PUNDITRY, of course, has its legitimate value and purpose in our life. It facilitates our knowledge of things in areas that are quite unfamiliar to us, since they are not our fields of specialization and yet they also are relevant to us. It clarifies things...
HOW important it is that we have a clear idea of the relationship between God and freedom, and between freedom and love. Given our very confusing times, when the distinction between truth and falsehood, good and evil, moral and immoral is blurred, it’s very urgent...
(An excerpt of the homily of the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, DD., Archbishop of Davao and CBCP President, during the 6th Sunday of Easter Holy Mass, May 17, 2020. Part 1 of 3) Unsa may maayo kanang inig simba nato labi na ma-domingo, inig tapok...
For more than two months now we have been quarantined in our homes. Call it "enhanced", "general" or "risked area", the lockdown guidelines forcibly limit our personal freedom of movement for the sake of the common good. So okay let us put aside our human...
PENTECOST Sunday reminds us that God is always with us. It reminds us of a very wonderful truth of our faith as expressed by Christ himself: “I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit...
“Holy Spirit, come and renew the face of the earth.” This is usually part of our prayer when we invoke the Holy Spirit. We believe that He, the Holy Spirit, the love of the Father and the Son, brings about renewal. He changes hearts. He...
WE have to be prepared for the ending of this stay-home dispensation. Hopefully it will be soon. We just cannot be held in lockdown mode indefinitely. One day, we just have to go out and try to do the usual business as normally as possible. Definitely,...
WE have to be ready for this. Evil, though it surely will not have the last word, will always have a degree of victory over us in our life here on earth. Let’s not be too idealistic that we can wipe it out completely in...
I’M referring to what could be considered as the ultimate proof that we are true Christians. I imagine that it would be the willingness to offer our life for others, for our faith, for the Church, the way Christ himself offered his life as the...
International Nurses’ Day (Part 2) May 11, 2020 Homily of Abp. Romulo G. Valles, D.D. With the joy of the resurrection, as we walk on this earth, as we live our faith, our commitment niining lisud nga mga adlaw, nindot kayo madungog ang pulong sa Ginoo. Victorios na unta...