Reflections
The Word (Deut 4: 1-8; Jas 1:17-27)
by Tom McKenna, CM | September 8, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments
I remember a heated conversation between a man who was promising something to a woman, and the woman to whom the promise was being made. It ended with her exasperated response, “Those are just words.”
Me-ism In Our World … and Church
by John Freund, CM | September 8, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 1 Comment
Me-ism! A lens to understand our world, church… and the three year “synodal process” beginning October 2021.
Rumors, No; Intimate Knowledge, Yes
by Ross Dizon | September 7, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Vincentian Prayer Images: What Moved Saint Vincent? X
by John Freund, CM | September 7, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
What is a disciple of Vincent called to be?
A Vincentian View: All Are Welcome
by Pat Griffin, CM | May 25, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
In the middle of the Acts of the Apostles (c. 15), we find one of the first issues of exclusion in the young Christian community.
Wait for Jesus Christ to Come Back
by Ross Dizon | May 25, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus, who came to the world from the Father, now leaves the world to go back to the Father. True Christians cannot...
Politics – Did you know…?
by John Freund, CM | May 25, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Last week Pennsylvania held primary elections. I take voting seriously! I am also curious. So I decided to ask Google...
“Ashia”: I see your struggle, but have courage, this struggle does not have the last word.
by Maura Martin, CVV 10 | Apr 5, 2018 | Formation, Other Branch News, Reflections
Ashia, Ash rae, those who mourn, they will be comforted. Jesus’ words from the cross “My God, My God why have you forsaken me” Psalm 22, which is immediately followed by Psalm 23 “The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I lack.”
Missionaries just like the One Who Sends Them
by Ross Dizon | Apr 5, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the model of the true missionary. He sends us who claim to be Christians as his missionaries, for the sake of others. As the Father has sent him, so Jesus sends his disciples. That is to say, God’s missionary par excellence, in turn, makes his disciples...
A Vincentian View: Peace Be With You
by Pat Griffin, CM | Apr 4, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Vincentian View: “Peace be with you” If you have gotten messages from me, you will see that I most often finish my notes with “Peace” or “Peace in the Risen Lord” or some such variation on “peace.” Many people may feel that it is a left over from my hippie-days and...
If Einstein Is Right…
by John Freund, CM | Apr 4, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Why do we feed, clothe and house the marginalized over and over?
VLM/VMC Impact: Hardly a Day Goes By…
by Suzanne Gillen | Apr 3, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
We will be sharing 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. Hardly a day goes...
Happy Easter – What Does That Even Mean?!
by Lisa Bright, SSVP Australia | Apr 2, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Thoughts by Lisa Bright Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018 I love Chocolate. And I love Easter. However, chocolate is not why I love Easter. The journey to Easter began 6 weeks ago on Ash Wednesday. In the Christian tradition Lent is a period of 40 days where Christians...
Following Behind “The Story”
by Tom McKenna, CM | Mar 28, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Following Behind “The Story” Especially in this age of Facebook and Instagram has the power of story come to the fore. That is, increasingly so, the narrative much more than the bullet-pointed outline is what does the most effective job of getting through to hearts...
Holy Week – The Greatest Systemic Change in Human Consciousness
by John Freund, CM | Mar 28, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
“Do you understand what I have done for you?”… I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. … Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. John 13: 11-17
Teaching 8 Proverbs with One Video
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 27, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
This is an an example of a Bible study (on Proverbs) for those who think the Bible has nothing to say, and why good, short video is helps. It works with any book of the Bible.