MENTAL reservations are hidden, unexpressed thoughts that accompany our reactions to things, our statements and affirmations. They are simply kept in our mind for some reason. If the reason is good, like these thoughts are kept hidden out of charity and prudence, then they are...
TO act and to speak with flourish will always attract people to us. It will make us likeable since it somehow can show a number of good things. For example, it can show that we are articulate, that we have a good mastery of the...
THIS is the common challenge we all face. We are good only at the beginning of love but we often cannot go very far. Yes, we savor and relish the sweet and intoxicating feelings when we fall in love. But to persevere in it? We...
WE know that our need for formation is a continuing one. It’s a never-ending affair. That’s because not only do we have to pursue the ideal of the fullness of our humanity, let alone, our Christian perfection—already a formidable, overwhelming task—but we also have to...
I DIDN’T realize that a joke video I shared sometime ago on social media would resonate with so many people. It was about a fellow who wondered why a wife rushed to cremate her husband when he only started to have a fever. Some people told...
Circular No. 17 Series of 2020 1 July 2020 Peace! In response to the various inquiries from the different parishes and lay faithful of the Archdiocese of Davao regarding the new quarantine level of Davao City, that is, the Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) regulated by the Davao...
The economic fallout after Covid-19 is terrifyingly huge. So the economists tell us. Massive economic poverty will surely hit us. More and widespread suffering cannot be avoided unless there is a global well-motivated way of decreasing the material needs we can live without. There are...
In the Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) of Davao City, Circular Number 17 of Archbishop Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao, states that “public masses are already allowed, beginning July 1, 2020, from Monday to Saturday only.” There will be no Sunday Mass because...
WITH the pandemic still ongoing, and with some areas still having another spike of cases, we cannot help but feel as if we are already on the brink of despair. Let’s turn this situation around by begging Christ for a miracle, but begging him with...
ALTHOUGH we have been saying that the love for God is inseparable from our duty to love others (cfr. Mt 22,36-40), and that how we love or do not love our neighbor can also indicate our real relationship with God (cfr. 1 Jn 4,20), we...