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20 May 2023
- 07:0007:00, 20 May 2023 diff hist +5,138 N Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year A-2023 Created page with ":''Defend Those Who Are Poor and Helpless '''Jesus lives. That is why they see him and live those who believe in him, and love him. The Spirit of truth does not fail to defend them.''' Jesus takes leave of his disciples. For comes the hour for him to give his body up and to shed his blood. Hence, they are sad and in pain. And to lift them up, he says he will ask the Father to give them another Defender, the Spirit of truth. The Defender will be with them always...." current
- 06:5506:55, 20 May 2023 diff hist +5,685 N Ascension, Year A-2023 Created page with ":''Emmanuel, That Is to Say, God-with-Us '''Jesus, [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+22%3A13&version=NRSVCE the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end], is [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mathew+1%3A23&version=NRSVCE Emmanuel, God-with-us]. He is with us always, until the end.''' The first chapter of the Gospel of Matthew proclaims that Jesus is Emmanuel, God-with-us. And the last chapter narrates t..." current
- 06:4906:49, 20 May 2023 diff hist +95 Reflections rooted in the Sunday Readings →Easter
4 May 2023
- 19:5019:50, 4 May 2023 diff hist +36 Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year A-2023 No edit summary current
3 May 2023
- 20:1820:18, 3 May 2023 diff hist −7 VincentWiki:Reflections/Current Reflection No edit summary
- 20:1620:16, 3 May 2023 diff hist +4,812 N Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year A-2023 Created page with ":''Splendor of Christ on the Cross '''Hanging on the cross, Jesus is clothed with the splendor of self-emptying love. He thus is the source of blessings.''' [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+13%3A21&version=NRSVCE Jesus was deeply troubled as he told his disciples that one of them would betray him]. This and the thought that he would soon suffer and die must have greatly saddened them. Needless to say, gloom, not splendor, has taken over. And so, h..."
- 20:1120:11, 3 May 2023 diff hist +54 Reflections rooted in the Sunday Readings →Easter
27 April 2023
- 17:5917:59, 27 April 2023 diff hist +11 VincentWiki:Reflections/Current Reflection No edit summary
- 17:5717:57, 27 April 2023 diff hist +8,196 N Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year A-2023 Created page with ":''Grasp What Jesus Is, What He Says and Does '''Jesus who is close to the Father’s heart makes him known to us. It is crucial that we grasp what Jesus is, what he says and does.''' Those to whom Jesus speaks do not grasp what he teaches by way of a figure of speech. And they are not the disciples but the Pharisees. These asked him before, “[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+9%3A40&version=NRSVCE Are we blind also?]” And his reply was: “[ht..." current
- 17:5317:53, 27 April 2023 diff hist +55 Reflections rooted in the Sunday Readings →Easter
20 April 2023
- 18:0518:05, 20 April 2023 diff hist −14 m Third Sunday of Easter, Year A-2023 No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 05:3805:38, 20 April 2023 diff hist +5 Third Sunday of Easter, Year A-2023 No edit summary
- 05:2105:21, 20 April 2023 diff hist +19 VincentWiki:Reflections/Current Reflection No edit summary
- 05:1905:19, 20 April 2023 diff hist +7,950 N Third Sunday of Easter, Year A-2023 Created page with ":''Revive the Faith of The Faltering '''Jesus feeds us with his word and his body and blood. He makes us live and seeks to revive the faith of those who falter.''' For sure, Jesus did revive the hopes of those who longed to see their homeland free from the rule of Rome. Did he not do so, the crowds would not have cried out, as he entered Jerusalem: “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heavens.”..."
- 05:1005:10, 20 April 2023 diff hist +54 Reflections rooted in the Sunday Readings →Easter
15 April 2023
- 19:5719:57, 15 April 2023 diff hist +26 Second Sunday of Easter, Year A-2023 No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 19:3119:31, 15 April 2023 diff hist +1 Second Sunday of Easter, Year A-2023 No edit summary Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 19:2919:29, 15 April 2023 diff hist +8 Second Sunday of Easter, Year A-2023 No edit summary
13 April 2023
- 07:2807:28, 13 April 2023 diff hist +29 VincentWiki:Reflections/Current Reflection No edit summary
- 07:2507:25, 13 April 2023 diff hist +7,090 N Second Sunday of Easter, Year A-2023 Created page with ":''Send Jesus, Send the Disciples '''Jesus is God’s Sent One to announce the Good News to the poor. And the Sent One, in turn, does not hesitate to send his disciples.''' Jesus tells his disciples that for him to send them is to give them a share in his own mission. For he says to them, “As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” And no, Jesus does not hesitate to send his disciples. Those who are in a house with doors that have bars for fear of the leaders o..."
