Reflections

Two Lenten Meditations (Slide Presentation)

by Famvin Media Resources | March 22, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

“Our contemplation of the crucified Lord can not remain merely a pious exercise…” – Fr. Robert Maloney, C.M.

Which are you? A “Whack-a-mole” or “Big picture” Person?

by John Freund, CM | March 22, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

It occurs to me that there are two approaches to problem-solving. – “Whack-a-mole” and “Big Picture.”

A Closer Walk (John 2:13-25)

by Tom McKenna, CM | March 20, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Early in St. John’s gospel, we see Jesus resolutely striding into the outer courtyard of the Jerusalem Temple, a space bordering on what the Jewish people acknowledged to be God’s own Dwelling place.

“Real Families”

by John Freund, CM | March 20, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

In my active years of helping families, I often heard two seemingly contradictory thoughts about parents in “real families.”

Firewood for the Soul: Persistence

by Samantha Hill | Apr 1, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.

Lenten Examination of Conscience for Vincentians – Week 7

by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 29, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

Each Friday of Lent we shared a different guide to help examine your conscience based on different aspects of our lives as members of the Vincentian Family.

A Vincentian View: The Company of Strangers

by Pat Griffin, CM | Mar 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

Some years ago, I read a piece that discussed how much the modern world depends upon the work of strangers for its survival and wellbeing.

From Your Prodigious Mind this Whole World Was Made … • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent

by Mitxel Olabuenaga, C.M. | Feb 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

"God also works incessantly from outside himself in the creation and preservation of this great universe, in the movements of the heavens, in the influences of the stars, in the productions of land and sea, in the nature of the atmosphere, in the regulation of the...

Lenten Examination of Conscience for Vincentians – Week 1

by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

Each Friday of Lent we will share a different guide to help examine your conscience based on different aspects of our lives as members of the Vincentian Family.

My thinking about Lent has changed

by John Freund, CM | Feb 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

Over the last 30 years, I have been learning to pay attention to the opportunities hidden in the events of my life.

A Vincentian View: What a Difference a Day Makes

by Pat Griffin, CM | Feb 14, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

Ash Wednesday follows Mardi Gras – “Fat Tuesday.” The days stand out as contrasts.

Beginning of the Path: Reflections on Ash Wednesday

by Girolamo Grammatico | Feb 14, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

“Create in me, O God, a pure heart, renew in me a steadfast spirit. Do not repel me from your presence and do not deprive me of your holy spirit” (Ps 50[51]:12-13). Ash Wednesday begins Lent, bringing with it an invitation to reflection and inner renewal. This holy...

Valentine’s Day, Baptism, and Eucharist?

by John Freund, CM | Feb 14, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

At one level we say you can’t put a price tag on love. But at another level, Americans alone spend well over 20 billion on celebrating love on a day called Valentine’s Day.

Beginnings in Eden and in the Desert

by Ross Dizon | Feb 13, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus obeys to the point of death on a cross. He does so to lead us to God and to the beginnings in Eden and in the desert, and to make us all just, washed in the waters of new birth. Jesus stays in the desert for forty days, which sends us back, in the first place,...