JANUARY 3 being the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus, we are reminded and encouraged to develop and have a special devotion to this name which means a world of goodness for all of us. This should not just be any devotion that we give...
THIS is a delicate topic. But on this second day of the New Year, we are reminded of this danger that is becoming to be more common these days when we read about John the Baptist whose vocation and mission it was to prepare a...
HOW appropriate to dedicate New Year’s Day to the Divine Maternity of Mary! It gives us the idea that we should be close to Mary if want the whole new year as an occasion to pursue our ultimate goal in life—to be like Christ until...
THESE are words of John the Baptist that refer to our basic relationship with Christ. (cfr. Jn 1,16) Yes, let’s be clear about this basic truth about ourselves. We have received the fullness of our being from Christ. That’s when we truly become like Christ....
AM happy to learn that there are now many young professionals involved in consultancy work and are providing precious services to different sectors of society, trying to connect them in some organic way if only to attain what may be termed as an integrated and...
During the November 9 Ecoland Sto. Niño GKK mass, Fr. Zaldy Abonales talked about Literature Nobel Prize winner Tagore who wrote about kindness. A king went to a beggar who thought the king will give him money. Instead, the king said, “Friend, give me food...
(An excerpt of the homily of the Most Reverend Romulo G. Valles D.D. during the Closing of the Holy Door in San Pedro Cathedral Parish, Dec. 17, 2024.) Pagsulod sa Holy Door, murag nagsunod kita, si Kristo nga mao ang dalan, si Kristo mao ang agianan....
The first sentence of Charles Dickens Classic, Tales of two Cities is “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” All weather stations say 2024 was the hottest year on records. After the long drought, came a series of typhoons, floods...
WITH the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, celebrated this year on December 28, we are once again reminded of the crucial role the family plays in our life. The Holy Family is the standard and model of every human family....
ON the Feast of St. John, the youngest of the apostles, we are reminded of how he, with St. Peter, first discovered the resurrection of the Lord. (cfr. Jn 20,1-8) When Mary Magdalene reported to them that the body of Christ was missing from the...