Minute Meditations
Live the Gospel Life
				
			
																				
			Daniel P. Horan, Phd		
				
																						
			November 3, 2024		
		
		
				What would it look like to live in the now? The question itself might sound a little tired or clichéd, but the truth is that to live in the now is to live the freedom of the children of God.
Jesus with Us
					
			
																				
			Jim Van Vurst, OFM		
				
																						
			November 2, 2024		
				
		
		
			As a people of faith, we are wonderfully blessed to know that Jesus experienced death. 		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Our Communion of Saints
					
			
																				
			Franciscan Media		
				
																						
			November 1, 2024		
				
		
		
			The saints and blesseds are special signs of God’s activity.		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Singular Holiness
					
			
																				
			Murray Bodo, OFM, and Susan Saint Sing		
				
																						
			October 31, 2024		
				
		
		
			Francis’s greatness, I think, comes from his ability to transfer, and transform, his internal conversations to the physical reality of the external world. 		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Friendship and Self-Giving Love
					
			
																				
			Ilia Delio, OSF		
				
																						
			October 30, 2024		
				
		
		
			For Clare of Assisi, friendship with Christ entailed a friendship of self-giving love.		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Prayer on the Road
					
			
																				
			Richard Rohr, OFM		
				
																						
			October 29, 2024		
				
		
		
			One of the earliest accounts of Francis, the “Legend of Perugia,” quotes Francis as telling the first friars, “You only know as much as you do.”		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Sinners, Too, Have Souls
					
			
																				
			Ilia Delio, OSF		
				
																						
			October 28, 2024		
				
		
		
			The centrality of the Crucified in the life of Francis suggests that Francis became a friend of Christ because he sought to follow Jesus who lived out of depth of love in obedience to the Father.		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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