Every day, throughout the day, the homeless have to worry about the law. Being without a home is not in itself illegal, but the routines and behavior that go with it often are.
Formation
Speaking to God Through Scripture with Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
by Kathleen N. Hattrup | May 1, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton found in Sacred Scripture a path to God. Her life embodied what the Second Vatican Council called the “force and power in the word of God” that becomes the “support and energy of the Church.”
The Shining Gaze (Ps 4:7a; Lk 24:36-80)
by Tom McKenna, CM | May 1, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
A favorite verse, Psalm 4, reads: “Lord, let your face shine upon us.” It summons up a very warm and private kind of experience that each of us in our own way can recognize.
Mayday! – Pope Francis and Vincentian Voices
by John Freund, CM | May 1, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Mayday! Mayday! It’s the call that no airplane pilot or ship’s captain ever wants to make. Why? Because it means trouble. Big trouble!
Contemplation: A Culture of Welcome – SSVP USA, a Weekly Reflection
by Tim Williams | April 30, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments
The Body and Blood of Christ (Exodus 24:3-8; Mk 14:22-26)
by Tom McKenna, CM | Jun 2, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
There are actions that in their very enactment communicate more depth and meaning than the words that surround them.
Do We Understand “Body of Christ”?
by John Freund, CM | Jun 2, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Do we understand “Body of Christ”? If we do would it challenge our way of thinking and the systems we live with?
The Eucharist in Vincentian Tradition
by John Freund, CM | Apr 2, 2015 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family
“The Eucharist in the Vincentian Tradition – Love is Creative unto Infinity”
The height of folly
by Ross Dizon | Mar 31, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Easter Sunday (B), April 5, 2015 – Acts 10, 34a. 37-43; Col 3, 1-4 or 1 Cor 5, 6b-8; Jn 20, 1-9 God raised him on the third day (Acts 10, 40) In the risen Jesus is the foolishness of the cross exalted. By the Lord has this been done! By grace Peter and the beloved...
“Are You Lonesome Tonight?” – Holy Saturday
by John Freund, CM | Mar 30, 2015 | Formation
In “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” – Holy Saturday Father Pat Griffin continues his series of reflections
SVDP CEO Dave Barringer asks about guilt by association
by John Freund, CM | Mar 26, 2015 | Formation, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
SVDP CEO Dave Barringer asks about guilt by association
From the tomb of meals past, new life – Janet Gildea
by John Freund, CM | Mar 26, 2015 | Formation
“From the tomb of meals past, new life” – Latest reflections in the Global Sisters Report of NCR by Sister of Charity Janet Gildea
Successive Annunciations – Fr. Tom McKenna
by John Freund, CM | Mar 26, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Successive Annunciations – Fr. Tom McKenna reflects on the many annunciations in our lives and the invitations to say “Yes”.
“Why are you here, Elijah?” Fr. Griffin reflects
by John Freund, CM | Mar 25, 2015 | Formation
Griffin consecratedSo much happens on March 25th in the Vincentian Family – Father Pat Griffin reflects on “Why are you here, Elijah?”
Dying to live forever
by Ross Dizon | Mar 24, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Palm Sunday (B), March 29, 2015 – Mk 11, 1-10 or Jn 12, 12-16; Is 50, 4-7; Phil 2, 6-11; Mk 14, 1 – 15, 47 He humbled himself, becoming obedient to death (Phil 2, 8) Jesus does not come down from the cross to save himself. He thus opens for us the way of salvation....
Take up your Cross – Is God Calling You? – Our Freedom is in Christ – Spiritual Blindness
by Lynn L'Heureux | Mar 23, 2015 | Formation, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Take up your Cross – Is God Calling You? – Our Freedom is in Christ – Spiritual Blindness