IN life, there are times when due to unusual circumstances or emergency situations, we may have to do some unconventional things, going beyond the usual protocols and details of refinement, to meet our urgent necessities, especially the spiritual and moral ones. We are reminded of this...
WE are somehow reminded of this kind of behavior in that gospel episode where Christ told the leper whom he just cured to “tell no one anything,” but to rather show himself to the priest and to offer what Moses prescribed for his cleansing. (cfr....
THE story of the vocation of the prophet Samuel is very interesting in the sense that he at first did not realize God was calling him. God had to call him three times, before he realized it was not his earthly master, Eli, who called...
WE need to understand that there are times that we need to persist in bothering God for some extraordinary interventions in our lives. To be sure, God knows all our needs, even before we get to realize them or to express them. But there are...
IT’S one of the intriguing episodes in the gospel. Why did Christ ask to be baptized by John the Baptist? In fact, John was hesitant to do so. “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” he said. (Mt 3,13)...
(My Spiritual Compass) If Jesus is born in this modern world, will the magi use GPS (Global Positioning System), and know where the location and where we are going? Every year, we, Christians around the world celebrate Epiphany. The word “epiphany” comes from the Greek word epiphaneia,...
(Homily of Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao during the 12th Parochial Fiesta of St. John Paul II Parish, Los Amigos, Davao City, October 22, 2023.) Kumusta ang atong pagtoo? Pagtoo, dili lang gunitan, dili lang personal apan pagtoo nga kanunay, this pagtoo...
ON this Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, celebrated this year on January 7, we are reminded of the constant presence and manifestation of our Lord in everything in our life and in the world in general. We should be quick to capture this...
IT’S in the First Letter of St. John where we are given some ideas about what true love involves. (cfr. 1 Jn 3,11-21) This love, if genuine, will always be a participation of the love God has for us. And how is this love expressed? “We...
THE story of how St. Andrew discovered his vocation as one of the apostles gives us an interesting insight into the mysterious ways of God. (cfr. Jn 1,35-42) As narrated in the gospel, he was just curious about where Christ was staying, and not only...