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Biblical reflections

Sunday’s gospel reflections written by the Xaverian Missionaries.

3 ways of discerning your vocation

May 12, 2019
It is not an easy task to discover our vocation because it is all about the calling of God in our life to do His will. Then, to f…
Sunday 4th
Easter
Year C
John 10:27-30
1280

Easter Question: "Do you love me?"

May 5, 2019
Do you love me? In the movie Fiddler on the Roof Tevye asked his wife Golde this famous question. Golde answered him “For 25 year…
Sunday 3rd
Easter
Year C
John 21:1-19
1263

Easter life! Thomas as model of discipleship

Apr 28, 2019
We are people. More than that, we are modern people, and that means people who are meaninglessly overstretched by things that are…
Sunday 2nd
Easter
Year C
John 20:19-31
1423

When you are Down, Look Up!

Apr 21, 2019
Why Lord? Perhaps this was also the question of Mary Magdalene in facing the tragic death of Jesus whom she loved. She didn’t und…
Sunday 1st
Easter
Year C
John 20:1-9
1294

To be humble... to be free

Apr 14, 2019
This coming Sunday is Palm Sunday, the opening of the Holy Week, the epilogue of Jesus’ life. We know that he was condemned to de…
Sunday Feast
Lent
Year C
Luke 23, 4-12
1111

"Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more"

Apr 7, 2019
Last Sunday, we celebrated the Laetare Sunday, the joy of the Lord for the repentance of His children. Repentance brings new life…
Sunday 5th
Lent
Year C
John 8:1-11
2375

Rejoice! God loves you

Mar 31, 2019
“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his a…
Sunday 4th
Lent
Year C
Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
1820

Time to repent… and the time is now

Mar 24, 2019
When I was in Sierra Leone during the pandemic Ebola virus, not a few considered it as the wrath of God. After Sierra Leone was d…
Sunday 3rd
Lent
Year C
Luke 13:1-9
1418

"This is my chosen Son; listen to him."

Mar 17, 2019
"This is my chosen Son; listen to him." On our journey of Lent we are already on the second Sunday, the Sunday of the Transfigur…
Sunday 2nd
Lent
Year C
Luke 9:28b-36
2115

Eat all you can! Unlimited Rice! Rice-all-you can!

Mar 10, 2019
Jesus kept the fast - “Man does not live by bread alone.’” If Adam and Eve broke the fast, Jesus (New Adam) kept the fast. At th…
Sunday 1st
Lent
Year C
Luke 4:1-13
1326