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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 Empty Tomb – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, April 5
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…