Minute Meditations

St. Anthony, Our Teacher

Jack Wintz, OFM June 9, 2025

In canonizing Anthony in 1232, Pope Gregory IX spoke of him as the “Ark of the Testament” and the “Repository of Holy Scripture.”

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God Still Speaks to Us

Murray Bodo, OFM August 18, 2023

The mystics show us by their visions and lives that what our faith attests and theology teaches is indeed true: God is, and God is intimately involved with us today and always.

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God’s Word Is Everything

Murray Bodo, OFM August 17, 2023

As with Holy Scripture, in reading the mystics I feel that God is somehow there in the words.

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Remain Always in God

Murray Bodo, OFM August 14, 2023

God's love endured, no matter what seems to be happening in life.

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Rich Soil for God’s Word

Murray Bodo, OFM August 13, 2023

Saints and mystics help us uncover our own capacity for walking with God.

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Chosen by Christ

Murray Bodo, OFM August 11, 2023

St. Clare became a mirror of Christ by responding to his freely given love.

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Clare and Francis

Sister Margaret Carney, OSF STD August 10, 2023

St. Clare and St. Francis were united by a profound desire to life the teachings of Jesus without compromise.

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