Introduction We can say that coming to evangelize the poor does not simply mean to teach them the mysteries necessary for their salvation, but also to do what was foretold and prefigured by the prophets … Read More
Experiencing God in the Poor
Spiritual writers have described growth in the spiritual life by means of such analogies as the castle, the ladder, and the ascent of a mountain. St Thomas used the analogy of the stages of human … Read More
Vincentian Praxis
Last year, I was asked to write a brief description of Vincentian spirituality. Having given the subject some thought, I suggested that it involved three main components, compassion, friendship and prayer. I’m quite sure that … Read More
Sister Justine Bisqueyburu and the Green Scapular
On Jan. 28, 1840 , in Paris , France , the Blessed Virgin appeared to Sr. Justine Bisqueyburu, a Seminary Sister of the Daughters of Charity. This began a series of visits which culminated in … Read More
The Way of St. Vincent Is Our Way. 57. Educators of Youth
You have got to persuade the younger men to be moderate and in everything you do make yourself an example to them of working for good: when you are teaching, be an example to them … Read More
The Way of St. Vincent Is Our Way. 56. Pastors of Christian communities
Guard yourselves and the whole flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you the overseers, so that you can feed the Church of God which he bought with his own blood. Acts 20:28 Parishes … Read More
The Way of St. Vincent Is Our Way. 55. Promotion of the Lay Associations
Now Jesus made his way through towns and villages preaching and proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom of God. With him went the Twelve, as well as certain women who had been cured of … Read More
The Way of St. Vincent Is Our Way. 54. Open to ecumenical dialogue
There is one Body, one Spirit, just as you were all called into one and the same hope when you were called. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God who is … Read More
The Way of St. Vincent Is Our Way. 53. The missionary confronts materialism
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit out into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, after which he was very hungry, and the tempter came … Read More
The Way of St. Vincent Is Our Way. 52. Witnesses in an atheistic world
Righteous Father! The world does not know you, but I know you, and these know that you sent me. I made you known to them, and I will continue to do so, in order that … Read More