When we meet love in our lives, we are experiencing The Spirit.
McKenna
Gospel Steadiness (Luke 24)
by Tom McKenna, CM | October 30, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Anyone who regularly prays the rosary knows the experience of repetition. In the course of fingering the beads through five decades, you’ll have recited the same prayer, the Hail Mary, over 50 times.
Children And The Kingdom (Matthew 19:14)
by Tom McKenna, CM | October 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Jesus’ frequent mention of children can shed light on the nature of this Kingdom He speaks about, the Kingdom of his dear Father.
The Sacrificing Seed (John 12:24-26)
by Tom McKenna, CM | October 2, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
In John’s gospel, to shed light on the meaning of his upcoming death, Jesus employs the image of a grain of wheat.
Modeling Virtue
by Tom McKenna, CM | September 18, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
One of the occupational hazards of people who study religion and theology is to equate ideas with the force behind them.
Setting Out (Acts 9:1-20)
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.
“First Generation Disciples”(John 10: 14-15)
by Tom McKenna, CM | Apr 21, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
“Handing on the tradition” is a phrase often connected with matters of faith.
Praying with St. Vincent (Fr. Thomas McKenna)
by John Freund, CM | Jul 20, 2014 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Marian Youth
“Let me begin this session on Prayer by asking you to place yourself on one of the chairs that is pulled up to the table at The Last Supper of Jesus. You are three seats over from Jesus and you notice that he’s getting still, as if preparing himself to stand up and say something.”
Judging those who are poor
by John Freund, CM | Jul 11, 2014 | Formation
Judging those who are poor! Websites abound with discussions that imply judgments about those who are poor. What is Vincent’s perspective on judging those who are poor.
“The Boldness of Charity” – Daughters of Charity reflect
by John Freund, CM | Jun 24, 2014 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Vincentian Family
Theme for Daughters of Charity Provincial Assemblies throughout the world in 2014.