WHAT implications can we gather from the consideration of Our Lord’s Ascension into heaven? Quite a number actually. One is that Christ, who is the pattern of our humanity, finally shows us that where he came from and where he is going now are also...
THIS is the attitude to have in the face of our unavoidable weaknesses and temptations and the consequences they bring. We should just get up after every fall, say sorry for every mistake and sin we commit, continue asking for grace and polishing our virtues...
WHAT reassuring words Christ was addressing to his disciples, and now to us! While it is a given that we will have all kinds of sorrows in this life, we should avoid falling into a state of sadness that can only mean that we are...
THIS should be the ideal condition we have to pursue and achieve with respect to any commitment we enter into. Starting with our own birth where we are already committed, albeit unknowingly at first, to live our life according to God’s plan, all the way...
THIS is the unmistakable mark of true love, one that channels the very love of God of whom we are his image and likeness, meant to share in his very life and nature. Irrespective of how things go in our life, whether they are going...
THIS should always be our normal state of mind. This is not a matter of paranoia or that of overacting. This is to be very realistic about our life here on earth. We have to realize that we have to contend with many challenges and...
Until the arrival of the Jesuits in 1868, Christianization of areas north of the gulf of Davao was inexistent. Earlier, the Recollects penetrated regions in the eastern seaboard of Davao, but their efforts to convert indigenous tribes and Moros to the faith were limited. The first...
(An excerpt of the Most Reverend Romulo G. Valles D.D. During his Homily at the 11th Anniversary Archdiocesan Nutrition Center, St. Francis Xavier Major Seminary of Mindanao, May 19, 2025.) Alang ni sa mga hamtong, ingon ta 11 years ang ANC. Naa ko pagsugod niini uban...
Almost anybody can claim today that he or she is empowered digitally. Anytime, as long as one has an internet connection, can already transmit information. But the question is, what kind of information is it? What is the intended influence of such a transmission of...
Solemnidad sa Pagsaka sa Ginoo (June 1, 2025) Acts 1:1-11 / Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-7 / Eph 1:17-23 or Heb 9:24-28; 10:19-23 / Lk 24:46-53 Ang paghandum sa Pagsaka sa Langit sa atong Ginoo niining tuig 2025 mao usab ang ika-59 nga kasaulogan sa Kalibotanong Adlaw sa...