WITH the super rapid pace of developments these days, we really need to learn how to read the signs of the times so that we would not get confused and lost, like what St. Paul warned us once when he talked about helpless “children, tossed...
FOR those giving spiritual accompaniment to others—most especially priests and even lay persons who are dedicating themselves to this delicate and important task—it may be good to take note of the following observations. It’s good to remember that this business of spiritual accompaniment is an occasion...
THAT’S what we can learn from the Gospel of St. Luke where Christ talks about death that will come to us like a thief in the night and how we can prepare for it by giving ourselves to others what God has given us. “Unto...
IT’S, of course, to meet God at our judgment day. This should be the abiding and life-long expectation we ought to have, for which we should always be vigilant and, more than anything else, properly prepared. We are reminded of this duty in what Christ told...
THAT’S’ what Christ actually wants us to be. We have to be truly poor in order to be truly rich in what really matters in our life. This is the lesson that we can get from the gospel parable about the rich fool. (cfr. Lk...
(An excerpt of the Most Reverend Romulo G. Valles, D.D. in his Homily during the 40th Parochial Fiesta of San Lorenzo Ruiz Parish, Talomo, Davao City, September 28, 2025.) Karon 40th Fiesta sa atong parokya, praise the Lord, salamat sa Dios! Karon usab dili ta makalimot...
When we think of saints, we often picture holy men and women who lived long ago and far away. Yet the story of San Pedro Calungsod reminds us that holiness can bloom in youth, in service, and in ordinary life lived with extraordinary faith. Born in...
THAT’S the lesson Christ wants us to draw from that gospel parable about a woman who persisted in asking a judge to render her justice—even to the point of disturbing him—and finally got what she wanted. (cfr. Lk 18,1-8)) Like that woman we should also persist...
GIVEN who we really are and how we are in this life, we should make sure that everything that we do knowingly and intentionally should have God as its principal and ultimate end. That’s because God is our creator who created us in his very image...
I’M referring to the growing cases of same-sex attraction among students in our country. Though specific research is limited regarding the prevalence of same-sex attraction among students in our high schools, colleges and universities, we cannot deny that we are hearing more and more about...