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Victor M. Cancino, S.J., lives on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana and is the pastor of St. Ignatius Mission. He received his licentiate in sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome.
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September 29, 2024, the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: If good is being done in faith, then this becomes the critical measure to celebrate God’s power at work within the community of believers.
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September 22, 2024, the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time: "The way, according to the Gospel, is one of integrity."
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September 15, 2024, the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time: May we all mature in our faith, regardless of what lies ahead.
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September 8, 2024, the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time: For a second Sunday in a row the readings reveal a deep concern for the poor ones in our midst.
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September 1, 2024, the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time: May our worship, understanding of law and sense of freedom never drift too far from the theological option for the poor, as it holds true within the Letter of James.
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August 25, 2024, the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time: After five Sundays in a row, the bread of life discourse from the Gospel of John reaches its anticlimactic close.
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August 18, 2024, the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Today’s passages invite the reader to contemplate real nourishment as opposed to figurative “food” for life’s journey.
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August 11, 2024, the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: As a motif throughout Scripture, a sense of feeling wronged is always present, and God appears to be just around the corner from every single instance of complaint.
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August 4, 2024, the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: It is noteworthy that Ignatius sees what today’s Gospel also points out: God is the one who labors; God nourishes; and the community of faith is invited to trust in that reality.
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July 28, 2024, the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Last Sunday the Eucharistic Congress “fed” the vast crowds with Eucharistic devotion, prayer and a series of presentations that aimed to spark revival.