Minute Meditations

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‘Who Are You, God? Who Am I?’

For St. Francis, this search for himself began and ended by asking the only one whose opinion mattered: Jesus.
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Winged Creatures

Bring them into your circle of awareness, all of God’s creatures being breathed by life right now in this present moment.
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Life Is Amazing

All life is utterly dependent upon our planet for everything it needs. God provides everything through creation.
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God Is Fully Alive!

In a world marked by violence and death, suffering does not have the last word. The last word is love and that love is the fullness of Christ, the Word of God. 
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Praying on Foot

When I am hiking in the woods on spring mornings, I like that I am dwarfed by trees. I appreciate that I am outnumbered by animals and insects who see me when I cannot see them.
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One Family

Kinship of creation is the theological insight that we are fellow creatures with all of God’s creation, uniquely loved and valued by God.
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Learn to Love the Earth

The distinction between creation and nature is an important one when we discuss the integrity of nature from the Franciscan tradition.
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