Food For The Soul

SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Green) Cycle A/Year II (July 26, 2020) 1 Kgs 3:5, 7-12/Rom 8:28-30/Mt 13:44-46 Fil-Mission Sunday In the gospel for this Sunday, the Kingdom of Heaven is compared to the treasure in the field and the pearl of great price. The parables tell us...

By: Rev. Fr. Orlando Mendoza We are in the age of modern technologies when the phase of change is very fast, the world becomes small, the information is overloaded, jobs become easy, and knowledge is available at hand. As a result, young people called...

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...

EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Green) Cycle A/Year II (August 2, 2020) Is 55:1-3/Rom 8:35, 37-39/Mt 14: 13-21 It was a long day of walking and preaching. Both Jesus and the multitude of His followers were hungry and tired. The disciples of Jesus made a practical suggestion...

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...

SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Green) Cycle A/Year I (February 12, 2017) Sir 15:15-20/1Cor 2:6-10/Mt 5:17-37 In one of the old Peanuts comic strips, Charles Schulz shows Sally trying to locate her memory verse for Sunday school. She has forgotten it, and can’t locate it...

SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (White) Cycle A/Year I (May 21, 2017) Acts 8:5-8, 14-17/1 Pt 3:15-18/Jn 14:15-21 “I shall not leave you orphans” (Jn 14:18a). These were the words of Jesus to His disciples as He began to foretell them about His death and His resurrection....

SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST BLESSED TRINITY (White) Cycle A/ Year I (June 11, 2017) Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9/2 Cor 13:11-13/Jn 3:16-18 Before the coming of Jesus Christ, the Jews believed in Yahweh who is the almighty God, creator of heaven and earth. When Jesus arrived, He...

FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (White) Cycle C/Year II (April 24, 2016) Acts 14:21-27/Rev 21:1-5a/Jn 13:31-33a, 34-35 It 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...

THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT (Violet) Cycle A/Year II (March 15, 2020) Ex 17:3-7/Rom 5:1-2, 5-8/Jn 4:5-42 GIVE ME SOMETHING TO DRINK! Water is one of the most basic things here on earth. It is one of the four basic elements of the universe according to the pre-Christian philosophers. In fact, we see it in the biblical...