			Joseph Grant		
				
																						
			December 29, 2024		
				
		
		
			Like love itself, joyful generosity is measured not by how much we give out, but by how little we hold back.		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						To Live Like St. Francis
					
			
																				
			Terry Hershey		
				
																						
			December 27, 2024		
				
		
		
			St. Francis was a heartfelt ally to everything and everyone around him.		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						‘Not Me, but God’
					
			
																				
			Maureen O'Brien		
				
																						
			December 26, 2024		
				
		
		
			And the miracles, all of them, move forward, as miracles do, and this new one, a boy who believed, who chronicled miracles about holy bread.		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Be Bold in Your Love for God
					
			
																				
			Murray Bodo, OFM		
				
																						
			November 28, 2024		
				
		
		
			How great must have been Saint Francis’ reverence for God’s name and God’s love!		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Reverence for the Word
					
			
																				
			Murray Bodo, OFM		
				
																						
			November 27, 2024		
				
		
		
			Again and again, Saint Francis admonishes us to hold reverently the words of God which hold God himself in their mystery. 		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Become the Womb of God
					
			
																				
			Murray Bodo, OFM		
				
																						
			November 26, 2024		
				
		
		
			Mary as the womb of God. How greatly honored is she who was chosen by the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit to be the dwelling place of God become human in Jesus Christ. 		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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