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Reflections
Do You Know Many Saints?
by John Freund, CM | November 1, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
You probably know more saints than you think!
Gospel Steadiness (Luke 24)
by Tom McKenna, CM | October 30, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Anyone who regularly prays the rosary knows the experience of repetition. In the course of fingering the beads through five decades, you’ll have recited the same prayer, the Hail Mary, over 50 times.
Halloween, and What Christians Celebrate
by Javier F. Chento | October 30, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Christians don’t celebrate death on Halloween… We celebrate Life on the feast of All Saints and remember all the good people who have passed on to live with Jesus.
Last Time Driving a Car
by John Freund, CM | October 30, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
In my mid-eighties, I knew the day would come when I would no longer drive. A couple years ago it actually came!
Firewood for the Soul: Trustworthy
by Samantha Hill | May 20, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.
Responsible for Proclaiming the Word of God • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | May 18, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Dear friend, we have not faith enough; we are always looking for the re-establishment of religion by political means;...
Vincentian Prayer Images – Art By Vincentians 15
by Famvin Media Resources | Aug 1, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Share your thoughts on a weekly image of artwork made by members of the Vincentian Family.
Trials of Life
by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | Jul 31, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
There is an interesting conversation between St. Vincent and St. Louise which I read many years back in a book about St. Vincent. The topic of conversation was,” why God allows sufferings in our life?”. Vincent tells to Louise, that “God can be compared to a sculptor...
Four + One (Gospels) • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent
by Mitxel Olabuenaga, C.M. | Jul 29, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
"As for myself, I don’t know, but God has given me such a high esteem of simplicity that I call it my Gospel. I have special devotion and consolation in saying things as they are." (CCD, IX, conference 52). "Everyone loves simple, candid people, who don’t use...
The Pope Video • For World Youth Day
by .famvin | Jul 28, 2023 | Church, Formation, Reflections
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment:
Lessons From Those Flying Geese
by John Freund, CM | Jul 28, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Just about everyone has seen a flock of geese flying in their trademark V-formation. They are a thing of beauty to behold…. if you can get beyond their negative effects at lower altitudes.
Five Faces of Justin De Jacobis
by Javier F. Chento | Jul 26, 2023 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
If I had to pick a single Daughter of Charity to present to the sisters as a model, I would pick Rosalie Rendu. If I had to pick a single missionary to present to the confreres, I would pick Justin de Jacobis.
Drinking At The Fountain of God’s Word (Isaiah 55: 10-11)
by Tom McKenna, CM | Jul 26, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
With this hot weather scorching many parts of the globe, it’s not hard to appreciate the metaphor the prophet Isaiah offers as a picture of how it is between ourselves and God — more specifically, between ourselves and the Word of God.
Has Pope Francis “Made a Mess?”
by John Freund, CM | Jul 26, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Almost ten years ago to the day, Pope Francis told young people his hopes for World Youth Day. The sound bite people remember… “make a mess.”
Supreme Value of the Kingdom of God
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Jul 25, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
On top of being the scribe who is trained in the kingdom of heaven, Jesus embodies also the supreme value that this kingdom is. The teaching is clear that the kingdom of heaven is the supreme value. For there is this saying: “Seek first the kingdom of God and his...