Soul Food & Homilies

The readings for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time bring us face to face with a powerful message about humility, ...
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The story of Christmas opens with history, an actual census ordered by Caesar Augustus, during the time when Quirinius was ...
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Psychologists can now distinguish 8 different kinds of narcissists, can you imagine? Eight! Let’s talk about 4 that are most ...
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To Pray on and Ponder: Matthew 21, 28-32 In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus recounts the very short parable of ...
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Matthew 16:21-27 My friend told me this story when she came for a visit last month. There’s this theology professor ...
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Quick results. This is a way that many ads get our attention and make us want a certain product or ...
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Abram, Moses, Elijah, & Jesus had something in common other than being four of salvation history’s greatest prophets. They all ...
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(Homily by Fr. Oliver Dy, SJ on 17 Jan 2023, Tuesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time) GOSPEL: Mark 2:23-28 ...
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Homily delivered by Fr. Adrian Danker, SJ on the occasion of Sr Christine Lam’s Perpetual Vows and the 25th Anniversary ...
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Homily delivered by Fr. Adrian Danker, SJ on Sr. Xiaowei Li, rc's Perpetual Profession of Vows on September 10, 2022 ...
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Over dinner in Davao last week, kuya, an RTC judge, asked an interesting question. “’Nel, I’m about to rule on ...
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I recently came from an INDIVIDUAL GUIDED SILENT RETREAT! ✨ Suki ata ako ng retreat, I realized. I counted and ...
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What a perfect gospel story as we come together today. Even ever-composed Mary panics and gets anxious as Jesus is ...
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Homily on Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ | 18 June 2022 by Fr Tony Moreno, SJ “You Filipinos ...
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Homily on The Feast of Pentecost by Fr Arnel Aquino, SJ Cenacle Retreat House | 4 June 2022 I had ...
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Homily on The Feast of Our Lady of the Cenacle | 4 June 2022 by Fr Oliver Dy, SJ In Jerusalem ...
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(Homily given by Fr. Arnel Aquino SJ on the Fourth Sunday of Easter, at the Cenacle Retreat House.) When I ...
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Fr Paolo Consonni, MCCJ After more than a month into the war in Ukraine, we have already gotten used to ...
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Fr Greg Boyle, an American Jesuit, is the founding director of Homeboy Industries in LA, the world’s largest gang-intervention and ...
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Whenever we hear this parable of the prodigal son, we would often think about the sinful behavior of the younger ...
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Homily of Fr. Daniel Patrick Huang, SJ on 26 September 2020, Feast of St. Thérèse Couderc in Rome. I hope ...
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Today we have a beautiful set of readings beginning from the Book of Kings, describing how the brook near where ...
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“Give us the grace in this trying times to work for the good of all and to help others in ...
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A reflection for Easter 2020 by Sr. Yna Oñate, rc For K-drama fans, these images from a scene in the ...
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A reflection on the readings of Palm Sunday 2020 by Sr. Cecille Tuble, rc. Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion ...
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A reflection on the readings of the 5th Sunday of Lent 2020 by Sr. Yna, rc Watch the following video ...
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A Reflection on the readings of the 3rd Sunday of Lent 2020 by Srs. Ria and Rose, nc. Ex 17:3-7Rom ...
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A Reflection on the Readings of the First Sunday of Lent 2020 by Sr. Cecille Tuble, rc. Genesis 2: 7-9; ...
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Homily by Fr. Arnel Aquino, sj on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord 11 Jan 2020 “I need ...
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Homily at Mass on Christmas Eve 2019 by Fr. James Gascon, sj One Wintry Christmas evening in December, in a ...
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“A little kindness goes a long way.” When you’re on the receiving end of kindness you would know how true ...
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‘Without faith, I would have ended my life’: A nun’s journey through depression ...
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Homily of Fr. Peter Pojol, S.J. at Cenacle Retreat House on September 14th, 2019 (Saturday) I think it may be ...
