No matter how you arrive at the role of caregiver, whether suddenly or gradually, there is a spiritual component to caregiving.
Reflections
The Treasures’s Location (Hebrews 11:1-19; Lk. 12:32-48)
“For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.” (Lk 12:34)These words of Jesus shine a light on what it is that a given society values — what it treasures most, what tops its list of things most sought after?
If These Moccasins Could Speak!
Have you ever walked a mile in another’s moccasins? … in the moccasins of their sufferings?
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...
Pope Francis’ Annual Day of the Poor and the Heart of St. Vincent
There must be a big smile in St. Vincent’s heart! When Pope Francis pours out his heart about the meaning of the annual World Day of the Poor his words resonate with themes close to the heart of Vincent.
November 18: Second World Day of the Poor
“This poor man called, and the Lord heard him” (Psalms 34,7) What a great idea of Pope Francis to set one Sunday a year for us to reflect on the situation of the Poor! In his message for this day, the Holy Father seems to make a reflection for the Vincentian Family....
