THERE is no doubt that cases of all kinds of addictions and obsessions are on the rise these day. They even affect little children. These cases are often referred to as mental illnesses or emotional or psychological disorders. Aside from the usual addictions and obsessions of...
INDEED! Given the way things and many people are today, hope has become an urgent need. There are just too many signs that many people today, especially the young ones, are trapped and entangled in worldly things. They have forgotten or do not even know...
THIS is just one view among many others with regard to the so-called ‘millennials,’ those young people born between 1980 and 2000. I have heard quite a bit of comments about them, and many of them are not good. I thought of putting my two...
Celebrating Fil-Mission Sunday makes us rejoice and give thanks to the Lord whose mission we partake. It is a privilege to be sent to proclaim the goodness of the Lord. Today, we offer prayers and sacrifices for our beloved Mission Society of the Philippines spreading...
Excerpt of the Homily of Most Rev. Romulo Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao, during the investiture and installation of St. Francis Xavier Regional Major Seminary last July 13, 2019. There was one priest who was sent to a popular seminar in Rome. He can't get over...
Some people may be turned off and be angry with this statement from St. Paul addressed to the Christians of Colossae. It would also sound insulting. It says, "l am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing...
My mother has three cats at home. But among her pets, Whitey seems to be her favorite. The white with few black spots tomcat always wakes her up by making noises near her bedroom window at dawn so she could start her day. Then, my...
IT’S understandable that at the end of the day we get tired, dead tired even. That can only mean that we have worked a lot and have worked to exhaustion. But we should not be bored. Boredom can only mean we are not happy with our...
GIVEN our objective dignity as children of God and our current human condition that will always be hounded by our own weaknesses, the temptations in the world and by the devil, we should train ourselves to be spiritual warriors who know how to wage a...
IN our relationship with God and with others, we need these human devices that would help us keep a lively awareness of our duties towards them and especially of our need to relate everything to God. Yes, we have to use first the spiritual and supernatural...