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This essay first appeared on print on Pentecost 14 years ago in Sr. Cecille’s column “Solid Places” in the Sunday ...
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Homily for Sr. Guia’s Funeral on May 6, 2019, Quezon City, Philippines, by Fr. Edmundo M. Martinez: .. There are tears in our ...
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Homily of Fr. Eric Marcelo Genilo, S.J. at Cenacle Retreat House on April 27th, 2019 (Saturday) Since Easter Sunday last ...
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This essay first appeared on print on Easter 14 years ago in Sr. Cecille’s column “Solid Places” in the Sunday ...
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Near the end of my more than three years of intensive psychotherapy, I had a very vivid dream. In that ...
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A reflection by Sr. Cecille Tuble, rc in Maryam Community for the month of February 2019: A million years ago, ...
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Celebration of 60 years of religious life in the Cenacle of Sr. Lily Quintos, rc Homily of Fr. James Gascon ...
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Homily of  Fr. Silvino L. Borres, Jr., SJ on the FEAST OF ST. THÉRÈSE COUDERC on Sept 26, 2018 Our readings ...
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Homily of Fr. James Ucab at the Cenacle Retreat House, on Sept 23, 2018: Good afternoon dear Sisters and Dear ...
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Homily of Fr. Eric Genilo, SJ @Cenacle Retreat House, Sept 22, 2018 In the parable of the sower in our ...
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Homily of Fr. Joel Liwanag, S.J. on August 30, 2018 at the  Cenacle Retreat House: My dear brothers and sisters, ...
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As we reflect on Mary's Assumption, heaven as a promise of our eternal home, we remember how this all began ...
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Homily of Fr. Oliver Dy, S.J. on July 27, 2018 at the  Cenacle Retreat House: I wish to share three ...
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SinaFr. Zacarias Agatep at Fr. Roberto Salac ng mga diosesano, sinaFr Nilo Valerio ngmgaSVD, Fr Tulio Favali ng mgaPIME, Fr ...
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Jesus is asked: Quo warranto? Have you heard of Catherine of Sienna’s letters? During her time, around the 14th century, ...
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He will leave us soon. As I wash his emaciated body, so worn out by disease, I ask him: Will ...
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(Second week of Easter /Sunday of Divine Mercy) Among those whom I meet at the treatment center for tuberculosis is ...
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The grace we ask for at this time of Easter season is "To be glad and rejoice intensely because of ...
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Have you ever had the experience of feeling that you were being prepared for something but did not understand what ...
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Monday of the Second Week in Lent (February 26, 2018) Jesus said to his disciples: "Be merciful, just as your ...
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 Today is Valentine’s day, and, also, Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Can we really celebrate both together? This is ...
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Homily from Fr. Arnel Aquino S.J. on January 20, 2018, Feast of Sto. Niño, Holy Child Jesus, at the Cenacle Retreat House. On ...
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Homily from Fr. Mario Francisco, S.J. on January 1, 2018, Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, at the ...
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Be patient. God is present even in the spaces of waiting.  – Sr Meny, rc. Among the Advent figures shared ...
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Homily from Fr. Arnel Aquino, S.J. on November 19, 2017, 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, at the Cenacle Retreat House. Just a ...
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Homily by Fr. Joel Liwanag, S.J. on October 22, 2017, 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time, at the Cenacle Retreat House. Have ...
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Homily by Fr. Arnel Aquino, SJ, at the Cenacle Retreat House on the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Gospel ...
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*Homily given by Fr. Arnel Aquino, SJ at the Cenacle Retreat House on the Feast of the Transfiguration 2017.  We ...
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April 12: Wednesday of Holy Week Betrayers Reading: Isaiah 50:4-9a; Matthew 26:14-25 Scripture: “It would be better for that man ...
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Daily Reflections for Lent by Sr. Genevieve Glen, OSB; Not by Bread Alone 2017, Liturgical Press: Minnesota April 11: Tuesday ...
