YES, what it reminds us of is that we need to reflect and channel the very Trinitarian life of God in our own life. That means that just as in God there are three persons who are perpetually engaged in perfect knowing and loving, we...
THE gospel of Friday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time (cfr. Mk 11,11016) shows us Christ showing two apparently contrasting qualities of anger and mercy. When he got hungry and saw a fig tree that did not have any fruit, he got angry and...
THAT’S what the story of the blind man, Bartimaeus, teaches us. (cfr. Mk 10,46-52) As the gospel narrates, when he heard that Christ was passing by, he immediately called for Christ. In spite of being told by Christ’s disciples not to disturb Christ, he just...
THIS is the lesson we can learn from that episode of Mary visiting her cousin, Elizabeth. (cfr. Lk 1,39-56) Imagine our Lady, already knowing that she was going to be the mother of the Son of God, the highest honor and privilege a creature can...
WHAT a very good deal Christ is giving us! When Peter told him, “We have given up everything and followed you,” Christ immediately reassured him—and us—“Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother...
MAY 29 is dedicated liturgically to the Memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church. This Marian title was defined sometime ago due to the fact that if Mary is the Mother of Christ who is God, then she can rightly be called as Mother of...
Very few know and understand exorcism. In 1973, William Blatty wrote a novel entitled The Exorcist which was a movie hit starring Linda Blair as the possessed child and Max Von Sydow as the exorcist. Author Blatty said his novel was based on an incident...
(Homily of Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao during the Presbyteral Ordination of Rev. Oliver Alidon Ganas at Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Calinan, Davao City last May 22, 2023.) Unang Pamalandong uban kang Rev. Oliver, ang atong assembly with the...
Life is not just living in safe grounds. It is not settling for "what is" especially if you can still be more. It is not mere hiding in our comfort zones to secure ourselves only. Inspired by the Holy Spirit, we have so many volunteers in...
PENTECOST Sunday ends the Easter Season and leads us back to what we call as Ordinary Time in our liturgical calendar, the timepiece that enables us to live sacramentally with Christ as he continues with his redemptive work through the Holy Spirit. It reminds us that...