Reflections

THE Question (Mt 16: 13-19)

There are questions and there are QUESTIONS. How about the life-altering one Jesus puts to Peter in Matthew’s gospel?

Contemplation: Catching a Glimpse

True acts of compassion often have less to do with material aid and more with making others feel seen, loved, and not alone in their struggles. In visiting those in need, we offer more than assistance—we offer presence, friendship, and a reminder of God’s love that can uplift their spirits long after we’ve gone.

Close to the Blessed according to Jesus

Jesus, the Word made flesh, dwells in our midst.  Through him, God, whom we do not see, draws close to us and makes himself known.  There seems to be hope for the man the robbers have left on the road to die.  For, by chance, a priest goes down that road.  Yet he does...

The Scandal of Excess: Luxury, Indifference, and the Forgotten Poor

A growing divide between wealth and suffering mirrors past eras of decadence that ended in collapse, revealing a moral and spiritual crisis. Grounded in the Gospel and Vincentian tradition, the call is to stand with the poor, confront injustice, and resist systems that glorify excess while ignoring human dignity.

Three Words

Three Words

Some time ago I came upon what you might call a “3 Preposition Formula” that aimed to provide a framework for understanding something of the mystery of our Trinitarian God, our “3-personned” God.

Forerunners of the Bearer of the Good News

Spirit of Christ, of Peace and Mission

The Father’s Sent One, in turn, sends us Christians.  Yet we can go on Christ’s mission only if the Spirit of Christ is upon us.  The spirit of Elijah was upon Elisha.   What Elisha had done to cross the Jordan on dry land made this clear.  It seems, then, that it is...

Do You Feed Any Fires?

Do You Feed Any Fires?

Neither you nor I can escape the fact that our world today is being consumed by the fire of violence. Yet there is also a fire that very much needs fanning into flame… the fire of love!

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