One of the verses from a Gospel of the past week captured my thinking and prompted my reflection: “This is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent.”
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A Vincentian View: Recognizing the Lord
by Pat Griffin, CM | April 10, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Each year during the Easter Season, I find myself fascinated by the idea that the friends of Jesus do not recognize him in the resurrected form.
A Vincentian View: The Company of Strangers
by Pat Griffin, CM | March 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Some years ago, I read a piece that discussed how much the modern world depends upon the work of strangers for its survival and wellbeing.
A Vincentian View: A Great Symphony of Prayer
by Pat Griffin, CM | March 13, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
In preparation for the Jubilee Year 2025, Pope Francis has invited the Christian community to center 2024 around the theme of prayer.
A Vincentian View: The Transfiguration – Listen
by Pat Griffin, CM | February 28, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
For the last years, I do not think that I have meditated on any theme more often that listening. Most recently, the line that ends the story of the Transfiguration has attracted me.
A Vincentian View: A Triduum with Mary
by Pat Griffin, CM | Apr 12, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
The place of Mary sometimes surfaces in my reflections on the holy days of the Easter Triduum.
A Vincentian View: Washed Feet
by Pat Griffin, CM | Mar 29, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
I have never had my feet washed on Holy Thursday. Mostly, I have avoided the invitation in some way or another.
A Vincentian View: Our Daily Bread
by Pat Griffin, CM | Jun 9, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Remember the Exodus instructions to the people Israel in the desert? Each morning, they may collect only enough “manna” to feed them for the day (Exod 16:4-15).
A Vincentian View: The Life Within
by Pat Griffin, CM | May 26, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Mary knew Joseph. As we are attentive to her, we learn about the one who stood beside her for much of her life.
Unrecognized Experts
by John Freund, CM | May 19, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
People experiencing poverty have an expertise that can not be taught in a classroom. They know their situation from the inside. They understand many dimensions of poverty that may not occur to us.
A Vincentian View: Mary’s Lessons on Joseph
by Pat Griffin, CM | May 12, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Mary knew Joseph. As we are attentive to her, we learn about the one who stood beside her for much of her life.
Wide-angle View of the Vincentian Family
by John Freund, CM | May 5, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
We are people with a mission…to do what Jesus did. Pople who use the skills of their profession in frontline “field hospitals” or mobilize those who are committed to “seeking long-term solutions.”
A Vincentian View: Yearning for Home (Joseph and Psalm 137)
by Pat Griffin, CM | Apr 28, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
The Babylonians destroyed the Temple of Jerusalem in 587 BC and took most of the people of Israel into captivity—moving them from their ancestral home to foreign lands. Psalm 137 engages the feelings of those displaced persons.
A Vincentian View: Joseph and Psalm 19 (Pleasure in Law)
by Pat Griffin, CM | Apr 14, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Psalm 19 points in a similar direction and enables us to continue to reflect on Joseph as a just man in relation to the law of his people.
A Vincentian View: Joseph and Psalm 1
by Pat Griffin, CM | Mar 31, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Do you want to hear Joseph pray? You might begin with Psalm 1.
A Vincentian View: The Grace of Graces
by Pat Griffin, CM | Mar 17, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
“We need only ask Saint Joseph for the grace of graces: our conversion” (PC p. 9).