(Excerpts from the Homily of Archbishop Romulo Valles during the Ash Wednesday Livestreaming Mass last February 17, 2021 at the Archbishop’s Residence Chapel, F. Torres St., Davao City.) Una, niingon dinhi righteous deeds, when you give alms, when you manggihatagon – when you are giving, ayaw...
His Eminence, Charles Maund Bo, archbishop of the Archdiocese of Yangon, has addressed the present group of Myanmar military generals, led by General Wlain, who staged a coup d'etat, a power grab of State power, last February 01, 2021, appealing strongly for dialogue with the...
THAT’S what is ideal for us. Our life should have some structure, some routine to follow, some schedule kept, all for the purpose of seeing to it that our life gives due attention to all our needs—physical, mental, spiritual, social, etc. Such structure would insure...
WE always have to take some risks in this life. It’s an unavoidable part of our life. And that’s simply because we always have to deal with many unknown variables and even pure mysteries in life, plus the fact that there are just so many...
IF we want our life to be exciting, full of suspense, and yet sure of where it is going and how it is going to end, we should develop the habit of setting goals and pursuing them as actively as possible. That way, we would never...
IF we are looking for a surefire formula of living true charity, one that is down-to-earth and easily and abidingly doable, one that would really nail it, we should follow this piece of advice from St. Paul who said in his Letter to the Galatians...
IT’S always good to read slowly the gospels and the other books and letters contained in the Bible because in them are contained precious lessons that we often take for granted. In fact, it is highly recommended that we spend time meditating on them in...
DEEP within us, there is an undeniable yearning for what we consider to be beautiful. Undeniable too is that fact that while many times such yearning is satisfied, there are also occasions, and they can be quite many also, that it is frustrated and disappointed. But...
IF our life is truly inspired by Christian faith, hope and love, we would know that our life would always involve some daily conquests, whether big or small, if only to make ourselves more and more like Christ. That’s actually the be-all and end-all of...
Excerpts from the Homily of Archbishop Romulo Valles during the Ash Wednesday Livestreaming Mass last February 17, 2021 at the Archbishop’s Residence Chapel, F. Torres St., Davao City. The character of Lent is preparatory. Basic character – pagpangandam. And therefore when we say pagpangandam, to prepare...