April 13, 2025, Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion: Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion is rich in symbolism, liturgical pageantry and an extra Gospel passage at the beginning of mass.
Victor Cancino, S.J.
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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Discerning the signs and places where God is present
April 6, 2025, the Fifth Sunday of Lent: What new symbols do we need today? Sometimes new ideas require fresh images, especially when one tries to discern the signs and places where God was present.
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The parable of music and dancing
March 30, 2025, the Fourth Sunday of Lent: Jesus’ parable in Luke’s Gospel masterfully illustrates three characters, the father and two sons, each of whom provides an insight on the human condition.
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The contradictions of the burning bush
March 23, 2025, the Third Sunday of Lent: On this third Sunday of Lent, we are invited to become aware of God’s presence through living things like bushes and fig trees as well as in the contradictions that reveal divine mystery.
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The strangeness of divine presence makes perfect sense
March 16, 2025, the Second Sunday of Lent: For the second Sunday of Lent, the readings remind us that God has renewed the covenant repeatedly throughout history.
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How to make a Lenten pilgrimage
March 9, 2025, the First Sunday of Lent: Thinking of Lent as a pilgrimage has the potential to be a helpful way to begin our reflection for this Sunday’s readings.
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The First Beatitude in Luke: A Hard Teaching
February 16, 2025, the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: If you dig a little deeper, throughout the Old Testament and New Testament, wisdom literature is filled with concise blessings or warnings.
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Divine or routine, God keeps asking us to try
February 9, 2025, Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Is a life of mission worth the sacrifice? Is it truly wise to listen to the Spirit’s prompting for the direction of one’s life?
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Mary learns the cost of being Jesus’ mother
February 2, 2025, the Presentation of the Lord: There is something about the mother-child bond that holds even after death. This fact makes it easier to consider all the ways Mary plays a vital role in the life of her son’s redemptive mission.
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Understand the Assignment: Interpreting the Sacred Word
January 26, 2025, the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: The third Sunday in Ordinary Time is set aside by the church as Word of God Sunday. The day is meant to highlight the role and blessing of Scripture and to encourage more people to read Scripture as a devotional practice.