IT’S a question we have to ask ourselves from time to time. It is to see to it that we are feeding ourselves correctly. Especially these days when a lot of people take keen interest in their diets, we have to realize that we should...
WITH how things are now, we just have to learn how to do things online. In my case, I now have to do most of my preaching and teaching, be it at Holy Mass, a recollection or retreat, a simple meditation or commentary on the...
JUST attended another ordination recently where two close friends received the sacrament of Holy Order. It’s always a day of joy and thanksgiving when someone becomes a priest simply because what is involved is the transformation of a person to become another Christ in a...
BECAUSE of the pandemic, there is growing concern about the mental health of the people. It seems the mental cases are surging. Many people are getting depressed, gripped in some inescapable worries and anxieties and hardly able to cope with their difficulties, trials and challenges....
"In God's eyes, there is no retirement"! This was the joyful conclusion of a small group of elderly and retired persons in a parish outside Paris, France, led by Andre d'Humieres (1887-1975) who in 1952 "met one day to pray together and to reflect on their...
An excerpt of the homily of the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao and CBCP President during the 61st Foundation Anniversary and Parochial Fiesta Celebration of Our Lady of Assumption Parish, F. Torres St., Davao City, August 15, 2020. (Part 2 of...
REMEMBER Christ telling his disciples, “He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives the one who sent me.” (Mt 10,40) These words clearly show that we are meant to be so identified with Christ that anyone who receives us receives Christ. In...
I am sure Santacruzan, a popular and colorful annual procession in our parishes during the month of May is known by many of our devout parishioners. It might help to deepen our Catholic faith to retell the story. Our religion began to be publicly recognized and...
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....
Many of us observed that in this trying and difficult time, a lot of us are into planting. This is the time when there is a high demand on pots, plants and places for planting. This is the time when the so called “macho-looking” guys...