In this year dedicated to St. Joseph, I have written several times on the way in which the Psalms can express the thinking and praying of the Holy Family.
Reflections
The Poor Will Always Be With You??
Here I reflect on a “prequel” to the very first council, the Council of Jerusalem (Acts 15). I will also fast-forward to the two-year-long “sequel” taking place right now.
Brim with Jesus’ Justice and Love
Jesus is King David’s just shoot. He comes to make the earth brim with justice. How he wishes that we get the name...
Handling joys and griefs
Thirty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), November 15, 2015 – Dan 12, 1-3; Heb 10, 11-14. 18; Mk 13, 24-32 He took his seat at the right hand of God (Heb 10, 12) Jesus is our hope. In difficult, painful and failed times, we are tempted to despair even of humanity’s...
Vincentian leadership 2015 – Inclusive decision-making
One of the key legacies of Vincent de Paul, is “personalism,” or respect for the person. What strategies did Vincent de Paul have for inclusive communication and decision-making? How do Wisdom and Vincentian personalism help support the mission and viability all...
Partners with God – The Trinity is Life
Partners with God – Jesus on our Team – Guiding Light of the Holy Spirit - The Trinity is Life Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast Tuesday November 10, 2015 Dear Vincentian Family: Have a great week. Open your eyes to see the goodness around you. Look at others with...
60 Seconds with Sister Brenda Fritz
60 Seconds with Sister Brenda Fritz Music is a powerful thing. Sister Brenda Fritz, D.C., shares how she uses it in her ministry as a Daughter of Charity. https://youtu.be/sBWYbtQ3Nms Catch more 60 Seconds with Sister videos from Daughters of Charity throughout the...
Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass
Father Pat Griffin reflects on Kristallnacht as he continues his series Considering Consecrated Life. I must confess that I read this closely since it occurred just some six months after I was born. As a minister at St. John’s University, I have been invited to...
October Bulletin of Vincentian Marian Youth
In the October Bulletin of Vincentian Marian Youth the President writes... The lifestyle that is embraced by the members of the VMY implies a sense of commitment that goes beyond simply “belonging”. Here we refer to “being”, that is, being a reflection of Christ and...
The Way – Christian Code
Fr. Tom McKenna offers a reflection entitled A Christian Code: The Way (Mk 10: 46-52; Jeremiah 31:7-9) In one place or other, most all of us have come across the phrase “code word.” It means some word or phrase that at first seems unimportant, but if...
Collaboration from a Eucharistic perspective
In this year of Vincentian Family Collaboration, we rarely reflect on collaboration from a Eucharistic perspective. The following reflection on what collaboration is and is not takes it a step further by rooting collaboration in our understanding of Eucharist. Over a...
How do we define ourselves
Fr. Tom McKenna reflects on The Rich Young Man (Mk. 10:17-22) and how we define ourselves in an essay “I …, Therefore I Am” “I …, Therefore I Am” In a philosophy class, a teacher asked, “What is your cogito?” I thought he meant some bone or other body part -- but...
