Minute Meditations

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Leo XIV: The Missionary Pope

Daniel Imwalle August 1, 2025

Whether via Chicago or via Chiclayo, Pope Leo XIV’s mission of love now extends to the whole world, which so desperately needs healing.

Children of God, Heirs of Heaven

Franciscan Media March 9, 2024

Jesus Christ in such a way that we share in his very own life. In baptism we receive the sanctifying grace that gives us a heavenly life.

Only a Breath Away

Monsignor Frank Bognanno March 7, 2024

We are not on a lonely journey, all alone on a long road. Our loving Father never takes his eyes off us.

Saints Lead Us to the Table

Vanesa Zuleta Goldberg March 6, 2024

The saints draw us into the conversation of faith, life, and the ways in which we can love each other and, in doing so, love God.

(Re)Build the Kingdom

Casey Cole, OFM March 5, 2024

With profound hope, we live and grow in this season as an assured and empowered people.

Padre Pio’s letter to Raffaelina Cerase, 1914: Baptism is said to be a copy of the death of Jesus. St. Paul says we are baptized “into his death” [Romans 6:3], in imitation of the death of our Redeemer. What the ...

Meek and Humble Heart

Melanie Rigney March 3, 2024

Here are words of wisdom from St. Katharine Drexel.

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