Jesus, the one anointed with the Holy Spirit and sent by the Father, brings the Good News to the poor. He proclaims...
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
Recognize Jesus Who Is in Our Midst
by Ross Dizon | Dec 12, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is in in our midst. Do we Christians get to recognize him? Do we give witness to him by the way we are, live and...
Go out of the Old World of Old Men
by Ross Dizon | Dec 5, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus sees fit to go out of the bosom of the Father to announce the Good News to the poor and to bring in the new...
Defend Those Who Are Poor and Helpless
by Ross Dizon | May 9, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus lives. That is why they see him and live those who believe in him, and love him. The Spirit of truth does not fail to defend them. Jesus takes leave of his disciples. For comes the hour for him to give his body up and to shed his blood. Hence, they are sad...
Splendor of Christ on the Cross
by Ross Dizon | May 2, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Hanging on the cross, Jesus is clothed with the splendor of self-emptying love. He thus is the source of blessings. Jesus was deeply troubled as he told his disciples that one of them would betray him. This and the thought that he would soon suffer and die must have...
Grasp What Jesus Is, What He Says and Does
by Ross Dizon | Apr 25, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus who is close to the Father’s heart makes him known to us. It is crucial that we grasp what Jesus is, what he says and does. Those to whom Jesus speaks do not grasp what he teaches by way of a figure of speech. And they are not the disciples but the Pharisees. ...
Revive the Faith of The Faltering
by Ross Dizon | Apr 18, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus feeds us with his word and his body and blood. He makes us live and seeks to revive the faith of those who falter. For sure, Jesus did revive the hopes of those who longed to see their homeland free from the rule of Rome. If he did not do so, the crowds would...
Send Jesus, Send the Disciples
by Ross Dizon | Apr 11, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is God’s Sent One to announce the Good News to the poor. And the Sent One, in turn, does not hesitate to send his disciples. Jesus tells his disciples that for him to send them is to give them a share in his own mission. For he says to them, “As the Father has...
Risen from among Those Who Are Dead
by Ross Dizon | Apr 4, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus, who died on the cross, has risen. Hence, we cannot look for him among the dead, but among the living. Early in the morning, following the Sabbath right after Jesus’ death and burial, Mary of Magdala goes to the tomb. Knowing what Mark and Luke say, we can...
Feed Other Humans First of All
by Ross Dizon | Mar 28, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus seeks to feed us with his body and blood, so that we may have life to the full. He loves us, yes, to the end. For sure, the thirty pieces of silver cannot but feed even more Judas Iscariot’s greed. But does the traitor sell Jesus for a trifle, asking no high...
Dead to Sin and Living for God in Christ
by Ross Dizon | Mar 21, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in him, though they die, will not stay dead. In him they will live for God and be dead to sin. There cannot be dead folks among those who believe in Jesus. This flies in the face of my sorrow due to the...
Open the Eyes of Those Who Cannot See
by Ross Dizon | Mar 14, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the light of the world. That is why to open the eyes of the blind is part of the task that his Father has entrusted to him. Jesus decides on his own to open the eyes of a man blind from birth. The latter gets to see so clearly that he recognizes him to be a...