Minute Meditations
Seek Perfect Joy
Murray Bodo, OFM
February 13, 2025
The spirituality of St. Francis is not so much about the heroic deed as it is about the heroic love with which even the smallest deed is done.
Repair, Rebuild, Renew
Murray Bodo, OFM
February 12, 2025
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’
Jack Wintz, OFM
January 10, 2025
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
Brother David Steindl-Rast
January 9, 2025
“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
Jack Wintz, OFM
January 8, 2025
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
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.
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Love Nourishes
Daniel P. Horan, Phd
November 22, 2024
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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