Food For The Soul

SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER (White) Cycle C/Year I (April 28, 2019) Acts 5:12-16/Rev 1:9-13, 17-19/Jn 20:19-31 Jesus appeared to His disciples late of the day of His resurrection. His disciples were praying in a locked room for fear of the Jews. Jesus suddenly appeared to them in...

THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Green) Cycle A/Year I (Jan. 22, 2017) Is 8:23; 9:3/1 Cor 1:10-13, 17/Mt 4:12-23 William Barclay said that the Greeks used to tell how Xenophon first met Socrates. Socrates met him in a narrow lane and barred his path with his...

I remember when I was still a college seminarian, Msgr. Ping Molina was the Vicar General of the Diocese and at the same time, he was the parish priest of the Virac Cathedral. He was famous in the country because, during the time of...

SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Green) Cycle B/Year I (July 25, 2021) 2 Kgs 4:42-44/Eph 4:1-6/Jn 6:1-15 During this time of pandemic, there have been a lot of companies and businesses that closed and declared bankruptcy. Consequently, a lot of people lost their jobs and their families...

SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT (Violet) Cycle A/Year II (December 8, 2019) Is 11:1-10/Rm 15:4-9/Mt 3:1-12 John the Baptist begin his preaching by saying: “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand (Mt 3:2)!” He is said to be the Elijah of the Messiah, the precursor of the Saviour. His mission is to prepare...

THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT (Violet/Rose) Cycle A/Year I (December 11, 2016) Is 35:1-6, 10/Jas 5:7-10/Mt 11:2-11 Nathaniel Hawthorne, a famous American writer died in 1864 with an unfinished play on his desk. The play tells about the main character that never appears in the stage even though...

THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT (Violtet) Cycle C/Year II (February 28, 2016) Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15/1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12/Lk 13:1-9 “If you do not repent, you will all perish!” This sentence of Jesus may seem harsh to the Israelites who heard him said it and even to us who perfectly know that...

Throughout the history of humanity, the heart has been considered a very important part of the human body if not the most important one. Many religions and philosophers taught that the heart, being one of the vital organs, is the center of the human...

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...

PENTECOST SUNDAY (Red) Cycle C/ Year II (May 15, 2016) Acts 2:1-11/1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Rom 8:8-17/ Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 14:15-16, 23b-26 On the evening of His resurrection, Jesus appeared to His apostles who were gathered in a closed room to pray. He first greeted them...