Reflections
God Alone Suffices • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent
"God is an abyss of gentleness, a sovereign, eternally glorious being, an infinite good that embraces all good;...
Lenten Examination of Conscience for Vincentians – Week 4
Each Friday of Lent we will share a different guide to help examine your conscience based on different aspects of our lives as members of the Vincentian Family.
Mothers and Mary – Model For Us As Church
This week let’s look at how Mary modeled living life as Church.
A Vincentian View: The Work of God
One of the verses from a Gospel of the past week captured my thinking and prompted my reflection: “This is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent.”
Emmaus – Why Was Jesus Slow Revealing His Resurrection?
Suppose you just discovered you were instantly cured of painful cancer? Did someone wipe out a longstanding debt?
Grasp What Jesus Is, What He Says and Does
Jesus who is close to the Father’s heart makes him known to us. It is crucial that we grasp what Jesus is, what he says and does. Those to whom Jesus speaks do not grasp what he teaches by way of a figure of speech. And they are not the disciples but the Pharisees. ...
Vincentian Prayer Images – Art By Vincentians 1
Share your thoughts on a weekly image of artwork depicting St. Vincent de Paul.
Vincent’s Constant Attention to the Presence of God
St. Francis De Sales in his famous book, Introduction to the Devout Life, writes about “constant spiritual attentiveness” as the most assured means of spiritual advancement. In the spiritual life of St. Vincent, especially as given in the book of Louis Abelly, we come...
Could You Be Convicted of “Mercying?”
Over 50 years ago, a university student showed me a card. “If being a Christian were a capital offense, would there be enough evidence to convict you?”
Dear Church
The privilege of being part of the Vincentian Family Justice Representatives also involves a serious responsibility to learn and grow with issues of social justice.
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and the Lightness of Divine Mercy
For humans, finding a balance between justice and mercy is always difficult. But St. Elizabeth Ann Seton understood that God’s grace transcends earthly limits, and allows mercy to fall lightly from heaven on our hearts and minds.
Paying It Forward (Acts 2:42-47)
In the Acts of the Apostles, we come across a behavior that is not quite self-explanatory.