Jesus is not of the world. Nor are his true disciples. They get to reach what we who are humans find hard to reach....
A Vincentian reading of the Sunday readings
Gather Together Two or Three in Jesus’ Name
Jesus is always in his Church. Yes, he is in the midst of those who gather together in his name by the initiative of...
Deny Themselves, Bear Their Own Cross, Follow Christ
Jesus is all things to all. He leads those who live for others and deny themselves. For they do not seek their own...
All Things to All so as to Save All
Jesus is the Teacher who shows us by words and by works what it means to become all things to all for the sake of God’s kingdom.
Foreigners No Longer, But Citizens Rather
Jesus, our peace, makes one the Jews and those who are not Jews: the foreigners. He tears down, through the cross, the wall of hate that separates them.
Win With the Victorious Over the World
Jesus has overcome the world. That is why those who put their faith and trust in him cannot but win in the face of trials, woes, doubts.
God-with-us in Our Joys and Our Griefs
Jesus, God-with-us, is the first of the brothers and sisters who rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep. There is a report that fewer folks in the U.S. believe in God and, one can guess, in God-with-us. For the number of believers in the U.S. is...
Supreme Value of the Kingdom of God
On top of being the scribe who is trained in the kingdom of heaven, Jesus embodies also the supreme value that this kingdom is. The teaching is clear that the kingdom of heaven is the supreme value. For there is this saying: “Seek first the kingdom of God and his...
Rush to Condemn and to Exclude
Lowly, meek and patient, Jesus bears with the weak and annoying. We learn from him to bear with one another and not rush to judge.
Optimists, for They Rely on the Word
Jesus is at once the Good News of the kingdom and he that preaches it. He wants us to be optimists, preaching with him bountifully, not sparingly.
Yoke That Is Easy, Burden That Is Light
Jesus soothes those who are weary and carry heavy burden. To take his yoke and learn from him is to know the Father and find rest and ease. In wonder, Jesus thanks the Father. For, though Lord of heaven and earth, the Father favors with revelation the little folks. ...
Paradoxes: Signs of the New Creation
Jesus brings in the new creation. The paradoxes that he lives and teaches let us know what the new creation means. Jesus uses hard sayings and paradoxes to announce the Good News. And there are, in today’s gospel, examples of these hard sayings and paradoxes. For...
