Minute Meditations

Francis and Clare realized that to be faithful to Jesus, they needed to incarnate Jesus’s message in their time and place.

The message of Franciscan spirituality can awaken a vision of hope amid the challenges we face.

The wisdom and traditions of the past must be integrated with God’s movement toward the fresh horizons of the future.

God’s call unites our inner and outer journeys, and what is private is eventually revealed in the challenges of daily life and social involvement.

Unplanned moments awaken us to holy adventures in which guidance appears out of nowhere and mysticism leads to mission.

Presence exacts its coin—our dearly held desire for self-preoccupation, and the fantasy of control that presumes to preside over and above.