vincentian spirituality

Interpersonal (Mark 8:22-26)

by Tom McKenna, CM | March 19, 2025 | Reflections | 2 Comments

Several commentators use the word “intimate” to describe the incident in Mark’s gospel of Jesus healing the blind man. There’s a lot of physical touching involved.

A Vincentian View: The Lessons of the Transfiguration

by Pat Griffin, CM | March 12, 2025 | Reflections | 0 Comments

In 2002, Pope John Paul II gave the Church the Luminous Mysteries of the rosary—the so/called Mysteries of Light. One of these mysteries is the Transfiguration.

Prayer Scenes (Psalm 23)

by Tom McKenna, CM | March 5, 2025 | Reflections | 2 Comments

For many believers, the portrait sketched out in the 23rd psalm is the most stirring of them all. “The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I shall want.” It’s a scene that has engraved itself on countless imaginations all through the centuries.

A Vincentian View: Praying – Step One

by Pat Griffin, CM | February 26, 2025 | Reflections | 2 Comments

It is the rare weekend when I celebrate mass and someone does not ask me to pray for a particular need.

An Interrupted Scenario (Mark 6:30-34)

by Tom McKenna, CM | Feb 19, 2025 | Reflections

If we ever longed for a paradise scene, a place of rest where it all comes together, psalm 23 paints it.

A Vincentian View: By God’s Grace

by Pat Griffin, CM | Feb 12, 2025 | Reflections

Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians has one powerful line that has defined my self-awareness for most of my life. “By God’s grace, I am what I am.”

400th Anniversary of The Founding of The Vincentians (Ps 98; Luke 4:18)

by Tom McKenna, CM | Feb 5, 2025 | Reflections

If ever a psalm could set a tone for celebrating an anniversary, psalm 98 is the one.

A Vincentian View: Roses in December

by Pat Griffin, CM | Dec 18, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

The eyes of many members of Sunday communities open a little wider on the Third Sunday of Advent as they see the celebrant of the assembly arrive in rose-colored vestments.

Mutual Correctives (Psalm 85)

by Tom McKenna, CM | Dec 11, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

A helpful distinction I once heard — that between contradictions and correlations.

A Vincentian View: Beginning with Luke

by Pat Griffin, CM | Dec 4, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

During 2025, our attention for the Sunday Gospels of Ordinary Time finds its focus on Luke’s story of Jesus.

Gospel Eyes and Ears (Mark 12)

by Tom McKenna, CM | Nov 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

Much is revealed about a person by observing what he or she notices. And that’s because what one spots is in large part determined by what that person values more and appreciates less.

Vincentian Eyes (Luke 12)

by Tom McKenna, CM | Nov 13, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

An often-cited quote from Dale Carnegie: “Two men looked out from prison bars. One saw the mud, the other saw stars.”

“In serving persons who are poor, we serve Jesus Christ…” St. Vincent de Paul (presentation)

by Famvin Media Resources | Nov 1, 2024 | Formation, Media, Reflections

‘in serving persons who are poor, we serve Jesus Christ…. and that is as true as that we are here’. (CCD IX:199)

Gospel Steadiness (Luke 24)

by Tom McKenna, CM | Oct 30, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

Anyone who regularly prays the rosary knows the experience of repetition. In the course of fingering the beads through five decades, you’ll have recited the same prayer, the Hail Mary, over 50 times.