Gradually I became aware of the Body of Christ frozen in time in Michelangelo’s masterpiece, The Pieta.

by John Freund, CM | May 28, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 3 Comments
For me, it has been a journey from thinking of the Trinity as a puzzle to be solved to realizing the Trinity is a model for my life.
by John Freund, CM | June 12, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 1 Comment
Gradually I became aware of the Body of Christ frozen in time in Michelangelo’s masterpiece, The Pieta.
by John Freund, CM | June 10, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 1 Comment
As you prepare to celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi, have you ever thought of how it provides the underpinnings for systemic change?
by John Freund, CM | June 5, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments
It has been a journey from Trinity as a puzzle to Trinity as a model for my life.
by John Freund, CM | Jun 12, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
Gradually I became aware of the Body of Christ frozen in time in Michelangelo’s masterpiece, The Pieta.
by John Freund, CM | Jun 10, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
As you prepare to celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi, have you ever thought of how it provides the underpinnings for systemic change?
by John Freund, CM | Jun 5, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
It has been a journey from Trinity as a puzzle to Trinity as a model for my life.
by John Freund, CM | Jun 19, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Does Eucharist call for confronting sinful structures? To some, the question may sound strange, especially when we think of the Eucharist as the sacrament of unity. But that is not the way all recent Popes and the United States Bishops see it. St. John Paul II ......
by John Freund, CM | Feb 8, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Does our self-centered focus on what God does for us in the Eucharist blind us to what God asks us to do in the Eucharist?
by John Freund, CM | May 23, 2018 | Formation, Systemic change
Our ability to go and do likewise in imitation of Jesus’ washing of the disciples’ feet is the “criterion by which the authenticity of our Eucharistic celebrations is judged.”
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Apr 21, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
In receiving Christ, we become one body in him, and through him, one with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Through receiving the Eucharist, we enter into a unique and personal relationship with the Trinity and with one another, the Body of Christ. We become what we eat.
by Famvin Media Resources | Jan 8, 2017 | Formation
The Daughters of Charity were chosen to give spiritual manna, the spirit of God, to the poor. Where do they receive him in order later to communicate him? In Holy Communion, my daughters ... let us draw near to this fire to be first of all enkindled ourselves and...
by Famvin Media Resources | Dec 23, 2016 | Formation
Continuing our theme of the Incarnation-- God With Us-- this SlideShare explores the mystical parallel between Christ's presence in the Eucharist and Christ's presence in the poor and oppressed. ...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 9, 2016 | Formation, Systemic change
Eucharist challenges us to recognize and confront the structures of sin. It prepares us for a mission to transform the world.
by John Freund, CM | Mar 23, 2016 | Systemic change
Our ability to go and do likewise in imitation of Jesus’ washing of the disciples’ feet is the “criterion by which the authenticity of our Eucharistic celebrations is judged.”
by John Freund, CM | Apr 2, 2015 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family
“The Eucharist in the Vincentian Tradition – Love is Creative unto Infinity”