Reflections

“Let us choose life; let us choose the future.”

by Sr. Carol De Angelo | January 11, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

“Let us choose life; let us choose the future.” Pope Francis’ plea to decision makers and participants at COP28 and to all of us has been resonating in my heart.

Leaving No One Behind: A Promise and a Challenge for our Age

by Dr. Linda M. Sama | January 11, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments

How can we leave anyone behind? How can we turn our backs on those who need us most?

The Light That Beckons (Mt 2: 1-12)

by Tom McKenna, CM | January 10, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments

Stories can bring delight. And if there ever was a story that has sparked delight among believers, it’s the one about those three travelers from the East…

Vincent As a Seeker

by John Freund, CM | January 10, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

Some time ago, I offered a reflection on “The Magi School For Seekers.” It was based on a homily Pope Francis gave, presenting the Magi as showing the path for modern-day “seekers.”

Lenten Letter Group Reflection – Part 2

by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 2, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

Reflection for groups, on the Lenten Letter 2024 from Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, to the Vincentian Family. Part Two: Personal Experience of Eucharistic Adoration.

The Social Scale is No More • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent

by Mitxel Olabuenaga, C.M. | Mar 2, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

"When this great God created us with the plan to require of us that pleasant duty of loving Him and this honorable...

The Pope Video • For the martyrs of our day, witnesses to Christ

by .famvin | Mar 2, 2024 | Church, Formation, Reflections

“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: For the martyrs of our day, witnesses to Christ.

Never Alone (John 11:1-45)

by Tom McKenna, CM | Mar 22, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

One of the heaviest of feelings is the one of being alone. You hear it in the cry of an infant, and more generally you catch it in the forlorn look of any lonely person.

Facing St. Joseph’s Challenges Today

by John Freund, CM | Mar 22, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Often we want to get around troubles and challenges in life rather than go through them. If only we could skip from the beginning to the end without going through the middle.

Dead to Sin and Living for God in Christ

by Ross Dizon | Mar 21, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus is the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in him, though they die, will not stay dead. In him they will live for God and be dead to sin. There cannot be dead folks among those who believe in Jesus. This flies in the face of my sorrow due to the...

St. Patrick: A Prophet for Social Justice

by John Freund, CM | Mar 17, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

I must admit the above title caught my eye. I never considered Patrick as a Prophet for Social Justice. Wander down this path with Kevin Ahern. You may be surprised.

A Vincentian View: Come to the Water

by Pat Griffin, CM | Mar 15, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

From a human point of view, water is inseparable from life.

What Can You Learn From History?

by John Freund, CM | Mar 15, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

I don’t often think of it. But one of the courses that influenced my life was a history course.

Open the Eyes of Those Who Cannot See

by Ross Dizon | Mar 14, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus is the light of the world. That is why to open the eyes of the blind is part of the task that his Father has entrusted to him. Jesus decides on his own to open the eyes of a man blind from birth. The latter gets to see so clearly that he recognizes him to be a...