A thread stitches almost all these posts together. Change! They all focused on something that called for a change. We are all on a journey of change together.
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How Can You See … But Not See?
How not to see? The quick answer is to find a pair of rose-colored glasses. … I thought about rose-colored glasses as I read a satire about a tech company that developed digital glasses for rich people to edit out the poor.
Landing the Kingdom
In line with Jesus’ and Vincent’s approach, [pointing out where grace has made its imprint] counteracts a tendency to distance the Holy Spirit from life as we know it.
Along His Way
When St. Paul looks back to the days before his ground-shaking conversion, he remembers hounding not a doctrine or set of teachings or even a religion. Rather, he persecuted a “Way.”
Stretching Toward the Kingdom
We see Vincent de Paul tugging at the old cloth of a tradition that all religious women should remain behind the walls of a cloister… with his Confraternities and Daughters of Charity (he) injected some of Jesus’ suppleness into the fixed forms of the day.
Landing and Soaking In
Jesus was looking for places his light could land and soak in. Isn’t that what Vincentians are trying to do?
“Honor” The Hidden Life
In a reflection entitled “Honor the Hidden Life”, Fr. Tom McKenna reminds us that “The Kingdom advances both in the limelight and off in the shadows.”
Light Through the Darkness
There are moments of pain and suffering sprinkled through narratives of the birth of Christ. Fr. Tom McKenna asks why? What might this mean for Vincentinas?
The Kingdom Interpretation
To be followers of Christ the King think about ” stepping into his shoes” such that I start to look at the world the way Jesus does”
Sacred Speech – Good Deeds
Christianity has always spread its message through sacred speech — and good deeds. St. Vincent doubles down on this charge to proclaim the good news in both word and action.
Why Does the Word of God Bounce Off Us?
Jesus speaks God’s Word directly to the Pharisees — and it bounces off. Why?
The Ministry of Encouragement
In his usual engaging style, Fr. Tom McKenna, CM of the Eastern Province of the Congregation of the Mission, reminds us the importance of the ministry of encouragement and its deep roots in the Vincentian Family
What Tugs At Your Soul?
Is there some pattern, something sleeping inside waking up, grabbing hold, and propelling you down some new road?