We often use images that speak of another’s awareness of something. Turning a blind eye! Eyes glazed over! Having one’s eyes wide open.
Reflections
Handcuffs Will Not Stop Homelessness!
In a recent reflection on the site Invisible People, Robert Davis makes the point that handcuffs will never solve homelessness.
What history rhymes with a future of justice and peace?
The history of Social Development at the UN continues to echo but more rhymes are needed so that it leads to a fulfillment of the promises of placing people at the center of development, eradicating poverty, providing productive employment and decent work, and creating social inclusion.
The Good Samaritan, Pair of Jesuits and St. Vincent
”Laudato Si’ taught us that EVERYTHING is connected; ‘Fratelli Tutti’ teaches us that EVERYONE is connected.”
Advocacy in an Election Year
Participating in society is our Catholic duty. Let us pray for all the candidates and for all who will vote in elections around the world.
Giving Grants To Homeless People?
Is giving money to homeless people a way help them? It might be squandered, or spent on harmful habits. FACTS do not support such thinking.
Lessons learned during the pandemic, 16: Embracing through prayer
Each message reminds us of the need to live our day in prayer, offering who we are and what we do for the good of our sisters and brothers.
A Vincentian View: A Shepherd’s Prayer
Scholars generally divide the 23rd Psalm, the so-called Shepherd’s Psalm, into two parts.
The Focus of Prophecy and Pope Francis
“I would like to invite you to go on a journey together… I am calling it a journey because it requires a shift, a change.” Pope Francis
Trap Is All It Is, There Is No Doubt
Jesus probes the heart and searches the mind. That is why those who seek to catch him and set a trap for him fall into it themselves. The Pharisees and their followers are against the payment of taxes to Caesar. The Herodians, on the other hand, are for it. But it...
Vincentian Prayer Images: A Question for Vincent
How would Vincent answer a question about feeling hopless or useless during this time of pandemic?
To Love Another Person is to See the Face of God (Part II)
The closing lines of the musical production of the Hugo’s Victors novel are quite powerful: to love another person is to see the face of God. (Part II)
