Reflections

We Remember, We Celebrate, We Believe

by Tom McKenna, CM | March 24, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

All of us have heard the phrase, “living in the past.” Usually it has a negative ring – – somebody missing out on the good things happening now because he or she lives on memories of a bygone day.

I am doing something new!

by John Freund, CM | March 24, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 0 Comments

For a variety of reasons, we sometimes can not see what is right before our eyes.

Lenten Video Series: Day 30, I Can Change Myself

by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | March 23, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

This Lent, we offer to you the 2021 Lenten Video Series created by the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. Day 30: I Can Change Myself.

Hosannas that Cry Out for Sense and Truthfulness

by Ross Dizon | March 23, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

Jesus is the awaited Messiah from king David’s lineage. That is why, as he enters Jerusalem, the crowds cheer him with hosannas. Jesus does not turn down the hosannas of the crowds, which shows that he is quite aware that he is the Messiah. He shows no inferiority...

My Favorite Image of God

by John Freund, CM | Jan 26, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

As I look back over my life I realize how, over time, my relationship to God has emphasized one or another person of the Trinity.

Lover of Sinners and Outcast

by Ross Dizon | Jan 25, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus is a lover of those whom religion and society shun: sinners, widows, orphans and strangers. They are dear to...

Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History XVII

by John Freund, CM | Jan 25, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

“…make up your mind to unite spiritual assistance to the corporal service you render.”

Things Ordinary, Yet Eye-Opening

by Ross Dizon | Jul 11, 2017 | Formation, Reflections

In Jesus dwells bodily the fullness of God. He is the fullest meaning of things, which he uncovers for us to see. Being on top of things and aware of what is going on, Jesus tells the parable of the sower. He turns the sower of people’s experience into a “Gospel...

Lazarists and Migrants Passing Through Greece

by John Freund, CM | Jul 11, 2017 | Formation, News, Reflections

A report from Père Agapit, CM describing the work of confreres with a wave of migrants passing through Greece.

Ordinary Time – Reflection – Longing for Holiness

by Lynn L'Heureux | Jul 10, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Ordinary Time – Reflection – Longing for Holiness – Accept the Truth Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast: Re-post from July 8, 2014 Ordinary Time I am not sure why we call it ordinary time. It is a long section of our liturgical season filled with many important...

Are We Visionary Enough to Serve?

by John Freund, CM | Jul 8, 2017 | Formation, Reflections

Are we able to operate not so much with answers or even programs, as necessary as they may be, but with vision, with hopes and dreams?

Being Grateful • A Weekly Reflection with Louise

by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Jul 7, 2017 | Formation, Reflections

Students have finished the course 2016-2017 in Spain, and holidays are starting; it maybe be a good occasion to stop to thank God, the community and all, for the favors that have made us during this course. Saint Louise may serve as an example. “Your grapes are...

Simplicity: My Vincentian Story

by Erica Dix | Jul 6, 2017 | Formation, Reflections

“I fell in love the way you fall asleep; slowly, and then all at once.” -John Green My Vincentian Story begins in a church. As I grew up and learned about Catholicism, I always felt as if there was something missing. When I came to DePaul and learned the story of St....

I am a Doctor, and #IamVincent

by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jul 6, 2017 | Formation, Reflections

Sai Aung Phyo was inspired by the University’s Vincentian Mission of service. As a student in the Honors Program at St. John’s, he tutored classmates in biology, chemistry, and physics. During his free time, he also participated in the Midnight Run program, in which...

To Be A Gospel Sign

by Tom McKenna, CM | Jul 5, 2017 | Formation, Reflections

To Be A Gospel Sign (John 6:30) In John’s gospel, the crowd in Capernaum asks Jesus, “What sign can you do for us?” To catch the full meaning here, it’s important to know John’s special use of the word ‘sign.’ He doesn’t mean it in the ordinary sense of one thing that...