Most Holy Body and Blood, John the Baptist, Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and Saints Peter and Paul. What do they have in common? In all of the above, the Church celebrates solemnity. A solemnity is, in the liturgical calendar of the Roman Rite, a feast...
Excerpt of the Homily of the Most Rev. Romulo Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao during the 3rd year anniversary of DXGN 89.9 SpiritFM at the San Pablo Parish, Matina, Davao City. In Davao, there is no doubt, the DXGN is helping everyone to keep their faith....
I compose this article not to share a reflection but just to test my memory on how much I can recall and remember what happened from June 18 1975 till today. I think it was in mid afternoon of June 18, 1975 that the then papal...
OUR life should mirror the life of God himself, since we are supposed to be his image and likeness. That’s how we have been created. We are meant to live our life with God. We can even say that God treats us the way he...
WE have to understand this truth of our faith well. While the life of each of us is very personal and unique, we have to realize that, for our life to be the life meant for us by our Creator, it should be patterned after...
IT’S really a matter of faith, of how strong our faith is. With faith, we know that whatever be our condition and situation in life, God is always there and will never abandon us. He is there to help us. He actually takes care of...
The world expects a lot from dads. For us Catholics, in the hierarchy of priorities, the topmost in everything belongs to God. Ergo, dads have no excuse. Dads have to learn the Faith in order to be transmitted to the next generation, a generation of...
Excerpt of the Homily of Most Rev. Romulo Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao during the Marian Exhibit Year 3 at the 2nd Floor Exhibit Hall, Abreeza Mall (Part 3). Persevere in faith saying it is necessary for us to undergo many hardships to enter the kingdom...
IT’S, of course, good that we constantly highlight God’s call for us to follow him, to be holy and perfect as he is, since we have been created in his image and likeness. It’s good that we are always reminded to love, to pray, to...
LET’S be reminded always of what Christ once said. “Let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.” (Mt 5,37) Our life in a nutshell can be summarized with these words. We need to say...