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Minute Meditations

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God’s Home

January 22, 2025

Francis taught the brothers to accept the gifts of God’s goodness in creation and to respond with grateful hearts through bonds of love, care, concern, and companionship.

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woman holding up her dirty hands from working in the fields.

Hands for Work, Hearts for Prayer

January 21, 2025
In some ways our modern lives are easier, but has not this distancing from agriculture contributed to our alienation from creation?
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‘My Eyes Are Open’

January 20, 2025
Having your world shaken isn’t a bad thing. Scary, yes. But transformation is closer than we know.
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Soul to Soul

January 18, 2025
Change messes with us. I wish it weren’t so. Change messes with the tidy (manageable and predictable) script we tote for mental security.
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The Sacred Now

January 17, 2025
We have become skilled at (and consumed by) emotional multitasking.
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God’s Love Is Always

January 16, 2025
Through all life’s changes, nothing can separate us from the love of God.
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Prayer Is Never Ours

January 13, 2025
Perhaps the most beautiful truth about prayer is that it is never really ours.
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