A Vincentian reading of the Sunday readings
Mind and Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ
by Ross Dizon | May 3, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Burden and Sorrow of Our Lord Jesus Christ
by Ross Dizon | April 26, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Palpable, Touchable, Visible, True
by Ross Dizon | April 19, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Live and Die as Jesus Christ Did
by Ross Dizon | April 12, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
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...
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...
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...
Follow Jesus Steadfastly to the End
by Ross Dizon | Jun 25, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus steadfastly makes up his mind to carry out fully his mission. To follow him steadfastly to the end is what it means to be a Christian.
Memory of Jesus Christ’s Inventive Love
by Ross Dizon | Jun 19, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus gave himself up for us. Because we break the bread and bless the cup, we keep alive the memory of his love to the end. The memory of Jesus surely comforted St. Vincent de Paul. That was why he was able to comfort others. He comforted, for instance, a dying...
Mystery of God Hidden in Plain Sight
by Ross Dizon | Jun 11, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus reveals that God, whom no one has ever seen, is love. Those without love, then, do not know God nor, much less, the mystery of the Most Holy Trinity. Without doubt, Jesus is God’s last word to us human beings. He is the mystery of God and in him are hidden all...
Picking out the Followers of Jesus Christ
by Ross Dizon | Jun 5, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Obviously, people no longer see us Christians follow Jesus or go with him. He is not with us as he was with Peter and the other disciples, for he has gone up to heaven. But this does not mean that there is no picking us out as followers of Jesus.
Grow up and Get Ready for the Life to Come
by Ross Dizon | May 28, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus embodies the way to grow up and get ready for the life to come. Following him, we will get to the place that he readies for us and we will be where he is. Just before going up to heaven, Jesus does for his followers what he has already done for two of them. For...
Keeping the Word of Peace and Fellowship
by Ross Dizon | May 22, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the one through whom God speaks definitively to his people. Listening to Jesus and keeping his word leads to peace and fellowship. Jesus goes on to say goodbye to his followers. And they must be listening very attentively in view of fondly recalling and...
Dear, Precious, Very Costly Indeed
by Ross Dizon | May 14, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the perfect model of love to the end. His true and dear followers, then, are those who love one another as he has loved them. Jesus’ followers are as dear to him as children are dear to their parents. And since he is going to be with them only a little while...
One Are Jesus and His True Followers
by Ross Dizon | May 7, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus and the Father are one. And so are Jesus and his true followers. Needless to say, then, true followers cannot but be one in heart and mind. One with us in every way, but in sinfulness, the Word made flesh feels the cold of winter. So, he walks about in the...
Together as Followers of Jesus Christ
by Ross Dizon | May 1, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus gives us the perfect example of love. He wants us, who call him ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’ to do together also what he has done for us. Together are some followers of Jesus. They are less than twelve. The group, then, is not meant to represent Israel with its...