Minute Meditations

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Carlo Acutis: You Belong to the Ages

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

The call of Advent is clear. From both the prophet Isaiah and John the Baptist, we hear, “Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.” Isaiah was writing to the people exiled far from their homeland. John the ...
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In Rest Is Your Salvation

We don’t know how to rest and relax anymore.
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Rejoice in the Lord

Most of us want to be seen as strong and capable. We don’t want to be helpless and needy. We fear vulnerability. Paul’s advice to the Philippians is startling: “Let your gentleness be known to everyone.” He’s telling us that ...
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Take a Break

Ask your body and your spirit what they need at this time. It might be rest. Then again it might be more exercise. Our needs change throughout our lives and we don’t always pay attention to that.
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Patience and Trust

We might think of patience as trust through time. And our perception of time changes as we grow older.
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Back to Level Ground

Isaiah, reminds us that God is merciful, that God loves us just as we are, that in spite of our weakness and sin, God is always ready to welcome us home, to bring us back to level ground.
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