Minute Meditations

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Desire the Will of God

In reciting the Hail Mary throughout the rosary, we participate over and over again the wonder-filled response of Gabriel and Elizabeth to the mystery of Christ.
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man sitting in meditation while holding a cross with both hands.

Advent with the Saints: John of the Cross

It may seem strange to think of the cross during a season that prepares us for Christmas.
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Advent with the Saints: Monica

Advent is a season of waiting. The Scriptures fill us with hope, based on the promises of God.
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Advent with the Saints: Lucy

Restoration of sight is an important biblical metaphor. Isaiah uses it as a sign of God’s transformation of the world.
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Man walking in the desert.

Advent with the Saints: John the Baptist

John the Baptist takes center stage in the Gospels in all three Lectionary cycles on the Second and Third Sundays of Advent.
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Advent with the Saints: Francis Xavier

Mission is the theme in many Gospel stories. Jesus tours towns and villages, proclaiming God’s heavenly reign.
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Advent with the Saints: Nicholas

It’s well known that St. Nicholas, a sixth-century bishop, is behind our use of the secular “icon” of Christmas, Santa Claus.
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