TO be blunt about it, what we can learn from him is to realize that it is faith more than our human and natural sciences that can lead us and explain to us the full reality that are beyond our natural world and our human...
TO be sure, true friendship is not just a matter of enjoying each other’s company, sharing things in common or just having a good time. All of these are presumed in friendship. But a friend through and through would go much farther than that, since...
THAT gospel episode about Christ’s disciples experiencing a terrible tempest at sea while Christ was simply sleeping in one corner of the boat (cfr. Mt 8,23-27) should remind us that while we cannot help but be filled with fear and worries when all kinds of...
IF we really know what the real and ultimate purpose of our life here on earth is, for sure we would do everything to organize our life in such a way that all the elements involved would work together to pursue that purpose. This is what...
(An excerpt of the Most Reverend Romulo G. Valles D.D. During Corpus Christi Sunday and Sending Forth of the IIREF Graduates at San Pedro Cathedral Parish, June 22, 2025.) Every Mass, either Sunday, Monday or Tuesday, it is always Corpus Christi. It is always a Feast...
Dako ang kalipay sa katawhan sa rehiyon sa Davao niining ika-177 nga kapistahan ni Sr. San Pedro nga apostol. Kung buot huna-hunaon piyesta kini sa tibuok rehiyon sa Davao tungod kay kining maong katedral mao man ang inahan, kon Metropolitan sa mga lokal nga simbahan...
When my mother, Roberta Nuera, went to heaven on February 25, 2025 at the age of 84, I was totally devastated. I was engulfed with deep sorrow that I almost took my own life. For more than three months I isolated myself from the world....
TREMENDOUS words of Christ addressed to Peter! (cfr. Mt 16,19) If we would just pause for a while and savor the implications of those words and consider the person to whom they were addressed, we can only think that there is no way these words...
THAT’S from the Book of Proverbs. (23,26) If we would just give some time meditating on these words, for sure we would be moved to realize that God himself is begging us to give our heart to him. He does not place obstacles in this...
THAT’S how charity, the one that channels the very essence of God in our life, should be lived. It’s the charity for all seasons, for all conditions, the good times and the bad times, with friends or with enemies, etc. We may have to deal with...