THAT’S clear when we consider how Christ mandated and empowered his apostles who were sent out two by two and given authority over unclean spirits. (cfr. Mk 6,7) We have to realize that this mandate and empowerment are also given to us who are supposed...
FEBRUARY 2 liturgically celebrates the feast of the Presentation of the Lord. It commemorates the occasion when Our Lady, in obedience to Jewish law, went to the Temple in Jerusalem both to be purified 40 days after the birth of her son, Jesus, and to...
WHETHER we like it or not, or when we try to do everything to avoid it, our life will always get complicated, one way or another, sooner or later. There are just too many things for us to manage, and many of them are beyond...
WE should always remember this comforting triad. Where we encounter big problems in life, let’s react with stronger hope, and expect some extraordinary grace, favor and mercy from God, our Father. This truth of our faith is somehow dramatized in that gospel story where Christ was...
The 1st Mindanao Region Bible Virtual Symposium which was held last Monday, January 24, 2022 was an eye-opener for many of the Bible apostles all over Mindanao. Its fruitfulness is owed to the host, the Archdiocesan Bible Apostolate of Davao with Mrs. Milagros Punsalan, lay...
The birth of Our Savior Jesus Christ seems to be the happiest and most heralded of all the Christian festivities. In the Philippines, the anticipation and preparation begins at the start of the ‘er months, that is September. This length of time until Christmas Day...
(An excerpt from the Homily of Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao, January 23, 2022 during the live streamed mass of the 1st Parish Stewardship Anniversary of St. Joseph the Worker Parish, Sasa) Karong Domingoha gisaulog ninyo ang anniversary sa pagsugod sa Stewardship...
I was an R.T.C. Judge for 21 years (1985 – 2001). Part of my job was to administer the oaths of newly passed doctors, nurses, C.P.A’s, Engineers etc. After the oath taking, I am usually asked to say something. This was my standard talk. “Pray to...
THIS is a common danger against which we have to be duly guarded. It can happen to us anytime, especially when we already have lived a life of piety for a number of years. If we are not careful, this danger can creep in because...
MAKE no mistake about this. The little, ordinary things of our daily life can and should be pathways to reach and be with God. This truth of our Christian faith has been amply proclaimed by Christ in many of the parables he used to describe...