Jesus is the Word made flesh and he is in our midst. Those who do not fail to see and hear him, and do what he says,...
A Vincentian reading of the Sunday readings
Favors, Blessings, Graces from God
by Ross Dizon | December 19, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Recognize Jesus Who Is in Our Midst
by Ross Dizon | December 12, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Go out of the Old World of Old Men
by Ross Dizon | December 5, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Tasks for the Servants of Jesus
by Ross Dizon | November 28, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Homes in the Kingdom of Heaven
by Ross Dizon | Dec 27, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is like us in all things but sin. He is not a stranger to the joys, sorrows, light and glory that our homes...
Go and See the Child Lying in the Manger
by Ross Dizon | Dec 24, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is little and poor. We are to go and see and live his being little and poor, so that we may be clean and free...
Optimists, for They Rely on the Word
by Ross Dizon | Jul 11, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is at once the Good News of the kingdom and he that preaches it. He wants us to be optimists, preaching with him bountifully, not sparingly.
Yoke That Is Easy, Burden That Is Light
by Ross Dizon | Jul 4, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus soothes those who are weary and carry heavy burden. To take his yoke and learn from him is to know the Father and find rest and ease. In wonder, Jesus thanks the Father. For, though Lord of heaven and earth, the Father favors with revelation the little folks. ...
Paradoxes: Signs of the New Creation
by Ross Dizon | Jun 29, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus brings in the new creation. The paradoxes that he lives and teaches let us know what the new creation means. Jesus uses hard sayings and paradoxes to announce the Good News. And there are, in today’s gospel, examples of these hard sayings and paradoxes. For...
Fears the Sent Ones Must Overcome
by Ross Dizon | Jun 21, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus comes to his own people and they persecute him. This will also be the fate of his disciples. They waver due to their fears. Jesus senses the fears that his apostles harbor. These are the twelve disciples he sends to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And...
Sheep Who Do Not Have a Shepherd
by Ross Dizon | Jun 13, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus, the Good Shepherd, seeks the good of the sheep. He is not like those who steal, slaughter and destroy as they seek their own good. Jesus has compassion for the crowds, for they are troubled and abandoned like sheep that have no shepherd. A circumstance, then,...
Table to Which Jesus Invites us
by Ross Dizon | Jun 6, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus gives us his flesh to eat and his blood to drink. To sit down at his table means to be one with him and with others. Jesus tells the Jews, that is to say, the Jewish religious authorities, that the bread he will give is his flesh. This gives rise to a quarrel...
Savor the Love that God Has for Us
by Ross Dizon | May 30, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus shows the depth of God’s love to the end. To savor such love is to know the One who creates us and is with us and makes us breathe. Those who cherish the law, the Torah, savor it, for they find it to be sweeter than honey. So, Jesus who fulfills the law and...
Breath that Creates, Gives Life and Renews
by Ross Dizon | May 23, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus, the Good Shepherd, has come so that his followers, his sheep, may have life and have it to the full. He passes on to them his breath. In the Acts of the Apostles, fifty days separate Pentecost from Easter. But that is not so in John’s Gospel that we hear or...
Emmanuel, That Is to Say, God-with-Us
by Ross Dizon | May 16, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus, the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end, is Emmanuel, God-with-us. He is with us always, until the end. The first chapter of the Gospel of Matthew proclaims that Jesus is Emmanuel, God-with-us. And the last chapter narrates...