One of the enduring and favorite devotions of Filipino Catholics is the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Or, popularly called, the First Friday Devotion. Lest Catholic millennials forget, here is a reminder from Church history. Quotes are from The Modern Catholic Encyclopedia (1994). "...
The experience of forgetting things is a mixture of amusement, frustration and irritation. It can be amusing when we resort to our ‘senior moments’ so as to mask the shame for forgetting trivial things. It can be frustrating when we lose track of important ordinary household...
ONCE in a while, you get a jolt when you meet someone who would make you consider something that you have ignored up to now, considering it as trivial or with low priority, but which happens to have a solid claim for the historical truth...
Parish priests are re-assigned every 5 or 6 years. Unless for health or very special reasons, the outlook, experience and development of a priest will be limited or stunted the longer he stays on one place. The re-assignment will increase his zeal and dedication because...
Excerpt from Archbishop Romulo G. Valles’ homily during the Holy Mass of the 1st Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Convention of the Archdiocese of Davao at REMASE Gym, Catalunan Grande, Davao City last June 2, 2018. Daghang salamat sa inyong pag-anhi. You are a gift to...
Excerpt from Archbishop Romulo G. Valles’ homily during the Culminating Mass of the 11th Marian Congress and Marian Procession at San Pedro Cathedral, Davao City last May 26, 2018. We’ve been doing this for many years and this has become a beautiful not just a custom...
Once again the Church is celebrating this Sunday June 3 the solemn feast of Corpus Christi, Latin for The Body of Christ. Most holy of all the Sacraments it is the most revered and the most adored because it is The Real Presence of Jesus...
For a meaningful and fruitful celebration of the Year of the Clergy and Consecrated Persons, several diocesan bishops, heads of institutes of consecrated persons, lay ecclesial movements and communities are have been preparing conferences, symposia, recollections, prayer sessions, and liturgical rituals to renew and strengthen...
IT is said that we have to love the sinner but hate the sin. I suppose that’s simply because what is wrong is sin itself, but the one who committed it, though he may be guilty of what he did, is still a brother or...
Excerpt from the homily during GKK San Isidro labrador 50th fiesta celebration, Sitio Panulawan, Barangay Malabog, Paquibato District, Davao City. Mga igsoon ko kay Kristo, maayong piyesta kaninyong tanan. Viva San Isidro! Viva! Salamat sa inyong invitation nga ako makamisa dinhi. Kining Panulawan usa ka GKK nga sakop...