It's been a week already since the Davao City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) garbage truck passed our village to collect our garbage. The supposed two times a week schedule during Tuesday and Friday most often are not being followed. There are times that...
WE need to be clear about this point. Our time here on earth is a time of transit toward eternity, from where we came and to where we are heading. That’s because we are creatures of God who is in eternity. We came from him,...
JUDGING, of course, is basic and indispensable to us. It is the first step we do to know things. As soon as our senses apprehend certain things, our intelligence is immediately activated and starts to make judgments so we can start knowing. From there, we...
ASIDE from being able to distinguish between what is clearly good and what is clearly bad, we need to learn to distinguish the different levels and nuances of what is good, since we have to choose the right good at the right moment or situation....
WHATEVER may be our differences and conflicts, which are unavoidable in our life and some of which may even be very serious, we should always be concerned about unity, not only trying to keep it but also trying to build it up, even at the...
IN this life, with all the bad elements we have to contend with, we really would need to be properly guarded, protected but also keeping ourselves always on the go. We should not just be on the defense mode all the time. We should also...
Today, September 8, the Church throughout the world celebrates the birth of Mama Mary. It is a way of thanking the blessed Mother for her “yes” to the will of the Father to partake of His plan of salvation. The best way to celebrate in thanksgiving...
Excerpt of the Homily of Most Rev. Romulo Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao, during the Ordination to the Sacred Order of Deacons, September 2, 2019 at San Pedro Cathedral, Davao City. We know very well that vocation is not only limited to becoming a sister, a...
As a general rule, Yes. But this is from the perspective of the observer, a Catholic historian or sociologist. How? First, there is the contrary situation of affluence, the lavish lifestyle of the rich and powerful displaying a counter-image; Second, the community's lifestyle of simplicity, frugality, destitution,...
THAT’S how we should handle ourselves. Let’s remember that, as St. Paul said, we have a treasure in vessels of clay. (2 Cor 4,7) And that’s because our dignity is that of being children of God, image and likeness of his, meant to share in...