Minute Meditations

hands folded in prayer with a rosary.

Cherished and Beloved

This is the Franciscan challenge in our own time: contemplative seeing, affective response, practical help, and sustained assistance.

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Bouquet of assorted flowers

Boldest Flower in Assisi

Clare often called herself the “little plant of St. Francis.” And while St. Francis may have helped start her growth, she certainly did most of the growing and spreading on her own.
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teacher writing on a chalk board

St. Clare, Teacher

We live in a hurting world. Suffering overwhelms people. We are not removed from that reality.
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female athlete running a race.

‘Run So As to Win’ 

While collegiate and professional sports are big business in this country, the Olympics feel like a purer celebration of sport somehow.
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Child holding a globe in his hands

Called to Save the World

All around the world people are looking for meaning and finding it in strange, even destructive places.
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St. Anthony statue holding Chris child in his arms.

Anthony: The Hammer of Heretics

Anthony traveled tirelessly in both northern Italy and southern France, choosing to enter the cities where the heretics were strongest.
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a woman holding her hands over her heart while praying

Desire God Only

As strange as it sounds, I don’t believe our world has much desire left in it.
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