Food For The Soul

MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD (White) Cycle A/Year I (January 1, 2017) Nm 6:22-27/Gal 4:4-7/Lk 2:16-21 The movie entitled Alive is based from the true story of Uruguayan rugby team who on October 13, 1972 boarded the Uruguayan Air force Flight 571 known as chartered...

FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (White) Cycle C/Year II (April 24, 2016) Acts 14:21-27/Rev 21:1-5a/Jn 13:31-33a, 34-35It is said that the “Last Will and Testament” is a letter in which a person, usually dying, communicates his final wishes especially regarding his possessions. Because it is the will...

FEAST OF STO NIÑO (White) Cycle A, Year I (Jan. 15, 2016) Is 9:1-6/Eph 1:3-6, 15-18/Mt 18:1-5, 10 There is a story about Todd, a little boy just two years old, who recently went with his mother to an art museum that was showing a special...

BY: REV. FR. ORLY MENDOZA: Jesus Christ compared Himself to a shepherd. In fact, He claimed to be “The Good Shepherd” and He is. During the time of Jesus, a shepherd, as mentioned by Jesus Christ, knew his sheep and his sheep knew him....

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER (White) Cycle C/Year II (April 10, 2016) Acts 5:27-32. 40-41; Rv 5:11-14; Jn 21:1-19The disciples of Jesus were fishing the whole night but they caught nothing. Jesus appeared to them early morning of the following day and asked them if they...

By: Fr. Orly Mendoza / Bicol PeryodikoIn our present societies, like in past societies, the poor are always given the least importance. They do not have much influence on society and its governance. They are usually voiceless and often ignored. The rich, the powerful,...

TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Green) Cycle A/Year I (September 17, 2017) Sir 27:30-28:7/Rom 14:7-9/Mt 18:21-35Peter asked Jesus Christ these questions: “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times? (Mt 18:21)” Actually, the questions...

Among the three persons of the Holy Trinity, the Holy Spirit is the least known. We know God the Father who is the first person of the Holy Trinity as He has been known since the Old Testament times. Even until now, our liturgical...

THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Green) Cycle C/Year II (November 6, 2016) 2 Mc 7:1-2, 9-14/2 Thes 2:16-3, 5/Lk 20:27-38Heaven is always a puzzle to us. We do not know what we will become in the second life, especially in heaven. Normally, we think of...

PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION (Red) Cycle C/Year II (March 20, 2016) Is 50:4-7/Phil 2:6-11/ Lk 22:14-23:56 or Lk 23:1-49The Jews brought Jesus before Pilate with charges against Him. Pilate interrogated Jesus and concluded with this judgment: “I find this man not guilty”...