Reflections

Firewood for the Soul: Who Do You Say I Am?

by Samantha Hill | April 29, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

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

The Small Pleasures of Life • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam

by Javier F. Chento | April 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

I do not like and do not share in any way the rigorist doctrines of some Christians, who, without even realizing it, have clothed themselves in arrogance and false modesty; they are far from the true spirit of faith. The innocent joys of life were never forbidden....

A Polarized Church both Then and Now

by John Freund, CM | April 26, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

Growing up, I was fascinated by fading pictures meticulously glued into some decades-old family albums. There I saw pictures of my mother and father before I was born.

A Vincentian View: The Good Shepherd

by Pat Griffin, CM | April 24, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

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.

A Canadian View: A Happy Re-New Year!

by Jim Paddon | Jan 5, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

As I sat with my wife on New Year’s Eve and watched the Big Apple drop in New York, it was, as always, great to see so much joy, love, reflection and hope for what this new year of 2023 may bring us.

A Vincentian View: Look Inside and Outside

by Pat Griffin, CM | Jan 4, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

The flow of our celebrations in these weeks invite us to a place in the middle. Two feasts attract our attention and border out reflections.

Tell me who your friends are…

by John Freund, CM | Jan 4, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

“Tell me your friends, and I will tell you who you are.” These words are but echoes of words spoken over 400 years before Christ.

The Pope’s Ambulance

by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | Jun 4, 2020 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections

Donating an ambulance dedicated to serving the medical emergencies of the homeless is but the latest expression of his sensitivity to their needs.

Reaching Across (1 Samuel:20)

by Tom McKenna, CM | Jun 3, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

Especially in these fractious times, how to move more toward unity rather than separation? How to help others to see past tightly held identity markers?

Systemic Change In a Time of National Unrest

by John Freund, CM | Jun 3, 2020 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections, Systemic change

“Respect for minorities is to be considered the touchstone of social harmony and the index of the civic maturity attained by a country and its institutions” St. John Paul II

Be Love to Know God Who Is Love

by Ross Dizon | Jun 2, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

Out of love, Jesus lays down his life for us sinners. No one, then, loves us more. He is the best proof that to be God is to be love. Nicodemus comes to Jesus at night. “Night” may mean he seeks light. Is he wrestling with “to be or not to be?” A question of salvation...

Vincentian Prayer Images: The Cries of the Poor Then and Now

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