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Daily Reflections for Lent by Sr. Genevieve Glen, OSB; Not by Bread Alone 2017, Liturgical Press: Minnesota April 10: Monday ...
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Homily of Fr. Arnel Aquino, SJ, on the Fourth Sunday of Lent 2017 at the Cenacle Retreat House, Quezon City ...
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TRUST At the start of the retreat, we were asked about our expectations. I said that I had no expectations.  ...
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Homily of Fr. Arnel Aquino, SJ, on the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, at the Cenacle Retreat House. Under normal ...
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Homily by Fr. Ritchie Genilo, SJ, on the Thursday before Epiphany, at the Cenacle Retreat House, Quezon City. The Gospel ...
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Homily by Fr. Arnel Aquino, SJ. Christmas Eve 2016. Cenacle Retreat House. As a child, I used to love the ...
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Homily by Fr. Arnel Aquino, SJ on the Solemnity of Christ the King, at the Cenacle Retreat House, Quezon City ...
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This homily on Luke 21: 5-19 was given by Fr. Arnel Aquino, SJ, on the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time ...
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Homily by Fr. Arnel Aquino, SJ, for the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, at the Cenacle Retreat House, Quezon City ...
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Homily by Fr. Arnel Aquino, SJ, on  the Twenty-eighth Monday in Ordinary Time, at the Ateneo University Chapel, Quezon City ...
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LAUNCH OF THE 50TH YEAR CELEBRATION OF THE CENACLE IN THE PHILIPPINES September 25, 2015: Sunday Cenacle Chapel, Quezon City ...
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Homily by Fr. Arnel Aquino, SJ, for the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, at the Cenacle Retreat House, Quezon City ...
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There was a time before I was ordained when religious life became a particularly rough & stormy ride. I would ...
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Homily by Fr. Arnel Aquino, SJ, for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, at the Cenacle Retreat House, Quezon City. The ...
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By Fr. Braulio Dahunan, SJ Is Jesus trying to attract or to discourage followers? In today’s Gospel, Jesus is so ...
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This homily was given by Fr. Arnel Aquino, SJ, on the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ; Cenacle ...
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This homily was given by Fr. Roger Champoux, SJ, during the Easter Vigil Mass at the Cenacle Retreat House last ...
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I just want to say first of all that I am going to talk about Batman versus Superman—which I presume ...
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It must have been a strange and solemn sight for the apostles. Here they were about to do what they ...
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This homily was given by Fr. Arnel Aquino, SJ, on Palm Sunday, 20 March, 2016, at the Cenacle Retreat House ...
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This homily was given by Fr. Arnel Aquino, SJ, on January 1, 2016, at the Cenacle Retreat House. Early this ...
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This homily was given by Fr. Arnel Aquino, SJ, on 17 August, 2013, the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, at ...
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This homily was given by Fr. Arnel Aquino, SJ, on the 5th Sunday   of Lent 2013, at the Cenacle ...
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This homily was given by Fr. Arnel Aquino, SJ, on the 1st Sunday of Lent 2013, at the Cenacle Retreat ...
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[dropcap style="font-size: 16px; color: #745cb2;"] This homily was given by Fr. Arnel Aquino, SJ in the Cenacle on the Gospel ...
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[dropcap style="font-size: 16px; color: #745cb2;"] Homily in the Eucharistic celebration on the Feastday of St. Therese Couderc, foundress of the ...
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Homily of Fr. Jose V.C. Quilongquilong, SJ on the first day of the Novena to the Blessed Trinity through the ...
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Wisdom, it is often said, means remembering what we have always known as children and have forgotten as adults.  We ...
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July is St. Ignatius de Loyola’s month, so to speak, since we celebrate his feast on July 31.  So much ...
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Who among us has not drank from the cup of suffering? It could be an unexpected illness, an accident, psychological ...
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New year is always a good time to begin something new.  It is not a severance of the past though, ...
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Homily of Fr. Jett Villarin SJ during the Perpetual Vows of Sr. Susay Valdez 27 Dec 2008 Our Lady of ...
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