THAT gospel story about the Archangel Gabriel visiting Mary to tell her that she was going to be the mother of the son of God (cfr. Lk 1,26-38) reminds us that like Mary, we too should say, “Fiat,” (Be it done) to whatever the will...
(An excerpt from the Homily of Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao, December 8, 2021 during the live streamed mass of the Culmination of the Year of St. Joseph with Act of Consecration of Families to Saint Joseph at St. Joseph the...
In the midst of our cautiousness and care in order not to spread the present threat of viruses, our ongoing Misa de Gallo in the Church are well-participated by our faithful. We always try our best as believers to cooperate with the government in implementing...
THE gospel of the 4th Sunday of Advent this year (Year C) tells us of the many precious lessons we can learn from that beautiful episode of Mary visiting her cousin Elizabeth soon after she learned that she was going to be the mother of...
THAT gospel narrative tracing the genealogy of Christ (cfr. Mt 1,1-17) simply tells us that Christ is first of all God who became man in order to redeem us. He is both God and man, “perfectus Deus, perfectus homo,” as expressed in Latin. He is...
“What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. This is the one about whom Scripture says: Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, he will prepare your way before you. I tell you,...
WE, of course, are meant to be ‘another Christ.’ That is our radical identity, since we have been created in God’s image and likeness. And since Christ as the Son of God is that perfect image God has of himself, we can say that we...
WE need to realize more deeply the crucial role of doing the will of God in our life. We have to understand that it is doing God’s will that would make us his image and likeness as we are meant to be. It’s how we...
IN the Bible, there are a number of passages that talk about how some people, usually the wicked and evil ones, fall into their own snare that were supposed to be made for the others. For example, in the Book of Psalms, we have the following...
Some say the synod called by Pope John XXIII more popularly known as Vatican Council II (1962-1965) made a very big impact on the church and on the world. Some say that in the 40’s, up to the early 60’s, there were signs that the...