Did you miss Christmas?
In this Vincentian Mindwalk, I ask whether Christmas is the celebration of a moment in the past or something that takes place in your life every day?
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How My Father taught me about “Our Father”
A seminarian taught me not everyone is blessed with a father like mine! Without a direct word, my father taught me so much about Our Father. DId anyone help you recognize God as a loving parent?
Mothers and Mary – Model For Us As Church
We believe we are the body of Christ. Mary models for us how to be present in both the joyful and painful experiences Christ experiences in us as his Body TODAY.
Mary’s Memories – the Rosary As Her Scrapbook
“She kept all these things, pondering them in her heart” (Lk 2:19; cf. 2:51)
To me, that’s another way of saying she kept her scrapbook of memories of special memories of her son in her heart.
A Mother Watches Her Child Suffer
There is a special pain that cuts through the hearts of mothers especially, but fathers also, as they see their child suffer. There is so much more to Mary’s grief than the final stage so masterfully captured in Michelangelo’s Pieta.
Finding Jesus In the Crib – Today
So that is my purpose. To know, love, and serve God as Mom. So, when I was lying in bed and I heard Lilly crying at 2 AM I didn’t just hear Lilly crying, I heard God crying asking me to love him and to serve him.
A Grieving Mother of the Church
What did Mary bring to the Upper Room?