<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>AmericanCatholic.org | Minute Meditations</title><link>http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp</link><description>AmericanCatholic.org | Minute Meditations</description><ttl>60</ttl><copyright>2009</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[God Surrounds Us]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=11/7/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=11/7/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[When we pray, we make ourselves aware of God’s presence and express the intimacy we share with one who knows us completely. We acknowledge that we, of all nature and the cosmos are hemmed, in by God. God surrounds us on all sides.<br/>From <a href='http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=B16783&pcat=73' target='_blank'>Wake Up to God’s Word</a>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:00:00 EST</pubDate><updated>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:00:00 EST</updated><author><![CDATA[AmericanCatholic.org]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relationship with God]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=11/6/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=11/6/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[God alone is our constant companion, our beloved and our friend. This is the relationship that must be primary in our lives if we truly desire to discover lasting contentment, purpose and meaning.<br/>From <a href='http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=B16783&pcat=73' target='_blank'>Wake Up to God’s Word</a>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 EST</pubDate><updated>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 EST</updated><author><![CDATA[AmericanCatholic.org]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unity of Life]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=11/5/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=11/5/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[Loving God, open my heart, mind and being to the unity of all life. Help me to see and hear your Word in myself, my neighbor, in all my relationships and all of creation. Amen.<br/>From <a href='http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=B16783&pcat=73' target='_blank'>Wake Up to God’s Word</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 EST</pubDate><updated>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 EST</updated><author><![CDATA[AmericanCatholic.org]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steadfast Prayer]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=11/4/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=11/4/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[By developing a steadfast practice of prayer and contemplation, we can be cleansed of our egotistical impulses and selfish desire and begin again to align ourselves with God’s desire for us.<br/>From <a href='http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=B16783&pcat=73' target='_blank'>Wake Up to God’s Word</a>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 EST</pubDate><updated>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 EST</updated><author><![CDATA[AmericanCatholic.org]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Useful Work]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=11/3/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=11/3/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[If the work I am doing is useful for God, he will send someone else to finish it, and it will be done better than I could do it.<br/>From <a href='http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16724&pcat=303' target='_blank'>Last Words: Final Thoughts of Catholic Saints & Sinners</a>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:00:00 EST</pubDate><updated>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:00:00 EST</updated><author><![CDATA[AmericanCatholic.org]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Infinite Knowledge]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=11/2/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=11/2/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[What we know is of small amount; what we do not know is enormous.<br/>From <a href='http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16724&pcat=303' target='_blank'>Last Words: Final Thoughts of Catholic Saints & Sinners</a>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 EST</pubDate><updated>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 EST</updated><author><![CDATA[AmericanCatholic.org]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Exchange for the Eternal]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=11/1/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=11/1/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[To the world I bequeath all vanities, transitory things, worldly satisfactions, empty hopes, curiosities, even friends and relatives, so I may exchange what is passing for what is eternal, and all worldly curiosity for the true vision of the face of God.<br/>From <a href='http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16724&pcat=303' target='_blank'>Last Words: Final Thoughts of Catholic Saints & Sinners</a>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EST</pubDate><updated>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EST</updated><author><![CDATA[AmericanCatholic.org]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look Toward Heaven]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/31/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/31/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[Let me look toward heaven rather than earth, so I can set my soul now on the way that will bring it to the Lord.<br/>From <a href='http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16724&pcat=303' target='_blank'>Last Words: Final Thoughts of Catholic Saints & Sinners</a>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</pubDate><updated>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</updated><author><![CDATA[AmericanCatholic.org]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude for Suffering]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/30/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/30/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[At this grace-filled time of my life, as I experience suffering in union with Jesus Our Lord and Redeemer, I offer gratitude to Almighty God for giving me the opportunity to continue my apostolate on behalf of life.<br/>From <a href='http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16724&pcat=303' target='_blank'>Last Words: Final Thoughts of Catholic Saints & Sinners</a>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</pubDate><updated>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</updated><author><![CDATA[AmericanCatholic.org]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unfinished Work]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/29/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/29/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[I’m not afraid to die. I’m not afraid to meet my God now. But what I do regret is that there is so damned much left to be done here on earth!<br/>From <a href='http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16724&pcat=303' target='_blank'>Last Words: Final Thoughts of Catholic Saints & Sinners</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</pubDate><updated>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</updated><author><![CDATA[AmericanCatholic.org]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love Alone]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/28/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/28/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[		Everything passes. In the evening of life, love alone remains.<br/>From <a href='http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16724&pcat=303' target='_blank'>Last Words: Final Thoughts of Catholic Saints & Sinners</a>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</pubDate><updated>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</updated><author><![CDATA[AmericanCatholic.org]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hour of Judgement]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/27/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/27/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[If you only knew how differently things are judged at the hour of death, how vain certain things appear to which we give such importance in the world!