IT’S actually a very shameless thing to do. But it’s just amazing that many of us resort to this clearly anomalous thing to push our particular view and opinion, especially in the field of politics. As defined, one-upmanship is when someone tries to outdo or one-up...
THAT’S what we are reminded of in that gospel episode where Christ said: “In what measure you shall mete, it shall be measured to you again, and more shall be given to you. For he that has, to him shall be given; and he that...
AT first sight, we might think that these three categories are three separate divisions, hardly related to each other and having different rankings in our classification of them, one higher than the others, etc. But if we follow the truth of our faith about our true...
CHRIST, being the pattern of our humanity, should be the focus of our whole life with the view of becoming more and more like him to such an extent that we can be rightly called as “alter Christus” (another Christ), if not “ipse Christus” (Christ...
CHRIST mentioned this kind of sin in that episode where he was accused by some scribes that he cast out devils by Beelzebub, the prince of devils. (cfr. Mk 3,22) He said: “All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men…but he that shall...
(An excerpt of the Homily of the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D. last January 18, 2025 on the 43rd Parochial Fiesta Celebration and Installation of Rev. Fr. Elneri B. Menez as Parish Priest of Sto. Nino Parish, Kaputian.) Ang Catholic tradition very rich, ingon nga...
God’s Word Brings LIFE (Love, Integrity, Faith, Engagement) To Our Hearts And To Our Homes. This is the theme for this year’s National Bible Month. Today, Bible Sunday in the Philippines is also Sunday of the Word of God throughout the world since Pope Francis...
THAT’S from Psalm 27,1 and is often used a Responsorial Psalm the readings of many Masses. It’s a verse that deserves to be written deep in our heart and mind to remind us, especially nowadays when we have a lot of atheistic, agnostic and heretical...
THAT’S a verse from the Second Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians (5,19), sometimes used as the Gospel Acclamation in some Masses. It highlights God’s love and desire for reconciliation with man. Through Christ, God is restoring the world to himself, forgiving sins, and...
THIS is the ideal condition of our life. Without love, we would be contradicting first of all our humanity, before we nullify our ultimate dignity and identity as God’s children, created in his image and likeness, and meant to share the very life of God...