In the American literary classic, Rip Van Winkle fell asleep in the Catskill Mountains and woke up 20 years later, having missed the American Revolution.
Reflections
From Deep Within (Romans 8:26-7)
There’s a way of looking at our religion as a series of truths to be acknowledged and then followed out.
Praying the Our Father With New Ears
Many years ago, I had the privilege of visiting the Vatican Museum of Modern Art with an accomplished artist. I thought I knew it well.
Widow who Offers All She Has to Live on
Jesus wholly offers himself to take away our sins. In this sacrifice shares the widow who gives all she has to live on. In the Bible, as we know, to be a widow, orphan or a foreigner means, in general, to be poor. That is why the generosity of the widow of Zarephath...
Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History V
Vincent de Paul would suffer all his life from the obsession to put the entire Church at the service of the poor.
Communal Spirit
What is the goal of a Vincentian? To meet God in the service of those who need it most. But being a Vincentian is a community vocation.
Mary’s Memories – the Rosary As Her Scrapbook
You all know what a scrapbook is. It is not about throwing away scraps. It is about keeping memories alive.
A Vincentian View: Go to Joseph
In this year when Pope Francis has invited us to pay special assistance to the patriarch of the Holy Family, we have probably already heard the expression “Go to Joseph.”
What Questions Get You Thinking?
Oprah Winfrey got me thinking with two questions.
Hear, the Lord our God is Lord Alone
Jesus embodies the one who created us, men and women, in his image, after his likeness. Rightly does he tell us, then, that to love and hear God is to love and hear the neighbor. A scribe asks Jesus, “Which is the first of all the commandments?” And he answers that...
Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History IV
“To do this is to preach the Gospel by words and by works…”
Vincentians as Promoters of Employment
Blessed Frederic Ozanam pronounced his well-known sentence: “The order of society rests on two truths: justice and charity.” Undoubtedly, promoting decent work is a duty of justice and charity.
