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Fill Up What is Lacking in Christ’s Afflictions
On the cross, the one who bears our sufferings carries out fully our redemption. And to gaze at him mournfully and prayerfully is to pledge to fill up in our flesh what is lacking in his afflictions (see Col 1, 24). It is not that the work of Christ is not enough...
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Jesus Christ and the Daily Practice of the Vincentians
As a daily practice, Vincentians always have to talk about Jesus. Not only talk, but act like Jesus.
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Every Vincentian is Franciscan
Every Vincentian is a little Franciscan, because the virtues of this Italian saint permeate our day-to-day.
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Blessed Marguerite Rutan, D.C.: died April 9, 1794
Blessed Marguerite Rutan was a Daughter of Charity who was martyred during the French Revolution.
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The Pope Video • Doctors and their Collaborators in War-Torn Areas
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Doctors and their Collaborators in War-Torn Areas.
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St. Louise de Marillac: Happy at the Foot of the Cross
This presentation gives some examples of the centrality of Jesus crucified in St. Louise’s spiritual evolution.
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Following Christ the Evangelizer of the Poor Then and Now
Just as the first Vincentians 200 years ago could not have imagined the world they were entering, who of us could have imagined just a generation ago the world in which we are serving.
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VLM/VMC Impact: “I Come in Peace and Will Leave in Peace”
I was sure that I was not coming to Chepnyal to cause harm in anyway, therefore the promise of coming in peace and leaving in peace appeared easy.
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A Vincentian View: The Love of a Father
An analysis of each of the persons in the story would reward our study, but let me single out the way the father responds to his younger son’s return.
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Dignity and Responsibility of Women
The new that God is doing springs forth now in Jesus. Those with chauvinist mentality do not see this newness that acknowledges the dignity and responsibility of women (Benedict XVI). Joseph finds out that Mary is carrying in her womb a child that is not his. But...