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Lose and Gain, Die and Live with Christ

With his teaching and life, Jesus proves that to lose is to gain, to die is to live.  To belong to him is to embody this truth. Jesus calls fishermen Peter and Andrew.  Right away, the brothers, as though they have nothing to lose, leave their nets and follow him. ...

Vincentian Prayer Images: Disciples of a “Foot washing Jesus”?

Is there enough evidence for us to be convicted of being disciples of a “foot-washing” Jesus?

Electoral Manifiesto of Frederic Ozanam

“I want the sovereignty of the people. Since the people are constituted by the universality of free men, then, first of all, I want to sanction the natural rights of the person and the family.”

The International Association of Charities – Ladies of Charity – 1617 and Today

The actions of AIC volunteers around the world continue to show that however difficult the situation, it is always possible to keep helping those in need.

The Way – Christian Code

The Way – Christian Code

Fr. Tom McKenna offers a reflection entitled A Christian Code: The Way                   (Mk 10: 46-52; Jeremiah 31:7-9) In one place or other, most all of us have come across the phrase “code word.” It means some word or phrase that at first seems unimportant, but if...

How do we define ourselves

How do we define ourselves

Fr. Tom McKenna  reflects on The Rich Young Man   (Mk. 10:17-22) and how we define ourselves in an essay “I …, Therefore I Am” “I …, Therefore I Am” In a philosophy class, a teacher asked, “What is your cogito?” I thought he meant some bone or other body part -- but...

Wide open

Wide open

Thirty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), November 8, 2015 – 1 Kgs 17, 10-16; Heb 9, 24-28; Mk 12, 38-44 Not a sanctuary made by hands but heaven itself (Heb 9, 24) Jesus urges us to see to it that our surrender be like his. He wishes us divine fullness. Everything...

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