If ever a psalm could set a tone for celebrating an anniversary, psalm 98 is the one.
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A Vincentian View: 400 Years and Still Counting
Thinking about how our world will change in the next 25 years can challenge our vision. Imagining 400 years into the future seems beyond our ability to comprehend.
Emergence (Matthew 2:1-12)
In the beginning of the year, we celebrate the feast of Epiphany. The word itself means manifestation, a showing up, a coming to the surface of what was mostly hidden inside.
Believing Love (Rom. 5:5)
It’s a challenge to absorb this truth that God’s love penetrates to the tip of our hearts and minds.
Comforting Arms (Isaiah 66:13)
Comfort is high among the promises of Jesus’ Kingdom – the Reign of God bringing protection, welcoming, a soothing of painful wounds, a safe harbor.
Stretching the Jar (2 Cor 4:7)
The jar made of the stuff of this earth symbolizes the nitty gritty processes of everyday life — the how of getting things done, the down and dirty steps needed to distribute the treasure.
Eucharistic Attitudes (Lk 9:11-17)
As we gather around the table of the Lord’s Supper each Sunday to celebrate the giving of his Body and Blood for us, we would do well to reflect on what it is we’re sharing in.
The Trinity, Up Close and Personal (Romans 5:5)
Central to the Creed is belief in the Trinity, the conviction of a three-ness in the one Godhead, the Divine as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Achievement to Implementation
Certain stories might well be styled “echoing” because they reverberate with the inner story a person tells about herself.
Solidarity
A saving solidarity: when someone is suffering, not only sympathizing but carrying them through…doing something to lift the burden.
The Inner Compass
All of us possess something like this, a hidden spot where we can feel the deep push and pull of God’s Spirit. We might even call it that inner compass.
Feet in Two Worlds
Now a citizen of two worlds, each one operating from different instincts and expectations, he was pulled.
