The art of ending the day well
YES, we have to learn the art of how to end our day well. That’s because it is our way also of how to end our life well, ready to meet God in judgment. We just have to be realistic about the real purpose of...
Category Archives: Opinion
Our disbelief in the spiritual and supernatural
I SUPPOSE this condition is understandable. But we need to do something about it, because whether we like it or not, the reality that governs us goes far beyond the material and the sensible and even the intelligible. We have to deal with things spiritual...
Immersed yet detached
CHRIST’S parable about the Kingdom of heaven being compared to a net thrown into the sea and catching all sorts of fish after which the good fishes were put into a bucket while the bad ones were thrown away certainly reminds us that at the...
Complexities, opportunities, dangers
THAT’S what we are facing these days. We actually have been having them for quite a while now, but these days, with the advent of AI—and we can expect more advanced technologies in the coming years—things have become exponentially more complicated. How should we handle this...
Lessons from the sisters Martha and Mary
WHAT these two sisters can tell us is that we will always have differences, and even conflicts, among ourselves, even if we belong to the same family or clan, the same neighborhood or group, etc. Martha was the active type, while Mary was the quiet...
Looking for God in the little things
THIS is the lesson we can draw from those parables where Christ compared the Kingdom of God with a mustard seed and a yeast. (cfr. Mt 13,31-35) We need to develop the urge to look and find God in the little ordinary things of our...
Central Bank Circular 1214 Series 2025
The 2020 COVID epidemic forced the world to go into electronic banking and commercial transactions to avoid human contamination. Technology, sensing that there is serious money in servicing all the business needs of all the people in all the nations expanded, improved and created new...
God Will Accompany Us
(An excerpt of the Most Reverend Romulo G. Valles, D.D. in his Homily during the Holy Spirit Mass and Installation of Fr. Jeus Jardin as Rector of St. Francis Xavier College Seminary of Davao, Catalunan Grande, Davao City, July 17, 2025.) Why is this batasan of...
Honoring Grandparents
July 26 is the fiesta of San Joaquin and Sta. Ana, the Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary. They are the patron saints of grandparents, Senior Citizens and the elderly. By their prayers, love and humility, Sta. Maria became obedient, helpful and holy that the...
Let’s be insistent in our prayers
WHEN the disciples asked Christ to teach them how to pray, they were not only given what is now known as the Lord’s Prayer, or the Our Father, but also were egged to be insistent in their prayers. (cfr. Lk 11,1-13) “Ask, and it shall be...