Minute Meditations

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Care for Self, Care for Others

Susan Hines-Brigger July 1, 2025

When we are at our best, we are most able to carry out the work God has given us with energy and joy.

A Church of Many Cultures

Stephen J. Binz June 6, 2025

Today, Christian Native Americans seek ways of being equal participants in the life and mission of the Church—as indigenous people.

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‘Love Builds Up’

Stephen Copeland June 5, 2025

From the depth of St. Francis' relationship with God, he intuited a profound understanding of the human ego.

Rich in Poverty

Pat McCloskey, OFM June 4, 2025

“Rich by reason of its poverty.” That phrase was as difficult to understand in Francis’s day as it is in ours. Celano was not pulling this expression out of thin air.

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God’s Love Is Boundless

Greg Friedman, OFM June 3, 2025

The answer God promises to give to you or me will be unique to each of us.

St. Francis Lived Honestly

Pat McCloskey, OFM June 2, 2025

Francis desired to live honestly. If the friars could do without something, then it belonged to a poor person who needed it.

Possessed by the Spirit

Jovian Weigel, OFM June 1, 2025

The Holy Spirit is not an extra in Christian holiness. Rather the sending of the Spirit is the completing of the entire beautiful plan of God to share his Life with us.

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