Minute Meditations

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What Is Yours to Do?

Pat McCloskey, OFM July 26, 2025

Humility is the guardian and the ornament of all virtues. If the spiritual building does not rest upon it, it will fall to ruin, though it seems to be growing.

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Behold, a Holy Voice

Murray Bodo, OFM July 7, 2024

All truth is from God, and God’s truth is that we are to love God, and loving God will show us how to love our neighbor.

God’s Indwelling

Murray Bodo, OFM July 6, 2024

The practical conclusion of the first teaching of St. Francis is that if we listen and pray, God will show us what we are to do with our lives.

Be Good to Yourself

Richard Rohr, OFM July 4, 2024

Find a way to be especially good to your body this week. It is a gift from God.

Let Go of the Hurt

Richard Rohr, OFM July 3, 2024

We need to be in right relationship with people, so that other people can love us at deeper levels, and so we can love them too.

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Surrender Yourself to Healing

Richard Rohr, OFM July 2, 2024

Where do you instinctively make decisions—your head, heart, or gut? Which do you consider the most trustworthy?

Holy and Worthy of Care

Murray Bodo, OFM June 30, 2024

Everything is thereby holy and worthy of care, and reverence, and a song of God’s praise.

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