![The Mystical Journey of Louise de Marillac](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/06/louise-forlorn-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The Mystical Journey of Louise de Marillac
Benito Martínez Betanzos, CM reflects on the mysticism of Saint Louise.
![Trinity – From Puzzle To Be Solved To Model To Be Lived](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2018/05/trinity-rublev-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Trinity – From Puzzle To Be Solved To Model To Be Lived
It has been a journey from Trinity as a puzzle to Trinity as a model for my life.
![The Pope’s Ambulance](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/02/homelessness-series-featured-2.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The Pope’s Ambulance
Donating an ambulance dedicated to serving the medical emergencies of the homeless is but the latest expression of his sensitivity to their needs.
![Reaching Across (1 Samuel:20)](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/02/mckenna-tom-reflections-featured-facebook-1.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Reaching Across (1 Samuel:20)
Especially in these fractious times, how to move more toward unity rather than separation? How to help others to see past tightly held identity markers?
![Systemic Change In a Time of National Unrest](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/06/crowd-divided-e1591148198922.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Systemic Change In a Time of National Unrest
“Respect for minorities is to be considered the touchstone of social harmony and the index of the civic maturity attained by a country and its institutions” St. John Paul II
![Be Love to Know God Who Is Love](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2015/11/ross-reyes-dizon-sunday-readings-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Be Love to Know God Who Is Love
Out of love, Jesus lays down his life for us sinners. No one, then, loves us more. He is the best proof that to be God is to be love. Nicodemus comes to Jesus at night. “Night” may mean he seeks light. Is he wrestling with “to be or not to be?” A question of salvation...
![Vincentian Prayer Images: The Cries of the Poor Then and Now](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/05/praying-our-heritage-featured-new.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Vincentian Prayer Images: The Cries of the Poor Then and Now
The hardships of war emptied out the homes of the poor in Vincent’s day. How will we work for those driven from their homes today?
![St. Vincent de Paul Prayer (Video)](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/05/svdp-prayer-video-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
St. Vincent de Paul Prayer (Video)
The official prayer of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, as a video.
![Sisters’ Work During 1918 Spanish Flu Seen As Model For Crisis Today](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/05/Spanish-Flu-Nuns-2020-CNS-071.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Sisters’ Work During 1918 Spanish Flu Seen As Model For Crisis Today
Catholic nuns emerged as the unexpected heroes in the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic that killed hundreds of thousands in the United States and millions worldwide.
![Pentecost 2020 and our Vincentian Family](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/05/Pentecost-2020-and-our-Vincentian-Family.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Pentecost 2020 and our Vincentian Family
Fr. Joe Agostino, international coordinator of the Vincentian Family Office, posted a video with an interesting reflection on this Pentecost.