Minute Meditations

A Love Purified by the Love of God

In Francis’s life, it was the crucified Savior who spoke to him from the cross of San Damiano and whom he saw in lepers.

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God Has Been There the Whole Time

Was there a defining moment when Francis realized that it was God he was trying to love?
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Who We Are before God

St. Francis knew that to see ourselves as we truly are is to look at ourselves with the eyes of God.
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God Shapes Us on Our Journey

Like Francis of Assisi, each of us journeys along the pilgrimage of life, being shaped in little unseen ways.
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Time for a Date with God

Mystics through the centuries have described their passionate and intense experiences of God in prayer as though God were a lover.
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Grace Is WD-40 for the Soul

Grace, it turns out, is WD-40 for the soul.
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Embracing the Ecstasy of Life

Why do we allow ourselves to live so small?
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