THAT gospel story about the woman caught in adultery (Jn 8,1-11) can teach us many lessons that we can learn. Among them, that we are all sinners, no matter how much we try to be good; that God’s mercy is always available, and thus we...
“IS he (Christ) not the one they are trying to kill? And look, he is speaking openly and they say nothing to him. Could the authorities have realized that he is the Christ?” (Jn 7,25-26) With these words in the gospel of St. John, we are...
“IF you had believed Moses, you would have believed me, because he wrote about me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?” (Jn 5,46-47) With these words, it’s like Christ is begging that we believe in him, for he...
“AMEN, amen, I say to you, the Son cannot do anything on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for what he does, the Son will do also. For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he himself does,...
“IT is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.” (Jn 5,10) So said some Jews to a sick man cured by Christ. This kind of accusation was common in the times of Christ and a reflection of the general...
GIVEN the precarious and wounded condition of our human life, plus the fact that we are meant to live a supernatural life, one that is simply beyond our human powers to attain without the help of God’s grace, we have to understand that many times...
Fiction: In 1963, Morris West wrote the novel ‘Shoes of the Fisherman’ which became a number one best seller. The ‘Fisherman’ refers to St. Peter. The word ‘Shoes’ refers to his successors. You can read the book online and the movie on YouTube. The story...
Every March we give honor to women as we celebrate National Women's Month. The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) posted on their website recently that to cap the six-year (2017-2022) National Women’s Month Celebration (NWMC) Theme: WE Make CHANGE Work for Women, the 2022 NWMC...
“Each community can take from the bounty of the earth whatever it needs for subsistence, but it also has the duty to protect the earth and to ensure its fruitfulness for coming generations” (LS 68). We must be grateful for the blessings that the earth offers...
(An excerpt from the Homily of Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao, March 19, 2022 during the live streamed mass of the 23rd Fiesta Celebration of GKK San Jose, Esposo ni Maria, Elenita Heights, Catalunan Grande, Davao City.) Karong pistaha akong panghinaut, akong...