I’m going to show my age (60). Bursting on the music scene out of Queens, New York in the mid-seventies, The...
Music
#famvin400 Unseen Changes, Unseen Pain
Alienation makes for a different type of stranger. There are unseen wounds. Reflection and challenge: There are people...
#famvin400 It’s not about Vincent
Really… it’s not about Vincent. It’s about Jesus. “Follow me” by Casting Crowns...
#famvin400 Learning the Resilience of the Poor
How is it that some people who are poor have such resilience? I come from a show business background: the theatre. From the artist’s pen comes music and lyrics that touch the human experience. Listen to this haunting song from “The Color Purple” by...
#famvin400 Breaking the Code of Silence
Reconciliation in the Anniversary Year When people are hurt, they shut down, they have entered another kind of deep poverty. They pray, and sometimes there’s no answer. People adopt a Code of Silence because they are afraid. Vincentians are called to serve body...
Firm in the Faith
We live the faith in community, sure that the Spirit is with us. This song is in Spanish, but the words follow below. It’s well worth a listen. The lyrics of this song are eminently “evangelical” and “evangelizing,” when you think about...
#famvin400 Praying with a Broken Heart
When people say they have a broken heart, they have entered a deep poverty. They pray, and sometimes there’s no answer. Vincentians are called to serve body and spirit. Listen to this Sarah Hart song. Reflection and challenge: In order to celebrate the...
White Flag Flies #IamVincent
Army of Me’s “White Flag Flies” is a haunting lyric and melody. It’s takes a soldier To live with the strife It takes a hero To lay down his life It looks like a graveyard But darling it’s ripe So let’s change the world now We’ll set it on fire...
#famvin400 Who am I?
A Vincentian wants to know the answer to the question, “Who am I?” Too often, we only answer the question, “What have I done?” Part of preparing for the coming 400th anniversary year is coming to know ourselves in God’s eyes. Are we...
#famvin400 Stranger in our midst
One of the “sub-themes” of the coming 400th anniversary year is welcoming the stranger in our midst on a daily basis. Are there people suffering right next to us? Listen to this Matt Maher song. Reflection and challenge: Many wander with the hurts and...
#famvin400 If we are the body we make people welcome…
One of the “sub-themes” of the coming 400th anniversary year is welcoming the stranger in our midst on a daily basis. Is there room for people to join our cause? Listen to this Casting Crowns song. Reflection and challenge: Often we become close friends...
