Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Maryknoll Father John Sivalon reflects on the challenge in this week’s readings to examine society’s treatment of women.
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Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Maryknoll Sister Helen Graham recognizes World Refugee Day in the scripture readings.
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Anna Johnson learns a lesson on the parable of the mustard seed from her home garden in Tanzania.
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Maryknoll Father Dennis Moorman prays for global synodality in the face of great division and inequality.
Corpus Christi Sunday
Sister Antoinette (Nonie) Gutzler, MM, shares the work Maryknoll Missioners in South Sudan as an example of God’s love made visible in our world.
Holy Trinity Sunday
Maryknoll Sister Gladys Gonzalez considers the mystery of the Trinity. This reflection was previously published in 2018.
Pentecost
Returned Maryknoll Lay Missioner Anne Termini learns the significance of seeing God in everyone and in everything. This reflection was previously published in 2013.
Seventh Sunday of Easter
Maryknoll Sister Darlene Jacobs sees lessons about unity and mission in the gospel readings.
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Maryknoll Sister Doreen Longres in Peru reflects on Jesus’ call that we love one another. This reflection was previously published in 2018.
Fifth Sunday of Easter
Maryknoll Father John McAuley looks to Scripture to understand the ways God lovingly prunes us so our lives bear fruit. This reflection was previously published in 2018.
Third Sunday of Easter
Returned Maryknoll Lay Missioner Kathy McNeely describes an encounter in rural Guatemala that was a powerful reminder of Christ’s love.
Fourth Sunday of Easter
Maryknoll Sister Esperanza Principio writes of our connection to Jesus, the Good Shepherd.
Second Sunday of Easter
Maryknoll Sister Ann Hayden writes of how Jesus’ transforming way of compassion can help bridge the divide between us and the “other.”
Easter Sunday
Maryknoll Sister Nonie Gutzler invites us to consider how Jesus’ Resurrection brings us to the edge of “eternal morning.”
Palm Sunday
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Stephen Veryser compares our annual commemorations of Easter to the to the smell of fresh rainfall or the jar of perfumed oil poured on Jesus’ head in the Gospel readings.
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Maryknoll Sister Susan Nchubiri is reminded of the wisdom of ancestors in the keeping of our covenant with God.
Fourth Sunday in Lent
Maryknoll Father Joseph Thaler asks what we are called to sacrifice in the face of the changes he has witnessed in the Kathmandu Valley.
Third Sunday in Lent
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Peg Vamosy reflects on the upcoming Mass readings, ecological sin and her ministry in El Salvador.