WE have to acknowledge this lifelong predicament of ours and do our best to do something about it. There will always be a gap between our intentions and our deeds, our words and action, our desires and our capabilities, the theory and the practice, the...
IF we truly love God and everybody else, with a love that is nothing less than a participation of the love God has for us and as commanded by Christ to us, then we will never say enough in our self-giving. Even if such attitude would...
NO doubt we have to learn how to contend with the different and even competing and conflicting elements in our life. We have our personal life as well as our family, professional, social, economic, and political life. There are things that need our immediate attention,...
“I've lived a life that's full, I traveled each and every highway, But more, much more than this I did it my way.” These familiar words are sang by Frank Sinatra in his “My Way.” It is a song of hope, a hope based on...
While several old persons who, in their late 60s and late 70s, are heads of State and leaders in business, the situation is almost an exception to the general lack of PARTICIPATION and involvement of retired and older people in the decisions that affect their...
SINCE we have been created in the image and likeness of God, we have to remember that as much as possible, we should identify ourselves with Christ who as the Son of God is the perfect image God has of his own self and thus...
I BELIEVE this is a devotion that is most relevant these days, especially to the youth and others who are practically under the spell of evil spirits. With their most subtle tricks and irresistible temptations, these evil spirits wreak havoc mainly on the soul of...
WE all need to be reminded that all our suffering has a positive and favorable aspect. It’s not all entirely bad and negative, though in itself it will always be bad. But if viewed and lived through our Christian faith, there is something in it...
Archdiocese of Davao 28 October 2020 A. Executive Order No. 57: An Order Regulating Mass Gatherings and Prohibiting Non-Essential Travel Within Davao City and for Other Purposes until December 31, 2020 (Issued on 26 October 2020; took effect at 5:00 a.m. on 27 October 2020) Section 8 says: Cemeteries...
Let my life-style now become one of humble and serene contact with the world in change, shedding no tears for the past; making of my human sufferings a gift of reparation to all my brothers. Let my leaving the field of action be simple and natural like a glowing, cheerful sunset. Lord, forgive me if only now in my tranquility I begin...