Food For The Soul

One day a teacher asked his pupils to write in their paper the Seven Wonders of the World. The pupils unanimously answered the following: 1. Egypt’s Great Pyramids, 2. Taj Mahal, 3. Grand Canyon, 4. Panama Canal, 5. Empire State Building, 6. St. Peter’s...

There are students who, when they cannot understand the lesson of their teacher, simply ignore the teacher and let their minds fly away. There are employees who, when they are being scolded by their employers for their wrongdoing and being instructed again to correct...

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...

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...

SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Green) Cycle B/Year I (July 18, 2021) Jer 23:1-6/Eph 2:13-18/Mk 6:30-34 In the gospel, Jesus invited His Apostles to get some rest. This is after they arrived from a long journey for which He sent them two by two days before. Jesus...

FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Green) Cycle B/Year I (July 11, 2021) Am 7:12-15/Eph 1:3-14/Mk 6:7-13 In the gospel, Jesus sent His apostles two by two in order to preach the good news and to remove the unclean spirits from the people. Jesus could have sent them...

PENTECOST SUNDAY (Red) Cycle C/Year II (May 23, 2021) Acts 2:1-11/1Cor 12:3-7/Jn 20:19-23 On the evening of His resurrection, Christ appeared to His Apostles who were gathered in a closed room and after giving to them His peace and commissioning them, He breathed on...

SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD’S ASCENSION (White) Cycle B/Year I (May 16, 2021) Acts 1:1-11/Eph 1:17-23/Mk 16:15-20 In the same way that the dying person gives his Last Will and Testament to his beloved, Jesus Christ, in the gospel for this Sunday, tells us – His beloved disciples...

FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT (Violet) Cycle A/Year II (March 22, 2020) 1 Sam 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a/Eph 5:8-14/Jn 9:1-41 Light is one of the most basic and important necessities of man to live on this planet. Without light, man will not be able to behold the beauty of...

FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Green) Cycle B/ Year I (January 31, 2021) Dt 18:15-20/1 Cor 7:32-35/Mk 1:21-28 One of the most versatile minds of ancient Rome in the name of Marcus Tullius Cicero once said: “Whatever you do, do it with your might.” This teaching of...