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Biblical reflections

Sunday’s gospel reflections written by the Xaverian Missionaries.

The Real Need

Aug 1, 2021
You have just received a telephone call from the agency that provides to you a job abroad. They have told you to prepare your lug…
Sunday 18th
Ordinary Time
Year B
Jn 6:24-35
959

Like the little boy

Jul 25, 2021
To become an instrument of God’s love and mercy is the invitation of the Gospel on this 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time. It is not e…
Sunday 17th
Ordinary Time
Year B
John 6:1-15
1014

Rest

Jul 18, 2021
An integral aspect of faithful discipleship is the appropriate distribution of time. This Sunday in the Ordinary Time brings us b…
Sunday 16th
Ordinary Time
Year B
Mark 6:30-34
1351

With open hands

Jul 11, 2021
A story about an old woman who was brought to a psychiatric center. She was wild, swinging at everything in sight, and scaring ev…
Sunday 15th
Ordinary Time
Year B
Mk 6:7-13
1267

Jesus is the Lord of life

Jun 27, 2021
Jesus is the Lord of life. He knows and feels when "life" has come out of him, as seen from the two stories of today's Gospel. Fi…
Sunday 13th
Ordinary Time
Year B
Mk 5:21-43
1252

Doing mission in an environment constantly hit by Storms

Jun 20, 2021
Our parishioners and areas of mission in Marikina city can easily resonate and identify with the experience and concern of the di…
Sunday 12th
Ordinary Time
Year B
Mark 4:35-41
1291

Maginhawa

Jun 13, 2021
A small act of kindness sprouts to bigger heights. This is what we experienced in our life, and, as we had our short trip at Magi…
Sunday 11th
Ordinary Time
Year B
Mk 4:26-34
1077

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit

May 23, 2021
The Word of God of this Pentecost’s Sunday, narrates the coming of the Holy Spirit in four different ways, to tell us that He, th…
Sunday Feast
Easter
Year B
Jn20:19-23
1120

The law of ascension

May 16, 2021
In our Physics class, we have studied the Law of Universal Gravitation. This law says: “Every object in the universe attracts eve…
Sunday Feast
Easter
Year B
Mk 16:15-20
2218

Love

May 9, 2021
Everyone can mention at least one song about love, or one book, and many other expressions of love. His/her own experience or ano…
Sunday 6th
Easter
Year B
John 15: 9-15
1919