THAT’S what Christ told someone who asked him to settle the inheritance issue that person had with his brother. (cfr. Lk 12,13-21) A very common phenomenon these days, sad to say. Siblings can go into bitter quarrels and complicated litigations just because of the inheritance...
As Saint Paul said, "we are one body, and Christ is the head.” In the world we live in, many cultures, similar to the Catholic Culture express this unity. However, the beauty of the Catholic culture truly promotes the enrichment of relationships with God, others,...
(Excerpts from the Homily of Most Reverend Romulo G. Valles, D.D., on the 74th Parochial Fiesta Celebration of Sto. Rosario Parish, Toril, Davao City, October 7, 2022.) Ingon nila nga ang pagbisita sa Obispo, ang pag-anha sa Obispo usa sa mga tuyo niana sa simbahan, mao...
WE have to understand that prayer is not an optional element in our life. It is something essential and indispensable. We are meant to pray always, making prayer like the very breathing and heartbeat of our spiritual life. This truth of our faith is clearly articulated...
CHRIST has warned us about the futility of hypocrisy. At one point, he said, “There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known. Therefore, whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and...
THAT stinging rebuke Christ made on some leading Jews of his time (cfr. Lk 11,47-54) reminds us that we actually are all sinners no matter how much we profess to be good persons and even holy ones. “Woe to you who build the memorials of the...
THIS is a big challenge for us. We are always prone to fall into inconsistency and disunity in our life, and thus into all forms of hypocrisy, deception, formalisms, legalisms, etc. that try to show goodness without the proper substance. In the gospel, Christ lamented about...
“Oh you Pharisees! Although you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, inside you are filled with plunder and evil.” (Lk 11,39) This is the typical reaction of Christ toward the rigid rules of the Pharisees, who make a big issue out of little...
IN the gospel, there is a part where Christ lamented about the lack of faith of the people. “This generation is an evil generation,” he said. “It seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah.” (Lk 11,29) We need...
Webster’s dictionary defines an atheist as one who denies that God exists while an agnostic is one who doubts that God exists. The May-June 2012 scientific American magazine issue made a study as to who is better off, the religious or the atheist. Some of...