The 40 days of preparation is now over. The celebration of the Feast of all feasts, Easter day, is here. We have shown we can follow religious observances and traditions. We can sacrifice our pockets, time and energy in order to fulfill what is asked...
Brothers and sisters in the Lord, you might be surprised that I am celebrating this mass here at Sta. Ana. I got a special invitation to celebrate this mass here and you will know the reason later. We are in the fifth Sunday of Lent and...
WE have to realize this more deeply. With all the hustle and bustles of our world today, with all the noise and distractions that we have, we have to exert tremendous effort to maintain silence, both inside and outside us, if only to manage to...
For many of us Catholics the joy of Easter Sunday is symbolized by the Sugat or Salubong rites at early dawn around 4 o'clock in the morning. The rites include the two long men in procession carrying the statue of the Risen Lord meeting the...
Last March 7, 2019, the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao and CBCP President, issued a circular letter addressed to all parish priest, chaplains of public chapels and Pangulo sa Katilingban of the GKKs of the Archdiocese of Davao. The campaign for...
Excerpts from the homily of Archbishop Romulo Valles, D.D. during the YFC ICON 2019 in USEP, Bo. Obrero, Davao City. Brothers and sisters in the Lord, especially you, young people, the youth, participating in this YFC – Youth for Christ International Conference, I just heard that...
This is not a discussion on the semantics of the English language. I am still in the subject of Spirituality of Transition, the topic in last week's column on paschal mysteries. The words in this column's title are frequently used by two sectors of society as...
WE are supposed to be rational animals, rationality being the quality that distinguishes us from the other animals. But let’s never forget that we are and will always be an animal also that is governed by natural, physical, biological, chemical, social, economic laws, etc. And these...
The washing of the disciples feet by Jesus (John 13:1-15) is part of our Lenten celebration. It is reenacted in the evening mass during Holy Thursday. Usually, the presiding priest takes the role of Jesus and lay persons are chosen as disciples. All throughout these...
Celebrating April 9 as a public holiday is to remember it as a day of "courage, tenacity and willingness to sacrifice." The concerted effort of Filipino and US American armies, despite the so-called Fall of Bataan, is a sign of deep patriotism and selfless service...