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.

Loving God Means Loving Creation

Carie Moore May 31, 2025

We must foster a genuine and affectionate connection to our world before we can effect change within it.

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Pray for Me

María Ruiz Scaperlanda May 30, 2025

In intercessory prayer, I speak to God on behalf of another and their petition, be it a person, situation, or a community.

The Touch of God

Jeremy Harrington, OFM May 29, 2025

It is not a matter of “carrying God inside us.” That would be too mechanical. It’s better to say that we are filled with God’s presence within us—along with our weaknesses and imperfections.

‘I Am the Vine, You Are the Branches’

Leonard Foley, OFM May 28, 2025

Clare’s name means “light.” She is the bright, shining one who reflected God’s love into the world.

Creation Never Hurries

Kyle Kramer May 27, 2025

Creation will not hurry. Yet, as life thrives and evolves, God will accomplish everything.

Build Bridges, Not Walls

Christopher Heffron May 26, 2025

How is it that a 13th-century mystic can speak to a crisis that we face in our own time?

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