Minute Meditations

Young person with regrets holding his hands over his head

The Weight of Our Sins

Christopher Heffron July 9, 2025

God knows our flaws and loves us in spite of them. We are not irredeemable.

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God’s Love Is for All

Bruce Epperly August 23, 2024

The commitment to “God and all things” comes first, while our own egos, self-interest, and institutional structures are secondary.

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The Face of Heaven

Murray Bodo, OFM, and Susan Saint Sing August 21, 2024

When St. Francis sang his “Canticle of the Creatures,” he was singing a way of seeing.

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Wedded to Lady Poverty

Murray Bodo, OFM, and Susan Saint Sing August 20, 2024

As the story of Francis progresses, it becomes evident that the true religion here means gospel poverty, the poverty of the poor Christ.

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man holding a loaf of freshly baked bread

Surrounded by the Divine

Bruce Epperly August 18, 2024

For Francis and Clare, the universe was a sacrament and revelation of the divine.

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woman looking up at the horizon, watching a sunset

Eternal Life Awaits

Bruce Epperly August 17, 2024

Death is the great mystery, provoking our fear and anxiety, as well as inspiring our courage and hope.

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St. Clare’s Canticle

Murray Bodo, OFM, and Susan Saint Sing August 16, 2024

Clare’s love song came out of her own sufferings.

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