EMCEE means masters of ceremonies. I was a government worker for 20 years. Sometimes I am asked to be the MC/Moderator. Most of the time I get lost and confused during the meeting/conference because I am unprepared so this list of reminders is for you. ...
Davao City’s population is 2 million. About 1,400,000 are Catholics. We have about 100 diocesan priests and more that 20 priests belonging to congregations like the Jesuits, Redemptorists, Blessed Sacrament, Apostles of Christ, Society of Divine Vocation, Societas Verbi Divini, etc. Every Sunday, the 42 parishes...
(An excerpt of the homily of the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., during the 3rd day of his Pastoral Visit in San Pedro Calungsod Parish, Baguio, Davao City, May 22, 2024.) “Dako ang akong kalipay na makaanhi sa inyong GKK sa Lower Carmen sa GKK...
WITH the celebration of the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, what we are most reminded of is this incredible truth of our faith that Christ wants us to assume his very Body and Blood, if only to be truly one with him...
WE are given a good picture of what the implications and consequences of true Christian love are in one of the alternative first readings of the Mass on May 31, Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It’s from the Letter of St. Paul...
THAT gospel story about the blind man, Bartimaeus, (cfr. Mk 10,46-52) should remind us that we should immediately go to God and follow what he tells us whenever we are at the end of our powers and resources. Let’s abandon ourselves in his ever-wise providence...
WE have to be ready when we are made to suffer in one way or another. And that can only mean that we assume the mind, the attitude of Christ toward suffering for us to find meaning and value to our sufferings. This much we can...
“JESUS said to them, ‘I tell you that anyone who leaves home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and for the gospel, will receive much more in this present age. He will receive a hundred times more...
WE should be clear about what our true wealth is. It definitely is not anything that comes from the world—money, fame, power, etc. Our true wealth is when we finally are with God, when our heart and mind and everything else in our life go...
On March 2024 Hong Kong Lawmakers unanimously passed a new National Security Law (art 23). This law was first proposed in 2003 but dropped when about 500,000 Hongkongers protested in 2020. China passed a new National Security Law. The Beijing law punished secession, subversion, terrorism...