HE said it very clearly. “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it.” (Lk 8,21) If we want to belong to God’s family as we should, since we are meant to be his image and likeness and...
“THERE is nothing hidden that will not become visible, and nothing secret that will not be known and come to light.” (Lk 8,17) With these words of Christ, we are obviously told to be transparent in all our thoughts, desires, intentions, words and deeds. Yes,...
Migrant workers mean Filipinos who temporarily immigrate to other nations to work. Seafarers are Filipinos working on the ships owned by other nations that travel worldwide. Ships traveling only inside Philippine waters are called Inter Island vessels and their crew are not technically called seafarers...
American belief in press freedom and freedom of information is unique. It is the only nation that allowed the press to report accidents involving hydrogen bombs. An ordinary H-bomb equals 200 Hiroshima atomic bombs. In 1957 a USAF B-47 bomber accidentally dropped 2 H-bombs in...
During my toddler years the first prayer taught to me by a distant relative who happens to be our landlady was Angel of God. I remember praying it every night until my elementary days before going to sleep. “Angel of God, my guardian dear, to...
(Homily of Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao during the 60th GKK Fiesta of San Roque, Piapi, Boulevard, Davao City, August 18, 2023) Gikan sa unang pagbasa karon, ang mga Israelitas gikan sa Ehipto, unya naggawas sila unya ang nagdala nila si Moises,...
THIS danger usually arises when we are not contented with what we have or with what is promised to us. It arises when we tend to compare ourselves with others in an improper way—that is, not for the glory of God but rather for our...
LIKE Christ, we should be very eager to proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom of God. As the gospel narrates, Christ went from one town to another village to preach. And with him were his apostles and some women, somehow reminding us all that...
YES, just as there is the universal call to holiness, there is also the universal call to the apostolate. This is what is to be an authentic Christian. No one can be a true Christian if he fails to pursue this dual goal of holiness...
THAT, in effect, was what Christ told some people of his time. In spite of what Christ taught and did, they refused to believe him. “We played the flute for you, but you did not dance. We sang a dirge, but you did not weep,”...