by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 23, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
When we go to visit the poor we should so identify with them that we share their sufferings. We should have the same attitude as the great apostle who said omnibus omnia factus sum, I make myself all to all, so completely that the words of the prophet would not apply...
by Elizabeth Astridge | Mar 23, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
A Vincentian View “The Cross: All about Giving” In Christian circles, this past Sunday, March 20, is most often called “Palm Sunday” but also “Passion Sunday” since one proclaims the story of Jesus’ suffering and death. Now, the cross begins to move towards center...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 23, 2016 | Systemic change
Our ability to go and do likewise in imitation of Jesus’ washing of the disciples’ feet is the “criterion by which the authenticity of our Eucharistic celebrations is judged.”
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 22, 2016 | Social
Catholic Christian belief is that all God’s children are “saints in the making.” Everyone is called to aspire toward the holiness and selflessness of a Mother Teresa or Saint Francis. At the same time we are all too often aware that this journey toward sainthood is...
by Ross Dizon | Mar 22, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus wants us to have a faith that is firm as a rock and immense as the sea. This faith, made alive by love, prompts Mary of Magdala to go to Jesus’ tomb at the first opportunity. Due to the same faith, this female disciple stays outside the tomb weeping, after...