The Opening Prayer of the Holy Mass on the Feast of the Epiphany summarizes the message of the three Readings (Is 60:1-6; Eph 3:2-3,5-6; Mat 2:1-12) and the Responsorial Psalm 72. The Mass celebrant praying with the people with outstretched arms says, “0h God, who revealed...
The liturgy at this 2nd week of Ordinary Time exposes the call of Jesus to his first disciples. “Come and see,” he says, and our best response is to “stay with him.” The first disciples who followed Jesus spent time with him and became convinced...
Hear ye, hear ye! Listen to Abp. Romulo G. Valles, D.D. as he shares about the church’ stance on drug addiction and on its community rehabilitation program, Sagop Kinabuhi Program II. There is a challenge, a call that the church must be the one that will...
Among the many dreadful diseases that human beings may suffer today is cancer. When one knows of having one, it is not easy to accept it and the expectation to nearby death comes in. It is because this disease is difficult to heal. Some though...
Children are God’s gift to parents. It is quite a hard task to rear said gifts. But for those parents who are gifted with special children such as those with autism found it to be a challenging endeavor. I first heard about autism sometime in the...
THAT’S right! It’s when we manage to glorify God always in our thoughts, our words and deeds, that we would have the best time here on earth, the highest “high” we can ever attain in this life. That’s simply because glorifying God constitutes the best act...
WE should not be too surprised when we are misunderstood and misjudged by others. There are a million reasons why these can happen anytime, given the way we all are. But we should be ready to react properly when these things happen to us. Truth...
(Solemnidad ni Maria isip ang inahan sa Diyos; Holy Mass at San Pedro Cathedral December 31, 2017, 9:30pm) Sama ni Maria ang atong Arsobispo Romulo G. Valles, D.D. miingon nga atong kuguson ang batang Jesus, atong Manluluwas. Sa unang adlaw sa Enero gipasidunggan sa simbahan ang...
Binati kong mga igsoon diha ni Kristo, Ang kalinaw ug kalipay sa Dios atong Amahan ug sa Ginoong Jesukristo maanaa kaninyo. Una sa tanan, malipayong pagtimbaya sa tanan natong mga Kaparian ug mga Relihiyoso nga nangalagad sa atong Diyosesis sa Digos. Aduna kitay 43 ka buok paring...
We may not have the external light of the shining star that guided the Magi to Bethlehem, but God gives us the ‘star-light’ of faith to guide us to his Son. That light shines on us each time we reflect on the word of God,...
