I’M referring to the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. That is where we get in direct contact with the living and redeeming Christ. We become contemporaries of his and join him in his redemptive work, sanctifying ourselves in the process and helping in the sanctification...
[caption id="attachment_25516" align="alignright" width="350"] Image: Kadayawan sa Davao FB page[/caption]In 1967, Elias B. Lopez became the first member of an indigenous tribe, a Bagobo, to be the mayor of Mindanao's number one city. One of his first act was declaring August 16 as the Kadayawan...
Excerpt of the Homily of Most Rev. Romulo Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao during the Priestly Ordination of Rev. Fr. Ramon Jamora, Jr. at St. Francis of Assisi Parish, La Verna Hills Subdivision. You know very well that I can say a lot of things for...
When I cannot fulfill my promise, I feel I am a hypocrite at certain times? Wrong. It is when I do the opposite of what I promised that I really appear a hypocrite. There is a willful and deliberate kind of hypocrisy which is understood as...
WE have to be better prepared when we are tempted. Our usual problem is that we think that when we are tempted, it is just a very personal affair that nobody else should intervene. This is not the way to deal with temptations. With this...
TO have an active mind is, of course, a good thing. It facilitates many things: our thinking, our judging, assessing and reasoning. It fosters insights and intuition, allowing us to see and read more than what our eyes and other senses can perceive. It mitigates...
I BELIEVE we all commit mistakes and suffer some failures in life. And certainly we feel bad about it. We just have to make sure that we do not stay long brooding over them and letting ourselves to sink to sadness and depression. We have...
IF we believe that God is the supreme being and the source of all good things in life, why don’t we talk a lot about him, especially in the public fora where most of the people are? It would seem that speaking about God is restricted...
Happy fiesta to the Parish of the Our Lady of the Assumption in Torres Street, Davao City, to Fr. Hermie, Parish priest, companion priests, parishioners & staff. For 60 fruitful years, this community of faith is a witness of the journey of faith in this part...
Excerpt of the Homily of Most Rev. Romulo Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao during the 17th Parochial Fiesta of San Alfonso Ma. De Liguori Parish, Mandug, Davao City. Viva San Alfonso! Along with our claps is the joy that we are gathered here today for the rite...