Have you heard the expression “Pray with the bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other”
Let’s explore in this Vincentian Mindwalk.
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Revisiting – Are You an Original or a Photocopy?
On October 10, 2020 Carlos became the first millennial to be named “Blessed”, the last step before being proclaimed a Saint. He would be the millennials’ first saint.
Nobody Wants To Do the Dishes!
But someone has to do the dishes!
“Everybody wants a revolution, but nobody wants to do the dishes.”
This Mindwalk is a reflection on a saying attributed to a contemporary change agent – Shane Claiborne
“The more things change…”
“The more things change, the more they stay the same.”
I once again came across of document from the US Bishops almost exactly 30 years ago.
In this Vincentian Mindwalk, I invite you to make your own judgment about how much has changed and not changed since then.
Why is Mary Fittingly Called Queen of Heaven?
I wonder how many would immediately answer the question saying because she is the Mother of Jesus.
It is certainly true she bore him in her womb. But might there be a deeper reason with many profound implications for you and I?
She is Queen of Heaven because of a much wider understanding of her role in God’s plan for us. It was more than just being a physical mother.
Practical Prophets
I suspect there are few visitors to this site who have not watched someone they love about to make a big mistake.
We “know” they are on the wrong path!
Welcome to the world of the Prophets!
Name Two Women Who Changed Jesus’ Mind?
In his adult life, Jesus had regular interactions and conversations with the scribes, Pharisees, and teachers of the law — highly educated men with a vast knowledge of the Jewish faith.
But, there is not a single account in Scripture where a man manages to change Jesus’s mind.
The two people who changed Jesus’s mind were, in fact, both women.
Know Anybody Who Walks On Water
Walking on water is a phrase we often associate with an arrogant, overly confident person. You know the kind. They can be quite annoying.
However, it didn’t always mean that.
What Are You Afraid Of?
I suspect every one of us can admit to having been afraid.
Mary may have been the Mother of God, but I doubt she did not know fear.
he feast of the Assumption holds great hope for us.
With her Assumption into heaven, she finally understood how everything made sense.
Suppose God Checked Your References!
“Nobody gets to heaven without a letter of reference from the poor!”
Father Ron Rolheiser wrote these words 20 years ago. I just caught up to them a few days ago. I scrapped what I was going to write so I could share what touched me.
Making Connections In My Life
Only later in life did I come to understand that how what I dreaded earlier taught me to make connections.
What Two Days Changed Our World?
It is written that God took 7 days to create the world … at least as we think we know it.
We are just realizing anew that this world is not even a speck of all that God created.
Remember Any Sermons 30 Years Later?
I can remember two talks that stopped me in my tracks … and still nourish me today. Each, in its own way, broadened my vision of what it means to be a follower of Christ, the Evangelizer of the Poor.