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Reflections
Questioning God’s First Question
Do you remember God’s first question? It’s one parents often ask their children. But it is also one that has many meanings according to the context.
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory (Rev. 22: 16; Jn 17: 20-26)
The word Glory shows up frequently in the Scriptures, all those praises of God’s Glory and in particular Jesus’ petitions to His Father asking to give the disciples (and all of us) the Glory that the Father has given Him.
A Vincentian View: Belonging to the Truth
Jesus invites us each day to listen to his testimony to the truth. In doing so, we recognize him as our King and choose to follow his word and his example. We belong to the truth.
Is Advent Missing In Action?
The Incredibly Shrinking Season of Advent We have incredibly shrinking airline seats, middle class, paychecks, computers, glaciers, and even, it seems, our planet. Articles have been written about each of the above. But so far, I have not come across an article on our...
Hopeful and Watching at All Times and Praying
The same Jesus who has gone into heaven will come back with power and great glory. Those who, hopeful, watching and praying, wait for him will never be disappointed. Jesus speaks of signs in the sun, the moon and the stars. These signs, along with the roaring of the...
What Happens to Thanks after Thanksgiving Day?
The forgetfulness of “Thanks” the day after Thanksgiving.
A Canadian View: Freedom Behind Prison Walls
The Province of Ontario Regional Council of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul started the Ozanam education fund several years ago, which provides grants to a candidate sponsored by a member conference. We have helped almost 200 candidates. One unique candidate was...
The Kingdom Interpretation
The Kingdom Interpretation (Mk 12:44-48) To profess myself a Christian is to profess a desire – and that desire is to follow behind the Lord, Jesus Christ. Perhaps “follow behind” doesn’t quite get to the heart of it. It’s more accurately a “stepping into his...
Thanksgiving with Mary – Celebrating God’s Upside Down World
Mary’s thanksgiving hymn is actually a hymn celebrating God’s “systemic change” of seeing things as God sees things … and an invitation to live it in our lives.
Advent Letter 2018 to the Vincentian Family, by Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM
In this year's Advent letter, Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, 24th successor of St. Vincent, invites us to delve into the example of St. Vincent de Paul, addressing one of the main sources in which Vincent drank as a mystic of Charity, the daily prayer: "He urged all the groups...
Kingship That Jesus Christ Wishes for All of Us
Jesus Christ is King. But his kingship, the one he wants to share with us, is not just like any other. For it does not come from this world. Those who make up the Sanhedrin bring Jesus before Pilate. One of the charges they bring against Jesus is that he keeps...
