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.
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by John Freund, CM | December 1, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
We are seeing the replay of decades of hostility in the region of Jesus’ birth!
by Tomaž Mavrič, CM | November 30, 2023 | Formation, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments
Advent gives us the opportunity to strengthen the foundations of our lives by revitalizing these two daily moments of grace, or to start making them, from this Advent on, a way toward seeing the face of Jesus clearly “here and now” and in its fullness for all eternity!
by Tom McKenna, CM | November 29, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
A phrase often on Jesus’ lips: “The Kingdom of God” — or in another iteration, “the Reign of God, His Father.”
by John Freund, CM | November 29, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Many will recognize the saying, “If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.”
by Pat Griffin, CM | Jan 31, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
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.
by John Freund, CM | Jan 31, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
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.
by Ross Dizon | Jan 30, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
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...
by Famvin Media Resources | Jan 31, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Share your thoughts on a weekly image of St. Vincent de Paul as portrayed by a contemporary artist.
by Famvin Media Resources | Jan 29, 2023 | Formation
In this series Fr. Rooney explores Fr. Jack Melito, CM’s inquiries into the experiences that shaped Vincent de Paul’s life.
by Famvin Media Resources | Jan 27, 2023 | Formation
The story of Bl. Marie-Anne Vaillot and Bl. Odile Baumgarten, Daughters of Charity martyred during the French Revolution on February 1, 1794.
by John Freund, CM | Jan 27, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
But let’s look at God’s imagination and the imagination of St. Vincent de Paul.
by Anna O'Neil | Jan 26, 2023 | Formation
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.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Jan 25, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
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.
by John Freund, CM | Jan 25, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
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.
by Ross Dizon | Jan 24, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
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,...
by Famvin Media Resources | Jan 24, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Share your thoughts on a weekly image of St. Vincent de Paul as portrayed by a contemporary artist.