“For every station I tried to make a reference to current events because, as Pope Francis says, ‘God is real and shows himself today,’” the cardinal told the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano. Each year the pope asks a different person to write the meditations and prayers that are read out after each station is announced. […]
Month: March 2016
Pope Francis – Jesus Invites Us To Walk On His Path
“By Humbling Himself, Jesus Invites Us To Walk On His Path” HOMILY OF POPE FRANCIS PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD ST PETER’S SQUARE 20 MARCH 2016 “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” (cf. Lk 19:38), the crowd of Jerusalem exclaimed joyfully as they welcomed Jesus. We have […]
+ Mother of deceased confrere Ernesto Urbina
March 21, 2016 Prayers are requested for the repose of the soul of Mrs. Gloria de Urbina, the mother of our deceased confrere, Ernesto Urbina, CM. Gloria de Urbina died in her residence in the neighborhood of San Judas, Colon, Panama on March 19. She had been ill for several years. Details of the funeral […]
Vincent’s 5 smooth stones… Zeal
Vincent’s perspective… “Zeal is made up of a genuine desire to please God and to be useful to others: zeal for extending God’s kingdom, zeal for achieving others’ salvation.” From Praying with Vincent de Paul Thomas McKenna How does your life reflect your passion and love for life in Christ? “Zeal adjusts, finding […]
+ John J. Harrington
Please pray for the repose of the soul of John J. Harrington, the brother of Don Harrington, CM. John J. Harrington, Ph.D., of Bourne, MA passed away after a long illness at his home on Sunday, March 6, 2016. View more information. John J. Harrington Brother of Rev. Donald. J. Harrington, C.M. Viewing: Thursday, March […]
Vincent’s 5 smooth stones – Mortification
Mortification – one of Vincent’s five smooth stones. Vincent’s perspective… “Service to God’s people demands a price. Christians must put aside their own prejudices, comfortable circumstances, and favorite ideas in order to do the will of God.” From Praying with Vincent de Paul Thomas McKenna How would you define mortification? When was the last time […]
2017 marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of the Vincentian charism
2017 marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of the Vincentian charism. On January 25, 1617, what we call “the first sermon of the Mission,” took place by St. Vincent de Paul in Folleville: “the confession of a dying peasant, in Gannes, who publicly proclaimed his joy, and the immediate success of the sermon in […]
Spotlight and it implications
Archbishop Kurtz, current President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, offers his thoughts on the movie Spotlight. I reiterate the statement I made in 2010. The media was one of the major forces pushing the Church to respond in a way that it had failed to do up to that point, and we […]
Rom 16, 13 reads: "Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; and greet his mother—a mother to me also." If this…
Have a blessed Holy Week!
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Father John, Blessings to you as you step cautiously down that new path. Grace and Peace be with you!