WE need to realize more deeply that we are in constant need for repentance and conversion. We should never take this need for granted. It is not meant to make our life look gloomy all the time. Rather, it is meant to make us to...
IN that part of the gospel where Christ talks about making war in order to have peace and about considering those who love father and mother more than him as not worthy of him (cfr. Mt 10,34-11,1), we are actually reminded that we really have...
In 1991, Alfonso Ybanez was the President and Chief operating officer. From 2003 to 2008, Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC) was one of the first utilities to have a fully computerized automatic delivery system. This very technical systematic tool saved Davao City. Linked to...
(Homily of Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao during the 13th Sunday in Ordinary time at San Pedro Cathedral Parish, July 2.) “Forever, I will sing the goodness of the Lord” - the missionaries like in the first reading only held into the...
There is an adage that goes “You are what you eat”. You probably know that the food you eat affects your body. Many studies have shown the connection between your food choices and your overall health. Eating a nutritious diet helps you keep a healthy...
THE parable of the sower and the seed (cfr. Mt 13,1-9) prods us to undertake the urgent and most necessary task of spreading the word of God widely and abidingly. It also urges us to be that good soil that brings good and plentiful fruit...
“BEHOLD, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.” (Mt 10,16) Clear indication from Christ that practically obliges us to seriously take this training of how to be both simple and shrewd in...
“WITHOUT cost you have received; without cost you are to give.” (Mt 10,8) These words of Christ should be the guiding principle when considering the financial aspect of the priestly ministry. It cannot be denied that this financial aspect of a priest’s ministry can pose a...
WHEN Christ chose his 12 apostles, (cfr. Mt 10,1-7) we have to realize that if we want to be true believers and followers of Christ, we too should feel called to be apostles of his. We too should feel the need to continue helping him...
IN the gospel, there is a part where Christ drove out the demons from a possessed man but was accused by some leading Jews of driving out demons by the prince of demons, an obviously self-contradicting reasoning. (cfr. Mt 9,32-38) On this occasion, Christ did not...