They were comfortable… until they were told a story. Then they learned an uncomfortable truth. The person in the story out there, hid in their own heart.
In this Vincentian Mindwalk i explore how Pope Francis tells us a story about ourselves that unmasks our coverups…
Today we hear cries of pain of a people saying I can’t take it anymore after the conquest of Jerusalem. They faced unspeakable losses of lifestyle and challenges to their faith.
They had to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives and somehow find the strength to c…
I see some connections with another more benign virus – the Vincentian Virus. COVID19 Is both similar to and very different from the Vincentian Virus.
In this Vincentian Mindwalk I explore the Vincentian movement as a desirable virus that continues to spread… hop…
Have you ever asked what is this new thing? Have we any role in making “all things new”?
In this Vincentian Mindwalk, I would like to look at a specific experience of life that I will never have… the experience of having a different skin color than that with which I was born.
“we can overcome global challenges only by showing solidarity with one another and embracing the most vulnerable in our midst.” Pope Francis
“Exploration into God” – “the growing awareness of belonging to ultimate reality.”
God does not come to us in the way we want God to come. God comes to us in the ordinariness of our daily lives… if we open our eyes to see and hear, especially the cries of the poor… we will see God.
Good news is an encounter that is transforming. Jesus disciples experienced a transforming awareness of being loved… and ran to tell others about it!
Do we have a “cafeteria mentality” when choosing what it means to be a Catholic?
Pope Francis wrote… “(Youth) have asked us in a thousand ways to walk alongside them — not behind them or ahead of them, but at their side.”
The world has been stopped in its tracks. Some are asking whether we should look for a “new normal”, even a “better normal”. Antonio Spadaro, SJ clearly situates Pope Francis among the latter group.
This Labor Day will we commit to “doing something new” by participating in God’s work of healing?