Minute Meditations

girl courageously leaping/stepping over a gap in the wall

Live the Gospel Life

What would it look like to live in the now? The question itself might sound a little tired or clichéd, but the truth is that to live in the now is to live the freedom of the children of God.

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Small crucifix with Jesus hanging from a car mirror

Jesus with Us

As a people of faith, we are wonderfully blessed to know that Jesus experienced death.
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Group of volunteers cleaning up a beach

Our Communion of Saints

The saints and blesseds are special signs of God’s activity.
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person giving food to a homeless person

Singular Holiness

Francis’s greatness, I think, comes from his ability to transfer, and transform, his internal conversations to the physical reality of the external world.
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Two women friends happy and embracing

Friendship and Self-Giving Love

For Clare of Assisi, friendship with Christ entailed a friendship of self-giving love.
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man walking down a road.

Prayer on the Road

One of the earliest accounts of Francis, the “Legend of Perugia,” quotes Francis as telling the first friars, “You only know as much as you do.”
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man in anguish and sorrow putting his hands in front of his face

Sinners, Too, Have Souls

The centrality of the Crucified in the life of Francis suggests that Francis became a friend of Christ because he sought to follow Jesus who lived out of depth of love in obedience to the Father.
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