Charity is mission.
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Charity is mission.
Contemplation was something I had difficulty relating to. That is until the time I first came across the Jesuit Walter Burghardt’s description.
The tribal wisdom of the American Indians says that when you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount.
Vincent is burning with a spark of the same fire as burns in God.
We talk, perhaps too glibly, of the Vincentian charism. For a moment, I would like to reframe the conversation. Let’s talk about the Vincentian imagination!
This reflection started out as a reflection on Catechetical Sunday but wandered off into a reflection on the mind of Christ. I finally came full circle and thought of catechesis as helping someone put on the mind of Christ.
“We really must give ourselves to God…”
Is “Our Father” a Challenging Prayer? It was for the early Church. Pope Francis thinks it is a challenge for today. Let’s listen to voices we don’t normally listen to.
Pope Francis calls us to “build a better kind of politics”. The USCCB suggest almost a “12 step program” for building community as envisaged when we truly commit to what we pray for in the “Our Father.”
St. Vincent continues to invite us to “step into the current”.