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Biblical reflections

Sunday’s gospel reflections written by the Xaverian Missionaries.

The beginning

Feb 21, 2021
When I was ordained as a priest in 2006, I celebrated my first mass at my parish. After the mass, we had a gathering. In this gat…
Sunday 1st
Lent
Year B
Mk 1:12–15
774

"I was dead, but Jesus has made me live!"

Feb 14, 2021
The first step in the cure is to acknowledge the disease. Nobody can be cured if he or she is not aware of or denies the illness…
Sunday 6th
Ordinary Time
Year B
Mk 1:40–45
778

Jesus is life and is life-giving

Feb 7, 2021
I was nine years old, and together with my classmates, we used to attend catechism classes after school. One day our parish pries…
Sunday 5th
Ordinary Time
Year B
Mk 1: 29–39
753

The Lord has come not to destroy us but to destroy evil

Jan 31, 2021
“Have you come to destroy us?” (Mk 1:24b) These are the words pronounced by the unclean spirit. We rejoice to listen to these wor…
Sunday 4th
Ordinary Time
Year B
Mk 1:21–28
1449

The need to be caught

Jan 24, 2021
“Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Jesus is the first fisher of men. Before he asked Simon, Andrew, James, and…
Sunday 3rd
Ordinary Time
Year B
Mark 1: 14-20
760

Gift

Jan 17, 2021
“Gifted to give.” With this theme the Church is celebrating the 500 hundred years of Christianity in the Philippines. The Santo N…
Sunday Feast
Ordinary Time
Year B
Mk 10:13-16
2021

I have called you by name

Jan 10, 2021
In 2011, more than 200 hundred girls in India took part in renaming ceremony. This celebration was an opportunity to change one’s…
Sunday Feast
Christmas
Year B
Mc 1:7-11
819

500 years of Epiphany in the Philippines

Jan 3, 2021
This year the solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord is enriched by the celebration of the 500 years of Christianity in the Philip…
Sunday Feast
Christmas
Year B
Mt 2:1–12
2448

The highest way of life for a person and it is intended for all

Jan 1, 2021
Why we have to spread the Gospel? Is it not enough for us just to receive it lang? This is the most important question…
Sunday Feast
Christmas
Year B
Lk 2:16-21
861

A “pierced” love

Dec 27, 2020
To have a family is such a valuable thing! The family is where we were born, we grew up and the place where we learn how to build…
Sunday Feast
Christmas
Year B
Lk 2:22-40
880