Reflections
Fill Up All Those Who Are Hungry
by Ross Dizon | July 23, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Firewood for the Soul: A Change of Heart
by Samantha Hill and James Hodge | July 22, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.
To Grieve with the Evils of the Poor • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | July 20, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
If Moccasins Could Speak!
by John Freund, CM | July 19, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Have you ever walked a mile in another’s moccasins? … in the moccasins of their sufferings?
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The Root Causes of Homelessness Today
by John Berry | Jul 28, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
But either way you cut it, clearing or criminalizing homeless encampments will do little to solve our nation’s homelessness crisis.
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Priests Committed to the Poor and the Needy • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Jul 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Priests, do not be offended at the freedom of speech which a layman uses in appealing to your zeal. [...] Mistrust...
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Future, Past, and Present: A Science Fiction Parable
by John Freund, CM | Jul 26, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
We see so little of God’s creation! Yet we still think of our world as the center of creation, our culture as the model for all cultures.
Firewood for the Soul: Risk for Reward
by Samantha Hill and James Hodge | Jun 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.
Homily: Making ourselves “radically available” to others (Video)
by Famvin Media Resources | Jun 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
An interesting homily by Bishop Donald J. Hying, the former National Episcopal Advisor to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA.
What Rich Man will be Saved? • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Jun 15, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
We need not dwell on those amongst them who are better off [at Lyonnais Street]; those who, for six persons, can supply two beds, into which are huddled pellmell the sick and the healthy, boys of eighteen with girls of sixteen. Let's not talk about the ruin of the...
My Father taught me about “Our Father”
by John Freund, CM | Jun 14, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
At some level, I assumed all fathers were like my father. I have always loved and admired my father. Using the image of a loving father helped me understand God’s love.
The Power For Oneness (1 Cor 12: 12-13)
by Tom McKenna, CM | Jun 12, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
The motto on the great seal of the United States is the Latin “E Pluribus Unum.” It’s translated: “Out of the Many, One.”
Many Levels of Understanding
by John Freund, CM | Jun 12, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
I never gave much thought to what is involved when I hear or ask the question, “Don’t you understand?”
Contemplation: Another Advocate
by Tim Williams | Jun 11, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org In 1833, President (and Spiritual Advisor) Emmanuel Bailly opened the first meeting of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul praying “Veni, Sancte Spiritus…” We continue this special devotion to the Holy Spirit today,...
Sow with Humility, Trust and Courage
by Ross Dizon | Jun 11, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is, in person, what it means to sow is to harvest and the seed that turns into a tree with large branches, so that birds can dwell in its shade. In today’s gospel, Jesus says that the kingdom of God is like the one who goes to sow and gets to harvest. That is to...
Firewood for the Soul: Fragility
by Samantha Hill | Jun 10, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.