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Elections and the Parable of the Blind Men
I offer this post from ancient Indian tradition for your reflection.
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A Canadian View: The Times They Are A-Changing
When I hear or read the lyrics to this song I recall the words of Frederic Ozanam in Paris of the 1830’s when he warned us about the growing gap between those with so much and those with so little.
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St. Vincent’s Solutions For the Homeless of His Day
Vincent and Louise de Marillac were deeply committed to the education and moral formation of young people living on the streets or in dire conditions.
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Lessons Learned During the Pandemic, 19: In Solidarity with Those who Died During the Pandemic
We have learned two very important lessons from this catastrophe that has effected humankind…
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Given A Break (Ex. 22:20; Mt 22:38-40)
In his unaffected way, he was voicing a truth that runs across the whole length of the Bible and all down the avenues of our faith: “I give help because I have been helped.”
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A Wheel or a Ladder?
A video insight into the concept of systemic change as breaking the cycles of poverty.
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Bright and Dull in the Eyes of God
Jesus Christ will come at an hour that we do not expect. That is why we must be ready and be among the bright, not among the dull. Four Sundays ago, we heard that among God’s guests were bad and good folks. Today we hear that the bright and the dull make up those...
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Vincentian Prayer Images: What Can I Learn From Covid?
A student asks St. Vincent, “What can I learn from Covid?”
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MISEVI and My Path to the Daughters of Charity
God revealed Himself to me through the people I was serving. I was expecting to bring God to them, but they were the ones bringing God to me.
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Being Evangelized By The Poor
The phrase “the poor evangelize us” is an experience common to all who have encountered the poor.