In his Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium Pope Francis uses the expression, “power of the resurrection” to refer to new beginnings, to new life, which is “the mysterious working of the risen Christ and his Spirit” (275-280). He believes that this power “permeates the world”...
The resurrection of Jesus is so meaningful for the first believers and for us believers today. It is with Easter that the first believers groped for the meaning of the death of Jesus. Easter enlightened the lack of understanding of what Jesus said to his...
I’m referring to St. Joseph, the husband of Mary and the foster father of Christ. His greatness lies in his simplicity and in the simple role he carried out with so much diligence in the life of the Holy Family and of the whole world. He...
Am I better this Easter than I was on Easter Sunday a year ago? This is the question of St. Leo in one of his sermons on Easter Sunday according to Fr. Joseph A. Galdon in his reflection about Easter in his book “The Mustard...
Mary’s faith in God was tested publicly on the changing of water to wine during the wedding in Cana. This faith will sustain her for the hard days to come during the three (3) years of Jesus’ public life. With Mary at home, every now...
Excerpt from Archbishop Romulo G. Valles’ homily during the 56th Commencement Exercises of St. Francis Xavier College Seminary last March 15, 2018 at REMASE Gym. “This success, this victory, this joy is best expressed not by our own hello and congratulations, it will come always. But,...
MANY people today, especially the women and some men, are quite concerned about aging. And they can get obsessed with how to slow or delay it, if not avoid it altogether. This, to me, is quite understandable, because deep within our heart and soul, we want...
LET’S never forget that because of our freedom, we always have the possibility and capability either to go up or down, to turn right or left, to move on or to stop not only physically but also morally and spiritually. In fact, in the spiritual and...
Words uttered clearly in public change reality. Such change can happen to an accused when the judge pronounces the words, Guilty! Or when the baseball umpire shouts, Out!, when the running player reaches the base seconds after the ball is received by the base holder....
Excerpts from the homily of Archbishop Romulo G. Valles during the 42nd Diocesan Clergy of Mindanao Closing Mass and Memorial Mass for Bishop Juan de Dios M. Pueblos last March 8, 2018 at Saint Joseph Cathedral, Butuan City. Archbishop Valles was struck by the loving acceptance...