“BE shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.” (Mt 10,16) What a combination of qualities Christ is telling us! Hard and even impossible as it may seem, we just have to try our best to achieve such condition, obviously with God’s grace, because as Christ...
“AS you go, make this proclamation: ‘The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.” (Mt 10,7-8) Words of Christ addressed to his apostles and...
IF we truly are consistent with our Christian identity, there should be no doubt that an essential part of it is that we are meant to be apostles and disciples of Christ who is asking us to go to the whole world, preach the gospel,...
FAMOUS words of Christ that present to us the stark reality of our condition here on earth. (cfr. Mt 9,37) There are just so many things to do and accomplish in our life and yet there are only a few hands to do them. Speaking alone...
SITUATIONS like this can happen in our life. In fact, we have to expect them. With our many limitations and the varying conditions we are subject to, there surely will be times when we find ourselves helpless in spite of all the effort we do...
I cannot decipher some of the weather reports because some words/phrases are too weird/mystical. These are some of my “guessterpretations” of the weather jargon. Southeasterly gusty winds = might rain Southwest monsoon is intensifying = might rain Intertropical convergence zone = might rain Cloudy Skies...
Si San Pedro ug San Pablo isip mga panig-ingnan natong mga yanong tawo, naghulagway sa katingalahang gahom sa atong Dios diha sa pagbag-o niya sa ilang kasingkasing. Walay laing butang sa kalibutan nga mamahimong makapabag-o sa kinaiya sa tawo padulong sa kahingpit. Dili ang panginahanglan...
(Excerpt from Abp. Romulo Valles’ homily during the Holy Mass for the 174th Parochial Fiesta Celebration of San Pedro Cathedral, San Pedro St., Davao City) Oh God, who on this solemnity of the apostles, Peter and Paul give us the noble and holy joy of this...
“JESUS appointed seventy-two other disciples whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, ‘The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so, ask the master of the harvest to send out...
GIVEN our strong tendency to fall into self-righteousness, everyday we should devise some kind of plan or strategy to protect ourselves from it. That effort that definitely requires a lot of sacrifice and self-denial, would always be worth it. Self-righteousness is a danger most common among...