Why do we suffer?
THE quick and short answer to that question is because we are not with God, from whom all good things come. We prefer to be on our own, even to make ourselves our own God. Of course, separated from God, from whom, to repeat, all...
Category Archives: Opinion
Discerning the spirit
WE should be experts in discerning the spirit that animates us. Our life principle is our soul which is spiritual. As such, we need to know the kind of spirit that animates our soul that in turn animates our whole life. We have to realize that...
Directing our consciousness
WE have to give due attention—and care—to our sense of consciousness. We should not just allow it to flow in any way. We need to direct it, we need to shape it, we need to fill it with something that should be appropriate to us...
Empathy and intersubjectivity
IF we truly want to be genuine friends and brothers and sisters to everybody else, we need to practice empathy first. Hopefully that gesture will elicit a corresponding similar response of the others toward us, and so we can enter into the world of intersubjectivity...
Expect to get dirty
IF we have to be practical in this life, exerting effort to attend and resolve all our issues and challenges, not to mention, to be truly being faithful and consistent to the living Christ who continues to be with us in the Holy Spirit, then...
Trusting God
Last October 16, 29 and 31 2019, Davao City and it's neighboring areas in Mindanao like Davao del Sur and North Cotabato, among others, experienced earthquakes and aftershocks. Many were affected, some lost their houses, jobs and even lives were lost. On this trying times,...
Watch that tongue!
YES, we have to be watchful with our tongue. It many times can be like a loose cannon, spewing all of kinds of inconsiderate and reckless comments. We have to have a good grip on it because it tends to be simply guided by emotions...
BEC
The archdiocese of Davao together with its suffragan dioceses of Digos, Tagum and Mati is the host of the 4th Basic Ecclesial Community (BEC) National Assembly on November 11-14, 2019. The theme is “Discerning the Challenges of the BEC Journey in the Light of the...
Kalag-kalag
Excerpts of the Homily of Most Rev. Romulo Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao, in celebration of All Souls’ Day in Roman Catholic Cemetery, Davao City on November 2, 2019. Dunay naminaw karon sa DXGN ang atong Catholic radio station. Gwapo ni nga atong lakbitan karon nga...
Awareness of God’s presence a help during earthquakes
Earthquakes shake buildings, make them collapse, and destroy them. People found within are killed and those on whom they fall are likewise killed. When the seas and oceans are shaken tsunami is created and destroy properties and human lives. As a result a more destructive and...