THAT’S right! The more generous we are with God and with others, the more generous God will be with us. This is just a simple law of ‘we reap what we sow.’ We usually sow just a seed, but with the generosity with which we...
THAT beautiful gospel story of Zacchaeus, the rich but short chief tax collector who was privileged to have Christ stay in his house, (cfr Lk 19,1-10) teaches us precious lessons about why and how we should be friendly, compassionate and merciful with everyone, irrespective of...
THAT gospel episode of the blind man who, upon learning that it was Christ passing by, sprang to his feet and screamed to beg Christ to heal him of his blindness (cfr. Lk 18,35-43) teaches us a great lesson of how to pray with the...
To retreat is to surrender and to surrender is to accept defeat. Every second week of November the clergy of the Archdiocese of Davao enter into a retreat. They go into a deep spiritual experience to contemplate complete surrender, to undergo an oftentimes cathartic re-learning...
(An excerpt from the Homily of Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao, November 2, 2021 during the live streamed mass of the Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed (All Souls Day) at San Pedro Cathedral Parish, San Pedro Street, Davao City.) November 2,...
This was the topic of my homily in the Holy Mass which I celebrated on November 01 in the parish church of St. Francis of Assisi in Maa, Davao City. November 01,1934 is the date of my birthday. So that was 87 years ago. When I...
THIS is just to be realistic. It’s not meant to scare us or to be a killjoy or a wet blanket in our life. Not only do we all die. There is also the end of time itself. Our earthly existence is just a sojourn,...
CONSIDERING that our life here on earth offers us a lot of things and options, plus the fact that we of course enjoy freedom, we need to be reminded that we have to learn how to have proper focus in life, especially because we have...
WE have to learn to look forward to the second coming of Christ. That’s when Christ, the pattern of our humanity and the savior of our damaged humanity, will come again to make the final judgment on all of us, establishing the definitive and eternal...
THAT gospel episode about the 10 lepers who were cleansed of their leprosy (cfr. Lk 17,11-19) reminds us that God always expects us to be thankful to him. To be sure, it’s not because God just wants to be thanked always for the many favors...