The gospel of the Mass on Thursday after Ash Wednesday (cfr. Lk 9,22-25) talks about Christ telling his disciples that He must suffer and be rejected, and calls his followers to take up their cross daily and deny themselves to follow him, for losing one’s...
WITH Ash Wednesday, we once again begin the season of Lent when as a way to pursue spiritual growth, self-reflection and preparation for Easer, we are encouraged to go through the process of repentance and conversion, deepening our relationship with God through prayer, fasting and...
WE get this happy assurance from the Letter of St. James. “Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been proved, he shall receive a crown of life, which God hath promised to them that love him.” (1,12) God can allow temptations to...
THERE are two ways of asking for a sign from heaven—the good one and the bad one. The former is when we do it to see if what we intend to do is really what God wants us to do. This happens when we are...
The 40-day Lent Season starts on February 18 (Ash Wednesday) and ends on April 5 (Easter Sunday). It is a somber time focused on prayers, meditations, fasting (very little food) and abstinence (no food). Europe was a pagan region until it was Christianized. However, Europeans...
(An excerpt of the Homily of the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D. last February 2, 2026 on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord & World Day for Consecrated Life at San Pedro Cathedral Parish, San Pedro Street, Davao City.) First, all of us,...
“Remember you are dust and unto dust you shall return.” Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten Season in which Catholics around the globe receive ashes on their foreheads. The ashes placed upon our foreheads are not marks of defeat, but signs of truth....
Amihan is a mild weather period starting late December to August. The wind blows from the east (Siberia, China, Japan) down to South China Sea, Indonesia and Philippine Archipelagos. It is a safe time to travel. Because maybe of climate change, the late December 2025...
(An excerpt of the Homily of the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D. during the 15th Parochial Fiesta and Installation of Rev. Fr. Jovilo Bongay as Parish Priest of Virgen De Los Remedios Parish last February 02, 2026.) Piyesta nato, pista sa presentation of the Lord...
About 750 diocesan clergy from all over Mindanao will gather at KCC Convention Center in the Archdiocese of Zamboanga on February 10-12, 2026. Journeying in synodality, these workers in the vineyard of the Lord in this southern part of the country gather every year bringing...