Pope Pius XII pronounced ex cathedra format the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the greatest of all her feasts, on November 1, 1950. "We pronounce, declare, and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma: that the Immaculate Mother of God, the...
Excerpt from Archbishop Romulo G. Valles’ homily during the Holy Mass for the opening of the 33rd Kadayawan Festival last August 10, 2018 @ Magsaysay Park, Davao City. Dako gyud ang akong kalipay nga this year again, we have organized as part of our pag-abli sa...
Nowadays when poverty is being worsened by rising prices and many forms of injustices, concerned people eager to make a response usually ask questions, many questions indeed. We can summarize these into three: Who are the poor? Where are the poor? Why are they poor? The...
CHRIST himself said it very clearly that it is in him where we can find our true rest. These are his words: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Mt 11,28) To be sure, the rest that...
I AM sure that a good number of people have expressed the view that they find their prayer life quite boring and dry. They say that often they run out of things to consider in their prayer and that they feel no compelling drive to...
A NEWS item caught my attention recently. It said that the phenomenon of fake news nowadays is a crisis gripping countries with the democratic form of government. Frankly, I was amused more than anything else when I read that item. What immediately came to my mind...
WE should beg God that we be given a steadfast spirit, not a wavering, flickering one. We have to be realistic with our weakened, wounded human condition that often finds us good only in the beginning of an endeavor but cannot hold on to that...
MANY people have expressed the grave concern about today’s world. For one, they say that it is already a given nowadays that a great majority of the young people, both boys and girls, are now exposed to pornography and that many are downed with sexual...
THIS is a question many people ask after being told that we are all meant to live a supernatural life. And we just have to start explaining. First, that we are meant to live a supernatural life is based on the fact that we have been...
THESE past months, I have been attending family and class reunions and these always gave me very happy, moving and memorable experiences. There is a sensation of being at home, of being part of a family or class where the process of growing up, of...