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Biblical reflections

Sunday’s gospel reflections written by the Xaverian Missionaries.

Jesus, my Lord and my God, I trust in You

Apr 16, 2023
Today we are celebrating the second Sunday of Easter, which is also Divine Mercy Sunday. In today’s gospel, we read about the apo…
Sunday 2nd
Easter
Year A
Jn 20:19–31
3443

Practical meaning of Easter 

Apr 9, 2023
During the Siete Palabras in Sitio Militar, I heard true-to-life stories of people who have lived Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and…
Sunday 1st
Easter
Year A
John 20: 1-9 
940

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

Apr 2, 2023
Fr. Patrick and I visited more than twenty sick people in our area recently. We gave them communion and the sacrament of Anointin…
Sunday Feast
Lent
Year A
Mt 27:11-54
2696

Lord, I want to See

Mar 19, 2023
Today's subject of our readings is a realistic acceptance – the fact that there is darkness and that, like the man born blind, we…
Sunday 4th
Lent
Year A
Jn 9:1, 6–9, 13–17, 34–38
943

“If you knew the gift of God…”

Mar 12, 2023
It may seem an ordinary day for the samaritan woman doing her chores and daily activities. But there is something strange in the…
Sunday 3rd
Lent
Year A
Jn 4:5–15, 19b-26, 39a, 40–42
1130

Jesus took and led them up

Mar 5, 2023
What does it take to become witnesses? The disciples who “Jesus took and led up a high mountain” – Peter, James, and John – are w…
Sunday 2nd
Lent
Year A
Mt 17:1-9
1056

Trust in God alone

Feb 26, 2023
In Sunday’s Gospel Jesus experiences the temptations. After forty days of life in the desert, fasting, he feels hungry and the de…
Sunday 1st
Lent
Year A
Mt 4:1-11
1442

God looks at what is in your heart

Feb 12, 2023
A story is told of two thieves who went to steal a goat. They made a strategy. The first carried the other on his shoulder as the…
Sunday 6th
Ordinary Time
Year A
Matthew 5:17–37
2624

A colorful life makes the difference

Feb 5, 2023
I saw a drawing. There was a building with many windows. The drawing was black and white but in some of the windows, you could gl…
Sunday 5th
Ordinary Time
Year A
Mt 5:13–16
863

Gusto ko happy ka

Jan 29, 2023
Gusto ko happy ka. These words were said to me by a boy who has down syndrome before I celebrated the daily mass in his parish. E…
Sunday 4th
Ordinary Time
Year A
Mt 5:1–12
1125