Jesus is the faithful witness and the King of martyrs. To welcome him means to follow him to the end with palms in...
Reflections
Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History XXVII
One of the reasons for Saint Vincent de Paul to be considered a key figure in the history of the holiness of the Church is his style of living his vocation. Each week we will present an example.
Lenten Video Series, Day 29: Full Court “Pressss”
Offer up little sacrifices, little moments, little discomforts, every day to receive great graces from God and the Blessed Mother.
Vincentian Virtues for Moms
Admittedly I have been tremendously influenced by Vincentians in my adult life. Prior to that, I had known of the ministry of the Vincentians (read: I had heard of the St. Vincent de Paul Society) since I was little. Unfortunately, that probably remains the...
Space: The Final Frontier! Or is Poverty?
Jesus said it well. “The poor you will always have with you.” Could we not speak of welcoming and caring for our poorer brothers and sisters as an everlasting frontier?
The Pope Video • To Witness to the Gospel in Asia – November 2017
"The Pope Video" series continues! This month, the Pope asks us to pray for Asia -- an enormous continent where people of diverse religions coexist, and where Christians are a minority. Let us listen to their testimony and learn from their openness to others....
The Grace of the Stranger Welcoming Me
Let me tell you about an encounter I had last weekend. I drove to Plymouth, Massachusetts Friday for a meeting Saturday of the Sisters of Charity Federation Associates from the Boston area. I was co-facilitating the meeting. Plymouth is where the Pilgrims aboard the...
The Character of God
I remember talking to a man who was leaving a good position in his company after over 30 years on the job. He didn’t want to, but he said it wasn’t the same company he had come to those three decades ago. He lamented that it had lost its lights and heart, particularly...
Needed Not Needy: A systemic change in perception
Why Changing The World’s Perception Is Critical To How We Tackle Poverty
Simplicity that Is Unusual, yet Necessary
There is, in Jesus, consistency between thought and word, also between preaching and doing. We are not Christians if we lack such simplicity. Jesus addresses this time the crowds and his disciples to reassure them. That is because a religious leader’s bad behavior,...
Four Brief Reflections
Service in Hope – “I am among you as one who serves.” (Lk. 22:27) “There is no better way to insure our eternal happiness than to live and die in the service of the poor, within the arms of Providence and, and in a real renunciation of ourselves by following Jesus...
St. Vincent de Paul: Apostle of the Holy Spirit
Here we are living in the 400 anniversary year of the Vincentian charism. This is a time of renewal and grace. 1617 was the year in which Vincent received the Holy Spirit and obeyed the Holy Spirit in order to make a radical change in his life. It was the same Spirit...
