<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Minute Meditations | AmericanCatholic.org</title><link>http://www.americancatholic.org/features/minute.aspx</link><description>Minute meditation description</description><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Time with God]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/21/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/21/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[There’s nothing more important I can do in my day than take some time to be with my Lord.<br/><a href=http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16890&pcat=303>God Help Me: How to Grow in Prayer</a>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[webdev@AmericanCatholic.org (American Catholic)]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Path of Knowledge]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/20/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/20/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[O Wisdom of our God Most High, guiding creation with power and love: Come to teach us the path of knowledge!<br/><a href=http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=B16918&pcat=73>Daily Reflections for Advent 2009</a>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[webdev@AmericanCatholic.org (American Catholic)]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rejoice in the Lord]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/19/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/19/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone the Lord is near.<br/><a href=http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=B16918&pcat=73>Daily Reflections for Advent 2009</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[webdev@AmericanCatholic.org (American Catholic)]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sun of Justice]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/18/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/18/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[Blessed are you, holy Virgin Mary, deserving of all praise; from you arose the sun of justice, Christ our God.<br/><a href=http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=B16918&pcat=73>Daily Reflections for Advent 2009</a>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[webdev@AmericanCatholic.org (American Catholic)]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accept the Challenges]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/17/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/17/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[Lord God, Heavenly Father, may I accept the challenges of Jesus your prophet and put into practice his wise teachings. Amen.<br/><a href=http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=B16918&pcat=73>Daily Reflections for Advent 2009</a>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[webdev@AmericanCatholic.org (American Catholic)]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salvation]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/16/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/16/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[Sing to the Lord, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day.<br/><a href=http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=B16918&pcat=73>Daily Reflections for Advent 2009</a>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[webdev@AmericanCatholic.org (American Catholic)]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not Fear]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/15/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/15/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God. He will come with vengeance, with terrible recompense. He will come and save you.<br/><a href=http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=B16918&pcat=73>Daily Reflections for Advent 2009</a>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[webdev@AmericanCatholic.org (American Catholic)]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great is the Lord]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/14/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/14/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.<br/><a href=http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=B16918&pcat=73>Daily Reflections for Advent 2009</a>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[webdev@AmericanCatholic.org (American Catholic)]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Security]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/13/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/13/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[There may be occasions when our only source of stability and security is in the Lord.<br/><a href=http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=B16918&pcat=73>Daily Reflections for Advent 2009</a>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[webdev@AmericanCatholic.org (American Catholic)]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Energizing Power]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/12/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/12/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[Divine One, bringer of healing energy and light, let your power flow through me and energize me throughout my day. Keep me close to the source of your radiant being and open me to Wisdom’s presence and surprises. Amen.<br/><a href=http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=B16783&pcat=73>Wake Up to God’s Word</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[webdev@AmericanCatholic.org (American Catholic)]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abundant Gifts]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/11/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/11/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[Giver of Life, awaken me to the gifts you have planted in me. I promise to use them responsibly and well in the service of faith, hope and love. May the gifts you’ve entrusted with me grow to fullness so that they may nourish those who hunger for a taste of you. Amen.<br/><a href=http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=B16783&pcat=73>Wake Up to God’s Word</a>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[webdev@AmericanCatholic.org (American Catholic)]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[God's Vineyard]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/10/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/10/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[God gave us everything we need to be free, whole, healthy and content. Everything we need to bring the kingdom about. Everything necessary to succeed, to grow into the people God hopes we will be. We are the choice vines planted in God’s vineyard!<br/><a href=http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=B16783&pcat=73>Wake Up to God’s Word</a>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[webdev@AmericanCatholic.org (American Catholic)]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abundance of God's Gifts]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/9/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/9/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[Generous and abundant God, stretch me into becoming dangerously unselfish. Let my family, friends, neighbors and even my enemies find you in me. Give me opportunities to share the abundance you have given me. Teach me to rely on you for all my needs. Amen.<br/><a href=http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=B16783&pcat=73>Wake Up to God’s Word</a>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[webdev@AmericanCatholic.org (American Catholic)]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transform Yourself]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/8/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/8/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[Transformation is the purpose of our lives—to change and be changed until the Christ consciousness is fully developed and the ego sufficiently starved so that it becomes too weak to influence our behavior and choices.<br/><a href=http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=B16783&pcat=73>Wake Up to God’s Word</a>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[webdev@AmericanCatholic.org (American Catholic)]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[God Surrounds Us]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/7/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=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/><a href=http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=B16783&pcat=73>Wake Up to God’s Word</a>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[webdev@AmericanCatholic.org (American Catholic)]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relationship with God]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/6/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=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/><a href=http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=B16783&pcat=73>Wake Up to God’s Word</a>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[webdev@AmericanCatholic.org (American Catholic)]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unity of Life]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/5/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=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/><a href=http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=B16783&pcat=73>Wake Up to God’s Word</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[webdev@AmericanCatholic.org (American Catholic)]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steadfast Prayer]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/4/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=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/><a href=http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=B16783&pcat=73>Wake Up to God’s Word</a>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[webdev@AmericanCatholic.org (American Catholic)]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Useful Work]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/3/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=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/><a href=http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16724&pcat=303>Last Words: Final Thoughts of Catholic Saints & Sinners</a>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[webdev@AmericanCatholic.org (American Catholic)]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Infinite Knowledge]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/2/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/2/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[What we know is of small amount; what we do not know is enormous.<br/><a href=http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16724&pcat=303>Last Words: Final Thoughts of Catholic Saints & Sinners</a>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[webdev@AmericanCatholic.org (American Catholic)]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Exchange for the Eternal]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=11/1/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=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/><a href=http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16724&pcat=303>Last Words: Final Thoughts of Catholic Saints & Sinners</a>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[webdev@AmericanCatholic.org (American Catholic)]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look Toward Heaven]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=10/31/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=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/><a href=http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16724&pcat=303>Last Words: Final Thoughts of Catholic Saints & Sinners</a>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[webdev@AmericanCatholic.org (American Catholic)]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude for Suffering]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=10/30/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=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/><a href=http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16724&pcat=303>Last Words: Final Thoughts of Catholic Saints & Sinners</a>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[webdev@AmericanCatholic.org (American Catholic)]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unfinished Work]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=10/29/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=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/><a href=http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16724&pcat=303>Last Words: Final Thoughts of Catholic Saints & Sinners</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[webdev@AmericanCatholic.org (American Catholic)]]></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love Alone]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=10/28/2009]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/default.aspx?date=10/28/2009]]></guid><description><![CDATA[		Everything passes. In the evening of life, love alone remains.<br/><a href=http://catalog.americancatholic.org/product.aspx?prodid=T16724&pcat=303>Last Words: Final Thoughts of Catholic Saints & Sinners</a>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[webdev@AmericanCatholic.org (American Catholic)]]></author></item></channel></rss>