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...
A DAY after Christmas, a day after that Good News of great joy about the birth of Christ our Savior, we are made to consider the Feast of the first Christian martyr, St. Stephen, that somehow reminds us that despite all the goodness God gives...
THAT’S the Good News of great joy for all of us! Let us take time to savor the significance of Christmas so that whatever happens in our life, however the twists and turns of life may take us, we are assured that we have a...
THIS is the outpouring of praise and thanksgiving that Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, prayed after what was told him by the archangel Gabriel that he would have a son despite his old age and his wife’s barreness, finally took place. (cfr. Lk...
THAT otherwise amusing story of how the baby of Elizabeth and Zechariah was to be called John instead of Zechariah as their neighbors expected (cfr. Lk 1,57-66) somehow tells us that in our life we have to contend with certain mysteries that often defy common...
(An excerpt of the homily of the Most Reverend Romulo G. Valles D.D. during the 1st Day of Misa De Gallo, San Pedro Cathedral Parish, Dec. 16, 2024.) Ang season of Advent, kining mga adlawa mao ang adlaw sa pagpangandam, pagpangandam alang sa unsa? Balik-balik ni...