Reflections

Video: Mary’s Birthday

by Miraculous Medal Shrine | September 8, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

On September 8, we celebrate the Blessed Mother’s birthday.

Prioritizing (Lk 14: 25-9)

by Tom McKenna, CM | September 7, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments

There are hardly any words in all the gospels more blunt than the stark ones Jesus proclaims in Luke’s 14th chapter.

How Many of Us Have Reimagined Labor Day?

by John Freund, CM | September 7, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

I am willing to bet that most of us think of Labor Day as marking the last hurrah of summer or a day of supposed “fantastic sales.”

Bother Those of Strict Observance

by Ross Reyes Dizon | September 6, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Jesus shows us God who is rich in mercy. He welcomes sinners and eats with them. This does bother not a few folks. Maybe the Pharisees and the scribes think Jesus likes to bother them since they are the guardians of the law. For he stands up to them when they tell...

Risen from among Those Who Are Dead

by Ross Reyes Dizon | Apr 4, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus, who died on the cross, has risen. Hence, we cannot look for him among the dead, but among the living. Early in...

Vincentian Prayer Images: Contemporary Art 22

by Famvin Media Resources | Apr 4, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

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

Create in Us a Clean Heart

by Mary Frances Jaster, MISEVI International | Apr 3, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

During this season of Lent, I have had the opportunity to read daily reflections from two different books. One that was particularly striking to me was from Give Us This Day, and was written by Sr. Irene Nowell, OSB.

Can March Madness Teach Us Something About Lent?

by John Freund, CM | Mar 6, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

What lessons can we learn from March Madness? What is the goal of Lent – giving things up or waking up?

Lenten Video Series: Day 8, Just Like Us

by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Mar 5, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

This Lent, we offer to you the 2020 Lenten Video Series created by the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. Day 8: Just Like Us.

What Can We Do About Homelessness?

by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | Mar 5, 2020 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections, Systemic change

How can we blend sysemic change and a “culture of encounter” in serving the homeless.

Lenten Video Series: Day 7, Acceptance

by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Mar 4, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

This Lent, we offer to you the 2020 Lenten Video Series created by the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. Day 7: Acceptance.

A Vincentian View: The Meaning of Work

by Pat Griffin, CM | Mar 4, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

Work without the opportunity to find its purpose and its contribution to creation in the service of others is work that can dehumanize.

Touch and Lift Up Those Who Are Afraid

by Ross Reyes Dizon | Mar 4, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus is close to those who are afraid. So, he can readily touch them to set them free from all their fears and worries. Jesus takes with him Peter, James and John to go to a high mountain by themselves. And it is not that their works touch or move him to choose them....

Are You Part of the Problem?

by John Freund, CM | Mar 4, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change

Am I part of the problem... or part of the solution? How can I know? I recently read something attributed to Coretta Scott King, "It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem.”...