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Palm Sunday

I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard.

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Fourth Sunday of Lent

Live as children of light, for light produces every kind of goodness and righteousness and truth.

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Third Sunday of Lent

The Israelites quarreled there and tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord in our midst or not?”

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Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday launches the Season of Lent, a season of reflection and preparation for Easter.
For gracious and merciful is God, slow to anger, rich in kindness, and relenting in punishment.
PSALM 103:8

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Lenten Reflection Guide 2023: Inspired by Laudato Si’

The 2023 Lenten Reflection Guide: Inspired by Laudato Si’ from the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns contains reflections, questions, prayers, fasts, and actions based on each week’s Gospel reading and the experience of Maryknoll missioners who have lived and worked with marginalized communities around the world.

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First Sunday of Lent

A clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me.
PSALM 51:10

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Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time

Sr. Dee Smith, Maryknoll Sister in Guatemala, reflects on gospel righteousness: Let your ‘Yes’ mean ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No’ mean ‘No.’

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Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time

This article was previously published on Feb 5, 2017 “You are the salt of the earth…You are the light of the world.” These are the words we hear in today’s Gospel. You don’t need a lot of salt in your kitchen, but a little bit sure does make the food taste better. We are called…

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Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Gospel reading for today is more challenging and terrifying than many others in the Bible. Jesus turns our entire way of thinking upside down. The Beatitudes would have had the same effect at the time as they do today, which is to strike at the heart of our humanness and our fears. The Beatitudes…

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Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mission on the Margins What strikes me most about the readings for this Sunday’s liturgy — the gospel from Matthew in particular — is the way mission is to be carried out following the example of Jesus. He begins his OUTREACH to the people on the margins, the people in Capernaum. These people seem to…

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Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

In this re-issued 2017 reflection, Sr. Roni Schweyen, MM, reflects on the readings in relation to her mission work in Tanzania