Minute Meditations

close up of the San Damiano Cross.

‘Most High Glorious God!’

If you look closely at Christ on the San Damiano Cross, as painted on this cross, you will see that it is neither a bloody body nor one twisted in anguish.
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woman touching a mirror | Photo by Михаил Секацкий on Unsplash

Reflecting Divinity

In prayer, we merely keep returning the divine gaze, and we become its reflection, almost in spite of ourselves (2 Corinthians 3:18).
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man playing a lute | Photo by Luke Peterson on Unsplash

Joyful Noise

Francis loved that image of himself as a lute strung for rapture. He wanted to stand in the wind and let the Holy Spirit play upon him for all the world to hear the beauty of his music.
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geese flying | Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash

Healing and Wholeness

How do we heal our severed human family, so sorely divided, and make a home for the ones who have been cast out and cruelly isolated?
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Man looking at the sunset | Photo by Warren on Unsplash

Finding the Kingdom of God

Our temptation is to admire saints from such a distance that we forget they were still human beings who cooperated with God’s grace.
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holding a candle

Darkness Must Be Reverenced

Darkness is necessary. All life germinates in the dark, and we spend fully one half of our lives in that state.
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Statue of Dr. Martin Luther King

Audacious Hope

Hope was always the bedrock of Dr. Martin Luther King's work. “If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps moving,” he said.
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