What is the Holy Eucharist? The Holy Eucharist is the sacrament in which Christ Himself is truly though not visibly present as God and Man, with His Glorified Body and Blood, under the appearances of bread and wine, to offer Himself on the altar as our...
WE have to realize that prayer is the only thing necessary in our life. (cfr. Lk 10,38-42) We need it more than we need air to breathe, food to eat, water to drink. And that’s simply because it is our basic and indispensable way to...
WE need to understand that since Christ is the fulfillment of the law (cfr. Mt 5,17), Christianizing our laws does not mean that we are moving toward theocracy, or making the clergy the governing authority of the state. It is simply a call to our...
THAT’S what Christ clearly said. “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest,” he said. (Mt 11,28) For those who try to follow Christ faithfully and are burdened as can be expected, they should find consolation in...
YES, indeed! It always pays to be simple and humble. And the reason is because such qualities can only attract God to us. Take note of what Christ once said: “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have...
WE have to realize that we always need repentance and conversion. We have to be wary of the danger of feeling we are all ok just because we think we are already doing a lot of good things and have in fact in some cases...
THAT is not a smart-alecky statement. It has to be taken seriously, since in a sense it comes from Christ himself. Note what he said in the Gospel of St. Matthew: “Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have...
Most of the national and world news since 2020 have been depressing. What with COVID, wars, earthquakes, floods, bombing, corruption, and scandals. Let’s read worthwhile, stomach filling and relaxing items like: “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and...
Headed by its Metropolitan bishop, the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., archbishop of Davao, the ecclesiastical province of DaDiTaMa (Davao, Digos, Tagum and Mati), released its post-election pastoral statement last June 29, 2022, Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, apostles. As shepherds, they are...
(An excerpt from the homily of Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D. on July 2, 2022 during the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the presence of the Blessed Sacrament Fathers in the Archdiocese of Davao and the Installation of the New Parish Priest at...