INDEED, we have such duty! Christ himself told us so in no unclear terms. We have to love everyone, including our enemies! “You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies...
“YOU have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other one to him...
(Excerpt from Abp. Romulo Valles' homily during Pentecost Sunday, June 5, 2022, Tuesday at San Pedro Cathedral Parish, San Pedro St., Davao City) “The love of God has been poured into our hearts through the Spirit of God dwelling within us.” The love of God that’s immense...
Spain evangelized Luzon and Visayas when Urdaneta, Legaspi occupied Manila in the late 1500s. The mission work was uninterrupted for 500 years. The Jesuits were the first and only Mindanao missionaries beginning the middle of the 1600s. They pulled out two times; in the late...
Sama sa gikaingon ni Dr. EJ Sabado sa usa sa mga TALAKAYAN Series, kitang mga Pilipino “relational”, nagtuyok ang atong kalibutan sa relasyon. Sama rapod sa tinguha sa simbahan nga kitang tanan duyog sa panaw paingon sa gingharian sa Dios. Ang atong pagtoo nagaghat kanato...
WE have to realize that the pursuit for truth is a very tricky one. To be sure, truth is not just a matter of citing facts and data. Though these are important and even indispensable, they are useless unless they are animated by the true...
“YOU have heard that it was said, You shall not commit adultery. But I say to you, everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” (Mt 5,27-28) Most likely, everytime we read this passage from the gospel,...
“I TELL you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven.” (Jn 5,20) Words of Christ that warn us of the danger of self-righteousness as exemplified by the scribes and Pharisees of his time...
“DO not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfil.” (Mt 5,17) With these words of Christ, we are reminded that our human laws should channel and reflect the laws of God...
WHETHER we are aware of it or not, and despite our differences and conflicts, we all share the same humanity, the same status as creatures of God made in his image and likeness. We are one people, forming one body of which each one of...