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Biblical reflections

Sunday’s gospel reflections written by the Xaverian Missionaries.

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
1406

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
1280

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
1096

"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
2358

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
1808

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
1394

"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
2084

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
1309

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
932

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
870