St. Elizabeth Ann Seton found in Sacred Scripture a path to God. Her life embodied what the Second Vatican Council called the “force and power in the word of God” that becomes the “support and energy of the Church.”
Reflections
The Shining Gaze (Ps 4:7a; Lk 24:36-80)
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
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!
Vincentian Prayer Images – Art By Vincentians 2
Share your thoughts on a weekly image of artwork by members of the Vincentian Family.
Renewal for Our Call to Misison
On Saturday, April 15, 2023, MISEVI in Latin America joined together with German Sanchez, newly elected leader of FAVILA, to hear inspirational thoughts concerning the call to be lay missionaries.
Wise Stewards of the Earth and of the Poor
Pope Francis began his first Encyclical by stating “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Sinore” - “Praise be to you, my Lord.” This was taken from the Canticle of St. Francis Assisi, in which he compared the world as a common home, where the Mother Earth sustains and governs us with...
Eyes on Earth Day – Eyes Closed? Glazed? Wide-open?
We often use images that speak of another’s awareness of something. Turning a blind eye! Eyes glazed over! Having one’s eyes wide open.
Handcuffs Will Not Stop Homelessness!
In a recent reflection on the site Invisible People, Robert Davis makes the point that handcuffs will never solve homelessness.
What history rhymes with a future of justice and peace?
The history of Social Development at the UN continues to echo but more rhymes are needed so that it leads to a fulfillment of the promises of placing people at the center of development, eradicating poverty, providing productive employment and decent work, and creating social inclusion.
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. ...
