All of us have heard the phrase, “living in the past.” Usually it has a negative ring – – somebody missing out on the good things happening now because he or she lives on memories of a bygone day.
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The Shining Gaze (Ps 4:7a; Lk 24:36-80)
by Tom McKenna, CM | May 1, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
A favorite verse, Psalm 4, reads: “Lord, let your face shine upon us.” It summons up a very warm and private kind of experience that each of us in our own way can recognize.
Solidarity – in Life, Death, and New Life (Mark 14:1-15:47)
by Tom McKenna, CM | April 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
A remark I once overheard: “I don’t mind suffering when nobody knows about it – as long as somebody knows about it!”
John 3:16 – Read It!
by Tom McKenna, CM | April 3, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments
If you’ve watched any sports events over the last decades, you’ve seen banners held high, calling attention to a famous passage in John’s Gospel.
A Closer Walk (John 2:13-25)
by Tom McKenna, CM | March 20, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Early in St. John’s gospel, we see Jesus resolutely striding into the outer courtyard of the Jerusalem Temple, a space bordering on what the Jewish people acknowledged to be God’s own Dwelling place.
Entering “The New Temple” (Jn 2:13-25)
by Tom McKenna, CM | Mar 10, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
“Dense” is a one-word description for people who have trouble seeing beneath the surface of things.
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory (1 Cor: 10:31)
by Tom McKenna, CM | Feb 24, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
How is that the glory of God supplies motivation, gives the impetus for getting up and doing something?
Fasting … vows with open hands
by John Freund, CM | Jul 15, 2015 | Daughters of Charity, Formation
On this happy day of Sr. Ellen Reilly’s vows, I hold out to you what might seem to be a strange topic: fasting. It’s got somber associations with negative things like restraint and refraining and penance. How does all that fit into an upbeat event like this? For one...
Nike vs. Volvo and the Vincentian Spirit – T. McKenna
by John Freund, CM | Jun 14, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
“just do it” takes precedence over “here’s the reason why you should do it.”
Thomas McKenna – Taken for granted
by John Freund, CM | Jun 4, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
McKenna – Taken for Granted
Fr. Tom McKenna on “Welling-Up Faith”
by John Freund, CM | May 28, 2015 | Formation
a kind of profession of faith by spontaneous gesture. You almost don’t even know you’re doing it, but it’s really there
Beatitudes for Vincentian leaders
by John Freund, CM | May 17, 2015 | Formation
Beatitudes for Vincentian leaders
Ascension-Pentecost: Good-byes As Blessings – T. McKenna
by John Freund, CM | May 17, 2015 | Formation
Ascension and Pentecost give us many lessons. One of them is to teach us that there are farewells that can turn to blessings, types of good-byes we can give that keep on giving.
T. McKenna – Barnabas, Patron Saint of “Visitors From Headquarters”
by John Freund, CM | May 9, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Barnabas was in close touch with the Spirit within and all around him.
Jesus Living – “As if”
by John Freund, CM | May 4, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Fr. Tom McKenna, CM offers these thoughts on Jesus as the “AS IF” person.
Seeing Christ in the Humble One Who Serves – T. McKenna
by John Freund, CM | May 2, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
So we sense these two opposing streams: be humble; be in your very self a manifestation of God’s glory.