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A Vincentian View: Washed Feet
by Pat Griffin, CM | March 29, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
I have never had my feet washed on Holy Thursday. Mostly, I have avoided the invitation in some way or another.
A Vincentian View: Come to the Water
by Pat Griffin, CM | March 15, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
From a human point of view, water is inseparable from life.
A Vincentian View: The Way of the Cross
by Pat Griffin, CM | March 1, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments
Have you ever considered that the stations of the cross (usually) encircle us when we gather in our place of worship?
A Vincentian View: The Eucharist and Vatican II
by Pat Griffin, CM | February 15, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Each year I select a theme that gives direction to one/some of the programs that I organize at St. John’s University.
A Vincentian View: Sower, Seed, and Soil
by Pat Griffin, CM | Jul 19, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
When I have the honor to preach to a Vincentian group, I sometimes take the opportunity to see if we have a record of Vincent speaking on the Scripture for that day.
A Vincentian View: Worthy of the Lord
by Pat Griffin, CM | Jul 5, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Suppose someone asked you in earnest to explain how the Lord holds the highest value in your life.
A Vincentian View: Psalm 100
by Pat Griffin, CM | Jun 21, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Sometimes, I need to preach on a Psalm. This past Sunday, our liturgy offered Psalm 100 as our response to the first reading.
A Vincentian View: Mary’s Lessons on Joseph
by Pat Griffin, CM | May 12, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Mary knew Joseph. As we are attentive to her, we learn about the one who stood beside her for much of her life.
A Vincentian View: Yearning for Home (Joseph and Psalm 137)
by Pat Griffin, CM | Apr 28, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
The Babylonians destroyed the Temple of Jerusalem in 587 BC and took most of the people of Israel into captivity—moving them from their ancestral home to foreign lands. Psalm 137 engages the feelings of those displaced persons.
A Vincentian View: Joseph and Psalm 19 (Pleasure in Law)
by Pat Griffin, CM | Apr 14, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Psalm 19 points in a similar direction and enables us to continue to reflect on Joseph as a just man in relation to the law of his people.
A Vincentian View: Joseph and Psalm 1
by Pat Griffin, CM | Mar 31, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Do you want to hear Joseph pray? You might begin with Psalm 1.
A Vincentian View: The Grace of Graces
by Pat Griffin, CM | Mar 17, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
“We need only ask Saint Joseph for the grace of graces: our conversion” (PC p. 9).
A Vincentian View: The Fiat of St. Joseph
by Pat Griffin, CM | Mar 3, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
“In every situation, Joseph declared his own “fiat,” like those of Mary at the Annunciation and Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane.”
A Vincentian View: Dreamers
by Pat Griffin, CM | Feb 17, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Joseph, Vincent and Louise, Francis, and many others invite us to think about what is possible as we open our eyes to God’s grace for a different and better world.
A Vincentian View: Joseph and Paul
by Pat Griffin, CM | Feb 3, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Since Pope Francis declared this the Year of St. Joseph, I have given this figure of our faith some attention. I have invited Joseph into my world and sought his instruction.
A Vincentian View: Joseph and Listening
by Pat Griffin, CM | Jan 20, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
In the current time with all our issues, St. Joseph can stand forth to teach us as a just man, as a worker and family man, as an obedient believer, and as a quiet person with an ability to listen.