The Star of the Magi I want to discern my vocation, Jesus.But right now my life is a bit complicated.I seem to have lost sight of the Star.I heard that the three Magi returned to their country by a different route.Without the star. Can I discern my vocation through a different route?A different star? A different start? Contemplating a decision to a...
Winter 2025
Readers’ Responses, Winter 2025
MISSION AND FAITH A friend gifted me your magazine years ago and I continue to receive it. Currently I go to it most mornings to read a page or two as part of my prayer time. It offers much helpful wisdom. The mission and faith of those who serve around the world is an inspiration to me to live my faith John HoweJefferson, Ohio TWO-STATE SOLUTION A...
A Reality that Hurts
Once a month we leave the springlike climate of Cochabamba and pass through the cold of Colomi in the Andes Mountains of Bolivia. We continue through beautiful valleys, mountainous canyons and semi-deserts until we reach the tropical Amazon jungle with its oppressive heat. After six hours of travel, we arrive at the community of Santísima Trinidad...
Missioner Tales, Winter 2025
The Missionaries of Charity, with whom I minister in Cochabamba, Bolivia, offer housing to men with disabilities. My fellow Maryknoll Lay Missioner John O’Donoghue (who has since retired) had been praying for a Christmas miracle in the lives of these men who have suffered so much. But as Christmas approached, there was no proof in sight that his ...
