Fifth Sunday of Easter
Dave Kane, a returned Maryknoll Lay Missioner now living in Brazil, reflects on building our individual “spiritual homes” with rooms to welcome many guests.
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Fourth Sunday of Easter
Maryknoll Sister Anastasia Lindawati, who is on mission in Hong Kong, reflects on responding to God’s call to be a good shepherd in the Church.
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Maryknoll Father Peter Barry, on mission for many years in Hong Kong and mainland China, reflects on opportunities to share his faith with students in China.
Third Sunday of Easter
Maryknoll Father Roberto Rodriguez, who is on mission in the Diocese of Kyoto, Japan, reflects on a simple encounter like the disciples had with Jesus on the road to Emmaus long ago.
Second Sunday of Easter
Chloe Schwabe reflects on the mission of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns as part of the Christian call to share the Good News.
Easter Sunday, Feast of the Resurrection
Gerry Lee, Director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, reflects on the new hope that comes with the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Good Friday
“With all the violence, suffering, death and destruction which surround us in this life, we may be tempted to feel that sin and death are victorious, are winning out. But we know deep down in our hearts that Jesus, through his suffering and death has overcome sin and death.” Maryknoll Father Tom Marti, who lived and worked in the Philippines, reflects on the Passion and suffering of Jesus Christ.
Holy Thursday
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Kim Fischer reflects on serving others in São Paulo, Brazil, and wherever we find ourselves, just as Jesus serves others in today’s Gospel reading.
Palm Sunday
Jean-Jacques de Christ Nganya spoke at the Nonviolence and Just Peace conference in Rome in 2016 about the power of the good news in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where inter-ethnic and fratricidal wars have raged for more than twenty years.
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Maryknoll Father Brian Barrons writes from Jilin, the second largest city in China, about the raising of Lazarus as a sign of hope for all.
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Bob Short, executive coordinator with the Maryknoll Affiliates, reflects on the relationships members of a Affiliate chapter have with a community in Peru, and finds the answer to the question “How are we to live faithfully, lovingly, and justly, in these times?”
Third Sunday of Lent
Maryknoll Father David Schwinghamer recalls a chance encounter with someone who, like the Samaritan woman at the well, demonstrates that even ordinary folk, once baptized, are meant to be messengers of the good news.
Second Sunday of Lent
Alfonso Buzzo, former Peace Fellow, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, writes about seeing Jesus in the suffering migrants and refugees along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Maryknoll Father Joseph Arsenault reflects on our need to be in harmony with each other and the natural world.
Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time
Michael Leen, a Maryknoll Lay Missioner tells the story of a friend in Mwanza, Tanzania who did what can seem impossible – offer love and mercy to his enemies.
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Maryknoll Sister Theresa Baldini, who was on mission in South Sudan, reflects on the biblical call to forgiveness and reconciliation for justice to be restored in our relationships.
Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Maryknoll Father Mike Snyder reflects on our call to be light in the world.
Presentation of the Lord
Maria Montello, a Maryknoll lay missioner serving in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, reflections on recognizing Christ in our daily lives.