Reflections

A Vincentian View: The Power of Love

by Pat Griffin, CM | August 19, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

Our Gospel story emphasizes the power of love. Within the Scriptures, the passages that speak of God’s love are numerous, as are those that celebrate human love.

Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven

by Ross Dizon | August 18, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Jesus has the key to the kingdom. He is God’s Servant who comes to serve, to open and close. He gives to those who are his own the keys of service. It looks like Peter knows quite well what people say about Jesus. But he does not go where they are, for he says that...

Vincentian Prayer Images: An Image For Self-examination

by John Freund, CM | August 18, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments

Have I ever thought of the difference between what is socially acceptable and not socially acceptable discrimination?

Grace that Transforms the Heart and Makes us Sisters and Brothers

by Javier F. Chento | August 17, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments

There are Christian songs that have become universally known and that we know how to hum or at the very least, their melody is familiar to us. One of those songs that has surpassed its author is “Amazing Grace.”

A Vincentian View: Our Daily Bread

by Pat Griffin, CM | Jun 9, 2021 | Formation, Reflections

Remember the Exodus instructions to the people Israel in the desert? Each morning, they may collect only enough “manna” to feed them for the day (Exod 16:4-15).

Patient and Lowly as Jesus and Farmers

by Ross Dizon | Jun 8, 2021 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus is meek and lowly of heart. He wants us to catch his meekness and lowliness. Needless to say, the meek and...

Vincentian Prayer Images: Walking Through Each Day with St. Vincent XIII

by John Freund, CM | Jun 8, 2021 | Formation, Reflections

St. Vincent told the Daughters of Charity: “Before dinner, make the examination of conscience… on the resolutions you took at meditation…”

The lure of the desert

by Ross Dizon | Feb 17, 2015 | Formation, Reflections

First Sunday of Lent (B), February 22, 2015 – Gen 9, 8-15; 1 Pt 3, 18-22; Mk 1, 12-15 An appeal to God for a clear conscience (1 Pt 3, 21) Driven into the desert by the same Spirit that descended on him at the Jordan, Jesus is revealed as the leader of the new exodus....

How do you Sisters do it!

by John Freund, CM | Feb 16, 2015 | Formation, Reflections, Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family

When one looks at what dedicated women religious have done in health care, educationand in general, going to the peripheries” the question naturally arises. So just how do sisters keep writing “new chapters” in their lives?

Who’s in the “New Family”

by John Freund, CM | Feb 14, 2015 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family

Father Tom McKenna, CM reflects on Who’s In The “New Family”?

“I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame” (Job 29:15)

by John Freund, CM | Feb 11, 2015 | Formation, Reflections

“I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame” (Job 29:15) – Pope Francis reminds us “Time spent with the sick is holy time ”

Blessed curse

by Ross Dizon | Feb 10, 2015 | Formation, Reflections

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), February 15, 2015 – Lev 13, 1-2. 45-46; 1 Cor 10, 31 – 11, 1; Mk 1, 40-45 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ (1 Cor 11, 1) Jesus bears our infirmities and endures our sufferings. His true followers follow his example. A leper...

“Islands of mercy in the midst of the sea of indifference”

by Ross Dizon | Feb 3, 2015 | Formation, Reflections

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), February 8, 2015 – Job 7, 1-4. 6-7; 1 Cor 9, 16-19. 22-23; Mk 1, 29-39 To the weak I became weak (1 Cor 9, 22) Jesus says to those of us who, like the anguished Job, bemoan our miseries in this valley of tears: “Come to me, all you...

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