by John Freund, CM | Apr 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
Jim Martin SJ has a thoughtful reflection on Why a watered-down Resurrection doesn’t work. The Resurrection may be the hardest thing for people to accept about Christianity. Some agnostics embrace Jesus as a compassionate sage. Seekers, if they’re closer to...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
Kelly Wahlquist has a beautiful visual prayer “Go to where you know Jesus to be” “On Holy Saturday, when Mary Magdalene faced her darkest hour—her Lord, her Hope, her Love, her Savior was dead and buried—she went to the tomb. She went to where she...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 18, 2014 | Formation
Within our Vincentian Family, we often cite the saying of St. Vincent: “Love is creative even to infinity” as a sort of rallying cry for adaptation. But do we understand Vincent’s use of the phrase? Robert Maloney CM writes… “Ordinarily, we use this...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
Living Stations of the Cross – Connecting an ancient practice of remembrance with the suffering in today’s world Megan Fincher writes “On Good Friday, Jesus not only reveals that he is our Savior, but also, more subtly, that he is our Teacher. During...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
Asia News reports Pope: The Resurrection “is not a happy ending in a movie” but “a humble victory of God, that humanly looks like a failure” The story continues…. Two children join Francis on the back of his jeep. The two, both with a...
