Jesus is the meal to which we are all invited, so that we may not perish but have eternal life. Do we come to it...
Reflections
Vincentian Prayer Images: “The Colors of Charity” • 11
This series is a visual memory of the art exhibition “The Colors of Charity,” which was on exhibit from 15 December 2017 to 25 February 2018 at the Collegio Alberoni of Piacenza.
Mother Seton’s ‘Certain Hope’ in Mary, Assumed Into Heaven
The Church teaches that Mary’s Assumption anticipates the resurrection and is a sign of hope and comfort for us all. In her life, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton continually relied on this certain hope, in the sure knowledge of Mary’s presence in eternity, body and soul.
A Vincentian View: Innocent
As we reflect upon the meaning of the cross in this Holy Week, the third evangelist’s writing draws us to consider the suffering of the faultless in an emphatic way.
Holy Week – Jesus Asks “Do you understand?”
Holy Week – Jesus washes feet and asks “Do you understand?” God is present in loving service more than power and might.
Living through the Death of Jesus Christ
Jesus wears the crown of glory because he died for everyone (Heb 2, 9). If we share his death, he will have us living with him in glory. The wicked, true to the plots they were hatching against Jesus, cut him off from the land of the living (Jer 11, 19-20). But God,...
Harmony in the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul
We must have the appropriate profile of president for our Councils and Conferences; otherwise, the harmony that governs our organization will end.
Share Your Saint? Saints and Scholars in Vincentian Europe
Which saint matters to you and why?
A Canadian View: Reconciliation (Part 1)
A word that is heard and used often during the Lenten season is reconciliation.
Solidarity
A saving solidarity: when someone is suffering, not only sympathizing but carrying them through…doing something to lift the burden.
More Than the Appendix in Bed 404B
Doctors need to treat that appendix. But that appendix is not something in a laboratory dish. It is part of the many systems we call a person. And that person is part of many other systems.
Fill Up What is Lacking in Christ’s Afflictions
On the cross, the one who bears our sufferings carries out fully our redemption. And to gaze at him mournfully and prayerfully is to pledge to fill up in our flesh what is lacking in his afflictions (see Col 1, 24). It is not that the work of Christ is not enough...
