Mission Commentary I am torn this month between two themes that are dear to my heart: the Gospel message of confronting our unfaithfulness and believing in the mercy and love…

Imitating the Kenosis of Jesus Today as the second reading, the Church gives us a beautiful Christological hymn from Saint Paul; we always hear this same reading on Palm Sunday.…

Mission Commentary In our chapel communities in Chile, sometimes the leaders or founding families of the community maintain a prestigious role for too long, and do not give it up…

Generously Responding to Kindness Today’s Gospel from Matthew narrates the story of a man who was in debt; he sought and received forgiveness for a large amount, but was unwilling…

Mission Commentary How appropriate are these readings in our reality! Mercy, understanding, listening, welcoming, forgiving, loving beyond any measure are all needed in our world today. I came across a…

Active Discernment Is Essential In today’s short second reading (Romans 12:1-2), one phrase deserves deep reflection as it relates to living a fruitful Christian life. Saint Paul speaks about the…

Jesus Asks Probing Questions Today’s Gospel contains two key questions Jesus asked his disciples; there is also an interesting sequence to the questions.First, Jesus, while in the region of Caesarea…

Cultural Cataracts Every culture has its blind spots, and cross-cultural mission helps us to see them. My way of making a sandwich, inherited from my U.S., white, middle-class cultural upbringing,…

Listening to God’s Whispers Our first reading today brings us key insights from the prophet Elijah.  He lived nine centuries before Christ and is a key figure in Old Testament…

The Kingdom is Here! During my time in Brazil I learned so much about Liberation Theology especially in reading the Gospels. Many of the Latin American theologians were alive then…

True Treasure Hunters The parables of Jesus that form today’s Gospel question us on what we claim as our “treasure.”  Jesus speaks to us as his disciples, focusing our attention…

All Are Welcome U.S. missionaries meet people from not only unfamiliar, even startling cultural backgrounds when we go abroad, but also from political backgrounds. I remember meeting young members of…