Reflections

Hand over the Body and Shed the Blood

by Ross Dizon | April 30, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Jesus gives us the greatest proof of love one can give. For he deigns to hand over his body and shed his blood out of love for us. I can give away all I own to help the poor or even hand over my body to burn. Still, this does not always mean I love; I could do it for...

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 | 2 Comments

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.

Immaculate Conception: In Advent, Find God’s Plan for You

by Elizabeth Scalia | Dec 8, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

As we see in the Immaculate Conception of Mary, and in the life of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, we are each made for some purpose. Not for “nothing,” but decidedly for “something” in the grand scheme of the world and all of its intended Glory.

Cycle of Hope

by MaryAnn Dantuono, AIC | Dec 8, 2022 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family at the U.N.

One year has passed since the United Nations’ General Assembly affirmed a Resolution on Homelessness.

True to His Mission until Death

by Ross Dizon | Mar 31, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus is the one whom God has sent to bring the Good News to the poor. He endures the cross to stay true to his mission. And he wants us to be like him. Jesus enters Jerusalem to the cheers of the crowds. They hail him “the Son of David.” They welcome him as the true...

What Can the Coronavirus Teach us During this Season of Lent?

by Eduardo Marques Almeida | Mar 31, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

This year Lent seems to be asking something more from each one of us. This is the time of the coronavirus, we can have very different attitudes which change as the crisis develop…