Thinking about the Vincentian Movement as being rooted in an awareness of God’s love which radiates out in widening circles.
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Thinking about the Vincentian Movement as being rooted in an awareness of God’s love which radiates out in widening circles.
As Vincent engages with the downtrodden, he senses being a part of that current of God’s out-flowing love to these men and women.
The feast of the Assumption holds great hope for us.
Parents learn quickly the power of story as a pacifier. But the stories also shape values. Stories and the lived stories of our example are how we learn our values. Jesus knew the power of stories! Do you really want to change things? Tell a story!
Vincent comes to appreciate that the divine loving in Jesus is directed particularly to the people on the bottom rungs.
Leaven is “a pervasive influence that modifies something or transforms it for the better.” Fungi are the principal decomposers in ecological systems. When are we leaven … and when are we fungi for the Kingdom?
Transfiguration – Disfiguration. We have a choice. Which light will we walk in?
Vincent was “drawn into” the Sending that is always radiating out from God.
Jesus was a radical who was fully committed to doing God’s will. He showed us how radical he was when laid down his life for us. As he hung on the cross he said “Father, forgive them. They know not what they are doing.” Certainly the words of a radical!
No matter what era or even whether we went to a Catholic school, I suspect the teachers we remember most favorably were the ones who taught us to think.