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Foolish and Slow to Believe, and Afraid

Jesus alone is Lord, the Most High, for there is no better and more lowly servant of all than he.  Hence, to mistake his greatness with that of the world is to be foolish before him. As it turns out, Jesus is right to ask his disciples to tell no one that he is the...

Vincentian Prayer Images: What Moved Saint Vincent? XI

St. Vincent continues to invite us to “step into the current”.

A Vincentian Minute: 3 things about Thomas Augustine Judge

Fr. Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. presents: three things about Thomas Augustine Judge.

Saint John Gabriel Perboyre: formative years

See a presentation that shows how Saint John Gabriel Perboyre was formed and influenced by his family and the people around him, and take a video tour of Perboyre’s birthplace in France, featuring interviews with the descendants of his family.

Forgive as our heavenly Father Forgives

Forgive as our heavenly Father Forgives

Jesus calls us to repentance and forgiveness.  And we heed his call in so far as we are ready to forgive our brothers and sisters. The Gospel teaches that we are to avoid those who refuse to listen even to the community.  But the teaching is no reason not to forgive...

Mercy, the Key to God’s Heart

Mercy, the Key to God’s Heart

Feel God’s Touch – Mercy, the Key to God’s Heart -- Silence is Golden Feel God’s Touch – God’s hand is always on us.  Sometimes we don’t see or feel His presence, sometimes we do not see the light at the end of the tunnel or we have tunnel vision.  But never despair. ...

The Poor Are Our Masters

The Poor Are Our Masters

Pope Francis in his encyclical, The Joy of Gospel, when he wrote about the social dimension of Evangelization he mentions the special place of the poor in God’s people, by refereeing to some of the Gospel passages. Salva­tion came to us from the “yes” uttered by a...

A Vincentian View: Creation

A Vincentian View: Creation

A Vincentian View: Creation In the past week, several events have been in the news which come together in my thinking around the theme of creation. The first is the announcement by scientists that they have discovered potentially habitable earth-like planets within a...

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