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Biblical reflections

Sunday’s gospel reflections written by the Xaverian Missionaries.

Laetare Sunday

Mar 14, 2021
The Fourth Sunday of Lent is called Laetare Sunday, which means “Rejoice Sunday”. Day of joy in the middle of our Lenten journey…
Sunday 4th
Lent
Year B
Jn 3:14-21
1933

How lovely is your dwelling Place, O God!

Mar 7, 2021
“A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. “I’…
Sunday 3rd
Lent
Year B
John 2:13-25
1208

Father and Son

Feb 28, 2021
The second Sunday of Lent's readings helps us reflect on the relationship between the son and father portrayed by Abrahan-Isaac…
Sunday 2nd
Lent
Year B
Mk 9:2–10
1757

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
790

"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
800

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
772

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
1472

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
782

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
2040

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
835