Minute Meditations

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Our Family of Creation

Will we see our pets and other creatures in the next life? Only God can answer a question like this.
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Undressing of the Heart

When Francis stripped himself naked at Santa Maria Maggiore, he was reaching for the heart of God.
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hand reaching for heaven

Treasures of the Kingdom

In recognizing his vocation to live the Gospel, Francis knew that he could no longer identify himself with the wealthy and powerful of his day.
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sorrowful man.

Radical Honesty

Francis was as much subject to self-doubt as any of us. His motives were purified in prayer; his ego became right-sized there.
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Lighthouse in a storm.

Unfailing and Steadfast

The beauty of being human is to turn to our spiritual ancestors, to cherish what they left behind, what remains.
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hands of an old woman.

Blessed Are the Meek

The meek are blessed precisely because they recognize their dependence on the generosity of God and creation.
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Rejoice in Humanity

Saints rejoice in their common humanity, knowing that God’s word becomes flesh in fallible and ambivalent persons like ourselves.
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