This morning I read John Allen’s reflection in Crux about an opportunity and a challenge for Catholics to play a major role in healing our deeply divided nation.
John Freund, CM
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John Freund is a Vincentian priest with a passion for promoting collaboration among the many people inspired by Saints Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac and who welcomes your engagement. Share your ideas and experiences!
Is Your Glass Half Empty… Or Half Full?
True optimism is the ability to see the emptiness of half the glass while choosing to focus on the fullness of the other half of the glass.
Vincentian Prayer Images: God’s Language
God speaks to us in the lives of people we meet!
The Pay It Forward Plan for Peace
Jesus’ mission was all abou teaching us to pay it forward. After all, God has first loved us and wants us to share that gift in our lives! Isn’t this what Jesus did? And it changed and is changing the world!
What Size is Your Dream?
Let us not settle only for what is necessary. The Lord does not want us to narrow our horizons or to remain parked on the roadside of life. He wants us to race boldly and joyfully towards lofty goals.
Vincentian Prayer Images: Prayers and Resolutions
What can I do to live in a kingdom where all are truly welcomed as God has welcomed me?
Recognizing the Child Jesus Today
Some stories need no comments. Here is the story of a new mother recognizing who she was caring for…
Incarnation – Call To Change
Jesus came to change our minds, not God’s! The Word became flesh to show us what God’s message and way of thinking looks like when lived humanly. Jesus is the living model of world-changing systemic change.
Vincentian Prayer Images: What Gift Can I Bring?
What gift can I bring to those who have no room in the inn?
Family Historians
St. Matthew was trying to get his Jewish audience to think about the very unlikely people who played a part in salvation history.
