Reflections

Who are your Friends?

“Tell me your friends, and I will tell you who you are.” These words are but echoes of words spoken over 400 years before Christ.

What Should We Do to Attain Joy and Peace?

Jesus makes known to us his joy and his peace.  Hence, it is enough for us to go to him to get an answer to the question, “What should we do?” We can thus be full of his joy and his peace. It seems that the one who calls folks to repent and be baptized touches their...

Firewood for the Soul: Around the Same Table

A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.

Simplicity and Cordiality • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam

[The conferences] are blooming in Livorno and in Pisa, they begin to prosper in Florence, in Pontadera, they settle in Prato, and soon in Volterra and in Porto Ferraio. Very soon there will be seven families of Saint Vincent de Paul in this Tuscan country in which...
Always Be Ready

Always Be Ready

Always Be Ready – God is Merciful - Doors of Faith - Mystery of Love Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast – Tuesday February 23, 2016 Always Be Ready – Lent is a good time to remember to always be ready.  Look inside and know what needs improving.  Do a Lenten cleanup of...

#IamVincent: I am Elizabeth

#IamVincent: I am Elizabeth

A gift that finds expression in people like Elizabeth Ann Seton, Vincent de Paul, Louse de Marillac, Frederic Ozanam and countless others is the charism — the gift of the Holy Spirit — we all share. When I write #IamVincent, I could easily write #IamElizabeth....

COVIVO: #IamVincent

COVIVO: #IamVincent

COVIVO community member Erin Kennedy offers a reflection called "Offering Bread" I think I can safely say that my year as a Colorado Vincentian Volunteer ( COVIVO ) has shaped almost every facet of my life. Even still, 3 ½ years after my volunteer year ended, I find...

Repentance: believing and living the Gospel

Prayer, mission, evangelization

A man of prayer, Jesus is capable of everything, of living the hard truth even that there is no glorification without crucifixion. Jesus is devoted to prayer. He is, according to St. Vincent de Paul, “a man of the greatest prayer” (SV.FR IX:415). Or, as Father Robert...

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