Kobbé’s Opera Guide is widely regarded as the best book on opera, listing 200 operas by 80 composers. Many of these operas are based on folklore, legends, and classic literature. Interestingly, some of the most famous operas and musicals of all time originated as French...
(An excerpt of the homily of the Most Reverend Romulo G. Valles D.D. during the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Feb. 23, 2025 @ San Pedro Cathedral.) Grant we pray, Almighty God today in this Cathedral that always pondering, spiritual things. Mosimba ta dili obligation so...
Ang Kwaresma usa ka balaang panahon sa pagpamalandong, paghinulsol, ug espiritwal nga pagbag-o. Sulod sa kap-atan ka adlaw sa pag-ampo, pagpuasa, ug paghatag og tabang, kita giawhag nga mobalik sa Ginoo uban ang tinuod nga kasingkasing. Ang atong mga buhat sa pagtoo—pagsalmot sa Misa sa...
THAT’S from a passage in 1 Corinthians 9,22. It’s the ideal condition for us to pursue. It’s what would truly identify us with Christ, the pattern of our humanity and the savior of our damaged humanity, who is the very embodiment of this ideal. Though each...
SINCE life is like a game, where we play hard to achieve something, we should not be surprised that there will be times when we win and succeed, and times when we lose. We should not be surprised and be unduly affected by this fact...
THESE are words of Christ. (cfr. Mk 9,49) What he wants to tell us is that to keep our true Christian identity and dignity as we go through the drama of life here on earth, we should be willing to lose a hand, a foot...
IT’S, of course, a given. Prayer is basic in our life of piety because that is our personal effort to get in touch with God. All other acts of piety would be of no value if they are not done as prayer or, at least,...
I SAW that phrase in one of the daily prayers for priests, the Liturgy of the Hours, or the Breviary. It struck me immediately since it reminded me of how charity should be. It should be ardent, never cold, and blazing, never like a dying...
CHRIST himself made such description and definition of a true Christian. They strike us as something strange from a purely human point of view. But given our wounded condition and our ideal status as children of God whose essence is pure love, the Beatitudes give...
(An excerpt of the homily of the Most Reverend Romulo G. Valles, D.D. during the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Feb. 16, 2025 @ San Pedro Cathedral.) Woe to you who are rich, meaning ang atong kalipay pangkalibutan lang or kung mao na imong paglaom you...