Reflections
Part 1: Prophetic Episcopal Message Washes Up On a Beach
by John Freund, CM | June 26, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
In this Vincentian Mindwalk, I invite you to make your own judgment about how prophetic it was then … and still should be.
Generous to All like Jesus Christ
by Ross Dizon | June 25, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Firewood for the Soul: We are All Servants
by Samantha Hill and James Hodge | June 24, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.
The God Minute: Karen’s Story
by Famvin Media Resources | June 23, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
A Marian-themed reflection.
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Firewood for the Soul: Jesus is a Morning Person
by Samantha Hill and James Hodge | Jul 8, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.
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Fr. Aidan R. Rooney, C.M.: The Word, Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 7, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Fr. Rooney reflects on the steps for you and me to prepare to act as prophets, which comes from a connection with the Spirit of God.
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The Dignity of the Poor • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Jul 6, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
In these foul cellars and garrets, sometimes next door to sloth and vice we have often come upon the loveliest...
A Vincentian View: The Good Shepherd
by Pat Griffin, CM | Apr 24, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
In the 23rd Psalm, the psalmist proclaims, “My shepherd is the Lord.” I imagine that when Jesus prayed these words, he found a depiction of himself.
Mother Theresa and her “call within a call”
by John Freund, CM | Apr 24, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
In 1946, during a train ride from Calcutta to Darjeeling, Mother Teresa received what she called, “the call within a call.” The Lord asked her to begin a new religious community that would live and work with the poorest of the poor.
Contemplation: Chosen From All Eternity – SSVP USA, a Weekly Reflection
by Tim Williams | Apr 23, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Virtue, our catechism teaches, is a “habitual and firm disposition to do good.” [CCC: 1833] The good deeds themselves are not the virtue; they are, or should be, the fruits of our virtue. From our virtue of charity comes...
Sap of Life, Strength and Fruitfulness
by Ross Dizon | Apr 23, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the true vine. He gives the branches that remain in him the sap that gives them life and strength and makes them bear plenty of fruit. Jesus uses the allegory of the vine and the branches. He does so since he wants to make clear how his disciples should...
Firewood for the Soul: Run Down
by Samantha Hill | Apr 22, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.
Experience, the Mother of Knowledge • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Apr 20, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
We are convinced that the science of charitable reforms is not learned in the books or in the tribunes of the public assemblies, but by going up to the hovel of the poor, sitting at their bedside, suffering the cold they suffer. Then, in friendly conversation, we have...
Undervalued Gift
by John Freund, CM | Apr 19, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
I am finally becoming aware of the gift I have taken for granted all my life. The home we call Planet Earth. I suspect I am not alone in this.
Solidarity – in Life, Death, and New Life (Mark 14:1-15:47)
by Tom McKenna, CM | Apr 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
A remark I once overheard: “I don’t mind suffering when nobody knows about it – as long as somebody knows about it!”
Doubting Thomas – the Fact-checker
by John Freund, CM | Apr 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
’Doubting Thomas’ gets bad press. But in today’s post-truth world, full of fake news and disinformation, there is much we can learn from him”, says Rev. Peter Crumpler.