When Pope Francis was elected Pope on 13 March 2013, the next day he surprised the world when he went to a church unannounced to celebrate his first Mass as Roman Pontiff - at the Chiesa di Sant’Anna. Quietly but very significantly the walls of...
IT’S interesting to note that in the gospel, there is a part where Christ teaches his disciples how to pray, giving them “Our Father,” and then follows it with the advice to be insistent and persevering in prayer in spite of what may appear as...
ON the memorial of St. Mary Magdalene on July 22, we are somehow reminded that God’s mercy is more powerful than our sins, no matter how grave our sins are. We are reminded of what St. Paul said in this regard: “Where sin abounded, grace...
I AM referring to our relationship with God, as well as with everybody else. As much as possible, we should involve our entire humanity, and not just part of it, as in, we deal with God only spiritually and not bodily, only intellectually and not...
WE are reminded of that question in the parable of the sower and the seed. (cfr. Mt 9,1-13) Yes, in that parable we are encouraged also to do a lot of sowing of God’s word, a responsibility that is incumbent on all of us. But...
CHRIST clearly told us how to be part of God’s family. “Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father is my brother, and sister, and mother.” (Mt 12,49-50) That was the response of Christ to someone who, impressed...
WE need to see the close relationship between our repentance and its effect on our faith. This relationship was highlighted in the Gospel of St. Matthew (12,38-42) where some of the leading Jews at that time asked Christ for a sign. Christ could not help but...
The 48th Nutrition Month theme “New normal na nutrisyon, sama-samang gawan ng solusyon” challenges every Filipino to be part of resolving the nutrition problem in the Philippines. The 2018 Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS) conducted by the Department of Science and Technology - Food and...
(An excerpt from the homily of Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D. on June 28, 2022 during the celebration of the 42nd Anniversary of the Dedication of the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Pedro, San Pedro St., Davao City.) The 12 posts and pillars of the Church...
What is the Holy Eucharist? The Holy Eucharist is the sacrament in which Christ Himself is truly though not visibly present as God and Man, with His Glorified Body and Blood, under the appearances of bread and wine, to offer Himself on the altar as our...