The love of the Father cannot be in anyone who loves the world, because nothing the world has to offer—the sensual body, the lustful eye, pride in possessions—could ever come from the Father but only … Read More
The Way of St. Vincent Is Our Way. 41. Available to go anywhere in the world
Go out to the whole world; proclaim the Good News to all creation. Those who believe and are baptized will be saved; those who do not believe will be condemned. Mark 16:15-16 This characteristic is … Read More
The Way of St. Vincent Is Our Way. 40. Responsible for a common mission
By the grace God gave me, I succeeded as an architect and laid the foundations on which someone else is doing the building. Everyone doing the building must work carefully. For the foundation, nobody can … Read More
The Way of St. Vincent Is Our Way. 39. Evangelized by the Poor
Listen, my brothers and sisters: it was those who are poor according to the world that God chose, to be rich in faith and to be heirs to the Kingdom which he promised to those … Read More
The Way of St. Vincent Is Our Way. 38. Prophets in an unjust World
‘In the days to come I will pour out my spirit on all people. Their sons and daughters shall prophesy, your young men will see visions and your old men shall dream dreams. Even on … Read More
The Way of St. Vincent Is Our Way. 37. Preference for the Poor
Now John in his prison had heard what Christ was doing and he sent his disciples to ask him, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or must we wait for someone else?’ Jesus … Read More
The Way of St. Vincent Is Our Way. 36. Builders of a New World
What we are waiting for is what he promised: the new heaven and the new earth, the place where righteousness will be at home. So then, my friends, while you are waiting, do your best … Read More
The Way of St. Vincent Is Our Way. 35. The charity of Christ urges us
This has taught us love—that he gave up his life for us; and we, too, ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters. l John 3:16 The love of Christ, who had … Read More
The Way of St. Vincent Is Our Way. 34. For this he has sent me
But he said to them, ‘To other towns I must announce the Good News of the Reign of God, because that is why I was sent.’ And he continued to preach in the synagogues of … Read More
The Way of St. Vincent Is Our Way. 33. The Grace of Evangelization
33. The Grace of Evangelization But how shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe unless they have heard of him? And how can they hear unless … Read More