Scripture Reflections

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Epiphany

Kathy McNeely, a former Lay Missioner in Guatemala and former staff member of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, writes this Sunday’s reflection.

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Christmas Day

Maggie Fogarty, a former Lay Missioner who lived and worked in Bolivia, writes the reflection for today’s readings.

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Christmas Vigil

Sr. Ann Braudis, who worked as a missioner in Bolivia and the Philippines, writes: “May Jesus be born in you tonight as surely as he was born in Bethlehem all those long years ago.”

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Feast of the Immaculate Conception

This week’s reflection on the readings is written by Sr. Rose Bernadette Gallagher, who, after decades of work in Asia, now resides at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in New York.

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Fourth Sunday in Advent

The reflection for this final Sunday of Advent 2015 is written by Maria Montello, a Lay Missioner in Cambodia.

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Second Sunday of Advent

Maryknoll Fr. Dan McLaughlin writes about an archdiocesan initiative in Brazil to raise awareness of local issues.

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First Sunday in Advent

The first Sunday of Advent 2015 falls just before the 35th anniversary of the martyrdom of the four North American churchwomen in El Salvador. This reflection is prepared by Marie Dennis, co-president of Pax Christi International and former director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.

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Feast of Christ the King

Fr. Sacha Bermundez-Goldman, SJ, who served in Tanzania and Cambodia as a Maryknoll Lay Missioner, wrote the following reflection which was published in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year: Reflections on the Readings for Year B, available from Orbis Books.

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Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Fr. Dennis Moorman, MM, who serves in Brazil, wrote the following reflection which was published in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year: Reflections on the Readings for Year B, available from Orbis Books.

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Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Fr. Wayman Deasy, MM, who served in Tanzania, wrote the following reflection which was published in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year: Reflections on the Readings for Year B, available from Orbis Books.

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All Saints’ Day

Kathleen Bond, a Maryknoll lay missioner who serves in Brazil, wrote the following reflection which was published in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year: Reflections on the Readings for Year B, available from Orbis Books.

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Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Fr. Ken Thesing, MM, who served in Tanzania, wrote the following reflection which was published in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year: Reflections on the Readings for Year B, available from Orbis Books.

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Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Fr. James Kroeger, MM, who served in the Philippines, wrote the following reflection which was published in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year: Reflections on the Readings for Year B, available from Orbis Books.

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Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

David Kane, a former Maryknoll lay missioner who served in Brazil, wrote the following reflection which was published in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year: Reflections on the Readings for Year B, available from Orbis Books.

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Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Liz Mach, a Maryknoll lay missioner in Tanzania, wrote the following reflection which was published in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year: Reflections on the Readings for Year B, available from Orbis Books.