Minute Meditations

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Bring Your Sorrows to God

Maureen O'Brien July 16, 2025

The psalms repeatedly encourage us to tell the truth of how hard life can be. “How long Lord? Will you utterly forget me? How long must I carry sorrow in my soul, grief in my heart day after day?” (Ps ...

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God’s Love Is Boundless

Greg Friedman, OFM June 3, 2025

The answer God promises to give to you or me will be unique to each of us.

St. Francis Lived Honestly

Pat McCloskey, OFM June 2, 2025

Francis desired to live honestly. If the friars could do without something, then it belonged to a poor person who needed it.

Possessed by the Spirit

Jovian Weigel, OFM June 1, 2025

The Holy Spirit is not an extra in Christian holiness. Rather the sending of the Spirit is the completing of the entire beautiful plan of God to share his Life with us.

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.

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