Minute Meditations

Francis had a special affection for larks; he considered their brown feathers a sign of their closeness to God, of their humility.

I have always categorized you, Carlo Acutis, as “the millennial saint,” but that is limiting. You are timeless.

Have you ever been surrounded by a whirlwind of activity, perhaps in the midst of family and friends, and felt a sudden whoosh of deep contentment?

Jesus said that nobody can enter the kingdom of God unless they become like a little child (Mt 18:3).

That total abandonment to God would be Josephine’s legacy—and it is one we can work toward as 21st-century Catholics.

It is our Christian belief that when Christ, the Incarnate Word, came to dwell among us, we entered a whole new era of God’s saving presence in our world.