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St. Francis Xavier Parish
Bienvenido a la parroquia de S. Francisco Xavier
"The Lord sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor and to proclaim liberty to captives." -Lk. 4:18
"Me ha enviado para proclamar la libertad a los cautivos, para poner en libertad a los oprimidos.
(Lucas 4,18)
Our faith community and I, Fr. Francis are delighted that you and your family have chosen Saint Francis Xavier Parish as your place for worship. Saint Francis Xavier, S.J. (Society of Jesus) showed a great zeal for missionary work, and just as him we strive to follow on the footsteps of such a great preacher and evangelizer for the Malaysians.
We welcome you as Christ! Whether you are a member or a visitor, we pray that you find Christ among our brothers and sisters in the faith and trust that the word of God would stir your heart to actively listen and be prompted to action for the greater glory of God.
OUR MISSION
As members of St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church, we are a multicultural community guided by the Holy Spirit and the Catholic Church. Our family of faith leads a Christ-centered life to enrich our world through sacrament, worship, service, and hospitality.
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3rd Sunday of Lent
We are on the third Sunday of Lent. The path that, through the Lenten desert, leads us toward new life is not easy and is not free of obstacles. Will we be able to overcome the obstacles on this path of conversion and renewal? The Word of God that we hear on the third Sunday of Lent gives us a truly comforting indication: God will accompany us at every step and will never fail to satisfy our thirst for life.
The first reading reminds us of one of the decisive moments of the Hebrews’ journey through the desert after their liberation from Egypt: the people, troubled by thirst and sunk in doubts, question God’s plan and ask themselves whether God intends to save them or to destroy them. To this strange doubt God responds with an extraordinary gesture: he makes water spring from a rock and quenches the thirst of his people. This is not an isolated case: the saving and liberating God was, is, and will always be committed to satisfying his people’s thirst for life while they cross the desert of history.
In the Gospel, Jesus, in dialogue with a woman of Samaria at Jacob’s well, offers to give her “living water” that will quench every thirst and will become in her “a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” The Samaritan woman shows herself ready to receive and drink the water that Jesus wants to offer her. Are we also willing to quench our thirst with the water that Jesus wants to give us?
The second reading does not take up the theme of water, as the first reading and the Gospel do; but it reaffirms God’s commitment to offering life and salvation to his people. It assures us that, whatever our faults and infidelities may be, God “justifies us.” His mercy will always speak more strongly than our sin. God will always offer us his salvation, freely and unconditionally.
Mass Times
Sunday:
9:30am Mass in English
11:30am Mass in Spanish
Daily Mass:
Monday to Friday: 8am in English and Spanish
Confession:
Before weekly and Sunday mass. Also upon request to the office
Eucharist Adoration:
First Friday of the month from 8:30am to 10:30am
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And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age."