by John Freund, CM | Sep 9, 2014 | Pope
“Jesus wasn’t a professor, a teacher or a mystic who kept away from people as He spoke from afar. No, he was among the people. He would let people touch Him and ask Him questions. That’s how Jesus is. He is close to the people.” (Watch the video. One...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 19, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Against a background of the gospel account of the Transfiguration on the Second Sunday of Lent (Mk 9:2-10), this Reflection by Tim Williams CM looks at Louise’s “Lumiere” expereince and draws on quotations from an article by Benito Martinez...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 1, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Louise was a mystic… and that was what led her to serve the poor. In a well documented study “Saint Louise de Marillac, a mystic”, Benito Martínez Betanzos, CM, comes to the conclusion that “Mysticism led Louise de Marillac to serve the...