Spirituality – Comboni Lay Missionaries

Experience at the spiritual retreat of the Comboni Lay Missionaries-Peru

3 September, 2025 by Alberto de la Portilla

It was an experience that touched our hearts with the light of the Gospel, inviting us to recognize Jesus even when our human blindness prevents us from seeing him. He manifests himself in every moment of our lives, offering us the freedom to choose our paths. Inspired by the attitude of the disciples of Emmaus, who chose the path of proclamation and the breaking of bread, we understood the necessity of sharing this experience with our brothers and sisters, thus transforming our lives and our commitment to the mission.

As Comboni Lay Missionaries, we are called to follow this same path: to proclaim with joy and to place ourselves at the service of those most in need. This learning experience was deepened during the retreat held on August 1, 2, and 3 at the Laudato Si’ Center in Lima, Peru, under the guidance of Fr. Gianni Gaiga MCCJ, renewing our commitment to live and transmit the love of Christ in the world.

Teodolinda Chingel Nuñez

CLM-Peru

Prayer Intentions of the Comboni Family September 2025

1 September, 2025 by Alberto de la Portilla

In today’s ever-changing society, we ask the Lord for the ability to listen to the needs of all humanity and all of creation, performing gestures of benevolence, respect and care for our “common home”. Lord, hear us.

Prayer Intentions of the Comboni Family August 2025

1 August, 2025 by Alberto de la Portilla

So that missionaries may reach all peoples in every corner of the world to extend a friendly and helping hand with compassionate hearts that love, mourn, rejoice and pray together with them to God, who deeply loves every person. Lord, hear us.

I have the passion of someone who follows a dream

30 July, 2025 by Alberto de la Portilla

“I would like to say something special to those of you who are sensitive to beautiful things: have a dream! Cultivate a beautiful dream and follow it throughout your life! A life that has a dream is a happy life. A life that follows a dream is a life that is renewed every day. Our life, which seems long, is actually short. May your dream make not only everyone happy, but also future generations. It is beautiful to dream of making all humanity happy. It is not impossible!” – Ezequiel Ramin

Father Ezequiel Ramin, a Comboni missionary, wrote this text four years before he was brutally murdered by gunmen on July 24, 1985, in Cacoal, in the state of Rondônia, at the age of 32. He had a dream. The dream of the Kingdom of God. He embraced the cause of the poorest. He died defending the small and unjustly treated, farmers and indigenous people. This year we commemorate the 40th anniversary of the martyrdom of Father Ezequiel Ramin, martyr of justice in the Amazon.

It is estimated that more than two thousand people from Rondônia and other parts of Brazil and the world participated in the 10th Fr. Ezequiel Ramin Pilgrimage and commemorated his martyrdom in Cacoal/RO and Rondolândia/MT on July 26 and 27. In 2025, the Comboni missionaries will also mark 50 years of presence in Rondônia.

May the testimony of Ezequiel Ramin encourage us in our mission.

“If my life belongs to you, my death also belongs to you.” – E. Ramin

Fr. Ezequiel Ramin, present!

LMC Brasil

Prayer Intentions of the Comboni Family July 2025

1 July, 2025 by Alberto de la Portilla

We pray that, as missionaries, we do not rely solely on human and structural resources, but above all on the humanising power of the Gospel. Lord, hear us.