Minute Meditations

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.

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 ...

Francis loved to sing. It freed his spirit and turned the human voice, so often an organ of selfishness and sin, into an instrument of celebration.

As others have written, the person who benefits most from forgiving is the one who forgives. 

While we are quite familiar with being disappointed by the worst we see in the world, we cannot deny the extraordinary heroism of which humanity is also capable.

Why not call or write a sick friend or relative? Caring heals.