Reflections

A Vincentian View: A Time for Retreat

by Pat Griffin, CM | May 8, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

One of the Pilgrimage Festivals of Judaism is Shavuot. It translates into English as “weeks’ and thus is sometimes called the “Feast of Weeks” as it marks the seven weeks (the “week of weeks”) between Passover and the feast. In Greek (and English), the translation...

Are You Looking Up or Around?

by John Freund, CM | May 8, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

A late 19th-century artist, James Tissot, graphically posed a question for us. In his depiction of the Ascension, he asks, “Why do you stand looking up into heaven? (Act 1:11)

Contemplation: Under the Cross

by Tim Williams | May 7, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments

This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Amélie Ozanam, Blessed Frédéric’s widow, had a brief invocation, or perhaps a motto, that she often added to notes and letters that she wrote. It was “et sub cruce, Hozanna!”, meaning “and under the cross, Hozanna!” in...

Majesty that Jesus Brings forth

by Ross Dizon | May 7, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Jesus has gone up to heaven and now sits at the right hand of the Majesty on high as Lord. He wants us to be as fully human and whole as he is. On the Lord’s going up to heaven, we read that “to go up” means “to go down.” This matches another text that says Jesus...

Your Mission As God’s Storyteller

by John Freund, CM | Dec 9, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

Some have a natural gift for telling stories. Few of us think of ourselves as gifted storytellers.

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.

Lenten Video Series: Day 20, New Friends

by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Mar 19, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

This Lent, we offer to you the 2020 Lenten Video Series created by the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. Day 20: New Friends.

What’s More Important Now … First Aid? or Long-term Solutions?

by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | Mar 19, 2020 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections

Magdalena puts a face on the problem. But where is that place and is it possible to follow the guidelines we have been hearing. The story of one woman who is affected.

Lenten Video Series: Day 19, Forgiveness

by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Mar 18, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

This Lent, we offer to you the 2020 Lenten Video Series created by the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. Day 19: Forgiveness.

A Vincentian View: A Psalm

by Pat Griffin, CM | Mar 18, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

I make no secret of the fact that if I could teach only one book of the Bible, I would choose the Psalms.

We’re All In This Together!

by John Freund, CM | Mar 18, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change

The graphic illustrates two common, but disastrous, attitudes.

Lenten Video Series: Day 18, Appreciation

by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Mar 17, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

This Lent, we offer to you the 2020 Lenten Video Series created by the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. Day 18: Appreciation.

Look at People as Jesus Looks at Them

by Ross Dizon | Mar 17, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus looks at people as the One who has sent him looks at them. If we look as he does, we shall have the light of life and do good works. Jesus and his followers do not look at the man blind from birth in the same way. On the one hand, the disciples take blindness as...