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.”
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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?
Our Responses To “Who Am I?”
Our Responses To “Who am I?” have changed over our lifetimes. Have our responses to who Jesus is for us changed over our lifetimes?
Fr. Tom McKenna Reflects – Acting For Equality – in Faith
https://www.cmeast.org/2018/07/05/fr-tom-mckenna-reflects-acting-for-equality-in-faith/
Who do I pay attention to?
To take notice of the overlooked in society, to fix a positive attention on the least celebrated, to give visibility to the mostly invisible is to do what Our Lord continues to do – shine the saving light of personal recognition on the least of the brothers and sisters.
The Planted Word
If ever I and our world needed to hear this message – it is now. Once again, thank you , Tom, for reminding us of this essential dimension of our Vincentian call!
Swept Up Into
All of them had been contentedly drifting along on the still surface of what you might call conventional religion, not realizing there was a current of explosive energy running beneath. Then something shows itself in their lives, and the placid, controllable stream grabs hold and sends them off. That certain something is God’s Spirit.
Fr. Tom McKenna Reflects – Acting For Equality – in Faith
Vincent’s mindset is in accord with Paul’s when he asks the Corinthians to share with the needy from their abundance. Both Paul and Vincent take concrete steps to see that wealth is more evenly distributed among the believers.
Living in a Time of Extremes – Wisdom from St. Paul to Oscar Romero
To us who live in a time when extremes on the left and right of the spectrum seem glaring, St. Paul comes with this counsel for keeping on course. “Do not conform yourselves to this age. But be transformed by the renewal of your mind.” To paraphrase him, “
The Humility of Not Taking Gifts for Granted
Father Tom McKenna lifts up the heritage and treasures from Louise and Vincent we might have taken for granted.
Are We to be Signs of the Times?
We can show living and breathing testimony that the Kingdom of God is here in our midst and is ever more steadily bending toward goodness.
Recognizing the Hope of Israel Today
Fr. Thomas McKenna, former Provincial of the Eastern Province, reflects on Anna and Simeon’s preparedness to recognize the Hope of Israel when he appeared in an unlikely form.