Reflections
Firewood for the Soul: Asking for Help
A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.
We Are All Responsible • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
All Catholic countries have placed charity in the law, but what has saved them is that they have not extinguished it...
Would We Listen If Cathedrals Could Speak?
Westminster Abbey began as a Benedictine monastery in 960 AD. The Abbey is rich in history and could tell many stories.
Solidarity – in Life, Death, and New Life (Mark 14:1-15:47)
A remark I once overheard: “I don’t mind suffering when nobody knows about it – as long as somebody knows about it!”
Doubting Thomas – the Fact-checker
’Doubting Thomas’ gets bad press. But in today’s post-truth world, full of fake news and disinformation, there is much we can learn from him”, says Rev. Peter Crumpler.
Contemplation: To You Alone – SSVP USA, a Weekly Reflection
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org To offer the benefit of the doubt is to assume the best of somebody even when you are uncertain of the truth. Is this not what we are called to do in our encounters with the neighbor? Thomas, we are told in John’s gospel,...
Ruler and Savior, Lord and Messiah, Good Shepherd
Jesus is Ruler and Savior, Lord and Messiah. Yet he lords over no one; he serves and is the Good Shepherd who gives his life for the sheep. A ruler among Jesus’ own should not at all be like a ruler among the Gentiles. The latter lords it over others. The former, on...
Firewood for the Soul: Your Eyes, My Eyes
A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.
Learning from Our Children and Our Parents • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
What an incredible moment when I heard the last cries of my beloved wife and the first cries of my daughter! What an incredible moment to behold that child, small but immortal; that child that God placed in my hands; that child that has brought me much love and many...
The Pope Video • For the Role of Women
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: For the Role of Women.
Eucharistic Gift – Wrapped In a Story
We know the Pope appreciates a good story. Maybe that is why a Capuchin preacher, speaking to the Pope, ended his profound reflection on the Eucharist with a story.
Migrant Families in Rural South Carolina
The migrant families are actively engaged in all aspects of the life of the parish.