We celebrated this Year's (2021) Mindanao Week of Peace with the theme, Interfaith Peace Unity Inspiring Health Protocols. This came from the three, Catholic, Muslim and Protestant, co- convenors who considered it "practical". By considering it "practical" they gave in their Joint Statement One important reason....
When Pope Francis declared the Year of St. Joseph from December 8 2020 to December 8 2021, he was so much aware of the hidden heroes in the midst of pandemic. They are our front liners and simple people who used to be hidden and...
(An excerpt from the Homily of Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao, November 21, 2021 during the live streamed mass of the 4th Fiesta Celebration of the Christ the King, Kauswagan, Panabo City) Kining pistaha karon special ang mga pagbasa kay lagi culmination...
THE gospel of the Second Sunday of Advent (cfr. Lk 3,106) somehow reminds us to appreciate the role of St. John the Baptist in the whole economy of salvation. It’s definitely a role that encourages us to be very clear about our ultimate goal in...
THAT gospel episode where two blind men approached Christ asking for a cure of their condition (cfr. Mt 9,27-31) somehow reminds us of what really is to have a good vision and what true blindness is. I believe that our common understanding of these two...
“Not everyone that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.” (Mt 7,21) With these words of Christ, we are clearly...
IF there’s anything we can learn from that beautiful gospel episode of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes (cfr. Mt 15,29-37), it surely is that God will always provide for our needs and limitations. He will, in fact, do everything to snatch us from...
WE need to realize this more widely and deeply. If we want to follow Christ, if we truly consider ourselves as real Christians and not Christians in name only, we have to be like Christ, holy and with the burning desire to save all men....
REMEMBER that beautiful gospel episode of a centurion whose faith was praised by Christ? (cfr. Mt 8,5-11) He asked Christ to cure his sick servant and did not want to bother him by going to his place. “Only say the word, and my servant will...
This is a play on two English words. It is a simple mental exercise but they can bring us to a deeper knowledge - perhaps? - of the mystery of what is termed "Mystery of Incarnation". This refers to the moment when God took human...