THOUGH there is a distinction between our body and our spiritual soul, we always have to remember that these two are both constitutive of our being. They are meant to be together. We are neither body alone nor soul alone. We are at once body...
IN our spiritual life, we need to always go forward, to advance, to cover more area. In other words, we have to always go on the offensive. We cannot be all the time defensive, though that is also necessary, but as a complement to our...
Excerpt from Archbishop Romulo G. Valles’ homily during the Holy Mass of the 24th Parochial Fiesta Celebration of San Miguel Parish and installation of Rev. Fr. Edsel Paloma as the new Parish Priest last September 29, 2018 at Panacan, Davao City. Unsa may kahulugan niining tanan?...
For me it was a significant and historic event. It took place in the Insular Hotel here in Davao City from 26-28 September 2018. The Christian leaders were Catholic and Protestant bishops, priests and pastors residing in the so-called Bangsamoro territory as stated in the recently...
Have you ever prayed the rosary? I hope so. As for me, praying the rosary has been a part of my life for quite some time already. I make it a point to try my best to pray it everyday (though there were also times...
Years ago when the Sta. Ana Shrine Parish was still under the care of the PME fathers, there was a priest who was quite elderly and tall that I had to strain my neck in looking up to him whenever he was whispering something to...
It is October again. This would mean for the Catholic Church as the Rosary Month. For Catholics, the Holy Rosary is considered a perfect prayer because it is an awesome prayer of man’s salvation from eternal damnation. St. John Paul II once said that the...
IT is indeed necessary that we be brutally sincere when we go to confession and to spiritual direction. We have to learn to lay all our cards on the table so that the human instruments used by God to help us in our spiritual life,...
WE have to be aware of their presence, purpose, function and activities in our life. They, for sure, are real beings, as real as you and me. They are not fictional characters, or some merely literary devices meant to make a point or teach us...
WE, of course, should as much as possible be friends of everyone. We have to be very friendly with everyone, knowing how to properly show affection which is a human necessity. But we have to be careful with what is known as particular friendship. This is...