Minute Meditations

All Creatures Great and Small

Jack Wintz, OFM July 27, 2025

Throughout this canticle, we have seen how Francis saw God’s goodness, radiance and beauty in all creatures.

‘Come Before Him with Joyful Song’

Murray Bodo, OFM October 20, 2024

Francis loved to sing. It freed his spirit and turned the human voice, so often an organ of selfishness and sin, into an instrument of celebration.

Forgiveness Leads to Peace

Richard B. Patterson, PhD October 17, 2024

As others have written, the person who benefits most from forgiving is the one who forgives.

St. Teresa of Avila: Prayer Coach

Gina Loehr October 15, 2024

St. Teresa’s prayer life did culminate in the “spiritual rain” of mystical union with Christ.

man wearing a t-shirt with the message "See Good in all Things"

Trust the Goodness You See

Casey Cole, OFM October 14, 2024

While we are quite familiar with being disappointed by the worst we see in the world, we cannot deny the extraordinary heroism of which humanity is also capable.

Caring Heals

Pat McCloskey, OFM October 13, 2024

Why not call or write a sick friend or relative? Caring heals.

St. Clare’s Final Blessing

Robert Ellsberg October 10, 2024

Francis was canonized a mere two years after he died. Clare lived on for another twenty-seven years.

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