A Vincentian reading of the Sunday readings
Brother Especially to the Outcasts
by Ross Dizon | November 22, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Look ahead to the Lord’s Joy and Taste It
by Ross Dizon | November 14, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Fire up Our Whole Selves with Love
by Ross Dizon | November 7, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments
Slaves in the Same Way as Jesus
by Ross Dizon | October 31, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
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Homage to the King of the Jews and of All Nations
by Ross Dizon | Jan 3, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the Prince of peace and sovereignty rests on his shoulders. We get to him, so we may do him homage, by the...
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See and Hear the Word Made Flesh
by Ross Dizon | Dec 31, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the Word made flesh and he is in our midst. Those who do not fail to see and hear him, and do what he says,...
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Homes in the Kingdom of Heaven
by Ross Dizon | Dec 27, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is like us in all things but sin. He is not a stranger to the joys, sorrows, light and glory that our homes...
Justify Those Who Are Not Wholly Just
by Ross Dizon | Dec 13, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is “God-with-us.” This name makes known that the one who alone is holy is with us who are not holy; he wants to justify us. The angel of Joseph’s dream seems to justify Mary, to show her not guilty, to say that she has been true to him. But there are those who...
Announce the Good News to the Poor
by Ross Dizon | Dec 6, 2022 | Formation
Jesus is God’s Anointed and Sent One to announce the Good News to the poor. To belong to God and to Jesus is to belong to the poor. John the Baptist seems to go into crisis, and his whole group with him. For what he hears in prison about Jesus does not sound...
Fix our Gaze on our Lord Jesus
by Ross Dizon | Nov 22, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
After putting up with the shameful cross, Jesus has been lifted up to the highest place. To fix our eyes on him means not to lose heart. A new year starts in the Church, but she asks us to fix our gaze on the end. It tells us, “Eyes on the prize.” It is the...
Sun of Justice That Saves and Heals
by Ross Dizon | Nov 8, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the sun of justice that enlightens us who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death. The Ukrainians suffer very much due to the war. And life will be harder still for millions. For they are plunged into the cold and the dark; thanks to the sun for heat and...
Believers, and Not Just Thinkers
by Ross Dizon | Nov 1, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the resurrection and the life. It is enough for us to be believers in him to conquer death. The problem of religion does not lie in those who are not believers but in those who are believers. It does not lie in the publican, but in the Pharisee that looks...
Save What Is Lost, This Is What It Is About
by Ross Dizon | Oct 25, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus, the Son of Man, has come to seek and to save what is lost. No, there are no lost cases for him. St. Luke tells us that Zacchaeus is a chief publican and a wealthy man. This means that, in the eyes of others, no one can save him. For he is a publican, that is...
Just Servants of the Holy Lord
by Ross Dizon | Oct 18, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the image of the all-just God who alone is good. Before him and before God, no one is just. Last Sunday’s theme on prayer is back today. For Jesus tells the parable of the Pharisee and the publican. The two are in the temple to pray. And St. Luke lets us...
Cries of Those Who Are Poor for Justice
by Ross Dizon | Oct 11, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the help that comes from above. He is at once the unflagging prayer for the poor and the saving answer to their cries. Jesus tells his disciples the parable of the widow and the judge. He wants to teach them how they should pray to the one who hears the...
Thanks to God through Jesus Christ
by Ross Dizon | Oct 4, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus it is who teaches us by word and by deed to give to God the right thanks that we owe him for the gifts we freely receive. The Samaritan, who sees that he is free of leprosy and goes back to give Jesus thanks, breaks the mold. For he is a foreigner that Jews...