Formation
My Father taught me about “Our Father”
At some level, I assumed all fathers were like my father. I have always loved and admired my father. Using the image of a loving father helped me understand God’s love.
The Power For Oneness (1 Cor 12: 12-13)
The motto on the great seal of the United States is the Latin “E Pluribus Unum.” It’s translated: “Out of the Many, One.”
Many Levels of Understanding
I never gave much thought to what is involved when I hear or ask the question, “Don’t you understand?”
Adore the Father in Spirit and Truth
Jesus shows us how to adore the Father in Spirit and truth. To learn from him, then, means to keep the true religion. At Sinai, God tells the Israelites that they are not to adore other gods. Yet they later adore a molten calf. And they hail it as Israel’s god that...
Lenten Conferences of Fr. Lacordaire No. 7
Lenten Series of reflections taken from the Conferences of the Rev. Lacordaire.
Vincentian Prayer Images – Art By Vincentians 45
Share your thoughts on a weekly image of artwork made by members of the Vincentian Family.
Zeal for God’s House
On the third Sunday of Lent, for the liturgical reading we have the gospel in which we read about Jesus’s action of cleansing the temple of Jerusalem by driving out those who were selling things in the temple by saying, My house shall be a house of prayer; but you...
Lenten Conferences of Fr. Lacordaire No. 6
Lenten Series of reflections taken from the Conferences of the Rev. Lacordaire.
Firewood for the Soul: Love and Gratitude Multiplying
A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.
A Vincentian Minute: What Why How 06
Fr. Rooney speaks about the things we do, and why and how we do it. This week: attending to the salvation of our souls.
Lenten Letter Group Reflection – Part 1
Reflection for groups, on the Lenten Letter 2024 from Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, to the Vincentian Family. Part One: Importance of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
Wanting their Good, and Letting Ourselves be Loved • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent
"To love someone, properly speaking, is to want their good. According to this, to love Our Lord is to want His name to be known and manifested to the whole world, to let Him reign on earth, to do His will on earth as in Heaven" (SVP ES XI, 736). Vincent de Paul [box...