Jesus takes the form a slave and becomes like us. We who seek to follow him are to become lowly slaves in the same...
Ross Dizon
Eyes and a Heart Directed toward the Poor
by Ross Dizon | September 20, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Jesus makes clear what it means to have eyes and a heart for those who are poor. Those who follow him are to have eyes and a heart for them also.
Ambitions that Are Selfish and Unfettered
by Ross Dizon | September 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Proclaim that Jesus Is the Christ
by Ross Dizon | September 10, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Groan while Yearning to Be Free
by Ross Dizon | September 3, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Sweat in Seeking the Other’s Good
by Ross Dizon | Oct 24, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus shows us how to love in truth God and our neighbor. Out of love for them, he has to sweat blood and give...
Reflect the Creator and Owner of All
by Ross Dizon | Oct 19, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the image of the God whom no one has ever seen. Hence, he cannot but reflect God who is merciful, kind, and...
Find Jesus Christ on the Outskirts
by Ross Dizon | Dec 21, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is born on the outskirts of Bethlehem, in a shelter for animals in bad weather. There, yes, is where to find and touch him, and be touched by him. “Poignant and powerful, this is a real song, maybe just too real for some tastes.” It is one of the many comments...
Visits that Are Christian, Marian, Vincentian
by Ross Dizon | Dec 14, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the fullness of God’s visits to us humans to save us. The visits we pay to our neighbor should be like Jesus’. Mary is besides herself after the angel Gabriel’s visit. That is to say, she cannot keep her joy to herself. So, she goes in haste, since she has...
Rejoice in the Lord, for He is Near
by Ross Dizon | Dec 7, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is near. He will rule the world and all peoples with justice. Hence, those who wait for him, and seek his kingdom, rejoice. The prophet Zephaniah bids those whom God has chosen to rejoice and sing with joy. For the Lord who fights for them and frees them is...
Outskirts of Large Cities and Towns
by Ross Dizon | Nov 30, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus has become poor so that we may be rich by his poverty. He chooses but the poor on the outskirts to witness to him. The word of God comes to John in the desert, on the outskirts. That is to say, the son of Elizabeth and Zechariah is the prophet of the Most...
Brim with Jesus’ Justice and Love
by Ross Dizon | Nov 23, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is King David’s just shoot. He comes to make the earth brim with justice. How he wishes that we get the name “Lord-Our-Justice.” Monsieur Jean Gicquel, —he means well, though he picks the wrong time—, cannot but brim with zeal to help Monsieur Vincent. The...
Kingly and Faithful Witnesses to the Truth
by Ross Dizon | Nov 16, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the King that God has raised. Hence, his kingdom is not from this world of lies. And he expects his disciples to be kingly witnesses to the truth as he. Jesus says before Pilate that he is King. But he makes clear his kingdom is not of this world. It is...
Clouds by Day, and Fire by Night
by Ross Dizon | Nov 9, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus, our Shepherd, leads us along the right path. He spreads clouds as cover and fire to light up the night. He wants us to hope, not to fear. Today’s gospel speaks about signs in the sun, the moon and the stars. They show that the Son of Man will come soon in...
Widow who Offers All She Has to Live on
by Ross Dizon | Nov 2, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus wholly offers himself to take away our sins. In this sacrifice shares the widow who gives all she has to live on. In the Bible, as we know, to be a widow, orphan or a foreigner means, in general, to be poor. That is why the generosity of the widow of Zarephath...
Hear, the Lord our God is Lord Alone
by Ross Dizon | Oct 26, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus embodies the one who created us, men and women, in his image, after his likeness. Rightly does he tell us, then, that to love and hear God is to love and hear the neighbor. A scribe asks Jesus, “Which is the first of all the commandments?” And he answers that...