Food For The Soul

TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Green) Cycle C/Year II (August 14, 2016) Jer 38:4-6, 8-10/Heb 12:1-4/Lk 12:49-53 Jesus’ coming to earth is of three parts. The first happened 2,000 years ago when He came as a Savior, proclaiming the good news of salvation and offering His life...

Jesus Christ brought His apostles to a high place called Caesarea Philippi and asked them about what other people said about Him. They replied that according to the people Jesus was John the Baptist, or Elijah, or any other prophet. Then Jesus asked them:...

FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY (White) Cycle C/Year I (December 30, 2018) (Sir 3: 2-6. 12-14/ Col 3: 12-21/Lk 2: 41-52) “I must be in my father’s house.” This was the thought which constantly ran in our minds when, as children – enjoying so much...

SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Green) Cycle B/Year II (February 11, 2018) Lv 13:1-2, 44-46/1Cor 10:31-11:1/Mk 1:40-45 “A man with leprosy came to Jesus and begged Him on his knees: ‘If you are willing, you can make me clean.’ Jesus reached out His hand and touched the...

St. Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, also known as St. John Vianney, was born on May 8, 1786, as the third of six children, in Dardilly, near Lyons, France. He was baptized on the same day. His father, Matthieu Vianney, a farmer, and his mother, Marie Beluze,...

TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Green) Cycle C/Year II (September 18, 2016) Am 8:4-7/1Tm 2:1-8/Lk 16:1-13 The steward was squandering the property of his master. When the master knew about it, he summoned his steward to render an account as he would remove him from his job....

PENTECOST SUNDAY (Red) Cycle A/ Year I (June 4, 2017) Acts 2:1-11/1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13/Jn 20:19-23 No human being is perfect. All of us commit the same and different kinds of sins in one way or another. Some commit grievous and mortal sins while many commit minor...

ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Green) Cycle B/Year II (June 13, 2022) Ez 17:22-24/2 Cor 5:6-10/Mk 4:26-34 THE KINGDOM OF GOD Jesus Christ compares the kingdom of God into a seed that grows by its own self. The farmer simply plants the seed into the farm and waters...

By: Rev. Fr. Orlando Mendoza. There are times like this moment when some of us priests of our diocese of Virac are sent for a mission appeal, that is, to beg for financial assistance from the dioceses in Northern America. Our diocese...

FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT (Violet) Cycle A/Year I (December 18, 2016) Is 7:10-14/Rom 1:1-7/Mt 1:18-24 There is a story about an Indian tribe whose way of knowing whether the boy is matured is leaving him at midnight in a very dark forest. One day, when a certain...