THIS is what we should do if ever we become a victim of some offense by someone. We should be quick to forgive and then move on, focused on doing what we are supposed to do. We should avoid getting stuck with the offense, wallowing...
O blessed times, how complicated and complex you have become. You never fail to make new challenges to us. May we understand you better, and know how to handle you in such a way that we continue to pursue our proper goals in life without...
Today is National Seafarer's Day. We dedicate this day for our brethren who spend most of their time in places far away from their families. They combat different dangers at sea and adjust to changing temperatures and cultures due to the nature of their work....
Excerpt from Archbishop Romulo G. Valles’ homily during the DADITAMA Catechists’ Gathering last September 22, 2018, 2018 at Regional Major Seminary, Catalunan Grande, Davao City. Pasalamatan ta ang Ginoo for the grace of catechetical ministry, being catechists for the past years. Our past record will help...
After reflecting on the present social, political and cultural situation of our country today the Board of Directors of the Bishops-Ulama Conference (BUC) decided that the theme this year 2018 of the Mindanao Week of Peace is "Peace Through Dialogue: Our Destiny." The BUC board wishes...
KNOWING that as a human person we are patterned after Christ, we should aim at making ourselves more and more like him. This should be our constant daily concern. All our other concerns in this life, no matter how important and urgent they may be,...
THIS is what St. Paul encourages to do and to be. His words: “Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for...
NO matter how imperfect and non-conclusive, it is always helpful that priests, or anybody who has the duty to take care of others, like parents and teachers, avail of some measurements or indices that can show if there is progress and development in the personal...
WE have to understand well the role of a mediator. He is like a bridge that connects two ends. A perfect mediator is one where he is both in the one end as in the other. He just cannot be in one end but not...
DURING the proximate preparation for my priestly ordination, an idea that was repeatedly hammered ‘ad nauseam’ on us, the ‘ordinandi,’ was that we should never get accustomed to the sacred things, especially the celebration of the Holy Mass. Our formators told us that we should...