Towards the middle of the entire celebration in this season of Lent, let us offer some preparations needed for the clergy. If the laity need preparations for a meaningful Lent, how much more for the clergy who are supposed to inspire in “Listening and Fasting:...
Ika-4 Domingo sa Kwaresma (March 15, 2026) 1 Sm 16:1, 6-7, 10-13 / Ps 23:1-3, 3-4, 5, 6 / Eph 5:8-14 / Jn 9:1-41 Dili ka ba buta nga makakita ka sa kaayo sa uban ug sa kaayo sa Dios kanimo? Kinsa ba ang buta? Kanus-a ba...
For seventy-nine years, the Carmel of Davao has stood quietly in Davao City—not in prominence, but in prayer. The Carmelite Monastery has been a hidden sanctuary where the Divine Office, or the Liturgy of the Hours, rises daily, where silence becomes intercession, and where love...
“One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.” These powerful words of Jesus resound deeply as we reflect on the Gospel for the First Sunday of Lent, February 22nd, which invites us to contemplate the Temptation...
Pope Leo XIV voiced concern on Sunday about developments in the Middle East and Iran, urging the parties involved to stop what he called a “spiral of violence” before it becomes an “irreparable abyss.” “Stability and peace are not built with mutual threats, nor with weapons,...
[gallery link="file" columns="2" size="full" ids="51550,51551"] It was a rainy Saturday morning on February 28, 2026, and he was prepared to give his scheduled recollection talk in another Parish. What first appeared as an unexpected change became a blessing, an opportunity to meet for the first time,...
As the season of Lent unfolds, the faithful of the Archdiocese of Davao enter a period of solemn reflection, sacrifice, and renewed commitment to prayer. In parishes across Davao City and its neighboring communities, the laity quietly begin their spiritual preparations weeks before Holy Week...
A significant milestone was reached during Day 3 of the DaDiTaMa 1st Quarterly Meeting with the formal Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing the DaDiTaMa Sub-Region Humanitarian Cluster. The agreement was signed by the DaDiTaMa Bishops together namely: Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D.,...
THAT’S Jesus Christ, of course. That image of him is highlighted in that gospel episode where Christ, tired from his journey, stopped by a well in Sichar and met a Samaritan woman whom he later converted simply by talking about thirst and water. (cfr. Jn...
THAT’S what we can get from the story in the Book of Genesis about Joseph and his brothers. (cfr. 37,3-18) Joseph was the favorite of his father, Jacob, which made his other brothers so jealous of him that they went to the extent of plotting...