Looking at Jesus through the eyes of a Jewish person or a Gentile.
John Freund, CM
Author
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!
Acts of the Apostles, Systemic Change and Polarization
Over the next several weeks the liturgy, drawing from the Acts of the Apostles, presents selected stories of ordinary people who coped with severe polarization some 2,000 years ago.
Vincentian Prayer Images: Walking Through Each Day with St. Vincent IV
St. Vincent told the Daughters of Charity: “Saint Paul tells you how much you lose when the first thoughts of your mind are filled with anything other than God.”
Vincentian Prayer Images: Walking Through Each Day with St. Vincent III
St. Vincent told the Daughters of Charity: “…Your first thought should be of God: thank Him for having preserved you during the night…”
Beyond Waving Palm Branches
On Palm Sunday will I be waving the palm branches of my blind spots or holding high the cross of God’s universal love?
I am doing something new!
For a variety of reasons, we sometimes can not see what is right before our eyes.
Vincentian Prayer Images: Walking Through Each Day with St. Vincent II
St. Vincent tells the Daughters of Charity the first good thing to think about upon waking up each morning.
Falling In Love With “Real Families”
It is a shame that most people only hear polarized pundits cherry-picking from a select few paragraphs, or even just footnotes, in what in reality is an inspiring document describing and addressed to the real family of today.
How Could This Happen?
“All God’s people carry within themselves the same potencies that energized the early Christian movement…”
Vincentian Prayer Images: Walking Through Each Day with St. Vincent I
St. Vincent told the Daughters of Charity: “So, dear Sisters, let’s see how you should spend the twenty-four hours that make up the day…”
