Minute Meditations

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‘God Has Collected Your Tears’

I don’t think you can get to a place of being open to God’s grace unless you feel that your lament has been heard.
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As St. Francis Lay Dying

Francis knew he was dying. A doctor friend from Arezzo had come to visit him and told him that with God’s grace, all would be well.
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Hold Fast to Christ

Love God and do as you will, says St. Augustine, for love is its own commandment.
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Praying at the Tomb of Padre Pio

Everyone who goes down to the crypt and kneels in front of the tomb feels that something under that massive granite is still moving.
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‘Inwardly Cleansed, Interiorly Enlightened’

Francis kindled his desire for God by constantly striving to overcome obstacles in his life that prevented him from relationship with God.
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The Stigmata and St. Francis

God led Francis in and through the depths of suffering to come to know Christ.
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God Acts Out of Love

For Scotus, God never merely reacts but always supremely and freely acts, and acts totally out of love.
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