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The Shining Gaze (Ps 4:7a; Lk 24:36-80)
by Tom McKenna, CM | May 1, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
A favorite verse, Psalm 4, reads: “Lord, let your face shine upon us.” It summons up a very warm and private kind of experience that each of us in our own way can recognize.
Mayday! – Pope Francis and Vincentian Voices
by John Freund, CM | May 1, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Mayday! Mayday! It’s the call that no airplane pilot or ship’s captain ever wants to make. Why? Because it means trouble. Big trouble!
Contemplation: A Culture of Welcome – SSVP USA, a Weekly Reflection
by Tim Williams | April 30, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments
Hand over the Body and Shed the Blood
by Ross Reyes Dizon | April 30, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments
The God Minute: Karen’s Story
by Famvin Media Resources | Jun 23, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
A Marian-themed reflection.
Being on the Side of the Workers • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Jun 22, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Of course, the districts of Saint-Jacques and of Jardin-des-Plantes do not always give the spectacle of the same...
Into the Hands of God the Father with Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
by Lisa M. Hendey | Jun 22, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Throughout her life, Mother Seton knew that we are never truly alone, even when life’s challenges are most daunting. Our Heavenly Father is always there for us—present, loving, merciful.
There’s No Place I’d Rather Be
by .famvin | Aug 3, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Fr. Milton Ryan, C.M., has served as Pastor at Holy Trinity Parish in Dallas since 2018 and notes with almost a sense of wonder that his faith journey and his path to the priesthood started in that very place more than 40 years ago.
A Vincentian View: A Covenant
by Pat Griffin, CM | Aug 2, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
During the past month, I have celebrated three weddings… In preparation for the celebrations, one word kept emerging for me from the texts—“covenant.”
How Have You Changed?
by John Freund, CM | Aug 2, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
The question “How have you changed” is more complicated than you might realize! Before you answer, listen to this story.
God-with-us in Our Joys and Our Griefs
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Aug 1, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus, God-with-us, is the first of the brothers and sisters who rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep. There is a report that fewer folks in the U.S. believe in God and, one can guess, in God-with-us. For the number of believers in the U.S. is...
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.