The 40-day Lent Season starts on February 18 (Ash Wednesday) and ends on April 5 (Easter Sunday). It is a somber time focused on prayers, meditations, fasting (very little food) and abstinence (no food). Europe was a pagan region until it was Christianized. However, Europeans...
(An excerpt of the Homily of the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D. last February 2, 2026 on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord & World Day for Consecrated Life at San Pedro Cathedral Parish, San Pedro Street, Davao City.) First, all of us,...
“Remember you are dust and unto dust you shall return.” Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten Season in which Catholics around the globe receive ashes on their foreheads. The ashes placed upon our foreheads are not marks of defeat, but signs of truth....
Amihan is a mild weather period starting late December to August. The wind blows from the east (Siberia, China, Japan) down to South China Sea, Indonesia and Philippine Archipelagos. It is a safe time to travel. Because maybe of climate change, the late December 2025...
(An excerpt of the Homily of the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D. during the 15th Parochial Fiesta and Installation of Rev. Fr. Jovilo Bongay as Parish Priest of Virgen De Los Remedios Parish last February 02, 2026.) Piyesta nato, pista sa presentation of the Lord...
About 750 diocesan clergy from all over Mindanao will gather at KCC Convention Center in the Archdiocese of Zamboanga on February 10-12, 2026. Journeying in synodality, these workers in the vineyard of the Lord in this southern part of the country gather every year bringing...
IF we want to be like Christ, we need to be the world’s salt and light. This, in fact, Christ said so very clearly in the gospel of St. Matthew (5,13-16). We have to seriously figure out how we can conform ourselves to what Christ...
THAT’S what happened to St. John the Baptist. (cfr. Mk 6,14-29) Just because he did not want to lose face before his guests, King Herod finally chose to give in to the request of a dancing girl who, advised by her scheming mother, asked for...
THAT’S from the Gospel of St. Mark (1,15), words spoken by Christ himself when he went into Galilee and proclaimed the Good News of God after John the Baptist was put in prison. After saying this he immediately said: “Repent and believe in the good...
WE should not be surprised by this phenomenon. In the gospel, there are many instances when Christ would leave even those close to him questioning and skeptical about his teachings and ways. When he went to his hometown, for example, and entered the synagogue and started...