Posts Tagged ‘Immigrants’
Twenty First Sunday of Ordinary Time: Celebrating the Foreigners and Outsiders
Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 66:18-21. Distant foreigners will not only be converted to the Lord but they will even be chosen as priests and levites. Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13. God disciplines us by trials, at first a source of grief, later of joy. Parents discipline the children they love. Luke 13:22-30. Enter by narrow gate. People will come from distant ... Read more
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I WAS A STRANGER AND YOU WELCOMED ME
By Fr. Christopher Gibson, CP One of the hot issues our Nation has to deal with at present is a comprehensive immigration reform. No doubt this is badly needed as our present system is truly broken and lends to all sorts of abuse to take place in the meantime. I recall Mathew 25: 31-46, where we are ... Read more
Passionist presence with the immigrant community
The following are two ministry experiences from the Passionist family in North America with the immigrant community. Hugo Esparza’s ministry experience March 10, 2010, a group of 8 undocumented students, member of the Immigrant Youth Justice League (www.iyjl.org), decided that political inaction was not only going to limit their future but that its dangerous for their present. ... Read more
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