WE have to learn to live the season of Advent properly. To do so, we have to know what Advent is really all about, and what our duties and responsibilities are toward it. We have to overcome our tendency to take these things for granted,...
This is our first correction of the official name of the popular religion founded in the Philippines by Felix Manalo. It can be referred to as INC for short, instead of INK. The second is to call the present head as Executive Minister instead of Supremo....
WITH the celebration of the Solemnity of Christ the King followed by that of the first Sunday of Advent, we are marking both the end of a liturgical year and the beginning of another one. Such celebrations should make us more aware of the significance...
IT’S often a virtue that is taken for granted. We tend to go through our day guided solely by instincts and what we consider as “what comes naturally.” We tend to think on our feet, which may be effective from time to time, but definitely...
WE need to constantly remember that we are nothing without God. God is everything to us. We should never dare to think that we can be on our own, relying simply on our own human powers, no matter how good they are according to some...
THIS should be a big celebration, the culmination of all liturgical celebrations we have had for the whole liturgical year which ends precisely with the Solemnity of our Lord, Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. The occasion should remind us that what we begin we should...
This is big news for Interfaith Dialogue! And it is happening during Year 2020 of Interreligious Dialogue (IRD!). What a blessing! I am stating here the good news that it was they who invited us. This invitation is significant. It means that these two Churches, very...
For the past few days, weeks and even months already our country has been experiencing various calamities like typhoons, earthquakes and the devastating pandemic. Worth mentioning are the havoc brought about by typhoon Rolly and Ulysses to properties and even lost lives in many areas...
(An excerpt of the Homily of Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao and CBCP President in San Pedro Cathedral during the Funeral Mass of the late Fr. Ricky Flores, Parish Priest of San Pedro Calungsod Quasi-Parish, Baguio District, Davao City, September 22,...
It would be acceptable to say that Christ our King is the king who suffered for us. In fact, the Book of the Prophet Isaiah prophesied about the suffering servant, the Messiah who is to come. During this time of the pandemic and natural calamities, such...