Contemplation is taking a long, loving look at the real.”
Isn’t that what lovers often do as they sit, perhaps even in silence, simply enjoying one another?
In this Vincentian Mindwalk let’s look at what we often don’t see.
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Is God Tired of Waiting for Us Among the Poor?
“When I first went to one of the most ravaged areas of Brooklyn, I thought I was bringing God to the poor. I quickly learned God was already there. I was on God’s turf!”
Is God getting tired of waiting for us?
“I Forgot To Wear My Hearing Aids”
This morning’s Vincentian Mindwalk picks from the previous reflection Do Your Spiritual Hearing Aids Need Cleaning?.
We can have fully functioning hearing aids but if we have not put them on we miss the point. We only hear what we expect to hear.
Praying Our Heritage: The Word Made Flesh in Our Lives
Praying Our Heritage: The Word Made Flesh in Our Lives?
“Little Women”, St. Vincent de Paul and Martin Luther King
https://famvin.org/en/2020/01/25/little-women-st-vincent-de-paul-and-martin-luther-king/
What Makes Me Tick?
Not many people would be described as having changed the face of the Church in their time. So the question of what made Vincent de Paul tick is one worth exploring.
For What and How Did Vincent Pray – His Successor Reflects
Our Superior General reminds us of what Vincent prayed about – topics related to our mission to the poor – what methods he used.
When Coming Home Only Brings Temporary Relief
Have any of your relatives who have been in combat ever talked about what they experienced in combat? I now have a better idea so few share their experiences,
Doers of the Word: Saints Oscar Romero and Vincent de Paul
Oscar and Vincent: they both heard the words of Jesus in Luke “He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free.”
Thank You Vincent – You Changed Your World… and Our World
After reading this post I hope you too will say… Thank you, Vincent, for being such an amazing change agent in your time and even our times.
New Novena in Preparation for the Feast of St Vincent
The international website of the Congregation of the Mission is publishing texts of a newly developed novena in multiple languages.
Naming Vincent’s Charism In Everyday Life
Vincent’s earliest biographer wrote that Vincent, like another Elijah, “left his mantle not only to the members of his own Congregation but also to all the other virtuous people who joined him in fulfilling his mission of charity.”
Forgotten Truths – Collaboration between St. Vincent and St. Louise
As we approach the celebration of the feast of St. Louise perhaps we can rediscover a forgotten truth about the collaboration between Louise and Vincent.