Reflections
A Vincentian View: An Art Gallery
by Pat Griffin, CM | July 3, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
I love to teach about the Psalms. When I do, the first image that I offer to suggest the breadth and depth of these biblical poems/songs is an Art Gallery.
Independence Day – A Dangerous Memory?
by John Freund, CM | July 3, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Recently, I wandered through the corridors of my mind reflecting on Independence Day. I ran into Charles Dickens. His “Christmas Carol” has inspired many people to look at their lives through the lens of their past, future, and present.
Break the Mold with the Prophet Jesus
by Ross Dizon | July 2, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Firewood for the Soul: Resilience
by Samantha Hill and James Hodge | July 1, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.
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Protecting the Children • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Jul 13, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
One is terrified, and rightly, by that multitude of children growing up for disorder and for crime, with no other...
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Distraction to Insight
by John Freund, CM | Jul 12, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
I was implicitly taught to regard that as a distraction from focusing on the Body of Christ I just received. Suddenly, with insight, I became grateful for this “distraction”! What changed?
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Bottom Land (Mt 5:21)
by Tom McKenna, CM | Jul 10, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
We all know the phrase, “getting to the bottom of it.” It means digging down beneath the outside appearances to the inner core of something
Reflecting on Haiti: A Vincentian Perspective on Justice and Agency
by Pamela Matambanadzo | May 9, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
In Haiti, the echoes of gunfire are as common as the cries for help. The Caribbean nation, marked by a history of upheaval and disaster, now faces an era dominated by gang violence and political instability.
A Vincentian View: A Time for Retreat
by Pat Griffin, CM | May 8, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
One of the Pilgrimage Festivals of Judaism is Shavuot. It translates into English as “weeks’ and thus is sometimes called the “Feast of Weeks” as it marks the seven weeks (the “week of weeks”) between Passover and the feast. In Greek (and English), the translation...
Are You Looking Up or Around?
by John Freund, CM | May 8, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
A late 19th-century artist, James Tissot, graphically posed a question for us. In his depiction of the Ascension, he asks, “Why do you stand looking up into heaven? (Act 1:11)
Contemplation: Under the Cross
by Tim Williams | May 7, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Amélie Ozanam, Blessed Frédéric’s widow, had a brief invocation, or perhaps a motto, that she often added to notes and letters that she wrote. It was “et sub cruce, Hozanna!”, meaning “and under the cross, Hozanna!” in...
Majesty that Jesus Brings forth
by Ross Dizon | May 7, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus has gone up to heaven and now sits at the right hand of the Majesty on high as Lord. He wants us to be as fully human and whole as he is. On the Lord’s going up to heaven, we read that “to go up” means “to go down.” This matches another text that says Jesus...
An Extraordinary Assembly
by Mary Frances Jaster | May 6, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Some words that come to mind to describe our experience of the assembly: enlivening, challenging, engaging, hospitable, surprising, interesting, fulfilling, energizing, necessary, healing, messy, faithful, providential, joyful, prayerful, synodal.
Firewood for the Soul: The Candle Stick
by Samantha Hill | May 6, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.
Defending our Beliefs and Loving our Adversaries • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | May 4, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Above all else, let us learn how to defend our convictions without hating our adversaries, to love those who have a different opinion, to recognize the fact that Christians have many and varied viewpoints and that God can be served today as always. Let us complain...
Doing the Dishes
by John Freund, CM | May 3, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
“Everybody wants a revolution, but nobody wants to do the dishes.”