Minute Meditations

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Seek Perfect Joy

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.

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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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woman with her eyes upward.

Mary, Full of Grace

Love was the reason for Jesus from all eternity.
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Sage Words from St. Pio

Despite our imperfections, God looks on the preparations of our hearts.
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Identity in God

The life of Francis shows us that to appreciate the book of creation we must come to know ourselves as creatures of God and as creatures of creation.
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Work in Concert with the World

The key to Francis’s fraternal relationship to the created world is identity. Francis came to know himself as a creature in relation to God as Creator.
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A whale jumping out of the water.

The Word Dwells in Creation

The life of Francis shows us that right relationship in creation is not easy. He heard the words spoken by the crucified Christ—“go rebuild my house”—and took them literally. He began to rebuild the church of San Damiano stone by ...
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