Scripture Reflections

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.

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.

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.

"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.