Minute Meditations

sad woman behind a window with water drops.

‘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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Sister Water, Precious and Pure

Water always and forever seeks the lower, and even the lowest, place.
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St. Clare, the Contemplative

Clare protects and offers us a contemplative spirituality for both women and men.
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A young football player, kneeling in prayer before the game.

Quiet Your Anxieties

Francis was “centered” long before that term became popular among spiritual writers. His values became more and more aligned with God’s, but Francis did not use that as a reason to become self-righteous. That is a temptation many of his ...
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hands holding cut out paper letters spelling the word love.

Live in Love

If you are already at home in love, you will easily and quickly go to the home of love which is surely what we mean by heaven.
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woman joyfully looking into sky while standing in a sunflower field.

Shout Out Gratitude and Praise

If I would be honest, our Trinitarian mystics sometimes make me wonder if I am in on the full Mystery myself yet.
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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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