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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
This Sunday’s gospel story of Mary and Martha has long been one of the passages of scripture I have identified with the most. Martha complains to Jesus that her younger sister, Mary, has chosen to sit at his feet listening to him instead of assisting in the chores of serving their guest. “Tell her to…
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Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Our readings today are concerned with interpretation. The phrase “it is not in heaven” from Deuteronomy (30:12) served as a kind of watch-word for the ancient rabbis. There is a famous story in the Talmud of a discussion concerning proper ritualistic behavior. Rabbi Eleazar called forth a series of miracles and finally a heavenly voice…
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July – August 2025
Vol. 50, No. 4 A bi-monthly newsletter on international justice and peace issues.
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Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
“The Lord appointed a further seventy-two and sent them in pairs before him…. Say to them, ‘The reign of God is at hand.’” The seventy-two, sent in pairs by Jesus, are to say: “The reign of God is at hand.” What can that phrase, “the reign of God,” possibly mean? Perhaps, it is a way…
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Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
This is Why We Struggle “This is why we struggle…because we have placed our hope in the Living God…” ~1 Timothy 4:10 I have been working in “intentional” mission for much of my life. I say “intentional” because every baptized Christian is in mission by virtue of their acceptance of Jesus Christ. Intentional, to me,…
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The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Today we celebrate the feast of the Body of Christ and remember the offering Christ gave to us when he said, ‘Take this and eat for this is my body,’ and later he took the cup of wine and said, ‘Take this and drink for this is my blood.’ Growing up in the north of…
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The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we even boast of our afflictions, knowing that…
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Pentecost Sunday
Like most cradle Catholics of my generation, I was confirmed as a sophomore in high school. The event was most memorable for the length of the mass, meeting the bishop in person (in his mitre, of course), and the party at our house afterward. It felt like graduation from Catechism. The first Pentecost set followers…
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Seventh Sunday of Easter
“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent…
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Relay of Hope DC
Join us in Washington, DC as we participate in the Relay of Hope: a global public action taking place May 24-28 in a call to end the debt crisis. We will gather in the United Methodist Building for breakfast, the lighting of our candle and reflection on turning debt into hope, before proceeding to the US…
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Sixth Sunday of Easter
In today’s Gospel, as Jesus bids farewell to His disciples, he reassures them: “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love them….” These words were said many centuries ago. Do they still speak to us today? And how can we keep His word? In the Gospel for the Fifth Sunday of…
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Fifth Sunday of Easter
As someone who is just starting mission overseas, I have contemplated where my focus should be in relation to the promised Kingdom of Heaven. I try to be a conscious advocate for social justice today, which is why I am wary of a mentality that disregards the suffering of the present, setting sight on the…