Reflections

Firewood for the Soul: The Candle Stick

by Samantha Hill | May 6, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

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

Defending our Beliefs and Loving our Adversaries • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam

by Javier F. Chento | May 4, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Above all else, let us learn how to defend our convictions without hating our adversaries, to love those who have a different opinion, to recognize the fact that Christians have many and varied viewpoints and that God can be served today as always. Let us complain...

Doing the Dishes

by John Freund, CM | May 3, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

“Everybody wants a revolution, but nobody wants to do the dishes.”

What It Means to Pray Without Ceasing According to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

by Danielle Bean | May 2, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

God doesn’t want a casual relationship. He wants us to turn to him in everything we do. As St. Elizabeth Ann Seton says: “He wants us to lift our hearts to him. Always.”

Sun of Justice That Saves and Heals

by Ross Dizon | Nov 8, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus is the sun of justice that enlightens us who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death. The Ukrainians suffer...

Vincentian Prayer Images: Contemporary Art 2

by Famvin Media Resources | Nov 8, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

Share your thoughts on a weekly image of St. Vincent de Paul as portrayed by a contemporary artist.

Marks on All of Our Hearts

by MISEVI Slovakia | Nov 7, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

In August, the traditional weekly suburban children’s camp was held in Stara Boleslav in the Czech Republic.

Adding to the Scene (Lk 2:1-14)

by Tom McKenna, CM | Jan 1, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

Imaginatively placing resolutions and actions around the manger is a prayer exercise that can draw us closer into what is happening there.

What Are the Two Greatest Systemic Changes in Human History?

by John Freund, CM | Jan 1, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change

A quick quiz! What are the two greatest systemic changes in human history? (Here’s an important clue – They are interrelated!)

Diaries of a Vincentian: I Know

by Anja Bohnsack | Dec 31, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

He looked at me with tears in his eyes and without the need for any words they seemed to quietly, pleadingly ask me, ‘Why?’

Boundaries That Needs Opening

by Ross Dizon | Dec 31, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus is the salvation that God has prepared in the sight of all peoples. He opens boundaries: between God and human beings; between us and others. The Word has become flesh through the motherhood of Mary. And being thus uniquely God and man, Jesus becomes the one...

Vincentian Prayer Images: The Darkness That Keeps Us From Seeing Our Tables

by John Freund, CM | Dec 31, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

There is a darkness in our own minds that keeps us from seeing who is missing at our tables.

The Commandment of Love

by Renato Lima de Oliveira | Dec 30, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul

As members of the Vincentian Family we need to savor the inexhaustible well-spring of virtue and the examples of holiness of our predecessors.

Strength of the Weak and Fearful

by Ross Dizon | Dec 27, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus himself is the proof that strength, becomes perfect in weakness. Christians, then, cannot but be weak, and so, strong (2 Cor 12, 9-10). Matthew, more than the other evangelists, speaks of the words of Scriptures reaching their fulfillment in Jesus. He portrays...

A Canadian View: ‘Tis the Season

by Jim Paddon | Dec 26, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

As we enjoy another Christmas season, I think we always look ahead with anticipation of a time for gift giving, seeing relatives and friends and celebrating the birth of the infant Jesus.