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Biblical reflections

Sunday’s gospel reflections written by the Xaverian Missionaries.

For whoever is not against us is for us

Sep 27, 2015
This Sunday’s gospel tells us about one of the disciples, John, saying to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons…
Sunday 26th
Ordinary Time
Year B
Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48
733

The logic of the Gospel

Sep 20, 2015
Last Sunday, we heard from the gospel that Jesus, leaving for the villages round Caesarea Philippi, asked his disciples a questio…
Sunday 25th
Ordinary Time
Year B
Mark 9:30-37
717

Called to purify our image of God

Sep 13, 2015
Today’s gospel tells us about Jesus who, with his disciples, is heading to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. It is not by chance…
Sunday 24th
Ordinary Time
Year B
Mark 8:27-35
673

Accept differences, dispel indifference

Sep 6, 2015
In this twenty-third Sunday in ordinary time, the liturgy invites us to ponder on the healing done by Jesus on a man who is a dea…
Sunday 23rd
Ordinary Time
Year B
Mark 7:31-37
699

Benefits of embracing God’s word

Aug 30, 2015
The three readings of this twenty-second Sunday in ordinary time underscore the importance of welcoming and living the Word of Go…
Sunday 22nd
Ordinary Time
Year B
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
1931

Master, to whom shall we go?

Aug 23, 2015
Three Sundays ago, we meditated on Jesus’ teachings about the “Bread of life.”  The Jews did not follow Jesus not because He…
Sunday 21st
Ordinary Time
Year B
John 6:60-69
1127

Let us live wisely

Aug 16, 2015
The liturgy continues to present us the discourse of Jesus about the “Bread of life” that we have meditated on two Sundays ago. T…
Sunday 20th
Ordinary Time
Year B
John 6:51-58
636

Not bread alone…

Mar 16, 2014
Mia madre non è mai andata a scuola. Come moglie domestica, ha sempre lavorato duramente per preparare i pasti pronti e punt…
Sunday 1st
Lent
Year A
Matthew 4:1-11
1007

The ones who wait for Christ

Dec 8, 2013
The first Sunday of Advent season was inviting us to be vigilant in order to recognize the daily comings of the Lord in our lives…
Sunday 2nd
Advent
Year A
Matthew 3:1-12
750

Stay awake

Dec 1, 2013
Happy New Year! We are starting a new liturgical year, in which the evangelist Matthew will be the one to take us by the hand and…
Sunday 1st
Advent
Year A
Matthew 24:37-44
1073