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Biblical reflections

Sunday’s gospel reflections written by the Xaverian Missionaries.

"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
2339

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
1790

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
1378

"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
2062

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
1286

The Ascension of the Lord

May 8, 2016
I would like to share this line of the song from the famous Born Again Christian Preacher Don Moen: "We give you glory. We give y…
Sunday Feast
Easter
Year C
Luke 24:46-53
913

It is not how much or how many we offer but how and why we offer

Nov 8, 2015
«What is important to Jesus is not how much or how many we offer but how and why we offer, the spirit, the intention or attitude…
Sunday 32nd
Ordinary Time
Year B
Mark 12:38-44
847

“Master, I want to see”

Oct 25, 2015
Today’s gospel tells us about Jesus healing a blind man named Bartimaeus meaning, from Hebrew, son of Timaeus, and most probably…
Sunday 30th
Ordinary Time
Year B
Mark 10:46-52
813

What must I do to inherit eternal life?

Oct 11, 2015
Today’s gospel presents us a man full of enthusiasm, fire, and energy who comes running up to Jesus with an important question fo…
Sunday 28th
Ordinary Time
Year B
Mark 10:17-27
1095

The family that prays together stays together

Oct 4, 2015
It is providential that this Sunday the Church starts the Synod on family and at the same time the gospel speaks about the burnin…
Sunday 27th
Ordinary Time
Year B
Mark 10:2-16
727