Pat Griffin, CM
Author
![A Vincentian View: In the Beginning](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/10/fr-griffin-reflections.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Vincentian View: In the Beginning
It requires little effort to multiply the reminders that this is God’s world and given to us as a gift and a responsibility.
![A Vincentian View: In the Beginning](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/10/fr-griffin-reflections.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Vincentian View: Be Vincentian, Be a Listener
Each year at St. John’s University we celebrate Founder’s Week from September 20-27.
![A Vincentian View: In the Beginning](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/10/fr-griffin-reflections.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Vincentian View: Lessons from Ozanam
Labor Day, the beginning of the academic year, and the liturgical calendar (September 8) merge in drawing Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam to my mind at the beginning of September.
![A Vincentian View: In the Beginning](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/10/fr-griffin-reflections.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Vincentian View: The Spes Gregis
The “spes gregis” was one of the earliest terms that I heard applied to my classmates and me when we entered the high school seminary.
![A Vincentian View: In the Beginning](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/10/fr-griffin-reflections.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Vincentian View: “Coming Down the Mountain”
A Scripture passage that frequently captures my Vincentian heart is that of the Transfiguration.
![A Vincentian View: In the Beginning](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/10/fr-griffin-reflections.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Vincentian View: A Covenant
During the past month, I have celebrated three weddings… In preparation for the celebrations, one word kept emerging for me from the texts—“covenant.”
![A Vincentian View: In the Beginning](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/10/fr-griffin-reflections.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Vincentian View: Sower, Seed, and Soil
When I have the honor to preach to a Vincentian group, I sometimes take the opportunity to see if we have a record of Vincent speaking on the Scripture for that day.
![A Vincentian View: In the Beginning](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/10/fr-griffin-reflections.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Vincentian View: Worthy of the Lord
Suppose someone asked you in earnest to explain how the Lord holds the highest value in your life.
![A Vincentian View: In the Beginning](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/10/fr-griffin-reflections.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Vincentian View: Psalm 100
Sometimes, I need to preach on a Psalm. This past Sunday, our liturgy offered Psalm 100 as our response to the first reading.
![A Vincentian View: In the Beginning](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/10/fr-griffin-reflections.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Vincentian View: Pentecost Season
We call the several weeks that follow the celebration of Christmas, the “Christmas Season.” Similarly, many weeks follow the solemnity of Easter, and we refer to this stretch as the “Easter Season.”