THIS is how our life should be lived. No matter how brilliant and intellectually and naturally gifted we are, we should always be guided by faith, making it the abiding light of our life, otherwise we would miss the most important goal of our life. Faith...
THAT’S right! Christian morality goes beyond natural morality that pursues only some earthly and temporal goals. It goes beyond these earthly goals, not suppressing them, but elevating and purifying them to the supernatural order. And that’s because Christian morality is based on the most basic identity...
(An excerpt of the Most Reverend Romulo G. Valles D.D. During on opening remarks in the Archbishop Thibault Media Awards, Ateneo De Davao University, Jacinto, Davao City, May 31, 2025.) Good afternoon everyone! It's really a joy for me to be with all of you today as...
Pentecost is a Greek (Hemera) and a latin word meaning fifty. It refers to the coming of the Holy Spirit. This Christian festival is based on the much older Jewish festival of Shabuoth celebrated on the 50th day after the Passover. In 1897 Pope Leo...
WITH the Solemnity of Pentecost, we are assured that God in the Holy Spirit is always with us, intervening always in our lives to lead us to where we should be in our definitive life, i.e., to be truly God’s image and likeness, sharers of...
THAT’S how the cookie crumbles. If we choose to follow Christ as consistently as possible, we should expect suffering along the way and at the end. In fact, suffering would be an abiding companion in our life. We can draw this conclusion from that gospel episode...
THERE is no doubt that this is the kind of love that Christ is showing us and is commanding us to also live. “Love one another as I have loved you,” he said. (Jn 13,34) And we know that he went all the way by...
WE should not overreact when faced with this reality of our life. While we will try our best to avoid sin, we know that, given our weaknesses and the many temptations around, it would just be a matter of time before we fall again into...
DAYS after the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, the liturgical prayers somehow lead us to the consideration of the truth of our faith that there is such thing as eternal life. That’s actually our definitive life toward which our earthly life should pursue...
THIS is the ideal condition for clerics to be in, when controversial issues, especially in the area of politics, are involved. Though they can have their own views and opinions, they should see to it that instead of insisting on their own views and even...