God’s Word: The Breath of New Life. This is the theme for this year’s National Bible Month taken from Gen. 2:7: “The Lord God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man...
ONE day in Capernaum, Christ with his followers was teaching in a synagogue and the people were amazed because he taught as one “with authority and not as the scribes.” Later, the people were again amazed when Christ drove away the unclean spirit that possessed a...
WE recall these words St. Paul addressed to St. Timothy—and now to us—precisely on the Memorial of Sts. Timothy and Titus, celebrated on January 26. These words are a call not only to be faithful to any gift God has given us—and we are actually...
JANUARY 25 is the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, a truly dramatic story of conversion that can happen to anyone of us also. It also culminates the Christian Unity Octave that highlights the need for a continuing quest for unity among Christians as...
“LET the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” (Mt 19,14) With these words, Christ is giving us a clear idea of how it is to be in heaven. We should be like...
THAT need is clearly seen when Christ himself said: “Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.” (Mk 3,35) If we always abide by our Christian faith that we have been created in God’s image and likeness, meant to share...
“By the prince of demons he drives out demons.” (Mk 3,22). Filled with anger and unbelief, the scribes of Christ’s time did not realize they were contradicting themselves. Thus, Christ immediately pointed it out. “How can Satan drive out Satan?” Christ asked. “If a kingdom is...
(An excerpt of the homily of the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., on the occasion of the 25th sacerdotal anniversary of Frs. Johnny Autida, Leonie Espana, Proceso Gimeno, Jr. and Ricky Penalosa at St. Francis Xavier College Seminary, January 14, 2024.) Fr. Johnny, Fr. Toto,...
January is the start of every year, this year let us welcome 2024 with a hopeful perspective. It's a time for a new beginning, leaving the past behind with a grateful heart. No matter how bad or difficult the past couple of years have been,...
When our first parents succumbed to temptation by eating the Forbidden Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, sin entered the world. Sin destroys unity with God. We disintegrate within. We shatter our inner-self, bereft of grace, and eventually fall into a...