Excerpt from Archbishop Romulo G. Valles’ homily during the 46TH Parochial Fiesta of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Parish last June 17, 2018 @ Bajada, Davao City. If we come to this Church, not really convinced that we need help. Nah, unsa ma’y pulos ani atong...
WITH all the explosion of the many attractive, tempting and riveting things we have today, we cannot deny that we really need to sharpen our virtues of prudence and detachment, otherwise there is no other way but to be swallowed by them and to get...
THIS is what Christ wants us to be always. “Let the children come to me,” he said. “Do not prevent them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the Kingdom of God like...
WE should have the proper attitude towards our blessings and misfortunes. Given our condition, these are unavoidable items in our life and we just need to know how to handle them, so we can take advantage of them rather than get spoiled by them. The basic...
IT used to be that the ‘war zone’ is quite far and remote from us. But now with the new technologies which have made the world smaller and more tightly interconnected, the ‘war zone’ has spread out quite widely and is now quite near to...
ST. Augustine’s book, “De civitate Dei’ (The City of God), talks about two cities that are formed by two loves: the earthly city by the love of self, even to the contempt of God, and the heavenly city by the love of God, even to...
After the recent killing of Fr. Richmond Nilo, there has been differing opinions among the faithful on issuing guns to priests. Some are in favor of doing so but our church leaders are very strong in echoing the teaching of the church for priests to...
Excerpt from Archbishop Romulo G. Valles’ homily during the 46 TH Parochial Fiesta of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Parish last June 17, 2018 @ Bajada, Davao City. Viva Maria! Viva! We come to this particular Church, always conscious that in this Church, our devotion, our affection,...
On the 24th day of July 2000 the parish church whose patroness was already St. Anne was officially declared and "dedicated" or "raised to" the rank of "a diocesan shrine". The document of official elevation of the parish church into a shrine was written and...
GOD is so full mercy he always forgives our sins. There’s just one sin that is unforgivable. It is called the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Christ said so: “All sins and all blasphemies that people utter will be forgiven them. But whoever blasphemes against...