SVDP Contemplation

Contemplation: Under the Cross

by | May 7, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments

This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Amélie Ozanam, Blessed Frédéric’s widow, had a brief invocation, or perhaps a motto, that she often added to notes and letters that she wrote. It was “et sub cruce, Hozanna!”, meaning “and under the cross, Hozanna!” in...
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Contemplation: A Culture of Welcome – SSVP USA, a Weekly Reflection

by | April 30, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments

This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Many of our Conferences struggle with finding – and keeping – new members. Often, when this happens, we begin to tell ourselves that perhaps we are asking too much of potential members; scaring them off with the notion of...
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Contemplation: Chosen From All Eternity – SSVP USA, a Weekly Reflection

by | April 23, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments

This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Virtue, our catechism teaches, is a “habitual and firm disposition to do good.” [CCC: 1833] The good deeds themselves are not the virtue; they are, or should be, the fruits of our virtue. From our virtue of charity comes...
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Contemplation: To You Alone – SSVP USA, a Weekly Reflection

by | April 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments

This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org To offer the benefit of the doubt is to assume the best of somebody even when you are uncertain of the truth. Is this not what we are called to do in our encounters with the neighbor? Thomas, we are told in John’s gospel,...
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