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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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Deep Faith Promotes Mission – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, January 11
Deep Faith Promotes Mission Today’s feast, the Baptism of Jesus, is accorded much importance in the Gospels. Questions about the necessity of baptism for Jesus may arise, but the fundamental…
Have you Seen the Star? – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, January 4
Have you Seen the Star? The feast of the Epiphany opens our imagination to understand the wisdom of this event as Scripture tells us. If you haven’t already, read below,…
Family: Uniting Life and Love – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, December 28
Family: Uniting Life and Love Family life is where our deepest desires and God’s plan can converge. In his apostolic exhortation Familiaris Consortio (FC) [On the Family], Saint John Paul…
Stop, Look and Listen – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, December 21
Stop, Look and Listen I met a woman in one of our chapel communities, in a working-class población neighborhood on the fringes of the city of Santiago, Chile, who shared…
The Baptist’s Mission – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, December 14
The Baptist’s Mission As Christians we are called to be proclaimers, heralds, and evangelizers. An excellent model for us is none other than John the Baptist. During this Advent season,…
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…