Reflections

Questioning God’s First Question, Where Are You?

by John Freund, CM | May 24, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Do you remember God’s first question? It’s one parents often ask their children. But it is also one that has many meanings according to the context.

A Vincentian View: Tongues of Fire

by Pat Griffin, CM | May 22, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

We live in a world and at a time that has much need for the energizing fire of the Holy Spirit.

Let Me See Again!

by John Freund, CM | May 22, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

The blind beggar never saw it coming! No pun intended! I mean it quite literally. He was no doubt hoping and praying that someday he would be able to see. But did he ever think that it would actually happen that day. .. and in an encounter with Jesus? (Luke 18:35) The...

Contemplation: A Model To Follow

by Tim Williams | May 21, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments

This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org When we hear the word “leader” we naturally think of a great general, a head of state, one of those celebrity CEOs, or even a star athlete leading a team to victory. The great leader is an American archetype: charismatic,...

Distraction to Insight

by John Freund, CM | Jul 12, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

I was implicitly taught to regard that as a distraction from focusing on the Body of Christ I just received. Suddenly, with insight, I became grateful for this “distraction”! What changed?

Bottom Land (Mt 5:21)

by Tom McKenna, CM | Jul 10, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

We all know the phrase, “getting to the bottom of it.” It means digging down beneath the outside appearances to the inner core of something

Heard any Shocking Statements?

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

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

A Vincentian View: Be Vincentian, Be a Listener

by Pat Griffin, CM | Sep 27, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Each year at St. John’s University we celebrate Founder’s Week from September 20-27.

Have You Tried Praying the News?

by John Freund, CM | Sep 27, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Have you heard the expression “Pray with the bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other?”

Doubt the Quick “Yes” that We Say

by Ross Reyes Dizon | Sep 26, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus is the firstborn from among those who do what is true and come to the light, so that there is no doubt that their works are just. No doubt, we have to love in deed and truth. The second son in the parable says “yes,” but he does not do what the father asks. No...

Vincentian Prayer Images – Art By Vincentians 23

by Famvin Media Resources | Sep 26, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Share your thoughts on a weekly image of artwork made by members of the Vincentian Family.

Commit to the Poor of Flesh and Blood

by Ross Reyes Dizon | Sep 24, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus goes about doing good; he loves in deed and truth. He does not just commit to an ideology. St. Vincent is like him. St. Vincent wants those who follow him to commit with zeal to those who are poor (SV.FR XI:133-137). And it seems that he himself cannot but...

Simplicity In Our Living • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent

by Mitxel Olabuenaga, C.M. | Sep 23, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

"I’m well aware that people think of simplicity in general as truth or purity of intention: truth, because it sees that our thoughts conform to the words and other signs by which we express them; purity of intention, because it makes all our acts of virtue tend...