Minute Meditations

Couple painting a wall in a house.

Repair, Rebuild, Renew

Once Francis knew God’s will, whether from some mystical voice or from listening to the scriptures, he would immediately try to live it out.

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‘Your Heart Is to Be an Altar of God’

In writing to a Poor Clare, St. Bonaventure said, “Your heart is to be an altar of God. It is here that the fire of intense love must burn always.”
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Our True Source of Peace

“One is the human Spirit,” but the human Spirit is more than human because the human heart is unfathomable.
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Go Forth and Share the Good News

God’s love and mercy is revealed in Jesus breathing forth the Spirit of love and forgiveness upon his disciples.
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St. Francis, Spirit-Filled

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.
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Love Nourishes

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 ...
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‘Come Before Him with Joyful Song’

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.
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