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Life is Cruciform – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, March 29
Living into the Paschal Mystery Each year the Lenten-Easter season provides us a special time of grace to reflect upon a profound truth that stands at the center of our Christian experience: the paschal mystery. This term…
Emerging from Our Tombs – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, March 22
Emerging from Our Tombs Today, on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, we hear the astounding story of the resurrection of Lazarus. There is a marvelous amount of detail in this Gospel account from John the…
Crystal Clear – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, March 15
Crystal Clear After living in Chile for two years as a seminarian, the Columban Fathers brought me home to finish my preparations for the priesthood, and I was ordained in St. Mary’s Cathedral in Fall…
Christ’s Thirst for Us – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, March 8
Christ’s Profound Thirst Today’s Gospel, a deeply touching human-interest story, describes the lively encounter of Jesus with the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well. Their conversation revolves around water, about various senses of “living water,” and how…
Climb Every Mountain – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, March 1
Climb Every Mountain The Transfiguration of the Lord has become a very important force in my life since August 6th of 1975 and then again in 1978. These are the days when I made my…
Renewing Our Hearts – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, February 22
Lent: Season of Conversion An impressive body of literature exists on the conversion process as a religious experience.Various approaches help reveal the depths of this profound, transforming reality: biblical-theological perspectives, psycho-social aspects, missionary dimensions, as…
Background Check – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, February 15
Background Check The richness of our spiritual inheritance from Judaism forms the backdrop to Jesus’ mission that we are charged with continuing, with the light and strength of the Holy Spirit. “Whoever obeys and teaches…
Enriching Our Neighbor – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, February 8
Be Salt, Be Light Our Gospel today contains Jesus’ challenge to his disciples to be salt of the earth and light of the world (Mt 5:13-14); this passage immediately follows last Sunday’s Gospel on the…
The Story of Dorothy – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, February 1
The Story of Dorothy On February 12, 2005 I was the regional president for the Conference for Religious in Brazil(CRB). I was attending an encounter sponsored by the CRB when I received a phone call…
Jesus’ Invitation to Fellowship – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, January 25
Called to Discipleship Remarkably, there are few events in Jesus’ life that are recorded in all four Gospels; however, Jesus’ call of his disciples is one of those special events found in every Gospel (Matthew…
Call Waiting – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, January 18
Call Waiting One winter in the city of Juarez, Mexico, so many people camped out in the parks near one of the bridges leading into El Paso, Texas that volunteers from the U.S. began to…
The Empty Tomb – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, April 5
Easter Sunday
Acts of the Apostles 10:34a, 37-43 Psalm: 118: 1-2,16-17, 22-23 Colossians 3:1-4 John 20:1-9
The Empty Tomb “They have taken the Lord…and we don’t know where they put him.” As I reflected on the readings and especially on the Gospel, these words burned in my heart. A second reading…