Happy even amid troubles?
YES, why not? We should throw away the notion that when we have troubles, we should be troubled and sad. No. It does not have to be that way. If we have faith in God, if our spiritual life is strong and healthy, we know...
Category Archives: Opinion
UN’s Special Attention to Older People
It is impressive, remarkable, and highly surprising what the United Nations Organization has done for "Older People", the official term it uses for the Elderly. Many of us may not know the things the UN has been doing for the Older People which are instructive and...
Our training and testing ground
THAT’S our life here on earth. God is still forming us to be what he wants us to be—his image and likeness, his adopted children meant to share in his very own life. Our creation is not yet finished. It’s still a work in progress....
The best and the worst in us
BECAUSE of the way we are, with our intelligence and will that enable us to know, to choose, to feel free, to love, etc, we will always have the possibilities of either rising to the zenith of our humanity, making ourselves no less than “another...
Need for daily strategizing
OUR life in this world will always be in some state of war. That’s because there will always be things to conquer and things to defend for as long as we live. That’s how things are. And we should just be ready to deal with...
Women and Menopause
We are already in the "ber” months. September is almost over and Christmas is just around the corner. Despite the pandemic, our lives go on. There are those who celebrated life with the addition of newborn babies in their families while others celebrated birthday milestones....
To be godly and to be divine is our basic calling
An excerpt from the homily of the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao and CBCP President during the Vocation Month Launching of the Archdiocese of Davao in St. Francis Xavier Regional Major Seminary of Mindanao, Catalunan Grande, Davao City, September 12, 2020....
National Seafarers’ Sunday
During lockdown due to COVID-19, many of us were deprived of the celebration of the Eucharist. We were content with live streaming of the Holy Mass and spiritual communion. But throughout the year, even without COVID-19, our beloved seafarers, on account of their profession, do...
Patience, indifference and insensitivity
THEY may look similar and share certain qualities. But they are actually opposed to each other. Patience is a virtue, while indifference with its accompanying trait of insensitivity is a vice. And these days when things can get so complicated and confusing, it would be...
October 1, World Day of Older Persons
When writing the Shalom article on the Church-based group for the Elderly, I at age 86 on November 1 this year was inspired and touched by the article of my friend the Spanish Dominican theologian Fr. Fausto B. Gomez of the University of Santo Tomas...