Luke’s 19th chapter begins with a story of “two people looking.”
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65th Anniversary of Vincentian Brother Alfred Smith’s Service
To keep God’s people safe and alive in their battle against Amalek, Moses has to hold his arms high in the air for a very long while.
Stand Up and Go! (2 Kings, 5:14-17; Lk 17:11-19)
For all of us who have been through the pandemic, we know first-hand how disease and sickness have a way of separating us, how they can isolate and cut us off from the rest of life.
Eucharistic Attitudes (Lk 9:11-17)
As we gather around the table of the Lord’s Supper each Sunday to celebrate the giving of his Body and Blood for us, we would do well to reflect on what it is we’re sharing in.
The Trinity, Up Close and Personal (Romans 5:5)
Central to the Creed is belief in the Trinity, the conviction of a three-ness in the one Godhead, the Divine as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Achievement to Implementation
Certain stories might well be styled “echoing” because they reverberate with the inner story a person tells about herself.
Solidarity
A saving solidarity: when someone is suffering, not only sympathizing but carrying them through…doing something to lift the burden.
The Inner Compass
All of us possess something like this, a hidden spot where we can feel the deep push and pull of God’s Spirit. We might even call it that inner compass.
Feet in Two Worlds
Now a citizen of two worlds, each one operating from different instincts and expectations, he was pulled.
Landing the Kingdom
To convey the irresistibility of his Father’s Kingdom, Jesus images the hidden seed sprouting under the ground.
Along The Way
St. Paul proclaims he came upon this “Way” through personal encounter with the light and the voice of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Stretching Toward The Kingdom
A key theme in a recent workshop on intercultural living was stretching – the oftentimes painful effort needed to expand our perspectives and widen our view of what true and valuable.
