On Palm Sunday will I be waving the palm branches of my blind spots or holding high the cross of God’s universal love?
Good Samaritan
Can You Put Yourself In This Picture?
by John Freund, CM | April 23, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 1 Comment
I am not an Ethiopian at the beginning of a thousand-mile journey. Actually, I am on a lifelong journey of trying to “put on the mind of Christ,” to see things as Jesus, the stranger in my life, sees them.
Beyond Waving Palm Branches
by John Freund, CM | March 26, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 2 Comments
On Palm Sunday will I be waving the palm branches of my blind spots or holding high the cross of God’s universal love?
Can We Recognize Ourselves?
by John Freund, CM | February 12, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Can we recognize ourselves as modern “passers-by”?
It’s All Pope Francis’ Fault!
by John Freund, CM | February 3, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 0 Comments
Since last October Jesus’ “story” has found a home in my heart to a degree I never expected. And it is all Pope Francis’ fault! I can no longer tame the shock of the story. What a challenge to change my way of thinking.
Can We Recognize Ourselves?
by John Freund, CM | Feb 12, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Can we recognize ourselves as modern “passers-by”?
It’s All Pope Francis’ Fault!
by John Freund, CM | Feb 3, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Since last October Jesus’ “story” has found a home in my heart to a degree I never expected. And it is all Pope Francis’ fault! I can no longer tame the shock of the story. What a challenge to change my way of thinking.
Pope Echoes Frederic Ozanam
by John Freund, CM | Feb 15, 2017 | Formation, Systemic change
“We must work toward changing the rules of the game of the socio-economic system, imitating the Good Samaritan of the Gospel is not enough.”