Minute Meditations

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A Higher Calling

Not everyone is called to be a professed Franciscan. But everyone is called to be Franciscan.
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Clare, the Undiminished Light

Clare's bereavement could hardly be equaled since for her, as for her sisters, Francis was “after God, her only consolation.”
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Clear and Precious and Beautiful

Clare was a guide for all who would follow Francis after his death.
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Powered by Grace

Clare encourages us to unlock the spiritual power we already possess.
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Reality and Compassion

There’s a moral realism in healthy and grounded people. They’re not ideological, on the left or the right.
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Flowing from the Divine Fountain

Francis and his spiritual companion Clare are lights in the world, illuminating not only Bonaventure’s path, but also showing the way to wholeness for us.
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Divine Communion

Isn’t it a consolation to know that life is not a straight line?
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