Are you familiar with a scenario where a child is having a tantrum in a toy store because the parent won't give in to the demands of the child for a particular toy or thing? This is a very embarrassing situation for the adult companion...
THE quick answer is the Holy Spirit. It is God, of course, who is the source and end of everything. But insofar as orthodoxy is a humanly-mediated affair, it is the official teaching office of the Church, the Magisterium, who has been entrusted the power to...
WE have to learn to distinguish the faith from the many human ideologies that can be inspired by faith. First of all, faith is a supernatural gift, while an ideology is a system of ideas and ideals that forms the basis of some human behavior....
ST. John in his gospel made it clear what God’s attitude is toward us. “God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,” he said, “but that the world might be saved through him.” (3,17) That divine attitude should also be ours...
"It is essential to draw near to new forms of poverty and vulnerability, in which we are called to recognize the suffering Christ, even if this appears to bring us no tangible and immediate benefits. I think of the homeless, the addicted, refugees, Indigenous peoples,...
Excerpts of the Homily of Most Rev. Romulo Valles D.D., Archbishop of Davao, during the fiesta of St. Michael the Archangel Quasi-Parish in Eden, Toril, Davao City on September 29, 2019. I might remark that here in Eden, St. Michael is very at home. Why? Because...
October is the month of the Holy Rosary. So here are some important reminders. In the litany prayer after the recitation of the mysteries of the Rosary we say, "Oh God whose only begotten Son has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life, grant, we...
GIVEN our human condition, marked as it is with many ups and downs, we need to see to it that our love continues to burn regardless of the changing circumstances. We have to nurture it such that at the end of the day we can...
WE need to understand this point very well. Our humanity is not just a matter of biology, the blend of genes that gives us our unique identity. Such basis of our humanity would be no different from that of the other animals whose identity is...
YES, we need to know how to flow with the times, adapting ourselves with the new developments and circumstances without losing sight of what is truly essential in our life. That’s the lesson we can learn from what Christ said about new wine to be...