When I celebrate the sacrament of reconciliation with people, my emphasis does not solely embrace God’s forgiveness of our sins of the past, but promotes God’s grace to live a better future.
Reflections
I Never Knew I Missed the Point!
Have you ever been in a conversation where someone missed your point? I certainly have. Also, more times than I care to admit, I have been the one who missed the point.
Go around Towns and Villages as God Wants
Jesus has come so he may go around towns and villages and preach by words and by works, and as the Father shows him in...
Vincentian Prayer Images – Art By Vincentians 13
Share your thoughts on a weekly image of artwork made by members of the Vincentian Family.
The Eucharistic Life
In the year 1264 at the request of Pope Urban, St. Thomas Aquinas composed a beautiful hymn for the feast of Corpus Christi. The hymn is very familiar to us and it continues to inspire us to love and adore the Eucharist. The first verse says: “I adore you by...
Clarifying Approaches • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent
"No, Monsieur, neither philosophy, nor theology, nor discourses can act in souls; Jesus Christ must be involved in this with us —or we with Him— so that we may act in Him and He in us, that we may speak as He did and in His Spirit, as He himself was in His Father, and...
The Pope Video • For a Eucharistic life
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: For a Eucharistic Life.
Do These Images Speak To Polarization Today?
Two images, in particular, remind me of the limitations of what I see. They are helping me be more humble when I think of my conversations with those who do not view things the way I do.
Receiving Me (2 Kings,4; Mt 10:40)
Two agitated men, just coming from a disastrous happening, were walking down a country road and pouring out their shared troubles. Each was focused on his own grief, but each was also was taking in the pain of the other.
Do Mothers Have Favorites?
Do mothers have favorites? It depends on who you ask! Here I explore whether God has favorite children.
Optimists, for They Rely on the Word
Jesus is at once the Good News of the kingdom and he that preaches it. He wants us to be optimists, preaching with him bountifully, not sparingly.
Prudence
In the Bible, the First Book of Kings chapter three and four speaks about King Solomon and the greatness of his rule. He had a strong administrative structure. The army was also very strong and he was sovereign over all other neighboring kingdoms. During his rule we...
