I came across a poem entitled “To the Unknown God.” This heading conveys two things.

by Tom McKenna, CM | May 14, 2025 | Reflections | 2 Comments
Commenting on the Apostle Thomas, one writer casts him not so much as a doubter but more a stand-in for those many people over the centuries who want more evidence that the Risen Jesus is alive and present.
by Tom McKenna, CM | April 30, 2025 | Reflections | 0 Comments
I came across a poem entitled “To the Unknown God.” This heading conveys two things.
by Tom McKenna, CM | April 16, 2025 | Reflections | 1 Comment
What’s involved in encountering not just the outward appearance of somebody, but more importantly his or her inner life?
by Tom McKenna, CM | April 2, 2025 | Reflections | 0 Comments
There’s a way of coming at our Christian faith that links it with perfection.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Apr 30, 2025 | Reflections
I came across a poem entitled “To the Unknown God.” This heading conveys two things.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Apr 16, 2025 | Reflections
What’s involved in encountering not just the outward appearance of somebody, but more importantly his or her inner life?
by Tom McKenna, CM | Apr 2, 2025 | Reflections
There’s a way of coming at our Christian faith that links it with perfection.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Mar 19, 2025 | Reflections
Several commentators use the word “intimate” to describe the incident in Mark’s gospel of Jesus healing the blind man. There’s a lot of physical touching involved.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Mar 5, 2025 | Reflections
For many believers, the portrait sketched out in the 23rd psalm is the most stirring of them all. “The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I shall want.” It’s a scene that has engraved itself on countless imaginations all through the centuries.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Feb 19, 2025 | Reflections
If we ever longed for a paradise scene, a place of rest where it all comes together, psalm 23 paints it.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Feb 5, 2025 | Reflections
If ever a psalm could set a tone for celebrating an anniversary, psalm 98 is the one.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Jan 22, 2025 | Reflections
In the beginning of the year, we celebrate the feast of Epiphany. The word itself means manifestation, a showing up, a coming to the surface of what was mostly hidden inside.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Jan 8, 2025 | Reflections
“He missed the signals” – a phrase to describe someone who observes something but doesn’t connect it with what is being pointed to.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Dec 25, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
A homily preached to a group of retired Vincentians gathered for daily Eucharist in their Philadelphia Infirmary.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Dec 11, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
A helpful distinction I once heard — that between contradictions and correlations.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Nov 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Much is revealed about a person by observing what he or she notices. And that’s because what one spots is in large part determined by what that person values more and appreciates less.