Reflections

Being on the Side of the Workers • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam

by Javier F. Chento | June 22, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Of course, the districts of Saint-Jacques and of Jardin-des-Plantes do not always give the spectacle of the same desolation. We know there shopping streets, poor but livable houses, narrow but well-kept rooms that retain remains of an old slack, waxed furniture, white...

Into the Hands of God the Father with Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton

by Lisa M. Hendey | June 22, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Throughout her life, Mother Seton knew that we are never truly alone, even when life’s challenges are most daunting. Our Heavenly Father is always there for us—present, loving, merciful.

New Wineskins

by John Freund, CM | June 21, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

In this Vincentian Mindwalk, I share thoughts about the wineskins or frameworks of our thinking about God.

A Vincentian View: Inspiration

by Pat Griffin, CM | June 19, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

We pray for the inspiration of the Holy Spirit as we pray and live the Gospel.

Catholic Families: Are they Mirrors of God’s Love?

by John Freund, CM | Jul 5, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

This Vincentian Mindwalk started out as a virtual journey to Rome for the 10th World Meeting of Families in 2022. To...

Contemplation: To Wait for God’s Own Time

by Tim Williams | Jul 4, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul

This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org The church calls the laity to “fulfill their prophetic mission by...

A Vincentian View: An Art Gallery

by Pat Griffin, CM | Jul 3, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

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.

Contemplation: To You Alone – SSVP USA, a Weekly Reflection

by Tim Williams | Apr 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul

This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org To offer the benefit of the doubt is to assume the best of somebody even when you are uncertain of the truth. Is this not what we are called to do in our encounters with the neighbor? Thomas, we are told in John’s gospel,...

Ruler and Savior, Lord and Messiah, Good Shepherd

by Ross Dizon | Apr 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus is Ruler and Savior, Lord and Messiah. Yet he lords over no one; he serves and is the Good Shepherd who gives his life for the sheep. A ruler among Jesus’ own should not at all be like a ruler among the Gentiles. The latter lords it over others. The former, on...

Firewood for the Soul: Your Eyes, My Eyes

by Samantha Hill | Apr 15, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.

Learning from Our Children and Our Parents • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam

by Javier F. Chento | Apr 13, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

What an incredible moment when I heard the last cries of my beloved wife and the first cries of my daughter! What an incredible moment to behold that child, small but immortal; that child that God placed in my hands; that child that has brought me much love and many...