- 07:1807:18, 13 April 2023 diff hist +56 Reflections rooted in the Sunday Readings →Easter
6 April 2023
- 20:5220:52, 6 April 2023 diff hist +8 Easter Sunday, Year A-2023 No edit summary current
- 06:3206:32, 6 April 2023 diff hist −57 VincentWiki:Reflections/Current Reflection No edit summary
- 06:2906:29, 6 April 2023 diff hist +1 Easter Sunday, Year A-2023 No edit summary
- 06:2806:28, 6 April 2023 diff hist +6,384 N Easter Sunday, Year A-2023 Created page with ":''Risen from among Those Who Are Dead '''Jesus, who died on the cross, has risen. Hence, we cannot look for him among the dead, but among the living.''' Early in the morning, following the Sabbath right after Jesus’ death and burial, Mary of Magdala goes to the tomb. Aware of what [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+16%3A1-2&version=NRSVCE Mark] and [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+24%3A1&version=NRSVCE Luke] say, we can guess that..."
- 06:0406:04, 6 April 2023 diff hist +45 Reflections rooted in the Sunday Readings →Easter
4 April 2023
- 03:4003:40, 4 April 2023 diff hist −34 VincentWiki:Reflections/Current Reflection No edit summary
- 03:3803:38, 4 April 2023 diff hist +8 Palm Sunday, Year A-2023 No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 03:3503:35, 4 April 2023 diff hist +6,750 N Palm Sunday, Year A-2023 Created page with ":''Feed Other Humans First of All '''Jesus seeks to feed us with his body and blood, so that we may have life to the full. He loves us, yes, to the end.''' For sure, the thirty pieces of silver cannot but feed even more Judas Iscariot’s greed. But does the traitor sell Jesus for a trifle, asking no high price for him! And, indeed, there is no price tag for the one whom Judas sells; he is beyond all value. After all, he is the rightful heir to the throne of David,..."
- 03:2503:25, 4 April 2023 diff hist +43 Reflections rooted in the Sunday Readings →Lent
25 March 2023
- 19:3819:38, 25 March 2023 diff hist −1 Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year A-2023 No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
23 March 2023
- 22:2822:28, 23 March 2023 diff hist −3 Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year A-2023 No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 18:2818:28, 23 March 2023 diff hist +1 Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year A-2023 No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 18:2718:27, 23 March 2023 diff hist +4 Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year A-2023 No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 07:1407:14, 23 March 2023 diff hist +52 VincentWiki:Reflections/Current Reflection No edit summary
- 06:5906:59, 23 March 2023 diff hist +6,845 N Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year A-2023 Created page with ":''Dead to Sin and Living for God in Christ '''Jesus is the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in him, though they die, will not stay dead. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+2%3A5&version=NRSVCE In him they will live for God and be dead to sin].''' There cannot be dead folks among those who believe in Jesus. This flies in the face of my sorrow due to the death four days ago of a brother-in-law who believed. Yet this is clearly the te..."
