“Call,” a notion that figures prominently in the Scriptures, God summoning people to change direction. Heading nowhere in particular, someone senses an inner prod to take some new course.
Reflections
How My Idea of Lent Has Changed
I never used to think about Lent until Ash Wednesday and the ritual of receiving ashes. My earliest recollection of Lent is that I wanted it to be over.
Lies, Darkness and Polarizations
Jesus is the light of the world. To follow him means not to walk in the dark, in lies, but to have the light of life,...
Petty and Narrow Self-Interests
Jesus dies for us sinners. That is how the God of unfathomable goodness proves his love for us as petty and stingy as we are. Our petty desires for gain, power and security hinder the revelation of truth. And not knowing the truth leads to people’s...
God’s will as our Will to Meaning
Victor Frankl in his famous book, The Will to Meaning, writes that Man’s search for meaning is the primary motivation in his or her life. According to Frankl, when one fails to find meaning in his or her life, there will be an existential vacuum, an inner emptiness...
Sr. Carol Keehan DC Speaks for Children
[September 13, 2017] Thank you very much for the invitation to be with you today at this prayer breakfast. We are at an incredible moment in the history of humanity and our treatment of our children. Address at the United Nations Interfaith Prayer Breakfast As people...
A Vincentian View: 2417
A Vincentian View: 2417 400 years. For the universe, or the pyramids, or the Judeo-Christian faith, it does not seem like such a long time, but for human life it really is. In this year, as we all know, we celebrate the 400th anniversary of our Vincentian charism....
Forsake the Ways and Thoughts of the World
Jesus teaches us to forsake the ways and thoughts of the world. Replacing them with those of God, we become fools before the world, yet wise before God. To forsake the needy is a sure sign that one follows the ways and thoughts of the world. And the parable of the...
Vincentians Learn from Scripture
Vincentians Learn from Scripture - Vincentians are Loving Servants - Vincentians Show Others the Way Vincentian Learn from Scripture “Oh! How beautiful and consoling. It is not easy, but if we wish to follow Christ closely, we cannot choose an easy, quiet life. It...
Is your sight growing stronger with age?
It took Vincent until midlife to begin to see clearly. By the end of his life. seeing Christ in the beggar was not merely poetry.
A Prayer to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton at the Start of the School Year
A story about the Seton Shrine and children as they begin their studies this year.
The 400th Anniversary of Our Charism
A paraphrase of the opening line today from Isaiah reads: “How beautiful are the feet of the one who brings glad tidings, announces peace, carries good news, tells us that our salvation is here and now, and does all this by a life-changing proclamation. And that is,...
