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Reflections
Dear Church
by Mary Frances Jaster | April 20, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments
The privilege of being part of the Vincentian Family Justice Representatives also involves a serious responsibility to learn and grow with issues of social justice.
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and the Lightness of Divine Mercy
by Elisabeth Scalia | April 20, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
For humans, finding a balance between justice and mercy is always difficult. But St. Elizabeth Ann Seton understood that God’s grace transcends earthly limits, and allows mercy to fall lightly from heaven on our hearts and minds.
Paying It Forward (Acts 2:42-47)
by Tom McKenna, CM | April 19, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
In the Acts of the Apostles, we come across a behavior that is not quite self-explanatory.
Are There Any Roads You Have Not Taken?
by John Freund, CM | April 19, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Today I ask are there any roads I didn’t take… or maybe not followed far enough?
Let Us Be On Our Way
by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | Aug 14, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Gospels present the life of Jesus here on earth as a journey from Galilee to Jerusalem (Lk 9:51). It was a Journey to...
From Matthew 25 to St. Vincent • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent
by Mitxel Olabuenaga, C.M. | Aug 12, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
"These five virtues should be like the faculties of the soul of the entire Congregation. Just as the soul knows by the...
Loaves and Fish of the Poor for the Poor
by Ross Dizon | Jul 20, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the answer in full that the Father gives to our prayers. And we poor people ask him to give us this day our daily loaves of bread. Jesus draws many people due to the signs he has performed for the sick. But he seems to draw more people after going up on the...
Vincentian Prayer Images: What Moved Saint Vincent? III
by John Freund, CM | Jul 20, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Vincent’s inner experience of the divine… what was its texture, shape, and direction?
Migration Pandemic
by Sr. Migdalia Flores, DC | Jul 19, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Well as you all know the pandemic has giving us what I call a “migrating experience.” Some of us have had to move from our workspaces to home spaces and create a job atmosphere.
Slow Seeing? Slow Eating? Slow…?
by John Freund, CM | Jul 16, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
“Slow seeing.” I had heard about “slow walking,” “slow eating,” “slow cooking,” etc. So probably I should not have been surprised.
Gracious Acts (2 Corinthians, 8:7-15)
by Tom McKenna, CM | Jul 14, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
A two-word phrase Paul inserts in his letter to the Corinthians is so brief as to go almost unnoticed, but it opens onto a truth at the heart of the Gospel.
Vincent Outgrew “Zip Code” Politics!
by John Freund, CM | Jul 14, 2021 | Reflections, Systemic change
Vincent grew beyond his original ministry zip code!
Gather the Scattered, Lost, Separated
by Ross Dizon | Jul 13, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus Christ is our peace and rest. He is with us to gather those whom the bad shepherds have scattered, misled and driven apart. The apostles gather together with Jesus. They tell him how they have fulfilled the task he gave them. The Teacher, for his part, sees...
Vincentian Prayer Images: What Moved Saint Vincent? II
by John Freund, CM | Jul 13, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
JESUS SAYS, “GOD CHERISHES EACH OF YOU, PARTICULARLY THE POOREST AMONG YOU.”
Unaccompanied Minors at the Border
by Sr. Migdalia Flores, DC | Jul 12, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Sister Migdalia, a Daughter of Charity who has been working in El Paso, is a member of the “confraternity of Vincentians on the Border.” Here she shares with us the first of two reflections.