CHRIST himself said so. “Remain in me, as I remain in you, says the Lord; whoever remains in me will bear much fruit,” he said. (Jn 15,4a.5b) We need to take these words more seriously so we can begin to act and to live according...
JUNE 24 is the Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, and the gospel of the day talks about his circumcision (cfr. Lk 1,57-66.80) which, at that time, meant his entry into the covenant between God and the people of Israel. He plays the...
WE, of course, have heard Christ telling us: “Do not judge, or you will be judged. For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you…” (Mt 7,1-2) We have to understand these...
Presidential elections will be on May 2028. Today some survey companies are already posturing to the Political Parties who have 2028 Presidential candidates. Imaginative talk between political party national chairman and survey firm chief. Q. How much will the survey cost? Answer: Money is not important for...
(An excerpt of the Most Reverend Romulo G. Valles D.D. During Holy Trinity Sunday at St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Ma-a, Davao City, June 15, 2025.) Bisan the famous Bishop Robert Barron, ingon siya, naa diay saying sa inengles, ingon siya, karong Domingoha daw, “This Sunday...
On the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Corpus Christi, we are reminded of the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. “It is a presence in the fullest sense: that is to say, it is a substantial presence by which...
AS we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, we are reminded that Christ has given us everything for us to be what God wants us to be. Christ is the living bread, and he offers it to us freely...
THESE, I believe, are the processes we have to undergo to pursue our lifelong duty of transforming ourselves into “another Christ,” having his spirit, his mind and heart, such that even in the level of our body, that spirit of Christ is lived and can...
IN the Gospel of St. Matthew (6,7-15), the Lord’s Prayer or what is commonly known as The Our Father is given after Christ warned the people to avoid babbling when praying. He offered the Lord’s Prayer as the proper way to pray. This is a good...
GIVEN our wounded human condition insofar as our spiritual and moral life is concerned, we really need to make the conscious effort to purify our intentions in everything that we do. We cannot deny that we are prone to give glory to ourselves instead of...