As vocation month is celebrated every September, let us rediscover our vocation in life—as what God wants us to do. God has called us to three forms of vocations: Priestly and religious life, single blessedness, and married life. The Archbishop of Davao, Romulo G. Valles, urged us...
WE have just celebrated the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the perfect and universal mother given to all of us by no less than Christ himself. The celebration somehow reminds us that, like her, we are meant for heaven, our ultimate...
“HIPON” CONTROVERSY --- Being a celebrity or a public figure has its rigor. Take the case of that comedian chap Ramon Bautista. Truth to tell, I am not that updated with show biz so when his controversy calling Dabawenyas as “hipon” surfaced, I had to...
Sometimes the use of media of social communications gets the upper hand as far as spreading good and noble ideas. It’s because in direct verbal confrontation and dialogue sometimes there are people just too sensitive for conversing so directly, or feelings become more easily agitated...
This is the first of the four principles Pope Francis suggested not only to promoters of peace but to everyone interested in peaceful social relations. This is my second commentary. Pope is insisting that for a human interaction to be authentic and meaningful we should give...
What makes St. Monica a model of virtuous mother is her unwavering hope and prayer for her son, Augustine. She poured forth many tears and prayer to God for his conversion. Thirty years after, her prayers were answered. Augustine converted to the faith and was...
As an annual festival in Davao during the third week of August, Kadayawan is a celebration of life and thanksgiving for the gifts of nature and the wealth of multicolored culture which make up the identity of the city. In the past, ethnic tribes residing at...
Sa Biblia (Mateo 9:20-22) mabasa nga usa ka babaye naayo sa iyang sakit tungod sa iyang pagtuo nga kung makahikap siya sa sidsid sa sapot ni Jesus. Importante ang iyang pagtuo, apan naayo siya sa diha nga nakahikap siya – may pagtuo, ug may gibuhat. Nagpasabot...
WE should have no doubt about this. For us to “get real” and to be realistic, we need to be guided by faith, rather than be led simply by our reason and much less by our feelings and instincts alone. These latter things give us...
POLITICS ---Too early for the political season to start boiling at this time. This shows we Filipinos enjoy politics. It is one way of numbing our hardships. At the end of the day, those popular and moneyed still win -- never mind if they are...
