Posts Tagged ‘JPIC’
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: The suffering neighbor
Lectionary Readings: Deuteronomy 30.10-14. Heed the voice of the Lord, your God, and return with all your heart. Keep his commandments. They are not remote but in your heart. Colossians 1.15-20. Jesus Christ is the firstborn of all creation; all things stand created in him, through him and for him. Peace has come through the ... Read more
Sixth Sunday of Easter: A Mother’s Day Message
Lectionary Readings: Acts 15:1-2, 22-29. Luke’s account of the council of Jerusalem. Revelations 21:10-14, 22-23. John receives a vision of the New Jerusalem coming down from heaven. The city has no temple because now the people will relate directly with God and the Lamb. John 14:23-29. “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give ... Read more
In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Acts, Council of Jerusalem, Harmony, Jesus, John, JPIC, momsrising, Mother's Day, New Jerusalem, revelations
Fourth Sunday of Easter: The Christian Message
Lectionary Readings: Acts 13:14, 43-52. Many converts and persecution at Pisidian Antioch. Many Jewish people joined in accepting Jesus as the Messiah, others resisted, even vigorously. The apostles Paul and Barnabas turn all the more firmly to the gentiles. Revelations 7:9, 14-17. In vision John sees a huge crowd from every nation and race, gathering ... Read more
In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Acts, Barnabas, Christian message, Gentiles, Jesus, John, JPIC, Paul, revelations
Thanksgiving reflection for the Passionist social ministries in Asia
Last week the Passionist communities in Asia sent their superiors and delegates to India to discuss a matter of regional governance for the Religious community. At an international level the Passionist community is going through a process of reconfiguration. This reconfiguration aims to reorganize the community in adapting to the challenges of globalization and to ... Read more
The North American Passionist JPIC Office
(Last week we posted a blog on the Passionist spirituality of JPIC. This week we will offer a post on how the office of JPIC is taking shape here in North America.) It is with the lens of the social spirituality, articulated in the last blog post, that the regional and international Passionist community has taken ... Read more
What is JPIC
(The Passionist office for Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation is a new initiative of the International and regional passionist family. For that reason I are dedicating this blog and the next one on the theme of what is JPIC and what is the mission of the North American Office for JPIC.) In 2006 ... Read more
WORLD FOOD DAY, A Passionist observance in solidarity with the international community
By Fr. Jesus Maria Aristin, CP According to the estimates of United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) there were 1,020 million undernourished people in the world in 2009, equivalent to one in seven persons alive today. As noted by the FAO Director General, Jacques Diourf, this last year produced “a dangerous combination between a ... Read more
XXV Sunday of Ordinary Time
Readings: Wis. 2:12, 17-20. The just person, characterized by gentleness and patience, is tested, persecuted and even killed by the self-confident wicked. James 3:16-4:3. Jealousy and strife beget inconstancy, conflicts and vile behavior. Wisdom is innocent, peaceable, impartial and sincere. Mark 9:30-37. Jesus’ announcement of his passion and death leaves the disciples speechless. In the ... Read more
In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged butterfly, Integrity of Creation, James, Jesus, JPIC, justice, Mark, Peace, Wisdom
Lectionary Reflection: Fifth Sunday of Lent
Readings: Jeremiah 31:31-34 Hebrews 5:7-9 John 12:20-33 Thoughts for your consideration: by Fr. Sebastian MacDonald, CP JPIC concerns are universal ones, expressing themselves differently in particular settings. Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation continually attract our attention. They emerge in today’s biblical readings. Jeremiah, the prophet, for instance, celebrates a new moment in the ... Read more
In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Covenant, Hebrews, Integrity of Creation, Jeremiah, John, JPIC, justice, Peace, suffering
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