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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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May 18, 2025, the Fifth Sunday of Easter: This Sunday’s second reading from Revelation resolves the tension raised in last Sunday’s reading about the gap between heaven and earth.
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May 11, 2025, the Fourth Sunday of Easter: The theme of God as shepherd comes through in each of the readings this Sunday.
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May 4, 2025, the Third Sunday of Easter: Pope Francis’s recent death invites reflection on the office of Peter’s successor. This Sunday’s readings, meanwhile, are grounded in the shifting experiences of Peter the Apostle.
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April 20, 2025, Easter Vigil of the Lord’s Resurrection: The celebration of the Lord’s resurrection is different depending on where you live.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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.