![Distraction… or Insight?](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/07/Namaste-FI-1080x630.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Distraction… or Insight?
After communion, I admit to being distracted by watching the line of people coming up to receive the Body of Christ.
![Your Tub Is Overflowing!](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/02/homelessness-series-featured-2-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Your Tub Is Overflowing!
“If you want to resolve street homelessness, you have to think about prevention: how do you turn off the tap?”
![Message of the Holy Father for the World Day of Prayer for Creation](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/07/imagen-planeta-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Message of the Holy Father for the World Day of Prayer for Creation
Every September 1 is the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, so established by Pope Francis in 2015, in keeping with the theme addressed in his encyclical Laudato Si’ on care for our common home.
![Understand & Listen (Genesis 18: Luke 10: 38-42)](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/02/mckenna-tom-reflections-featured-facebook-1.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Understand & Listen (Genesis 18: Luke 10: 38-42)
Recently I came across an intriguing quote from the 18th century author, Henri David Thoreau, which touched on a theme prominent in the scriptures.
![Shocking Statements!!!](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/07/Our-Father-cross-FI-1080x630.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Shocking Statements!!!
The front pages of tabloid newspapers scream shocking statements. News pundits and internet “influencers” specialize in shocking “clickbait headlines.”
![Vanity of Vanities, All Is Vanity](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2015/11/ross-reyes-dizon-sunday-readings-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Vanity of Vanities, All Is Vanity
Jesus is clear-headedness in person. He brings to light the vanity, the emptiness, of the life of those who love and serve money. Jesus grants and does not grant what a man who feels disinherited asks him to do. For, in the first place, the Teacher says “no.” He...![Vincentian Prayer Images: “The Colors of Charity” • 8](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/06/i-colori-della-carita-featured-copy-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Vincentian Prayer Images: “The Colors of Charity” • 8
This series is a visual memory of the art exhibition “The Colors of Charity,” which was on exhibit from 15 December 2017 to 25 February 2018 at the Collegio Alberoni of Piacenza.
![The Vincentian “Universidad de Sta. Isabel” in the Philippines](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/07/universidad-st-isabel-philipines-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The Vincentian “Universidad de Sta. Isabel” in the Philippines
Universidad de Sta. Isabel is a private Catholic Vincentian university owned and run by the Daughters of Charity in Naga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines.
![Passing of Sister Juana Elizondo, Daughter of Charity](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/07/Sor-Juana-Elizondo-Leiza-HC-fb-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Passing of Sister Juana Elizondo, Daughter of Charity
Yesterday afternoon, Sunday, July 24, 2022, Sister Juana Elizondo Leiza, former Superior General of the Daughters of Charity, passed away in San Sebastian (Spain).
![Young people of the VMY in Lousada (Portugal), nourish their faith and help other](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/06/P1280159-e1572727610314-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Young people of the VMY in Lousada (Portugal), nourish their faith and help other
Graduated in nursing, she embraced the spirit of the mission, which brought her to Mozambique with the project “Reborn to hope.” Get to know this young woman and Vincentian Marian Youth better.