MY father wrote the valedictory address I delivered during my high school graduation more than 50 years ago. I still remember the opening lines, a play of words that continue to intrigue me even up to now. “Freedom is not free,” I said, trying to...
Happy fiesta to San Vicente Ferrer Shrine, Mulig, Toril, Davao City! Many miraculous stories have been told about this patron saint in Mulig, here in the Archdiocese of Davao. Devotees from different places all over Mindanao flock to the place interceding for the help of San...
Excerpts from the homily of Archbishop Romulo Valles, D.D. during the the Canonical Installation of Bishop Ronald Lunas at Sto. Nino Cathedral, Pagadian. The main role of the bishop is to “announce” or make “announcements” about the business of the Lord that he is “Emmanuel!” Remember...
IF we truly love one another as Christ commanded us, that is, in the way he himself has loved us, (cfr. Jn 13,34) then we have to love everyone in such a way that we love and serve them more than what we think they...
THIS is something that we should always bear in mind, never daring to take it for granted. This is the basic reality about our life, about our human condition here in this world. It is what should shape the basic attitude we have toward ourselves,...
MANY times, we are given the impression that money and the Christian spirit of poverty are incompatible. To a certain extent, there is some truth to that view. Even St. Paul went to the extent of saying that, “the love of money is the root of...
Last March 15, 2019, I was one of those who attended the 12 noon mass at San Pedro Cathedral in honor of St. Camillus de Lellis, the patron saint of the sick, doctors, nurses and hospitals. His 400-year-old heart relic was in the cathedral that...
THIS is one important matter to attend to if we want our Christian life to keep going. We need to acknowledge our sinfulness and everything related to it so that, at least, we can start asking for forgiveness and developing the corresponding proper attitudes and...
On February 11, 2019, the ordination ceremony of Bishop-Elect Ronald Lunas as the 5th bishop of the Diocese of Pagadian was held in the Cathedral of Mary, Mother and Mediatrix of Grace, Diocese of Digos and was witnessed by thousands of Catholic faithfuls coming from...
Excerpts from the homily of Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D. during the 12th Archdiocesan Lectors, Commentators, Choir Members and Psalmists Convention last March 2, 2019 @ St. Francis Xavier REMASE Gym, Catalunan Grande, Davao City. Ang inyong ministry sa liturgy mo-describe ko nga very crucial....