“The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for...
WHEN Christ explained to his disciples the meaning of the parable about the wheat and the weeds (cfr. Mt 13,24-43), he practically told them to practice restraint in their reactions to all forms of evil in this world while at the same time developing the...
IMPOSSIBLE? Think again. It’s Christ who says it in so many words. “The Kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed…The Kingdom of heaven is like a yeast…” (cfr. Mt 13,31-35) We need to reconcile ourselves with this happy truth of our faith that we do...
THAT parable about the wheat and the weed, the good seed and the bad seed (cfr. Mt 13,24-30) provides us with a precious lesson that is most useful and relevant especially for our present times. We cannot overemphasize the fact that in this world, especially nowadays,...
“The seed sown on rich soil is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.” (Mt 13,23) With these words of Christ, many things can come to mind. First, like Christ we should...
WE cannot deny we are all sinners. But neither should we deny that we are all called to become saints. That’s because we are all children of God, made in his image and likeness. As Christ himself said, “Be perfect as your heavenly Father is...
On Monday, May 17, 2021, senior citizens nationwide rose as one and met in designated places to confront and destroy the world’s worst danger. The battle began earlier with the vaccine jabbings of the frontliners - police, military, health and hospital workers. This started the...
July 25 this year is the first World Day for Grandparents and The Elderly and July 26 is the feast day of St. Anne and St. Joachim, the maternal grandparents of Jesus Christ. The grandparents’ day this year is the first ever celebration as announced by...
In my past articles, I have shared about my coming home, finding meaning in my journey and the role of faith in this time of the pandemic. Today, I want to share something light but essential. A topic which is very close to our hearts...
(An excerpt from the Homily of Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao, July 16, 2021 during live streamed mass of Regional Assembly of Davao Association of Catholic Schools Inc., (DACS)) Brothers and Sisters it’s almost given for this community, this group of Catholic...