WE have to be wary of this danger and do everything we can to avoid falling into it. We cannot deny that we are all prone to be unfaithful to whatever commitment we have with God and with others. Our first parents, for example, started this...
THAT passage from the Book of Isaiah that has become very popular among many people deserves to be indelibly printed in our mind and heart, especially when we are going through some rough times in our life. “Can a woman forget her infant, so as...
WE, of course, need laws. Otherwise, our world would be in chaos. But we have to learn the different kinds of laws and know the importance, coverage and effectiveness of these laws. Offhand, we can distinguish between divine law and human law, the natural law, which...
SINCE God takes care of everything, even in our worst conditions, we have no reason to worry for long and every reason to be happy instead. While we cannot avoid pains and sorrows, we also know, if we truly have God in our heart and...
I was one of the few parish coordinators who created and designed the first LCCP in 2008 which was held in SOS Bajada. Fr. Joel Caasi was our ALC director. Back then, LCCP stood for Lectors, Commentators, Cantors, and Psalmists. Ate Elena Cunanan of St....
March is National Women’s Month and this year’s theme is, "Lipunang Patas sa Bagong Pilipinas: Kakayahan ng Kababaihan, Patutunayan!" As cited in the web page of Philippine Commission on Women, this year’s celebration aims to capitalize on the recurring theme “WE for gender equality and...
(An excerpt of the homily of the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., on the Day 1st Day of the Pastoral Visit of St. Alfonso Ma. De Liguori Parish, Mandug, Davao City, February 29, 2024.) Ang tuyo sa Parokya to connect to the season of Lent,...
“In Lent the playing of musical instruments is called only to support the singing, except on Laetare Sunday, Solemnities and feasts” (Cf. Ordo). The reason for rejoicing in the middle of the Lenten season is our rising spirits due to the love of God for...
THE 4th Sunday of Lent is usually dubbed as “Laetare Sunday” for the simple reason that its Entrance Antiphon starts with this passage from the Book of Isaiah (66,10), “Rejoice, Jerusalem! Be glad for her, you who love her; rejoice with her, you who mourned...
IMAGINE that! The giver of all good things, who is already all perfect and from whom nothing would be lost if we would not only mind him but also offend him, makes this appeal for us to return to him. This goodness of God was expressed...