- 06:5306:53, 23 March 2023 diff hist +52 Reflections rooted in the Sunday Readings →Lent
18 March 2023
- 03:3703:37, 18 March 2023 diff hist +5,659 N Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year A-2023 Created page with ":''Open the Eyes of Those Who Cannot See '''Jesus is the light of the world. That is why to open the eyes of the blind is part of the task that his Father has entrusted to him.''' Jesus decides on his own to open the eyes of a man blind from birth. The latter gets to see so clearly that he recognizes him to be a prophet. He later believes in him as the Son of Man. Never mind that he knows not of what the Pharisees claim they know for sure. It is enough for him tha..." current
- 03:3203:32, 18 March 2023 diff hist +7,321 N Third Sunday of Lent, Year A-2023 Created page with ":''Reveal or Conceal God’s True Face '''Jesus’ food is to do the Father’s will and to finish his work. He thus keeps the true religion; he cannot but reveal God’s true face.''' Though we believe in God, we yet can conceal, rather than reveal, the true face of God ([https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html ''GS''] 19). And, of course, we can do so in various ways. We are guilty of..." current
- 03:2603:26, 18 March 2023 diff hist +6,578 N Second Sunday of Lent, Year A-2023 Created page with ":''Visions of a Better Future of Glory '''Jesus is the risen Son of Man. And he is so, for, though the Son of God, he became a servant and obeyed to death on the cross. He makes our visions of glory come true.''' [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+16%3A21-23&version=NRSVCE Peter does not like what Jesus says about his visions of what is to come]. They seem terrible to him. It is clear, then, his visions do not match those of Jesus. It does not m..." current
- 03:1803:18, 18 March 2023 diff hist +6,984 N First Sunday of Lent, Year A-2023 Created page with ":''Tempt Someone Is Not What God Does '''Jesus let the devil tempt him just as we are tempted, though he did not sin. Hence, he can feel for us who are weak, and lift us up.''' James makes clear that [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James+1%3A13-14&version=NRSVCE God does not tempt us. We are tempted by our own evil desire]. Today’s first reading and gospel, though, suggest that the devil prowls around and looks for those whom to tempt. And he is Sat..." current
- 03:1303:13, 18 March 2023 diff hist +5,962 N Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A-2023 Created page with ":''Perfect as Our Father in Heaven '''Jesus, who is in the bosom of the Father and knows him up close, shows us the divine face. He wants us to be perfect as our Father.''' It is quite clear what it means to be perfect as our Father in heaven: to go beyond what the law and the prophets command and forbid. Jesus, yes, [https://famvin.org/en/2023/02/08/higher-matthew-538-48/ sets the bar in life ever higher each time]. And he cannot but do so, for [http://www.vincent..." current
- 03:0803:08, 18 March 2023 diff hist +5,887 N Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A-2023 Created page with ":''Fulfill with All Out Heart What God Wants '''Jesus is the most blessed of those who are blessed since they fulfill what God wants. And he is the way that leads to God, and to bliss and peace.''' There is much we yet have to do to fulfill Christ’s wish that [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+17%3A21&version=NRSVCE all Christians be one]. And [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+13%3A35&version=NRSVCE that we let others know by our lo..." current
- 02:5702:57, 18 March 2023 diff hist +6,932 N Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A-2023 Created page with ":''Delight the Earth and Enlighten the World '''Jesus is the great light that shines on those who walk in the dark. He is the delight of those who live in the land of gloom.''' As God’s wisdom, Jesus rejoices in the earth and finds his delight in humans (see [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+8%3A31&version=NRSVCE Prov 8, 31]). And, of course, for him to be with us also means he delights us. And he delights us for this basic reason: [https://w..." current
- 02:4302:43, 18 March 2023 diff hist +4,949 N Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A-2023 Created page with ":''Approach Jesus Christ with All Our Being '''Jesus is the Son through whom God has spoken to us humans in these last days. We Christians are to approach and hear him, and be what he says.''' [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+19&version=RSVCE God wanted the Israelites to prepare for his coming down to Mount Sinai to give them the law]. He told them, through Moses, to show respect. So, they should be clean. Also, they were not to approach the mou..." current
- 02:3402:34, 18 March 2023 diff hist +5,765 N Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A-2023 Created page with ":''Preach the Good News to the Poor '''Jesus is the one the Lord God has anointed with the Holy Spirit and has sent to preach the Good News to the poor.''' [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians+2%3A3&version=NRSVCE In Christ are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge]. And the sacred writers and wise holy men and women bring them to light for us to see. We give them thanks since they share and preach what the Holy Spirit lets them know...." current
- 02:2802:28, 18 March 2023 diff hist +210 Reflections rooted in the Sunday Readings →Lent
- 02:2502:25, 18 March 2023 diff hist +309 Reflections rooted in the Sunday Readings →Sundays in Ordinary Time Pre-Easter
- 02:1602:16, 18 March 2023 diff hist +5,621 N Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A-2023 Created page with ":''Give Witness to the Lamb of God '''Jesus is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. We are to fix our gaze on him and give witness to him.''' And we thank God for revealing this to John the Baptist and for sending him to give witness to it. May God give us now the grace to take a long and loving look at the Lamb of God. And to give witness to him, too. Clearly, to give witness to Jesus means that we, in the first place, value highly that he comes..." current
- 02:0902:09, 18 March 2023 diff hist +62 Reflections rooted in the Sunday Readings →Sundays in Ordinary Time Pre-Easter