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Reflections
Challenges of “Walking the Talk”
There are times when I have thought of another “Yeah, talk is cheap”! Other times I have stood on the sidelines in awe, watching how well another ”walks the talk.”
A Vincentian View: Being Rich in What Matters to God
The blessing of abundance carries with it a responsibility. Jesus points out that truth when he tells the parable of the rich man with the abundant harvest.
Testifying
Testifying (Luke 9:1-2) Reading Luke’s account of the disciples being sent out, I put myself in the shoes of one of those 70 individuals directed to go forth and proclaim the Good News that in Jesus, God’s forgiving compassion is drawing near. How would I feel...
Everyone Knows How to Listen! … Really?
The task of listeners is not to impose their ideas on the young. It is to help the young see the presence of the Spirit in their hearts and lives.
Surrender Freely, Joyfully, Holding Back Nothing
Trusting in his Father, Jesus musters the courage to surrender for us everything he has and all that he is. To belong to him and to his kingdom entails such trusting surrender. Jesus praises the intelligence of the scribe who has asked, “Which is the first of all the...
The Heroes In Our Lives – The Saints Next Door
“All the Saints” can never be limited to those who have fully graduated. As the entire New Testament does, we must apply the word “saints” to all of us who are in kindergarten, primary school, middle school, high school, college, and doing graduate studies..
VLM/VMC Impact: To Serve Others and to Work to Improve Issues of Social Injustice
We continue to share a series of reflections made by Vincentian Lay Missionaries and Vincentian Mission Corps participants about their experience serving, how it has impacted their lives and how they continue to live the Vincentian Charism today. Ever since...
A Vincentian View: “Belonging to God”
A Vincentian View: “Belonging to God” All of us know what a seal is. In our day, it may take the form of a logo or insignia or symbol which is on a shirt or a scarf or a car or almost anything else. When we see that emblem, we know who made that...
Some Things We Can All Agree On!
We pray in thanksgiving for the privilege and responsibility of being able to organize as individuals politically. We pray that each of us, as citizens, feel compelled to exercise our right and responsibility to vote…
First and Greatest of All the Commandments
Jesus teaches that the first and the greatest of all the commandments is to love God and the neighbor. The Teacher practices, moreover, what he teaches. According to Jewish teaching, there are 613 commandments. Of these, 365 are prohibitions and 248 are positive...
There is a Dream in You
"Saint Vincent received the vocation to go forth as a gift." This sentence from Fr. Luigi Mezzadri’s article has echoed in my mind from the moment I read it. The vocation to go forth is a sign left by Saint Vincent de Paul, both in the sense of always advancing from...
