THAT gospel episode where Christ had to cross to the other side by boat and then immediately was met with a large crowd eager to listen to him, (cfr. Mk 5,21-43) somehow tells us that if we have to truly follow Christ as we should,...
EVEN if we feel we already are a hopeless case because we have been abusing the goodness and mercy of God countless times, we should never lose hope. God is always ready to forgive and forgive, ready to help us in any way we need....
Before the month of January ends, let us ponder the importance of this month being the start of a new year. As we begin each year we look back on our achievements and challenges. Said things hopefully make us a better person. There is no...
The Word Leads To The Way, The Truth, And The Life” (Is. 61:1-4/Jn. 14:6). This is the theme for this year’s National Bible Month. Four former Presidents of the Philippines, through their respective proclamations saw the need for the Word of God in building the nation....
(Excerpt from the Homily of Most Reverend Romulo G. Valles, D.D., on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, San Pedro Cathedral Parish, San Pedro Street, Davao City at January 8, 2023.) The magi represent us, so somehow we are told today “watch out because...
IT’S amazing that Christ would consider as blessed those conditions when we appear to be the receiving end of all the injustices and unfairness we can encounter in our life. That’s what the Beatitudes express. (cfr. Mt 5,1-12) That’s because the Beatitudes describe the way Christ...
WE have to train ourselves to look for Christ always, beginning in the little ordinary things of our daily routine. By so doing, we can find him and start to enter into the dynamic of his love for us, which is what is proper to...
ESPECIALLY in our relation with God and with others, we need to give our all. Especially in our duties toward them, we should do our best to carry them out wholeheartedly. The consideration of prudence and discretion may appear to us as if we have to...
JANUARY 25 is the Feast of that dramatic conversion of St. Paul. It’s a feast that reminds us that Christ can choose anybody to work with him as an apostle, because in fact, everybody is meant to be one, if he truly is consistent with...
ONE of the essential characteristics of a person is his life of interiority. That is where the world of a person is hidden from the gaze of ‘strangers.’ It’s his world of intimacy, his sanctuary, which he only knows and dwells. It is where he...