Formation
A Vincentian View: Being Vincent de Paul
“Being Vincent de Paul” can prompt our reflection. The intent, however, should not be to compare ourselves to him but to allow our love for the poor to be inspired by his witness.
A Science Fiction Parable – Future, Past, and Present
How far can you see? For a six-foot-tall person, the horizon is a little more than 3 miles away. On Mount Everest, the horizon is about 230 miles away.
Meal of Salvation, Meal of Judgment
Jesus is the meal to which we are all invited, so that we may not perish but have eternal life. Do we come to it...
Talking With and About the Homeless – A New Year’s Resolution
I wonder how many people will make a New Year’s resolution to talk with and about the homeless.
Vulnerable
Sharon Browning writes in her blog about something that we as Vincentians have a great concern for…the Vulnerable: We Americans recently learned that our government has banned the use of 7 words and phrases in budget documents being prepared by at least one agency...
Journey to Emmitsburg
In honor of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s Feast Day on January 4, let this SlideShare presentation help you visualize what it would have been like to live as the first Sisters of Charity did.
Enrich Your Catholic Faith Life in the New Year
Looking for a way to enrich your Catholic Faith Life in the New Year? Fr. Ron Hoye, C.M., director of the Catholic Home Study (CHS), is offering Catholic teaching and enrichment to people who are interested in learning more about the Catholic faith. Sponsored by his...
Words That Glow
Words That Glow (Isaiah 6:11; John 1:23) A familiar phrase, “It leapt off the page at me!” Of all the lines and sentences in a book, one starts to glow and flash out as if it were being spoken to me personally. I mention this because a single sentence occurring in...
Pope Francis’ Poetically Powerful Insights
Pope Francis offered poetically powerful insights in his homily at midnight mass and his noon message to the city and the world.
Hope of Israel and of all Nations
Jesus is the hope of Israel and of all nations. Those who trust in him and welcome him rise. They fall, on the other hand, those who distrust and reject him. Joseph and Mary are devout Jews. That is why they come with the child Jesus to the temple to...
Promoting Empowerment in a World of Rampant Toxic Charity
What do you think of when you read the word “Sustainability?” Maybe you think solar panels, or houses made of recycled materials. Maybe you think of maintaining schedules or choosing which organizations or tasks require your time and attention. Over the past five...
Food for All that Gives Life and Saves
Already at birth, Jesus offers himself as the food that gives life and saves. Unless we eat his flesh and drink his blood, we have no life within us. Mary does not lay her child in a crib. Rather, she lays him, wrapped in swaddling clothes, in a manger, which holds...