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Reflections
MISEVI Colombia On Mission – Bajo Cauca and La Mojana Sucreña
From July 8 – 17, 2023, members of MISEVI Colombia accepted a call to mission among people who live in impoverished areas in parts of Colombia.
Called to Continue the Mission of Jesus
In the gospel of Luke, we have the great mission statement of Jesus: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he...
From Christ’s Mass to Merry Christmas… and Back
A visitor from outer space might be forgiven for not seeing the connection between what happened 2000 years ago and the last week of December each year.
Claims that Are Sacrilegious and Outrageous
Jesus is our Savior. He saves us from sin and frees us from those with sacrilegious claims. And he gives us his Holy Name. Jesus is born in Bethlehem. And shepherds visit him, the ones that we deem the least to make claims to greatness. But God makes known to them...
Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History XIII
The servant of the poor must be poor himself, must suffer the hunger and the pain of the poor.
Keep Jesus Christ in Our Hearts
Jesus is the Son of God and the Brother of all men and women. To belong to his family means to keep in the heart his teaching. Twelve-year old Jesus sits in the midst of the teachers. He listens and asks them questions; all who hear him are amazed. No doubt, it is...
Have We Outgrown Nativity Scenes?
A good number of readers have either witnessed or were participants as children in appropriate costumes and props re-enacted the Nativity scene.
Can Dickens Teach Us Homeless Advocacy?
Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol?” Who hasn’t read it, or heard it or seen it on stage or screen?
A Vincentian View: Journeying Together – Joseph and Mary
Pope Francis has decided that an emphasis in our Catholic community for the next few years will focus our attention on the concept of “synodality.”
Who Wants To Change Your Way of Thinking?
Sometimes it seems that everybody wants to change our way of thinking.
Find Jesus Christ on the Outskirts
Jesus is born on the outskirts of Bethlehem, in a shelter for animals in bad weather. There, yes, is where to find and touch him, and be touched by him. “Poignant and powerful, this is a real song, maybe just too real for some tastes.” It is one of the many comments...
