Reflections
A Transforming Surprise – Encounter With Jesus
Jesus’ disciples experienced a transforming surprise. They became aware of being loved. That encounter opened their eyes … and they ran to tell others about it!
Contemplation: Not to Be Forgotten – SSVP USA, a Weekly Reflection
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org There are thousands of agencies, organizations, and individuals who offer...
Adore the Father in Spirit and Truth
Jesus shows us how to adore the Father in Spirit and truth. To learn from him, then, means to keep the true religion. ...
Lent: A Time to Withdraw to be Ourselves
Jesus took with him Peter, James and John and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves (Mk 9:2; Mt17:1). This is how both St. Mathew and St. Mark begins the transfiguration narrative which is taken for the liturgical reading of the Second Sunday of Lent. St....
To Follow the Pope, as St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Did
St. Peter is honored because despite his weaknesses, he loved and followed Jesus, and became the first pope. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton also chose a difficult path, when she answered God’s call, and entered the Catholic Church.
The Pope Video • For Victims of Abuse
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: For Victims of Abuse.
What I Learned in the ER
Try to “listen” for the backstory of at least one conversation today.
A Canadian View: Servant Leadership
Servant leadership is term used within the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul and is likely familiar with many branches of the Vincentian family.
A Vincentian View: The Way of the Cross
Have you ever considered that the stations of the cross (usually) encircle us when we gather in our place of worship?
A picture of polarization today?
Polarization is not new.
Visions of a Better Future of Glory
Jesus is the risen Son of Man. And he is so, for, though the Son of God, he was a servant and obeyed to death on the cross. He makes our visions of glory come true. Peter does not like what Jesus says about his visions of what is to come. They seem terrible to...
‘They Possess God’: Mother Seton and Blessed John of Fiesole
It’s no wonder that Mother Seton and Blessed John of Fiesole, the Dominican friar known as Fra Angelico, experienced God so intensely in Italy, a land of splendid Catholic art and liturgy.