“I HAVE told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world, you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world.” (Jn 16,33) What very reassuring words of Christ for us! That’s why no matter what happens in our...
I think the government made a mistake, when in 2016, it added grades 7 and 8 before students can enter high school. Five (5) very bad effects came out when grade 7 was opened in 2016. (1) Thousands of first year high school teachers, lost...
56th World Communications Day (Dt. 6:4/Rm. 10:17) Last Sunday was a very meaningful day for me, because I experienced meeting a group which was mostly children from ages 5-12. The first thing that I noticed was a 5 year old boy, shouting to the crowd to change...
(An excerpt from the Homily of Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao, May 23, 2022 during the live streamed mass of the Baccalaureate Mass and 58th Commencement Exercises of St. Francis Xavier College Seminary of Davao at the XACOSE Chapel, Catalunan Grande,...
WITH the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, celebrated this year on May 29, we are reminded of our inherent desire for heaven and of how we can actualize that desire mainly through the carrying out of our ordinary duties here on earth, especially...
“SO you also are now in anguish. But I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.” (Jn 16,22) With these words, Christ is reassuring us that everything will be all right even if in...
“AMEN, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy.” (Jn 16,20) With these words, Christ is telling us not to be afraid of whatever evil, in any of its forms, that...
SOMEHOW the gospel of Wednesday of the 6th Week of Easter, taken from the Gospel of St. John 16,12-15, shows us how Christ talks about the Trinitarian mystery that has the most important relevance in our lives. And that’s because Christ is made alive and present...
GIVEN the fact or the basic truth of faith about ourselves that our life is a life with God, and therefore, is not only natural and human life, but is also a supernatural life, we have to realize more deeply and abidingly that our life...
AS we approach the end of the Easter season when we celebrate the truth of our faith that Christ is alive and has gained victory over sin and death, we are reminded of the presence and crucial role of the Holy Spirit who continues Christ’s...