THIS Solemnity is not only an occasion to celebrate the success stories of holiness of those who are already in heaven, and are recognized and canonized by the Church as saints. It is also a strong reminder that all of us are called to holiness....
Every 2nd day of November we honor our beloved dead as we commemorate All Souls Day. Since it's pandemic, here in Davao City we cannot visit the cemetery on said date because of its closing that began last October 24 till November 7, 2021 which...
The saints and our beloved departed are now living beyond date and time. They are now freed from the limits of time and space. But we are in communion with them as they are in communion with God. This is the reason behind our celebration...
(An excerpt from the Homily of Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao, October 22, 2021 during the live streamed mass of the 10th Parochial Fiesta of St. John Paul II Parish at Ula, Tugbok District.) Ang unang pagbasa gikan ni Propeta Isaias naghatag...
The words, "time of our birth" usually refer to what we call ageing or aging, or another expression, "getting on in years". More often we relate to it as a problem. The problems are mostly in our physical health, and they are many. Most of...
WE should very well know, by now, what God’s greatest commandment is for us. We have to be clear about what God wants us to be and to do in this life, and this is none other than to love God with everything we have...
WE cannot deny that all of us can have some doubts about who Christ is and what he is to us. These days in the world in general, we can see strong evidence of a culture of skepticism, agnosticism, religious indifferentism, if not, outright atheism. This...
“Jesus went up to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God.” (Lk 6,12) What a tremendous fact in the life of Christ for us to consider! We should be edified by that example. Christ is God and therefore has no...
CHRIST said it very clearly. We have to enter by the narrow gate if we want to survive the trials and challenges of our earthly life and arrive at our proper eternal home. (cfr. Lk 13,22-30) We cannot deny that we are prone to fall...
IN the gospel, the Kingdom of God is often compared to the little things. Christ said that the Kingdom is like “a mustard seed that a man took and planted in the garden. When it was fully grown, it became a large bush…” Again, he...