When we meet love in our lives, we are experiencing The Spirit.
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by Tom McKenna, CM | June 3, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments
Especially in these fractious times, how to move more toward unity rather than separation? How to help others to see past tightly held identity markers?
by Tom McKenna, CM | May 20, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 3 Comments
Yet while walking those somber corridors, St. Louise came to discover right there in the gloom a flickering light that held her on course.
by Tom McKenna, CM | May 6, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
We meet two people setting out on a journey, both with God in mind.
by Tom McKenna, CM | April 22, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
While not as central to faith as The Lord’s “doing this in remembrance of Me,” the recollecting we Vincentians do has its own way of bringing past graces into the now.
by Tom McKenna, CM | May 19, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
When we meet love in our lives, we are experiencing The Spirit.
by Tom McKenna, CM | May 5, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
As far as beginnings go, we’d have to look far and wide to find something more dramatic than the one portrayed in chapter 9 of the Acts of the Apostles: Paul knocked over and blinded on that Damascus road.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Apr 21, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
“Handing on the tradition” is a phrase often connected with matters of faith.
by John Freund, CM | Jun 4, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
McKenna – Taken for Granted
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
by John Freund, CM | May 17, 2015 | Formation
Beatitudes for Vincentian leaders
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.
by John Freund, CM | May 9, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Barnabas was in close touch with the Spirit within and all around him.
by John Freund, CM | May 4, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Fr. Tom McKenna, CM offers these thoughts on Jesus as the “AS IF” person.
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.
by John Freund, CM | Apr 9, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
The Emmaus Imagination – A restructured imagination
by John Freund, CM | Mar 26, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Successive Annunciations – Fr. Tom McKenna reflects on the many annunciations in our lives and the invitations to say “Yes”.