God created the church and government of nations to help and guide the people of the world. We are children of the house of the Lord. We are citizens of the countries where we were born. These two bodies are our earthly foundations. The church...
WHY oh why did Christ command his disciples so? (cfr. Lk 6,27) The quick answer is that despite our unavoidable differences and conflicts, even the very serious ones, in the end we are all brothers and sisters, we are all children of God, and we...
WE have to realize that we all have a mission in this life. It’s a common mission to seek personal sanctity that always goes together with doing apostolate. It starts with oneself, then in the family and eventually should cover as far as possible in...
IF there’s one aspect in our life that most needs a sporting spirit, I would say it should be in our spiritual life, in our relation with God and with others. It’s there, in the game of life, where we should play our best, knowing...
WE should relish this truth of our faith. God wants to share what he has with us. He takes the initiative. That he created us without us, endowing us with all sorts of things, foremost of which are our spiritual faculties and the grace which...
CHRIST one time warned his disciples about the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod which they did not understand at first. (cfr. Mk 8,14-21) It took them time to understand that the leaven Christ was talking about was not the leaven of the bread...
IT’S the most basic need we have, since God is and should be everything to us. Our need for him is much more than our need for air, food, etc. Without him, we can only go nowhere, and worse, the animal part of our humanity...
The Chair of St. Peter is a symbol of papal authority and the unity of the Catholic Church. This authority is designed to guide and lead the faithful, numbering more than a billion all over the world. No wonder, for twenty centuries, the teachings of...
Voluntas is a Latin word meaning “free will,” and it is from this root that we derive the term “volunteer”—one who freely chooses to serve others. Two thousand years ago, after Christ’s death, St. Peter, the apostles, and St. Peter’s successors embodied this spirit by continuing...
(An excerpt of the homily of the Most Reverend Romulo G. Valles D.D. during the 22nd Parochial Fiesta of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Bangkal, Davao City February 11, 2025.) That would tell us, that yes, it is the place of Mary, birhen sa Lourdes, our...