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Reflections
Sundays with Luke – Stories Within a Bigger Story
Have you ever “binged-watched” your favorite TV series? If you have, you probably saw important themes you missed when you watched isolated episodes.
A Vincentian View: Bearing the Marks of Jesus
Paul ordinarily employed a scribe to write down the letters that he dictated for the benefit of his local churches. Sometimes, however, he picks up the pen himself to write a last few lines.
Jesus’ Oxygen Mask
All our Vincentian Family heroes and heroines needed the oxygen of a clear vision of who called them and what was their mission… Something that comes in prayerful awareness. How did they replenish their spiritual oxygen sources?
A Canadian View: A New Definition of Homelessness?
Deep in the heart of Texas, the government of the Unites States of America operates immigrant detention centres. Many countries have immigration detention centres, including Canada, but the Texas centres are operated in a very different way. They make a point of...
A Vincentian View: For the Greater Glory of God
A Vincentian View: “For the Greater Glory of God” A week or so ago, I had the opportunity to preach on the memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola. As might be expected, I began to think about the Jesuits and then I toyed with the idea of how many Jesuits I could list. ...
Lord, Teach Us to Think Anew!
Are we ready to leave the box of our normal thinking and to find the opportunity that lies disguised in this challenge? Show us the truth that will set us free.
Hungry for the Living Bread, the Word Made Flesh
Jesus is the living bread that came down from heaven. The hungry who eat him, the Word made flesh, will live forever. They murmur about Jesus because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They behave as those hungry people who complained against God...
Sayings That Have Shaped Us
Wisdom has shaped us. The Book of Proverbs says, “How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver!” (16:16)
The Pope Video • The Treasure of Families
This month, the Pope asks us to pray: Together, let us ask Jesus that any far-reaching decisions of economists and politicians may protect the family as one of the treasures of humanity. Pope Francis - August 2018 ...
St. Vincent and St. Louise – Ideal Collaborators?
St. Vincent and St. Louise - Ideal Collaborators? J. Patrick Murphy reminds us in his booklet Mr. Vincent of the collaboration of two exceptional people – Vincent and Louise. In Louise de Marillac Vincent found the perfect partner to build his business model and bring...
VLM/VMC Impact: Where Did You See God in Your Life Today?
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. The other day,...
