Minute Meditations

young boy swinging on swings

Never Lose a Sense of Joy

Joy sees the world as God intended; it is a reaction to all God is doing in our lives now and in the future.
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Father enjoying a moment with his son who has Downs Syndrome.

Advent with the Saints: Katharine Drexel

In today’s Gospel Jesus sends a report to John the Baptist, who is in prison.
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African American woman dressed in traditional African clothes

Advent with the Saints: Josephine Bakhita

The bitter history of slavery in the United States has been called by one historian “the original sin” of our country.
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man standing on a rock in a bay.

Advent with the Saints: Athanasius

The incarnation is at the heart of our faith, and what we celebrate in this season.
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nativity scene with Jesus in the manger

Advent with the Saints: Mary

In our nativity scenes, the image of the Blessed Mother draws our line of sight from her eyes to the Infant Jesus.
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shoes left behind on a beach.

Advent with the Saints: Elijah

One of the religious cable channels regularly runs old, and usually forgettable, movies about biblical heroes.
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woman teacher writing on chalk board

Advent with the Saints: Angela Merici

Many Catholics of my generation and older have been influenced by women religious who educated us as young Catholics.
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