Reflections

Find Jesus Christ on the Outskirts

Jesus is born on the outskirts of Bethlehem, in a shelter for animals in bad weather.  There, yes, is where to find and touch him, and be touched by him. “Poignant and powerful, this is a real song, maybe just too real for some tastes.”  It is one of the many comments...

Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History XII

The poor and rich, the weak and the powerful are one and the same flesh of humanity…

What I Dreaded Became a Source of Life

It was a moment I think most of us dreaded. In the later stages of formation some 60 years ago I remember hearing the words “Mr. Freund please.”

A Canadian View: Inter-Generational Trauma, Poverty & Racism, Part Three

I would like to examine the relationship between trauma, poverty and (systemic) racism over my next three articles. Part Three discusses (systemic) racism.

Sacramentals (Mt 10:27-32)

The Reminding Spirit (John, 14)

Recently I was speaking to a woman about a surprising experience she had while going through one of her favorite books-- 20 years after she read it the first time. Expecting it to be repetitious, she was struck by how new so much of it seemed, almost as if she were...

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