“WOE to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and fidelity. But these you should have done, without neglecting the others. Blind guides, who strain...
WE cannot overemphasize the importance of this concern. We have to do our best to see to it that we always have purity of intention in everything that we do, so that we only love and serve God, and because of that, we can properly...
I listed the cell and telephone numbers which may save lives and give you peace of mind. Picture them with your cellphones and send to all your Family members these photos in their cellphones. Print two copies. Paste them near where your telephone is, and...
There is something to be said about how a predominantly Catholic city conducts a big lumad celebration of life, each year, practically without miss for over 50 years. Davao’s first and only Bagobo mayor, Elias Lopez, decided in 1970 that the city’s various ethnic Muslim...
(Excerpt from the homily of Most Reverend Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao on the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the 63rd Parochial Fiesta Celebration of the Our Lady of the Assumption Parish, on August 15, 2022, F. Torres...
GIVEN our wounded and sinful condition here on earth, Christ suggests that we choose to enter by the narrow gate. (cfr. Lk 13,22-30) That’s simply because we are very prone to get spoiled by the good things in the world and to develop undue attachments...
LET’S remember always that we are meant for loving. Love should be the very essence of our humanity as it is the very essence of God himself who created us to be his image and likeness, children of his, sharers of his life and nature. Thus,...
“THE feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy to come.” (Mt 22,8) With these words in the parable about a king who invited guests to a feast, we are reminded that we have to be ready to face God in judgment,...
WE can learn a number of precious lessons from the parable of the vineyard workers. (cfr. Mt 20,1-16) One is that we should always be thankful to God for everything that he has given us. We should just make good use of them. We should...
“AMEN, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of heaven. Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich...