Griffin

Psalm 113 rests a question that gives it focus.  The Psalmist asks: “Who is like the Lord, our God?” This question drives the lesson of the prayer and it draws our attention in several directions that engage our spirit.

As we celebrate Founder’s Week at St. John’s each year, we have a Convocation at which we honor men and women who embrace the Vincentian charism as individuals and as members of organizations. 

In the St. Thomas More Church on the campus of St. John’s University, a collection of beautiful stained-glass windows surrounds the place of worship. 

Jesus highlights the constricted road and the narrow gate that those who follow him should pursue. 

I have written about the characters in the Parable of the Good Samaritan whom we might call “the passersby.” week, we celebrated the Sacred Heart of Jesus followed by the Immaculate Heart of Mary.  It seems appropriate to link these two celebrations. 

When we read one of the most powerful of parables in the Gospel of Luke, the Good Samaritan, we could highlight five characters within the story itself. 

The last paragraph of Paul’s letter to the Galatians begins with an eye-catching line.  It would literally be so if we could see the original text.

Last week, we celebrated the Sacred Heart of Jesus followed by the Immaculate Heart of Mary.  It seems appropriate to link these two celebrations. 

This year’s observance of a “Jubilee of Hope,” our recent celebration of Pentecost, and last week’s memorial for St. Barnabas all tend in the same direction for me.