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Living for others and its consequences

31 March 2023 | Bro. Niyukuri Richard, sx | Philosophy

Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into the city of Jerusalem. The crowds threw palm branches and put their clothes on the road before Jesus, singing Hosanna. This shows their belief in…

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Life-giving

26 March 2023 | Gabriel Delos Santos | Philosophy

We are now on the last Sunday of the Lenten season before we enter the climax of love in the life of Jesus. In today’s Gospel, we hear that Jesus received news that Lazarus, the brother of Mary and M…

Healing in the hands of our merciful God

17 March 2023 | Mark Jushua M. Abarquez | Philosophy

The gospel for this Sunday is a story about Jesus healing a man who was blind from birth. The story begins with Jesus and his disciples who, while passing by, saw the man on the street. Since the man…

A thirst to save the thirsty

11 March 2023 | Bro. Niyukuri Richard, sx | Philosophy

The gospel for this 3rd Sunday of Lent depicts Jesus’ conversation with a Samaritan woman, asking her for a drink. This is a strange thing, Jews and Samaritans were enemies. As he did on many occasio…

Listening to God’s voice

05 March 2023 | Marlon Navaroza | Philosophy

In our gospel today, Jesus took Peter, James, and John to witness his transfiguration on the mountain. I think Jesus did it for his disciples to realize that he is the light that gives meaning to the…

Let us not Fall into Temptation

24 February 2023 | Aevon Saramosing | Philosophy

Our Philosophy teacher once told us that, Humans are tempted to do evil things because it is pleasurable at first. However, they realize that it is bad to do so because of the consequences that will…

Loving our enemies

18 February 2023 | Gabriel Delos Santos | Philosophy

We are now on the seventh Sunday in the Ordinary Time and approaching the Lenten season. Today’s Gospel is the continuation of the teaching of Jesus on the mountain. The message of the Gospel is all…

Love is the compass in following the law

10 February 2023 | Mark Jushua Abarquez | Philosophy

The gospel for this Sunday presents to us the importance of obeying the law of God. Jesus himself clearly states that “I have come not to abolish the law but to fulfill” meaning to say the law must b…

Sent on mission as salt and light

04 February 2023 | Bro. Niyukuri Richard, sx | Philosophy

We admire again Jesus, who in preaching about the Kingdom of God, points to the elements with which his audience was most familiar in order to teach them the things that were unfamiliar, the things a…

A Glimpse on Mission in Our Days

28 January 2023 | Bro. Niyukuri Richard, sx | Philosophy

Nowadays, Mission seems to fall into oblivion. It does not have such magnitude as it had in the past. Some modern ideas seem to impair their necessity for us. Why is mission being faded from view in…

Faith in the living Lord

06 November 2022 | Aevon Saramosing | Philosophy

The entire month of November is dedicated to the Departed Faithful, including all our loved ones who have passed away. We remember them in our prayers, and visit their graves with candles a…

Shortness

26 October 2022 | Gabriel Delos Santos | Philosophy

SHORT REFLECTION: 31ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME The Gospel today speaks about the chief tax collector, a wealthy man, named Zaccheus. He wanted to see Jesus, but could not because of the crowd a…

Can Thai people be missionaries?

20 October 2022 | Methi Krabaunsanga | Philosophy

My name is Methi. I am from Thailand. I have known the Xaverian missionaries since 2015 in Bangkok. The first Xaverian Missionary I met was Fr. Alex Brai, who was celebrating mass in the school where…

From a teacher to a disciple

19 October 2022 | Marlon Navaroza | Philosophy

I am Marlon S. Navaroza from Caloocan City. My parents are Eufemia S. Navaroza and Celerino B. Navaroza. I also have three brothers: Michael, Mark, and Marven, and a sister, Mercylyn. Our Family is v…

God qualifies the called

19 October 2022 | Mark Jushua Abarquez | Philosophy

30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Short reflection: In today’s Gospel, we hear about the pharisee and the tax collector. These two men go to the temple to pray. The pharisee walks to the front and…

Handle life with prayer

12 October 2022 | Aevon Saramosing | Philosophy

29th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SHORT REFLECTION In the Gospel today, Jesus tells us a parable about the necessity for us to pray always without becoming weary. We can see in the gospel a wid…

Thank you

08 October 2022 | Marlon Navaroza | Philosophy

28th Sunday in OT Reflection: In today’s gospel, Jesus encounters ten lepers who beg to be healed of their sickness. In Jesus' time, lepers were disregarded by society;…

Form "Kasal-kasalan priest" to seminary

26 September 2022 | Mark Jushua Abarquez | Philosophy

Each one of us has a unique beginning my vocation journey started at Dangcagan, Bukidnon. My vocation started at a young age. I really wanted to enter the seminary because I grew up in a Catholic fam…

Meeting the Xaverians, meeting my vocation

26 September 2022 | Gabriel Delos Santos | Philosophy

When I was a child, we went to the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Church in Baclaran to attend Sunday Mass with my whole family, because my mother is a devotee of the said church, th…

The story of a call

26 September 2022 | Aevon Saramosing | Philosophy

"I just live my life. I go where I feel God is calling me" (Jurnee Smollet-Bell). Every story has a beginning. Mine starts in Dangcagan Bukidnon. I grew up in a small town where I learned the importa…

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