THE joyous celebration of Easter Sunday clearly tells us that Christ indeed as risen! That’s why we sing, Alleluia, alleluia. As a psalm would put it: “This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.” (118,24) With his...
IF there’s any message or lesson the celebration of Good Friday is imparting in us, it is that we should learn to love the cross the way Christ loved it. He knew from the beginning of his earthly life how his redemptive mission would end....
THAT was the spontaneous response of Peter when Christ started to wash the feet of his apostles during the Last Supper. He could not believe that the master would lower himself as to wash the feet of his followers. But Christ insisted, and later told...
“AMEN, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” (Mt 26,21) With these words of Christ, let us be warned about the worst things that can come to us in life. So, with Christ, let us prepare ourselves for the worst scenario in...
“RECLINING at table with his disciples, Jesus was deeply troubled and testified, ‘Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.’” (Jn 13,21) So begins the gospel for Tuesday of Holy Week. With these words, we have to be wary of the constant...
“HE said this not because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief and held the money bag.” (Jn 12,6) These words were said of Judas Iscariot when he complained that the precious ointment that a woman used to anoint Christ’s feet could...
On Good Friday we see the suffering and death of Jesus which understandably brings us—or should bring us—great sorrow. And yet, as posted at catholic.com it says that because Jesus died for our sins on that day (1 Tim. 4:5-6), we see that it is...
I read in several books on mysticism that Fr. Karl Rahner the famous Jesuit theologian had once wrote that the 20th century Christian will be a mystic. I cannot recall the book and the reason why he wrote on the topic. I can only recall...
(An excerpt from the Homily of Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao, March 25, 2022 during the live streamed mass of the Celebration of the Annunciation of the Lord and Consecration of Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary at...
Today, Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, the Church celebrates the procession of Jesus as King. This commemorates the Passion of Jesus for the poor, the oppressed, the needy and sinners who are in need of His mercy and salvation. As it prepares for the coming...