Our liturgical year has again arrived at its longest season. After the preparation of Advent draws us into the joyful celebration of Christmas, we move to “ordinary time” until Lent leads us into the Easter Season and Pentecost.
Reflections
A Vincentian View: Look Inside and Outside
The flow of our celebrations in these weeks invite us to a place in the middle. Two feasts attract our attention and border out reflections.
A Vincentian View: A Message for the Baptist
Are you surprised when John sends some of his disciples to Jesus to ask him who he is?
A Vincentian View: A Vincentian Crèche
An invitation from the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy asked me to create a reflection for their digital Advent + Christmas crèche calendar for 2022
A Vincentian View: Thanks for Saving Us
In the Gospel of the day, we hear the crucified Christ ridiculed at the end of his life. Listen to the way in which each group mocks Jesus.
A Vincentian View: Precious in God’s Sight
The stories in Luke 15 (the lost sheep, coin and son) forcefully draw our attention to our importance in the eyes of God.
A Vincentian View: If you see something, do something
All of us have become familiar with the incentive that has become part of our national effort to protect each other and our country: “If you see something, say something.”
A Vincentian View: No Chaining the Word of God
Four of Paul’s epistles are called “captivity letters:” Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians and Philemon.
A Vincentian View: Kindred Spirits
Whom would Vincent consider as close to his heart in thinking and serving?
A Vincentian View: A Father had Two Sons
In recent years, when I have had the pleasure of reading the Gospel story of the Prodigal Son, I have gotten into the habit of giving special emphasis to the first words of the parable: “A man had two sons. . . .”
A Vincentian View: Embracing the Truth
This past weekend contained the “moving-in” days at St. John’s.
A Vincentian View: Being Vincent de Paul
“Being Vincent de Paul” can prompt our reflection. The intent, however, should not be to compare ourselves to him but to allow our love for the poor to be inspired by his witness.
