Food For The Soul

Philippine Independence Day ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Green) Cycle C/ Year I (June 12, 2016) Jesus was invited for a dinner by Simon the Pharisee. During dinner, a woman went to Jesus and bathed Jesus’ feet with her tears, wiped them with her hair, kissed them...

SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT (Violet) Cycle A/Year I (March 12, 2017) Gn 12:1-4/2Tm 1:8-10/Mt 17:1-9 Jesus took Peter, James and John to a high mountain where He transfigured before them. Moses and Elijah appeared to them conversing with Jesus. Suddenly, a bright cloud cast a shadow...

TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Green) Cycle A/Year I (August 20, 2017) Is 56:1, 6-7/Rom 11:13-15, 29-32/Mt 15:21-28 THE CANAANITE WOMAN’S FAITH The story about the Canaanite woman is important in the mission of Jesus. It is one of the very few occasions in which we...

When Yahweh descended and shared His spirit with the elders, Eldad and Meldad were not present in the group of elders but they also received the Spirit of Yahweh. So, when they prophesied, some of the elders asked Moses to stop them as they...

Jesus has risen! Alleluia! Alleluia! He resurrected as promised in the scriptures that He should rise from the dead (Jn 20:9). The Bible, particularly the Old Testament Scripture, was written thousands of years ago. In it, the Messiah was prophesied to die and to...

THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD (White) Cycle A/Year I (Jan. 8, 2017) Is 60:1-6/Eph 3:2, 5-6/Mt 2:1-12 After the three astronauts of Apollo 11 arrived safely on earth, they visited 23 countries in 45 days. One of the most striking and stirring moments of the trip,...

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 20:27-38 Heaven 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...

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...

TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Green) Cycle A/Year I (October 15, 2017) Is 25:6-10/Phil 4:12-14, 19-20/Mt 22:1-14 One of the famous religious maxims is this: “Many are called but few are chosen.” More often than not, this dictum is used for priesthood since usually there are many...

THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Green) Cycle C/ Year II (October 30, 2016) Wis 11:22-12, 2/2 Thes 1:11-2, 2/Lk 19:1-10 The gospel describes Zacchaeus as a chief tax collector and a wealthy man. It is believed that during the time of Jesus tax collectors were rich because...