Our believing is not solitary. The quality of one person’s faith spills over into the religious convictions of all the others.
McKenna
Acquiring A Taste (Ps 34,9; John 6)
People develop tastes for different things.
“Come Apart For A While …” (Mk. 6:30)
There’s a scene in chapter 6 of Mark’s gospel which has special appeal to anyone who has ever been caught up in an over-busy, fast paced life.
McKenna – Seeing better in the Vincentian Family
In "Seeing Better" In the Vincentian Family Father Tom McKenna, CM asks what change goes on in anybody who steps inside Vincent's circle? (Homily at a gathering of the Vincentian Family in Belleville, Illinois 2010). ---------- Here's a good 21st Century question for...
There’s Authority and There’s Authority – Fr. Tom McKenna
In Matthew’s 10th chapter, Jesus calls the disciples together and, as it says, “gives them authority” over the unclean spirits and diseases and illnesses. And by authority, Matthew means the power Jesus himself has been exercising, Jesus’ own power given Him by the...
The Giver in the Gift – Fr. Tom McKenna
“The Giver In The Gift” - From what to who [Jn. 6, 24-35] Some years ago, there was a bestselling book entitled “My Grandfather’s Blessing.” It was about a relationship between a Jewish girl and her grandparent, who happened to be a Rabbi. As a sidebar theme, it...
Setting Up the “Grassy Places” Fr. Tom McKenna
Setting Up the “Grassy Places” (John 6: 1-15), 17th Sunday To shake off some of the dust of familiarity from this very familiar scene in the Gospel (the multiplication of the loaves), let’s set it against its deeper backdrop. First off, there’s the condition of these...
Vincentians – A Reconciling Tradition
“to be in this Family of Vincent and Frederick (and all its other peace-bringers) is to be influenced by this reconciling strain in the Family history”theme of being a reconciler, a bringer of peace, a person who would stand in the middle and work to bring disparate sides together.”
Fasting … vows with open hands
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
“just do it” takes precedence over “here’s the reason why you should do it.”
Thomas McKenna – Taken for granted
McKenna – Taken for Granted
Fr. Tom McKenna on “Welling-Up Faith”
a kind of profession of faith by spontaneous gesture. You almost don’t even know you’re doing it, but it’s really there
