THIS is a “caveat emptor” that will always be relevant in our whole life. We may already consider ourselves as good Christians because we pray, attend Mass, do some good works, etc. But if our relation with Christ is really not strong, deep and abiding,...
IF we really want to capture the heart of Christ, if we really want to have the same love he has for all of us, then we should train ourselves to get involved in the lives of others. That’s what Christ is showing us and...
Some national events bring heavy impact on us. The March 1957 P.AF. C-47 plane crash in Lahug, Cebu killing Pres. Magsaysay, the 1971 Liberal Party Plaza Miranda bombing, the 1982 Ninoy Aquino murder remind us of what an American wrote, “These are the times that...
(An excerpt of the homily of the Most Reverend Romulo G. Valles D.D. during Pastoral Visit Day 3 in St. Jude Thadeus Shrine Parish, April 6, 2025.) Nasayod kita nga ang Kuwaresma preparatory ang iyang nature naay padulngan ba, asa kana? Ang last day sa Kuwaresma...
Palm Sunday is also World Youth Day. In 1975, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines conceived the Alay Kapwa inspired by the Gospel values of peace, justice and love. Ten years after, then Pope John Paul II wrote an Apostolic Exhortation to the young...
WITH the celebration of Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord’s Passion, we begin the Holy Week of our liturgical calendar, the most important week of the year that commemorates the culmination of the redemptive mission of our Lord Jesus Christ. It’s on this...
WE should process well this truth about ourselves so that we would always feel urged to continually feel this need for repentance and conversion. We know that despite our best efforts, we know that sooner or later we fall into sin. St. John in his First...
THAT’S the challenge we have to learn to tackle. That’s because prayer is the ideal condition we can have in this life. It establishes and keeps our proper relation with God. It makes us discern God’s abiding interventions in our life, prompting us on how...
INDEED, that is what would surely happen. Without God, despite whatever brilliance and human and worldly success we may manage to achieve through our powers alone, everything would just be an exercise of self-indulgence and vanity that would lead us nowhere other than the ultimate...
LET’S hope that we give due attention to this basic duty of ours of how to be docile to the abiding promptings of God through the Holy Spirit. Let’s remember that God is our creator and we are his creatures. As such, God and us...