(An excerpt of the homily of the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., during the 1st Day of the Pastoral Visit at Our Lady of the Assumption Parish, August 22, 2024.) Inspired by Mary, what do we see in our faith today? In this first day...
The Pope’s encyclical highlights the care for creation. Every gift that we all receive has a responsibility. We receive the gift of creation not only with gratefulness, but when enhancing and nurturing creation in a sustainable way will reliably bring us more life, not just...
WE have to be wary of this tendency of ours. We should not just follow rules and practices blindly and would just go through the motions for the sake of mere compliance. As much as possible, we should know the reason and motive behind our...
IT’S clear that from this parable (cfr. Mt 25,1-13) we are reminded to be always vigilant in our life, having a clear vision of what the real and ultimate purpose of our life is and of how we can make every event and circumstance of...
IN the Memorial of the Passion of St. John the Baptist, celebrated on August 29, we are reminded of the ideal that we should not to be afraid of suffering and even of martyrdom, out of our love and fidelity to God, because in the...
WITH Christ lambasting the scribes and Pharisees of his time for their hypocrisy (cfr. Mt 23,27-32), we are somehow reminded that the secret to be truly sincere and to keep our integrity and consistency is simply to be with God who is Truth himself and...
THIS was how Christ described the self-righteous scribes and Pharisees of his time. (cfr. Mt 23,23-26) This was a lamentation of Christ that can still be applicable nowadays. And that’s simply because we cannot deny that there is a great majority of people today all over...
WE are precisely reminded of these points in that gospel episode where Christ issued a series of “Woe to you’s” to some people of the time precisely for their hypocrisy and their very narrow, shallow and outright erroneous understanding of what is right and wrong...
For the past few months, I have been saving for a family vacation in one of the resorts in Samal Island. The vacation is meant as a surprise graduation gift for my youngest daughter, who graduated from college last June 28, 2024. Since she is...
(An excerpt of the homily of the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., during the Parochial Fiesta of Our Lady of Assumption Parish, F. Torres St., Davao City, August 15, 2024.) What is the first lesson? That as we journey, as we...