Loving us to the end as he dies on the cross, Jesus gives the greatest proof that God loves us. Hence to exalt the...
Reflections
In the Footsteps of Ozanam: Embracing Suffering with Hope
In the early 1850s, Frédéric Ozanam’s health declined due to chronic illness. Despite his suffering, he remained active in faith and charity, even founding a St. Vincent de Paul conference in Florence. Ozanam faced his final months with patience and trust in God, offering his pain in union with Christ.
In the Footsteps of Ozanam: Champion of Social Justice
In 1848, amid Europe’s revolutions, Frédéric Ozanam championed “Christian democracy,” urging the Church to embrace liberty, equality, and fraternity through social justice. He founded L’Ère Nouvelle to advocate for the poor and called Catholics to engage in public life. Ozanam’s vision of faith-driven reform prefigured modern Catholic social teaching, blending charity with systemic change.
How Mary Experienced Her Son’s Resurrection
“How was your Easter?” How many times have you said that recently? Usually, it leads to a lively conversation about family gatherings, etc.
John 3:16 – Read It!
If you’ve watched any sports events over the last decades, you’ve seen banners held high, calling attention to a famous passage in John’s Gospel.
Easter People in a Good Friday/Holy Saturday World?
Some 60 years ago, I remember being struck by a question still relevant today. A great theologian, Johannes Hoffinger, asked: “if we are Easter People, why do we so often look like people in need of an aspirin?”
Through the Darkness to Easter Light with Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
The example of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton shows us how to yield our lives to Christ, the Crucified One, that we might live.
Contemplation: Seeking His Will Together – SSVP USA, a Weekly Reflection
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org “Life,” the old saying goes, “is what happens to us while we are making other plans.” There is a deeper truth captured in this witticism, one that St. Vincent often repeated. It is not that we should make no plans and...
Read the Signs of Jesus in Our Midst
Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God. To believe in him means to know how to read, to grasp, his many signs in our midst. We read, as we come to the end of today’s gospel, “Jesus did many other signs.” So then, we can take it that his rising from the dead is one...
The Two Crosses
On the day I became a sister there was an Incorporation Ceremony before friends, family, and a whole host of Daughters of Charity. I wore my full habit for the first time, and during Mass I had placed around my neck a cross marked with SV (for St. Vincent); it is the...
MISEVI Extraordinary Assembly: An Easter Reflection
Resurrection! What a beautiful aspect of our Church, that every year, we reflect on Jesus’ resurrection and have the opportunity to recognize our own daily resurrections.
Lenten Examination of Conscience for Vincentians – Week 7
Each Friday of Lent we shared a different guide to help examine your conscience based on different aspects of our lives as members of the Vincentian Family.
