Jesus sends us the Holy Spirit that comes from the Father (Jn 15, 26). And not to have this Spirit is not to belong...
A Vincentian reading of the Sunday readings
Eat and Drink for Everlasting Life
by Ross Dizon | June 9, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Be Love to Know God Who Is Love
by Ross Dizon | June 2, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Flame of Blazing and Renewing Fire
by Ross Dizon | May 26, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Raise the Poor and the Helpless
by Ross Dizon | May 19, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Heaven, Where the Risen Christ Is
by Ross Dizon | May 11, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus went up to heaven and sits at the right hand of God. That is why we gaze on him, the same one who also came...
Commandments that Make Love Known
by Ross Dizon | May 4, 2021 | Formation
Jesus embodies love. And he sees to it that we catch this love. Hence, he gives us commandments that will lead us to...
Inventive love blooming where it is planted
by Ross Dizon | Jun 2, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (B), June 7, 2015 – Ex 24, 3-8; Heb 9, 11-15; Mk 14, 12-16. 22-26 He is mediator of a new covenant (Heb 9, 15) To belong to the new covenant is to draw our life from Jesus’ love and to live loving as he did. Since Jesus shed his...
Outward-moving
by Ross Dizon | May 26, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Most Holy Trinity (B), May 31, 2015 – Dt 4, 32-34. 39-40; Rom 8, 14-17; Mt 28, 16-20 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit (Mt 28, 19) God’s overflowing love reaches us human beings so that may be, in the Son and by the working of the Holy...
Breathing our first at last
by Ross Dizon | May 19, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Pentecost Sunday (B), May 24, 2015 – Acts 2, 1-11; 1 Cor 12, 3b-7. 12-13; Jn 20, 19-23 They were astounded (Acts 2, 7) We are given a share in the divine breath so that we may be created anew according to the full stature of Christ. God blew the breath of life into...
With clasping roots running deep into the ground, a tree grows strong and tall
by Ross Dizon | May 12, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
The Ascension of the Lord (B), May 17, 2015 – Acts 1, 1-11; Eph 1, 17-23 or 4, 1-13; Mk 16, 15-20 The surpassing greatness of his power for us (Eph 1, 19) The Son of God goes up to heaven. He brings humanity with him, for whose salvation he came down from heaven....
Beyond abstraction
by Ross Dizon | May 6, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Sixth Sunday of Easter (B), May 10, 2015 – Acts 10, 25-26. 34-35. 44-48; 1 Jn 4, 7-10; Jn 15, 9-17 God is love (1 Jn 4, 8) Jesus Christ is the final word and the definitive work of love on God’s part. To return God’s love, it is enough for the disciples to follow...
Not your usual fertility center
by Ross Dizon | Apr 28, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Fifth Sunday of Easter (B), May 3, 2015 – Acts 9, 26-31; 1 Jn 3, 18-24; Jn 15, 1-8 Let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth (1 Jn 3, 18) Jesus guarantees fruitfulness to those who believe and remain in him. Calling himself the true vine, Jesus makes his...
Apple not falling far from the tree
by Ross Dizon | Apr 21, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Fourth Sunday of Easter (B), April 26, 2015 – Acts 4, 8-12; 1 Jn 3, 1-2; Jn 10, 11-18 We shall be like him (1 Jn 3, 2) There is no salvation except in the name of Jesus. He saves us by laying down his life for us. His name is synonymous with simplicity, humility,...
Truly necessary sin
by Ross Dizon | Apr 14, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Third Sunday of Easter (B), April 19, 2015 – Acts 3, 13-15. 17-19; 1 Jn 2, 1-5a; Lk 24, 35-48 We have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ (1 Jn 2, 1) The risen Jesus is the invitation to sinners to believe in the God who writes straight with crooked lines....
“What is essential is invisible to the eye” (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
by Ross Dizon | Apr 8, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Second Sunday of Easter (B), April 12, 2015 – Acts 4, 32-35; 1 Jn 5, 1-6; Jn 20, 19-31 Whoever is begotten by God conquers the world (1 Jn 5, 4) The risen Jesus penetrates our blindness, breaks through our deafness, overcomes our defenses and allays our fears, so that...