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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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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.
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July 21, 2024, the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Today’s celebration for the National Eucharistic Congress would do well to maintain a close connection between the sentiment of revival of eucharistic devotion and the movement of Jesus’ own heart.
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July 14, 2024, the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: How does one carry out the intentions of the “One” called Jesus? How can anyone really know the divine will?
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July 7, 2024, the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Does Jesus have the credentials to lead the people of Galilee? Each of the next three Sundays provides a different response and reflection.
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June 30, 2024, the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Some episodes in Scripture are more than ordinarily relatable to our lived experience.
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June 23, 2024, the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time: This Sunday’s Gospel passage, recounting Jesus’ calming of the sea, evokes three biblical motifs: storms, the terror of sailors at sea and the theme of sleep.
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June 16, 2024, the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: From beginning to end, the Bible is filled with images of flourishing trees that symbolize the kingdom of God.