Walking on Water
Today’s meditation is a practice of visio divina, or “sacred seeing.” This way of praying helps you engage Scripture in a visual way.
Read MoreFind Joy in All Things
This meditation can help you on your quest for joy.
Read MoreNew Perspectives
This meditation can help you see an object from different perspectives. Over time, your ability to observe this object with objectivity will help you see the world and others with objectivity and empathy.
Read MoreConnections
This meditation can help you develop a sense of connection with God, others, and yourself. For this meditation, you will need a small object such as a leaf, a stick, or a rock.
Read MoreDeserts
This meditation can help you find God when you are in the "deserts' of life--that is, times when you might feel frustrated, afraid, disappointed, and worried. This might be a difficult experience for some; you may want to consider using this meditation with a trained spiritual director.
Read MoreBlessed Are the Peacemakers
This meditation can help you find peace within yourself so you can bring peace to others.
Read MoreYour Little Portion
The Franciscan family celebrates the Feast of the Portiuncula on August 2. Spend some time with this meditation to discover your "little portion," that place where you feel filled with God's abundant grace.
Read MoreWho Is Your King
In the Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius has a meditation called The Call of Christ the King. This meditation might help you identify other kings in your life so you can hear the call of our true king.
Read MoreDraw Me Unto You
This meditation can help you develop a sense of God's presence in your life.
Read MoreNature Walk
"The creatures of the sense world signify the invisible attributes of God," St. Bonaventure wrote in The Soul's Journey into God. This meditation might help you find God in our natural surroundings.
Read MoreSelf-Denial
This meditation might help you see beyond your False Self, that is, the image created by your ego and by society. It can be particularly challenging if you have a strong sense of identity. If this is the case, notice areas of resistance and ask how they might prevent you from knowing God.
Read MoreFinding Happiness
Part of being human is to seek happiness. This meditation might help you develop an awareness of what it means to be happy by looking at a moment of disappointment. After all, we find happiness not in the absence of suffering, but in reacting to suffering with compassion.
Read MoreBalance
How do we find balance between work and life? The bad news is that we can't. The good news, however, is that we can find harmony; that is, we can see how the different areas of our life--work, relationships, health, interests, and spirituality--are integrated and connected. This meditation might help discover these connections.
Read MoreWe're All Hypocrites
Of course, acknowledging that fact requires humility. It's easier to just call people names.
Read MoreDisappointment
Disappointment is our greatest teacher. Just ask any Cubs or Packers fan after this weekend.
Read MoreWeek in Review: Judgment
Mercy does triumph over judgment; unfortunately, we can't understand that because we would rather judge than be merciful.
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