THIS should be the request that we should constantly make as we pursue the real goal of our life, which is our own sanctification and our duty to do apostolate. God in Christ has offered us “the way, the truth and the life” so we...
THIS is how our spiritual life should be, how our relation with God and with everybody else should be. It will always involve the dynamic of pivoting from where we are at the moment to another and higher level of love and self-giving. We have to...
WE should do our best to pursue this ideal. We know that due to our wounded condition here on earth, there is division and conflict between our corporeal and spiritual dimensions of our life. St. Paul articulated this condition well when he said: “I do...
SOMEONE sent me a podcast about how one should speak so that people listen and not get turned off. Among the mistakes that should be avoided in this regard are the following: neglecting to prepare, using filler words, talking too fast, talking too softly, forgetting...
(An excerpt of the homily of the Most Reverend Romulo G. Valles D.D. during the Renewal of Vows of Hermanitas de la Anunciacion Sisters, Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Calinan March 25, 2025.) Why is the Church telling us or offering to us a reminder...
In times of political differences and conflict of opinions, what is the role of the Church? How can the Church be faithful to her mandate from the Jesus Christ who built her foundation on the apostles? Where should we, as Church, stand? We might have different...
The first military forces of the earliest civilizations (Hittites, Assyrians, Sumerians, Babylonians) were land armies used to capture and defend fertile farmlands so their people could eat. Later, the Greeks and Phoenicians, who had access to the Mediterranean Sea, used warships to acquire and protect...
THERE’S always hope despite whatever stupidities we commit or fall into. That, I think, is what the parable of the prodigal son, (cfr. Lk 15,11-32) among many other instances in the gospel, is telling us. Yes, we can be so bad as to lose what we...
THIS is the condition proper to us in this world. We have to see to it that we are detached from the things of the world so we can fully give ourselves to God. We have to be wary of our tendency to be easily...
THAT’S from Psalm 95,8 that is often used in many liturgical prayers. And rightly so, since we are notorious precisely for not listening to God but prefer to listen to our own selves and to the things of this world. We should learn how not to...