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Biblical reflections

Sunday’s gospel reflections written by the Xaverian Missionaries.

Go, and from now on do not sin anymore

Apr 3, 2022
Funerals in the house are very privileged moments of encountering people in a deeper level of meaning and interaction. It has be…
Sunday 5th
Lent
Year C
Jn 8:1-11
1138

Our God brings us back to life, always

Mar 27, 2022
During these weeks of Lent, while the first Sunday the Gospel told us about the need of entering the desert, to face and to becom…
Sunday 4th
Lent
Year C
Lk 15:1–3, 11–32
1105

Different

Mar 20, 2022
One of my best friends died of cancer two years ago. Before she died, she had a misunderstanding with one of her in-laws. She die…
Sunday 3rd
Lent
Year C
Lk 13:1–9
1418

It is good that we are here

Mar 13, 2022
Three Russian monks lived on a faraway island. Nobody ever went there, but one day their bishop decided to make a pastoral visit…
Sunday 2nd
Lent
Year C
Luke 9:28b-36
917

Guiding and judging

Feb 27, 2022
Continuing with the Sermon on the Beatitudes, and after calling us to forgive and love our enemies and be merciful as his Father…
Sunday 8th
Ordinary Time
Year C
Lk 6:39-45
1130

From beatitudes to be-attitudes: (to) love your enemy

Feb 20, 2022
Today's gospel reading is a continuation of the teaching that began in last Sunday's gospel. We continue to hear Jesus' Sermon on…
Sunday 7th
Ordinary Time
Year C
Luke 6:27-38
1208

Beatitudes

Feb 13, 2022
Sometimes I celebrate a mass at our parish, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Road 3, Project 8. In this parish, I met a servant who is…
Sunday 6th
Ordinary Time
Year C
Lk 6:17, 20-26
1375

The Fishermen Were Washing Their Nets

Feb 6, 2022
It is interesting to realize that the calling of the disciples did not happen in a special place or during a particular prayer ex…
Sunday 5th
Ordinary Time
Year C
Luke 5:1-11
2785

Sharing Jesus’ vision

Jan 30, 2022
Jesus comes to us with a proposal, an invitation: to share in his vision of things wherever the love of God is the binding force…
Sunday 4th
Ordinary Time
Year C
Lk 4:21-30
1074

We are the Good News Today!

Jan 23, 2022
In Brazil, the liturgy includes in the mass what is called the enthronement of the Word of God. After the penitential act and the…
Sunday 3rd
Ordinary Time
Year C
Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21
821