Minute Meditations

Be Not Afraid

Daniel P. Horan, Phd July 13, 2025

Jesus’s frequent refrain—“Do not be afraid”—should be our mantra of discipleship.

man struggling with forgiveness, praying

Forgiveness Is Work

Mark P. Shea June 24, 2025

Jesus commands the Church’s members to practice radical forgiveness of one another.

Mother putting her hands on a grave while holding a white flower.

Pray for the Mother of Carlo Acutis

Christopher Heffron June 23, 2025

At 15, we know so little of the world at large—only our immediate one of school, friends, and budding adulthood.

A man visiting a homeless person and having a conversation.

Go to the Margins

Dr. Ansel Augustine June 22, 2025

To truly be one body of Christ does not mean for everyone to be the same, but rather to be welcoming of all experiences and expressions of the Catholic faith.

God Provides

Denise Clare, OFS June 21, 2025

Living in precarity with faith in God’s providence may lead to this startling conclusion: I am rich because my needs are few. Enough will be enough.

child searching through binoculars looking into the distance

We Must Pursue God

Franciscan Media June 20, 2025

Thomas Merton said that what it means to be myself is to be my true self.

group of people in a circle holding rosaries and praying

This Communion of Saints

Franciscan Media June 19, 2025

Life is change. But it is not antithetical to what came before, it is not a negation of that, or an elimination of it. In some ways, it might be a building upon it.

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