vincentian spirituality

A Vincentian View: Cost of Discipleship

by Pat Griffin, CM | May 7, 2025 | Reflections | 2 Comments

Whenever I read John 21:15-19, which is only a few verses from the end of the Gospel, I am drawn to reflect on Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his book “The Cost of Discipleship.”

Knowing the Unknowable (John 3:16)

by Tom McKenna, CM | April 30, 2025 | Reflections | 0 Comments

I came across a poem entitled “To the Unknown God.” This heading conveys two things.

A Vincentian View: The Tomorrow of God

by Pat Griffin, CM | April 23, 2025 | Reflections | 1 Comment

At the opening of my homily during the Easter Vigil, I used an expression of Pope Francis that I like very much.

Shining Out

by Tom McKenna, CM | April 16, 2025 | Reflections | 1 Comment

What’s involved in encountering not just the outward appearance of somebody, but more importantly his or her inner life?

Interpersonal (Mark 8:22-26)

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

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 | Mar 12, 2025 | Reflections

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 | Mar 5, 2025 | Reflections

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: 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.