The healing of a crippled beggar took place at the Temple gate called Beautiful. This made me reflect on beauty and its power to heal. Beauty attracts first, then captivates, and heals. Such is the power of beauty. But why and how? Let's find out from...
DO we have control over our dreams? I suppose the conventional answer is that, we don’t. Dreams just pop up on their own. They come at random. We may not even like them, but they just come. And yes, they can be beautiful or ugly,...
“IF I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.” (Jn 14,3) What a wonderful promise Christ is making not only to the apostles but also to all...
WE need to see to it that we are not merely surviving in these trying times of ours these days. We should be thriving, for indeed these difficult moments when we are subjected to a lot of restrictions are good occasions with tremendous potentials to...
A FRIEND of mine once told me that he was a bit sad because his 4 children and the grandchildren are slowly moving out of his house to settle down in other places. Of course, he knew that he had to expect this to happen,...
IT’S May again, and we are reminded to turn our mind and heart to the most beautiful, blessed, divinely honored woman in the whole universe, none other than our Our Lady, “Mater Dei et mater nostra,” the Mother of God and our mother. Let’s see to...
(An excerpt of the homily of Archbishop Romulo G. Valles, D.D., archbishop of Davao and CBCP President, on the Third Sunday of Easter, April 26, 2020.) Brothers and sisters, I am happy that again, I have this chance to be with you even only through this...
My mother after eating breakfast every morning goes out of our house to feed her 3 domestic cats and 4 outdoor cats. She does it for years already even before Covid-19 came. My mom makes it a point that the cats ate two times a...
This title is in quotation marks because it is not mine but Bishop Robert Barron's simple way of explaining the mysterious change of the substances of bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Jesus during the Holy Mass. This changed-reality is called Transubstantiation...
In our Ordo, the guide for liturgical celebrations in the Philippines, we are reminded to provide recognition to the celebration of “Mothers’ Day” without diminishing the primary focus of this Sunday as the celebration of the Paschal Mystery. It is also encouraged that there will...