“Judge not that you may not be judged.” (Mt 7,1) We have to understand these words of Christ well. It does not mean that we should not judge at all. In fact, in the succeeding verse of the gospel passage, Christ said: “For with what...
IF we want to be truly Christian, we need to appreciate more deeply the role of St. John the Baptist in the whole economy of salvation. He was the one who prepared the people for the coming of Christ, the one who pointed Christ, the...
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal. But store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there also...
WHAT wonderful and consoling words of Christ! We have to keep these words always in mind especially when we encounter overwhelming problems and difficulties that would leave us with the sensation that we sinking and drowning. Christ reassures us he will take care of everything. “Come...
ESPECIALLY to those of my generation, we have to realize more deeply that we need to be open to the new things that are coming our way at an accelerating rate. In fact, we should be open to anything if we want ourselves to be...
“The divine fatherhood is the source of human fatherhood” (CCC 2214). As we celebrate “Fathers’ Day” today, let us help our human fathers imitate St. Joseph. “He was head of the divine household on earth with, as it were, fatherly authority; he has the church dedicated...
(An excerpt from the Homily of Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao, June 13, 2021 during the live streamed mass during the 11th Sunday in the Ordinary Time in Archbishop’s Residence Chapel.) Karon nga Sunday dunay nindot kaayo nga dating, nindot nga touching...
In last week's Shalom article I showed how our clenched fist acquired new meanings. FIFTY-ONE fishermen's clenched fist and mine made a mutual but gentle knuckle strike after saying, "I bless you, your family and SMC pump boat in the name of the Father and of...
THAT’S how things should be. Instead of responding to evil with evil, hatred with hatred, we should rather respond to evil with good, hatred with love. That way we turn things around, rather than plunge into the spiral of evil and hatred. This was specifically articulated...
WE need to realize that each one of us has to make some kind of game plan for his life. And the simple reason is that our life has a purpose to achieve, a goal to attain, and all these can be in different levels...