Minute Meditations

Francis always mentioned humility in the same breath with poverty.

Prayer has a huge ebb and flow. When we try to pray, sometimes we walk on water and sometimes we sink like a stone.

Isn’t it a consolation to know that life is not a straight line?

The path into this discovery of self is the cross. The cross is a mirror. In seeing myself in that mirror, I see Christ crucified, and in seeing Christ crucified, I see my most authentic self.

The reflection of ourselves in the cross is difficult to describe, and I’m sure equally difficult to understand or accept.