As we celebrate the dreams of Martin Luther King, Frederic Ozanam, Vincent and innumerable other dreamers let us recall that without dreams the people perish (Proverbs 29:18) What about our dreams?
Jesus was looking for places his light could land and soak in. Isn’t that what Vincentians are trying to do?
Looking back at our own Baptism in light of how the birth of Jesus changed everything… for everyone. Perhaps it might trigger some thoughts about your own Baptism.
Remember how God whispered to us on the day of our Baptism: you are my beloved child, I am pleased with you. We may have forgotten that. Let us pray that our memory be jogged.
The star of the wisemen can be a metaphor for the times in our lives when we must seek in the darkness for the light of God’s Providence as did St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. Vincent dePaul.
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.”
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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Generally, I love the laconic nature of Mark's Gospel. The Passion narrative is very compelling in its starkness, with one…
Father John, Blessings to you as you step cautiously down that new path. Grace and Peace be with you!