WE should, each one of us, develop a worldview as early as possible. This will help us to have a good and deep understanding about ourselves and the world in general, and about the most basic and ultimate dimensions of our life. It gives us...
“I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved.” (Jn. 10:9) “And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” (Lk. 11:9) “Behold, I stand at the door and...
Excerpts from the Homily of Archbishop Romulo Valles during his Livestreaming Mass last March 14, 2021 at the Archbishop’s Residence Chapel, F. Torres St., Davao City Mga igsoon, ika-upat nga Domingo sa kwaresma. Ug kining Domingoha, sa mga Domingo sa kwaresma siya lang dunay tag, dunay...
Our human understanding and appreciation of the gift of life progresses according to our growth in our life of faith from childhood to priesthood. This progression is emphasized at certain important moments of Christian living. On 01 November this year 2021, I will be 87 years...
THIS virtue of order is now posing to us as a huge, most tricky and nasty challenge. With all the growing number of things to consider, each with its own growing complexity also, we truly are most vulnerable to fall into disorder and chaos. Even if...
SOMEONE suggested this idea to me recently. He was reacting to a growing number of deaths involving young people, as young as in their twenties, who died of diabetes, stroke and some heart ailments. He said taking sweets like sugar-filled soft drinks and energy drinks and...
AS we celebrate another Solemnity of St. Joseph on March 19, let us revisit the crucial role the foster father of Christ played in the whole economy of salvation if only to instill in us more deeply that the devotion to him is ever relevant,...
THIS is a very intriguing part of our Christian faith. Not only should we love our enemies, as Christ taught us, but we also need to drown evil with an abundance of good. This was specifically articulated by St. Paul in his Letter to the...
THE hullabaloo surrounding the recent Oprah Winfrey interview of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has given me a sharp reminder on charity. And that’s simply because I realize that while my initial reaction was a strong dismissal of the whole affair, considering it as a...
MORE than “what,” the question to ask is “who” should attract us most. Definitely, it should be God and none other. Better said, if we make God the source and cause of all our attraction, of all our joy and pleasures, of what ultimately gives...