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Join us in this One on One interview with Robert Ellsberg and author, Megan McKenna, as they discuss "A Bowl of Perfect Light: Stories of Forgiveness, Reconciliation and Repairing the World".Get your copy today at  https://maryknoll.link/245cddA native of New York City, Megan McKenna is an internationally known theologian, storyteller, and lecturer. She leads retreats, workshops and parish missions, around the world, and counsels communities facing violence, trauma, and struggles for justice. She holds graduate degrees in scripture, adult education, and literacy from the Graduate Theological Union and the University of California, Berkeley, and a masters in systematic theology from Catholic University, Washington, DC.  Her many books include And Morning Came: Scriptures of the Resurrection (Sheed & Ward), Prophets: Words of Fire; Rites of Justice: The Sacraments and Liturgy as Ethical Imperatives; On Your Mark: Reading in the Shadow of the Cross and Not Counting Women and Children: Neglected Stories from the Bible (all from Orbis Books). She resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Get 25% off A Bowl of Perfect Light by Megan McKenna through 20 October 2024#ABowlOfPerfectLight #MeganMcKenna #RobertEllsberg #ForgivenessAndReconciliation #RepairingTheWorld #OrbisBooks #FaithAndJustice #CatholicFaith #TheologicalReflection #Storytelling #SpiritualGrowth 

Memorial of Saint Vincent de PaulMT 9:35-38Then he said to his disciples,"The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;so ask the master of the harvestto send out laborers for his harvest."

Tuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary TimeLK 8:19-21He said to them in reply, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it.”

Memorial of Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, and Saint Paul Chong Hasang, and their CompanionsLuke 9:23-26Jesus said to all,"If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himselfand take up his cross daily and follow me.For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it."

Tuesday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary TimeLk 7:11-17Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, exclaiming,"A great prophet has arisen in our midst,"and "God has visited his people."This report about him spread through the whole of Judeaand in all the surrounding region.

Memorial of Saint Cornelius and Saint CyprianLk 7:1-10And Jesus went with them,but when he was only a short distance from the house,the centurion sent friends to tell him,"Lord, do not trouble yourself,for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof.Therefore, I did not consider myself worthy to come to you;but say the word and let my servant be healed."

Memorial of Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the ChurchMark 4:1-10, 13-20"Some seed fell among thorns,and the thorns grew up and choked itand it produced no grain.And some seed fell on rich soil and produced fruit.It came up and grew and yielded thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."He added, "Whoever has ears to hear ought to hear."

Join us in this One on One interview with Robert Ellsberg and author, Mitri Raheb, as they discuss "Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible".Get your copy today at https://maryknoll.link/o2hDecolonizing Palestine challenges the weaponization of biblical texts to support the current settler-colonial state of Israel. Raheb argues that some of the most important theological concepts –Israel, the land, election, and chosen people – must be decolonized in a paradigm shift in Christian theological thinking about Palestine. Decolonizing Palestine is a timely book that builds on the latest research in settler-colonialism and human rights to place traditional theological themes within the wider socio-political context of settler colonialism as it is practiced by the modern nation-state of Israel. Written by a native Palestinian Christian theologian who continues to live in the region, Decolonizing Palestine provides an insider’s perspective that disrupts hegemonic and imperialist narratives about the region.#DecolonizingPalestine #MitriRaheb #RobertEllsberg #BiblicalInterpretation #ChristianTheology #HumanRights #Palestine #SettlerColonialism #TheologicalShift #Maryknoll #FaithInAction #OrbisBooks #PalestinianChristian #DecolonizeTheology #ChristianFaith #JusticeAndPeace

Tuesday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary TimeLk 6:12-19Jesus departed to the mountain to pray,and he spent the night in prayer to God.When day came, he called his disciples to himself,and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles:Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew,James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus,Simon who was called a Zealot,and Judas the son of James,and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

Friday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary TimeLK 5:33-39“No one tears a piece from a new cloak to patch an old one.Otherwise, he will tear the newand the piece from it will not match the old cloak.Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins.Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins,and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined."

Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary TimeLK 4:38-44After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon.Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever,and they interceded with him about her.He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her.She got up immediately and waited on them.

Friday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary TimeMt 25:1-13Jesus told his disciples this parable:"The Kingdom of heaven will be like ten virginswho took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones, when taking their lamps,brought no oil with them,but the wise brought flasks of oil with their lamps."