THIS happens when with all the excitement we put into our earthly activities, we fail to reach the ultimate end proper to us, and that is, to be with God, to do everything to show our love for him, and to give him glory. In...
Last April 27, 2025, the Catholic Church celebrated the Divine Mercy Sunday. I attended the Holy Mass at San Antonio de Padua Parish in Agdao at 2:00 pm and the homily was centered on the goodness and mercy of the Lord. The priest also shared...
Conclave is a Latin word. Con means with, Clavis means a key. It is used in connection with the meeting of cardinals in Rome’s Sistine Chapel to elect a pope. Once the door is closed, nobody can get in or out until a Pope is...
Journeying means traveling form one place to another. Journey in life is our travel from birth up to our death. For most the trip takes many years. We want our life’s journey to be safe and pleasant. Because of this we want Sta. Maria to...
(An excerpt of the Most Reverend Romulo G. Valles D.D. During Tingog sa Magbalantay May 4, 2025 at DXGN 89.9 Spirit FM - Davao.) Dunay upat ka dagkong Simbahan sa Roma. Gitawag kini nga Major Basilicas: Ang San Pietro, Sta. Mary Major, ang Basilica Laterano, St....
WE should just firm up our conviction about how Christ is always caring for us. His ways may be mysterious and can escape our notice, but we should not forget that there is no moment in our life when Christ would be absent or indifferent...
KNOWING that we are meant for eternal life with God in heaven, we should understand that our life here on earth is meant to train us for that ultimate goal of ours. It is also a testing ground to see if what God wants us...
MAY 1, Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. In the secular world, it’s celebrated as Labor Day, highlighting the importance of our work in the development of our society and, first of all, of our personal life. Yes, our work plays a very important and...
WE have this happy assurance from our Christian faith—"God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.” (Jn 3,16) We should just know what this divine assurance implies. Yes,...
ALTHOUGH we already are born again in Christ especially through the sacrament of baptism—and with that reality continually nourished by the other sacraments and other instrumentalities that Christ through the Church has made available to us—we should see to it that we know how to...