Reflections

Firewood for the Soul: Who is my Family?

by Samantha Hill | June 3, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

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

The Privilege of Serving the Poor • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam

by Javier F. Chento | June 1, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Those who have the privilege of distributing the public help [...] go, for instance, to the twelfth arrondissement, one of the strongholds of the insurrection, and out of about ninety thousand inhabitants they find eight thousand families inscribed on the list of the...

Re-evaluating Your Childhood Beliefs

by John Freund, CM | May 31, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

I would be surprised if you haven’t re-evaluated some of your childhood beliefs.

How Mother Seton Teaches Us About the Gift of God Himself

by Danielle Bean | May 30, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton believed in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist even before she was fully received into the Church.

Heard any Shocking Statements?

by John Freund, CM | Jul 10, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

Heard any really “shocking statements” in the last 24 hours?

Contemplation: True Presence

by Tim Williams | Jul 9, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul

This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Vincentians are doers, we are people of action. We love God, as St....

Sent Ones, Men and Women, of Jesus

by Ross Reyes Dizon | Jul 9, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

As the Father sends him, so Jesus sends his disciples. These sent ones carry out what their Teacher tells them to...

Simple, Not Hidden • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent

by Mitxel Olabuenaga, C.M. | Dec 2, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

"Another thing that recommends simplicity to us in a wonderful way are those words of Our Lord: 'I confess to you, Father, because you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to little ones.' I acknowledge this, Father, and thank You...

The Herald of Good Tidings

by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | Dec 2, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

In the liturgical readings of the season of advent the book of Isaiah has a prominent place. Especially the passage, (Isa 40:1-11) in which we read about the voice which commands the herald of good tidings to “Cry out.” It is a solemn command to announce the good news...

Vincentian Advent Reflections 2023 – Week 1

by Famvin Media Resources | Dec 1, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

A beautiful reflection about “gift-giving”.

The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same

by John Freund, CM | Dec 1, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

We are seeing the replay of decades of hostility in the region of Jesus’ birth!

Already and Not Yet (Mt 25: 14-30)

by Tom McKenna, CM | Nov 29, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

A phrase often on Jesus’ lips: “The Kingdom of God” — or in another iteration, “the Reign of God, His Father.”

Christ the King and the “Duck Test”

by John Freund, CM | Nov 29, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Many will recognize the saying, “If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.”

Tasks for the Servants of Jesus

by Ross Reyes Dizon | Nov 28, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus has chosen and brought us to his house. And he has assigned us tasks that we have to carry out as we wait for him to come back. There are not a few of us who do not do not fulfill our assigned tasks. Is this due to our not being of those who are wise,...