Take My Yoke
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
(Green) Cycle A/Year I (July 9, 2017)
Zec 9:9-10/ Rom 8:9, 11-13/ Mt 11:25-30
William Barclay said that according to a legend, Jesus Christ was the best ox-yoke maker. Jesus made the best ox-yokes in all Galilee, and that from all...
God Is With Us
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
(Violet) Cycle A/Year I (December 18, 2016)
Is 7:10-14/Rom 1:1-7/Mt 1:18-24There is a story about an Indian tribe whose way of knowing whether the boy is matured is leaving him at midnight in a very dark forest. One day, when a certain...
THEY FOLLOW ME
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....
THE KINGDOM OF GOD
ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME(Green) Cycle B/Year II (June 13, 2022)Ez 17:22-24/2 Cor 5:6-10/Mk 4:26-34THE KINGDOM OF GODJesus Christ compares the kingdom of God into a seed that grows by its own self. The farmer simply plants the seed into the farm and waters...
YOU CANNOT SERVE BOTH GOD AND MONEY
(BY REV. FR. ORLY MENDOZA)Slavery existed as a normal part of society during the time of Jesus. The servant served his master the way an animal served his master. The servant or slave was not considered a human being but only treated as an...
RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT
PENTECOST SUNDAY (Red) Cycle C/Year II (May 23, 2021) Acts 2:1-11/1Cor 12:3-7/Jn 20:19-23On 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...
The Cleansing Of The Lepers
TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
(Green) Cycle C/Year II (October 9, 2016)
2 Kgs 5:14-17/2 Tim 2:8-13/ Lk 17: 11-19Journeying to Jerusalem, Jesus travelled through Samaria and Galilee. In a village, He was met by ten lepers asking Him for His mercy. The merciful Lord immediately...
LAYING HIS HANDS ON THEM
By: Rev. Fr. Orlando MendozaFEAST OF THE STO. NIÑO /(White) Cycle B/Year II (January 21, 2024) /Is 9:1-6/Eph 1:3-6/Mk 10:13-16It is a common practice in our country, the Philippines, especially during the past decades that the children are brought by their parents to the...
Go And Take The Lowest Place
TWENTY SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
(Green) Cycle C/Year I (August 28, 2016)
Sir 3:17-18/Heb 12:18-19, 22-24/Lk 14:1, 7-14In the gospel, Jesus advises His disciples to take the lowest place whenever they attend a banquet. In this way, they will avoid embarrassment if another guest is...
Go And Do Likewise
FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
(Green) Cycle C/Year II (July 10, 2016)
Dt 30:10-14/Col 1:15-20/Lk 10:25-37On responding to the question of an expert of the law “Who is my neighbor?”, Jesus tells the story of the good Samaritan. Then He asks the expert who has been...