WHEN we find ourselves in some extraordinary difficulty, we should not hesitate to go to Christ. Let’s beg him for help, but making sure that what should move us to do so is not so much to be rid of the difficulty as to be...
Americans brought commercial electricity to Davao City in the late 1920s. The power station in Bajada (Near Redemptorist Church and Abreeza) was badly damaged during the 1945 battle for liberation of Davao. Through American tenacity, power was restored early in 1946. In 1950, the American...
(Homily of Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao during the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul and 175th Parochial Fiesta of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Davao, June 29, 2023.) I’d like to propose three (3) reflections in on this feast, and three (3)...
A lot of us Filipinos believe in “SUMPA” and one of which is “Knocking on wood” – if someone will say ‘let us prepare ourselves for any kind of disaster to come’ – we usually react by responding – Simba ko and we knock on...
“I BLESS you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to little children. Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do.” (Mt 11,25-26) If we believe in these words of...
DESPITE the obvious fact that we cannot help but fall into sin, there is also in us that strong tendency to think that we are right and that the others are wrong. We are quick to judge others even without enough basis, or based only...
IF you notice, in all the miraculous healings Christ did, he would first forgive the sins of those concerned before he would cure them of their ailments. He would praise their faith that pushed them to go to him in spite of the difficulties involved....
THERE is a part in the gospel that talks about two demoniacs whom Christ met as he was going to a certain place. (cfr. Mt 8,28-34) They were known to be so savage that no one could pass by the place where they were. The demons...
THAT gospel episode where the apostles found themselves in a storm in the middle of the lake (cfr. Mt 8,23-27) teaches us a great lesson about absolute trust in God’s providence amid the twists and turns, the ups and downs in our life here on...
WE are familiar with the story of the doubting Thomas who later on turned to be a fervently believing Thomas. (cfr. Jn 20,24-29) It’s a story that can only remind us of our duty to always nourish our faith to such an extent that Christ’s...