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Discipleship Costs – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, August 24

Discipleship Costs Jesus’ words in today’s Gospel passage from Luke can be very disturbing; they confront us and question the quality of our discipleship, our genuine following of Jesus. We must strive…

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Offensive Oratory – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, August 17, 2025

Offensive Oratory A middle-aged couple came up to me after Mass one day, recently. “You should avoid terms like ‘concentration camps’, ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ and ‘Gestapo tactics,’” they said. I didn’t…

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Becoming Credible Servants – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, August 10, 2025

Becoming Credible Servants Today’s Gospel mentions various forms of the word “servant” over a dozen times; we cannot fail to see the emphasis that Luke the Evangelist places on this aspect…

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Christ is All and in All – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, August 3, 2025

Christ is All and in All I was 26 years old when I went to Brazil in 1978 knowing that I was making a commitment of at least 6 years…

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Knowing God as Compassionate Father – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, July 27, 2025

Knowing God as Compassionate Father Christian creeds address God as Father. Calling God “Our Father” is a personal address, asserting his care for all creation, especially for all humanity. God’s fatherly care is already found…

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Don’t Miss the Good Part – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, July 20, 2025

Don’t Miss the Good Part God’s Word requires only our full attention—the one, essential thing that we may, unfortunately, be unconsciously avoiding! We might be able to impress people with our capacity…

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Celebrating God’s Boundless Mercy – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, July 13, 2025

Celebrating God’s Boundless Mercy The Name of God is Mercy was the first book of Pope Francis after his election to the papacy on March 13, 2013. Pope Francis continually insists that mercy is…

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Joy That Is Complete – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, July 6, 2025

Joy That Is Complete This Sunday’s readings animated my mind and heart as I prepared this commentary. There are so many positive images: being carried in God’s arms and fondled…

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A Need for Contemplation – Missionary Commentary for June 1, 2025

A Need for Contemplation Today’s Gospel invites us to take some quiet time for contemplation to be able to reach deeper into the message that Jesus gave to his apostles…

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