<br/>From <a href='http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16724&pcat=303' target='_blank'>Last Words: Final Thoughts of Catholic Saints & Sinners</a>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</pubDate><updated>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</updated><author><![CDATA[AmericanCatholic.org]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayer Strengthens]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/26/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/26/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[Prayer helps us draw on God’s strength so that we do not enter spiritual conflict relying on ourselves.<br/>From <a href='http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16891&pcat=303' target='_blank'>Graced and Gifted</a>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</pubDate><updated>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</updated><author><![CDATA[AmericanCatholic.org]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[United Love for God]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/25/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/25/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[When you share your spiritual journey with your children, they not only witness your individual love for God but also your united love for him.<br/>From <a href='http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16891&pcat=303' target='_blank'>Graced and Gifted</a>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</pubDate><updated>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</updated><author><![CDATA[AmericanCatholic.org]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confession]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/24/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/24/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[Confession helps us think more clearly about our sins, recognize our need for God’s grace to live in a way that pleases him and strengthen our resolve to resist the temptation to sin.<br/>From <a href='http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16891&pcat=303' target='_blank'>Graced and Gifted</a>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</pubDate><updated>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</updated><author><![CDATA[AmericanCatholic.org]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being Needed]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/23/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/23/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[Being needed is more important than being noticed. Value the time you have in your “hidden life,” regardless of whether or not your family notices your sacrifices.<br/>From <a href='http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16891&pcat=303' target='_blank'>Graced and Gifted</a>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</pubDate><updated>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</updated><author><![CDATA[AmericanCatholic.org]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greatest Peace]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/22/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/22/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[The greatest sense of peace will come from living our faith well. When the Prince of Peace rules in our hearts, he reigns in our homes.<br/>From <a href='http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16891&pcat=303' target='_blank'>Graced and Gifted</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</pubDate><updated>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</updated><author><![CDATA[AmericanCatholic.org]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[God's Beauty]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/21/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/21/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[Beauty reflects God. When we witness a magnificent sunset or sunrise, view mountains rising majestically against the clear blue Colorado sky or watch the variations of sea foam on the ocean’s weaves, our hearts are lifted toward the Lord.<br/>From <a href='http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16891&pcat=303' target='_blank'>Graced and Gifted</a>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</pubDate><updated>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</updated><author><![CDATA[AmericanCatholic.org]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Respond to Grace]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/20/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/20/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[The past has passed; the time for grace is now! Let’s respond to the grace of this moment with the gifts of the Spirit active in our lives, especially with regard to managing our time.<br/>From <a href='http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16891&pcat=303' target='_blank'>Graced and Gifted</a>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</pubDate><updated>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</updated><author><![CDATA[AmericanCatholic.org]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Endurance]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/19/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/19/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[Let us not grow tired of doing good, for in due time we shall reap our harvest, if we do not give up.<br/>From <a href='http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16936&pcat=306' target='_blank'>Purity 365</a>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</pubDate><updated>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</updated><author><![CDATA[AmericanCatholic.org]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[View from the Top]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/18/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/18/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[Persevere. The harder the climb, the greater the view will be when you get to the top.<br/>From <a href='http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16936&pcat=306' target='_blank'>Purity 365</a>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</pubDate><updated>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</updated><author><![CDATA[AmericanCatholic.org]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comparing Yourself]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/17/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/17/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[When considering your faults and virtues, look carefully at whom you compare yourself to. If you compare yourself with those far from God, you will become more like them. Compare yourself to the saints if you want to be become one.<br/>From <a href='http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16936&pcat=306' target='_blank'>Purity 365</a>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</pubDate><updated>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</updated><author><![CDATA[AmericanCatholic.org]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pure Relationship]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/16/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/16/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[If the relationship is based on lust, purity will end it. But if the relationship is based on love, purity will save it.<br/>From <a href='http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16936&pcat=306' target='_blank'>Purity 365</a>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</pubDate><updated>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</updated><author><![CDATA[AmericanCatholic.org]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paths to God]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/15/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/15/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[Every vocation, every path to which Christ calls us, ultimately leads to fulfillment and happiness, because it leads to God, to sharing in God’s own life.<br/>From <a href='http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16936&pcat=306' target='_blank'>Purity 365</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</pubDate><updated>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</updated><author><![CDATA[AmericanCatholic.org]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daily mass]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/14/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.asp?MMDate=10/14/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[Daily Mass is for those who have nothing better to do, which means all of us.<br/>From <a href='http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16936&pcat=306' target='_blank'>Purity 365</a>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</pubDate><updated>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST</updated><author><![CDATA[AmericanCatholic.org]]></author></item></channel></rss>