Efren Tomas

The Parable of the Sower and the seed is one of the most popular parables of Jesus portraying the Kingdom of God using something familiar and common to the people’s lives during the time of Christ.

The word of Jesus comes to us very strongly today. If it is difficult to know Jesus, it should not be difficult to love Him for He promises rest to all who

…And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones to drink because he is a disciple… he will surely not lose his reward.” (Mt 10:42)

>There is so much fear in our hearts today. We worry a lot. We worry about calamities happening around the world.

Today’s Gospel tells us that when Jesus saw the crowds his heart was moved to pity for them, because they were harassed and dejected like a sheep without a shepherd.

Today, as we celebrate the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, we are reminded that the Holy Eucharist has a variety of rich meanings.

The Feast of Pentecost is the commemoration of the descending, indwelling and transforming act of the Holy Spirit. Jesus had promised to send the Holy Spirit,

The Feast of the Ascension tells us about the “going up” to heaven of Christ by His own power, in the presence of the Apostles, the Blessed Mother and His disciples, 40 days after His resurrection

When Jesus left his disciples, He promised them a new kind of relationship with him. It will not be like a memory of somebody whom people admired and loved

The news of Jesus’ resurrection had not removed the fear from the hearts of the disciples. On
the evening of Easter Sunday, they were assembled in a room with the doors closed