When I celebrate the sacrament of reconciliation with people, my emphasis does not solely embrace God’s forgiveness of our sins of the past, but promotes God’s grace to live a better future.
Formation
I Never Knew I Missed the Point!
Have you ever been in a conversation where someone missed your point? I certainly have. Also, more times than I care to admit, I have been the one who missed the point.
Go around Towns and Villages as God Wants
Jesus has come so he may go around towns and villages and preach by words and by works, and as the Father shows him in...
Vincentian Prayer Images: Contemporary Art 14
Share your thoughts on a weekly image of St. Vincent de Paul as portrayed by a contemporary artist.
A Vincentian Minute: Windows on Saint Vincent’s Vision (Part 11)
In this series Fr. Rooney explores Fr. Jack Melito, CM’s inquiries into the experiences that shaped Vincent de Paul’s life.
The Story of the Daughters of Charity, Martyrs of Angers (Feast Day: February 1)
The story of Bl. Marie-Anne Vaillot and Bl. Odile Baumgarten, Daughters of Charity martyred during the French Revolution on February 1, 1794.
Imagine That!
But let’s look at God’s imagination and the imagination of St. Vincent de Paul.
For Mother Seton and St. Francis de Sales, There Are No Ordinary Virtues
Often the greatest saints practice the smallest and most simple virtues. Inspired by the spiritual writings of Francis de Sales, the saint of everyday holiness, Mother Seton put his teachings into practice as she treaded forward on her own path to sainthood.
A Divine Bias? (Ps 146; I Cor 1:27-30)
The word “bias” doesn’t have an especially pleasing connotation. It usually means an unfair leaning toward one group and a blindness toward its opposite.
God’s Record as a Recruiter
The Jerusalem headhunters would not have been very interested in Jesus’ leadership team. They preferred the way rabbis were picked from among the most promising in their schools.
Approach Jesus Christ with All Our Being
Jesus is the Son through whom God has spoken to us humans in these last days. We Christians are to approach and hear him, and be what he says. God wanted the Israelites to prepare for his coming down to Mount Sinai to give them the law. He told them, through Moses,...
Vincentian Prayer Images: Contemporary Art 13
Share your thoughts on a weekly image of St. Vincent de Paul as portrayed by a contemporary artist.
