(An excerpt of the homily of the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., during 2nd Parochial Fiesta San Pedro Calungsod, Baguio, October 21, 2024.) “Gibuhat kita sa Ginoo, Iyaha gayod kita.” Mao nay answer nga si Pedro Calungsod, di mahadlok mamatay, kay ug wa tay pagtoo nga...
My three years of experience with the PDLs has been a meaningful journey of reflection and gratitude. Celebrating the Holy Mass with them has made me realize how fortunate I am to witness their hunger for Jesus in the Holy Eucharist. Their faces show a...
THAT’S what we can learn from that gospel episode about the blind man Bartimaeus begging Christ to cure his blindness. (cfr. Mk 10,46-52) More than anything else, it was actually Bartimaeus’ faith that did the trick, as Christ himself testified: "Go your way; your faith...
WE have to learn how to properly deal with the rapid developments of our times. We should avoid getting stuck with some system that may have been effective sometime ago, but is now increasingly showing irrelevance or inability to cope with the new demands that...
THAT’S practically what Christ wants of us as he said: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing!” (Lk 12,49) Obviously, we can only manage to do that if we truly identify ourselves with Christ. Let’s remember...
THAT’S the lesson we can draw from that gospel parable about the faithful and prudent steward. (cfr. Lk 12,39-48) We should know how to make all our temporal affairs—from our family life to our business and politics—serve to pursue our ultimate and supernatural goal of...
THE simple reason is that Christ has done everything to assure us of our earthly victory so we can enter heaven where we are meant to be. We need to strengthen this truth of our faith so that whatever happens—and there will always be some...
WE have to be most careful with our tendency to be too attached to the material and temporal dimensions of our life such that we may consider them to be our end-all and be-all. We have to learn to go beyond them, always affirming our...
(An excerpt of the homily of the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., during the Feast of the Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, Rite of Admission to the Holy Orders and Enthronement of the Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe last October 7, 2024...
Matag tuig ang atong Simbahan nagasaulog sa World Mission Sunday. Ang mensahe sa atong mahal nga Santo Papa Francisco para karong tuiga Oktobre 20, 2024 nag-ingon: “Go and invite everyone to the banquet” (Mt. 22:9). Kinutlo kini gikan sa sambingay sa ebanghelyo ni San Mateo...