Soul Food & Homilies

There is a line in the acts of the apostles in Pentecost about the devout Jews. “Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven staying in Jerusalem.” – Acts 2:5 The Greek word for...

Why is TODAY the Feast of the Cenacle? It looks like a rather non-significant day when nothing happens in the world and in the Church. And the date even changes each year! The Resurrection is...

“It is I. Do not be afraid.” They say that the phrase “do not be afraid” occurs 365 times in the Bible. Fear and relief are important emotions in our lives. As I read this, I...

Holy Thursday comes like a breath of fresh air, literally and figuratively. We gather in the less hot and humid evening air and sing the gloria with me wearing an immaculate white rather than somber...

Tonight, we wish to reflect on this point, that grace proves victorious every step of the way of Jesus’ passion and death as grace proves victorious at the moment of his resurrection. There is only...

Today, Good Friday, we are in a waterless place. Death surrounds us. We are afraid and anxious. There is so much going on we are confused. We cannot move. We cannot breathe. We are in Calvary. Today...

A big word in the passion narrative is tenderness. First, Judas was still welcomed at the Last Supper. He was not excluded.  He participated in the meal, and took the morsel given to him.  This is...

Abram, Moses, Elijah, & Jesus had something in common other than being four of salvation history’s greatest prophets. They all had to make a departure. Abram left Ur to some new land he was...

(Homily by Fr. Oliver Dy, SJ on 17 Jan 2023, Tuesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time) GOSPEL: Mark 2:23-28 As Jesus was passing through a field of grain on the sabbath, his disciples began to make...