A Vincentian reading of the Sunday readings
Loaves and Fish of the Poor for the Poor
by Ross Dizon | July 20, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Gather the Scattered, Lost, Separated
by Ross Dizon | July 13, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Choose the One Who Chooses Us First
by Ross Dizon | July 6, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Prophets After Jesus Christ’s Own Heart
by Ross Dizon | June 29, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
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Palms of Martyrdom, of Witness
by Ross Dizon | Apr 5, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the faithful witness and the King of martyrs. To welcome him means to follow him to the end with palms in...
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Holy and Just in the Sight of God
by Ross Dizon | Mar 29, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus ushers in the new creation. He comes to make all things new. Hence, he wants us to be just and holy. The...
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Come to Our Senses about Our Sins
by Ross Dizon | Mar 22, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is divine mercy in person. Hence, he is ready to forgive us if we come to our senses and decide to turn back to...
Caring for Those in the Outskirts
by Ross Dizon | Aug 15, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
To see Jesus is to see the merciful God who is caring towards those in the outskirts who cry out to him. Jesus is a Jew. It seems he is even portrayed as siding with those who show their contempt for the Gentiles by calling them dogs or swine. This closed and...
Astounding Very Much Indeed!
by Ross Dizon | Aug 8, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus, the astounding Son of Man, will astound us even at the last judgment. He wants us to put him in the center. Among other things, the way Jesus teaches is astounding. He teaches with authority. This means, says St. Gregory the Great, that his authority does...
Figure of God and of the Disfigured
by Ross Dizon | Aug 1, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Even without a figure that would draw us, Jesus is still the epiphany of God. The figure of Jesus makes appear above (epiphanein in Greek), that is, on the surface, the mystery of God. But it is hard for us who are still in the world to welcome Jesus. The ambivalence...
Treasure without Price and wholly Gladdening
by Ross Dizon | Jul 25, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
In Jesus Christ is hidden the priceless treasure that can make us wholly happy. In him begins and ends, therefore, the search for the true treasure. Jesus starts his public ministry by announcing that the kingdom of heaven is at hand. He points out in some way that...
Patience like the Patience of a Farmer
by Ross Dizon | Jul 18, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the patience of God. God is, undoubtedly, great and does wondrous deeds. Yet he is merciful at the same time. We need patience, those of us who are in a hurry. So, little wonder we love fast food. We do not like, besides, long lines of people at the bank...
Image of the Invisible and Inaccessible God
by Ross Dizon | Jul 4, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the very imprint of the being of God. He shows by words and deeds what it means to mirror faithfully the God who created us in his image. No one has ever seen God. Nor can we go near the light where he dwells. But this invisible and unapproachable King of...
Better for Us Is Shame, Rather Than Praise
by Ross Dizon | Jun 27, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the embodiment of the truth that it is better to receive shame than praise from the world. The world cannot accept the Word. The Word is in the world but the world does not know him even. Though coming to his own, the Word is still not acceptable. Worldly...
See the Master, and you see the Father
by Ross Dizon | Jun 20, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus alone makes us see the Father fully. We can see the Father fully, even here below, through his only Son. He is in the bosom of the Father there above. That is because the only Son has become flesh and dwelt among us in Jesus. He is the same as the one who is...
Grace and Love and Communion for Us
by Ross Dizon | Jun 6, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, God reveals his love to us. He wants us to enjoy the communion of the Holy Spirit. Grace is ours through Moses. Grace, on the other hand, comes to us through Jesus Christ. God gives him to the world, so that we may have...