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...
The fact that we are supposed to respect every human life is basic enough for that concept that life is worth living. However poor and miserable, yet when offered to God Almighty, every sacrifice or suffering has an immense value for ultimate salvation. That is...
In his first papal exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, Joy of the Gospel, Our Holy Father Pope Francis is convinced that if his four principles are applied in the processes of human development and nation building, they “can be a genuine path to peace within each nation...
IF only we know the great and true power of prayer! Our problem is that we often relegate this duty of ours practically to oblivion, banishing it to exile and branding it entirely as useless, as just fantasy, too abstract to have any impact on what we consider as...
RANDY WHO? ---- When the name RANDY HALASAN surfaced in the media earlier this week as one of the international awardees of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Awards Foundation for 2014, many a curious and surprised Dabawenyo started looking him up and finding out: Randy who? REMOTE...
“Everyone who seeks always finds” (Mt. &:7). It’s a principle of proven worth enunciated by our Lord Jesus Christ. Of course, what’s important is to seek the things of real and lasting value, not the foolish things of the world. You can check the complete verse in the...
These words in quotation are found in nos.88 and 288 of Pope Francis' first Papal Exhortation with the Latin title, Evangelii Gaudium or Joy of the Gospel. What is Love and Tenderness to the Pope? Why is it revolutionary? Those of us who are familar with the...
