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Lent

Sunday’s gospel reflections written by the Xaverian Missionaries.

“Passion Sunday,” not "Fashion Sunday”

Mar 29, 2026
Today we celebrate Palm Sunday, but the liturgy reminds us of its deeper name: Passion Sunday. It is a day of sharp contrasts—the…
Sunday Feast
Lent
Year A
Matthew 26:14—27:66
2181

Come Out: Finding Hope and New Life with Jesus

Mar 22, 2026
My brothers and sisters, As a deacon, one of my sacred duties is to stand with families at the graveside and offer the Church’s…
Sunday 5th
Lent
Year A
John 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45
2045

“Lord, I want to see.”

Mar 15, 2026
Dear brothers and Sisters, in the Gospel, Jesus heals a man who was blind from birth. We might think that there is only one blind…
Sunday 4th
Lent
Year A
John 9:1-41
1973

A Transforming Encounter

Mar 8, 2026
During the third week of Lent, the liturgy offers us a special Gospel: the story of Jesus’ conversation with the Samaritan woman…
Sunday 3rd
Lent
Year A
Jn 4:5-42
1944

“… Listen to Him”: The Light That Transfigures and Sends

Mar 1, 2026
On the Second Sunday of Lent, the Gospel leads us once again to a mountain. Jesus reveals himself to three chosen disciples—and t…
Sunday 2nd
Lent
Year A
Matthew 17:1-9
2180

I have set before you life and death

Feb 22, 2026
“I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life…” (Dt 30:19). Lent starts with an important st…
Sunday 1st
Lent
Year A
Matthew 4:1-11
2385

Jesus’ loving gaze

Apr 13, 2025
He is a King—yet why is He riding a donkey? How can a King appear so ordinary? These were some of the questions that stirred in m…
Sunday Feast
Lent
Year C
Lk 19:28-40
4578

God is Just and Merciful

Apr 6, 2025
We are now celebrating the Fifth Sunday of Lent which marks the final phase of our Lenten journey before Holy Week. A time of dee…
Sunday 5th
Lent
Year C
John 8:1-11
4481

A journey back to the loving Father

Mar 30, 2025
Lenten season is a special time to receive the sacrament of confession. We just finished the “kumpisalan pamparokya” in Our Lady…
Sunday 4th
Lent
Year C
Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
4378

GOD IS PATIENTLY WAITING FOR OUR FRUITS

Mar 23, 2025
Luke, the Evangelist, has made us, readers, wonder how the story of this parable might end. It seems this parable contains an unf…
Sunday 3rd
Lent
Year C
Lk 13:1-9
3945