Minute Meditations

hand holding the communion cup with wine.

Drink of One Spirit

Christopher Heffron July 30, 2025

As the 2024 election draws closer and tempers flare, let us pray that the message above from St. Paul

St. Clare, Teacher

Sister Claire André Gagliardi, OSC August 26, 2024

We live in a hurting world. Suffering overwhelms people. We are not removed from that reality.

woman through movement creating a circle with sand

Holiness in Motion

Murray Bodo, OFM, and Susan Saint Sing August 25, 2024

To be human is to be always in motion, either growing into the fullness of our humanity or going backward, declining to become more like the God whose image is revealed to us in Jesus.

St. Francis, Alone

Murray Bodo, OFM, and Susan Saint Sing August 24, 2024

Curious and worried friends came to talk to Francis—some to join him, some to convince him to return to the safety inside the city walls.

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.

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.

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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