We are radically dependent on God, and there is no better characteristic than this one to remind us of that dependence.
Reflections
Lenten Video Series: Day 17, Prayer Parachute
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | March 8, 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 17: Prayer Parachute.
In Search of Dignity
by Bill Hurley | March 7, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
We as human beings, throughout the world, are faced with a problem that should be causing each of us to search inside ourselves and ask “am I responsible for someone’s loss of dignity?”
Lenten Video Series: Day 16, Relationship with Him
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | March 6, 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 16: Relationship with Him.
The Pope Video • Sacrament of Reconciliation
by .famvin | March 6, 2021 | Church, Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Sacrament of Reconciliation.
The Visitation as “Paying it forward”
by John Freund, CM | Dec 31, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
In her visitation journey to Elizabeth, Mary was simply “paying her gift forward” by offering her elderly cousin much welcomed assistance.
Manifestations, Revelations, Apparitions
by Ross Dizon | Dec 30, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the best and the fullest of God’s manifestations to us humans. It is enough to see and know him to see and...
Gate We Cannot Do without to Attain Salvation
by Ross Dizon | May 2, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus alone is the gate we cannot do without to attain salvation. He is the gate through which we come in and go out without arousing suspicion. That is to say, coming in through him, we access lawfully and unquestionably the safety of the sheepfold. And going out...
Icon of the Charism: Divided by History, United by Charity
by Luigi Mezzadri, CM | May 2, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
It has been 400 years since the days of Folleville and Châtillon. That long period has not weakened the Vincentian charism like the oak at the Berceau. It is as alive as a spring high in the mountains. The Polish artist, Mariola Zajączkowska-Bicho, on a sketch by...
Proclaim with Joy – True Friends
by Lynn L'Heureux | May 1, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Proclaim with Joy - True Friends - Wednesday, April 25 Gospel - Why does the Son come? Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast Proclaim with Joy I want to be a woman whose faith in God’s promises holds no matter how long there is no evidence of it—a woman who uses her voice...
What if Vincent Hadn’t Been Inventive and Said, “It’s Always Been Done That Way”?
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Apr 30, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
"There's a phrase that should never be used: 'It's always been done that way.' That phrase, let me tell you, is bad. We must always be changing because time changes. The only thing that does not change is what's essential. What doesn't change is the announcement of...
Moved to Correct our Defects • A Weekly Reflection with Louise
by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Apr 28, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
"It is not enough to have a mind enlightened by the consciousness of our faults. Our wills must also be moved to correct them. In the first case we purify our conscience, while in the second we embellish and adorn it for the reception of our Jesus." (A 45bis). Louise...
Vincentians of Wherever: Dr. Paul Vermette
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Apr 27, 2017 | News, Reflections
Dr. Paul Vermette, a professor of education at Niagara University, received Leadership Niagara’s Lifetime Achievement Award during the organization’s annual awards luncheon, held today at the Conference Center Niagara Falls. A professional educator since 1971, Dr....
Letting Truth Appear
by Tom McKenna, CM | Apr 26, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Letting Truth Appear (John 8:31-42) It’s not often I get stunned by the cover of a magazine, but the one on Time in late March accomplished that. In dark letters set against a darker background was the question, “Is Truth Dead?” The phrase caught a feeling I only half...
Burning, Listening and Welcoming
by Ross Dizon | Apr 25, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the last word about unheeding, cold and uncaring hearts turning into hearts that listen, are burning and welcoming. The disciples heading toward Emmaus know that the word, like the flames shooting out of burning brush, spreads quickly. Hence, the question of...
God in the Garden – Vincentians Seek
by Lynn L'Heureux | Apr 24, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
God in the Garden - Vincentians Seek - We Need to Pray - Vincentians Do Not Judge Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast God in the Garden In the beginning, God made a garden, rich with compost and humus, a black loam that smelled of dawn. Seeds began sprouting in this...