Last week's Shalom piece was titled "Is Karma the same as Gaba?" The ancient religions like Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Jainaism, according to Wikipedia, believed in Karma. It was considered to be the result of an action or the action itself. I was wrong in concluding Karma...
THAT’S how we are in this life. We are both co-agents with Christ in our own redemption as well as objects of such redemption that is wrought out primarily by Christ and instrumentally by us. Yes, we are co-redeemers with Christ, concerned not only of our...
WE just don’t do apostolate as if it is just one more task to be done on some parts of the day. We are first of all apostles, and our apostolic concern should be constant and abiding, even while we are asleep or doing all...
WE need to be more aware of this reality so that we both can enjoy its rights and privileges and fulfill the duties inherent in it. Truth is no matter how isolated we are physically, mentally or emotionally, we are all interconnected for the most...
THAT is what Christ himself told us to aspire—that God’s will be done here on earth as it is in heaven. Yes, while we are here in this world, we should always have a sense of heaven and a hunger for it. The world, with...
THIS is an art and skill that we have to learn, especially these days. With all the developments around and the many challenges and tasks they involve, we have to know when to move fast and when to go slow, if only to keep ourselves...
Today, we celebrate St. John Baptiste Marie Vianney Sunday. He is known as the Curè De Ars, the patron of the clergy. His zeal for the priesthood in the midst of academic difficulties, his love of hearing penitents even to the extent of missing meals and...
Excerpt from the Homily of Most Rev. Romulo Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao during the 57th Parochial Fiesta in St. James the Apostle Parish, Bunawan, Davao City. The mother of James, and his brother John, had a legit request. She called Jesus to remember his sons...
It is not the same in the religious culture of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism. According to Wikipedia Karma is the result of one's action or the action itself. The action can be thinking or acting. It sounds positive. The result seems to be positive...
ONE burning question many people ask is, if God is truly God and knows everything from all eternity, why does he still create a person when he would already know that that person would end up in hell? Does he not predestine that person to...