New year, new hope
Another year has passed and now we welcome the year 2021 full of hope. We should all be hopeful amidst Covid-19 that this year would be a better year for all of us. May it be in terms of our health that we will be...
Category Archives: Opinion
When praises come our way
YES, we have to learn how to handle praises and accolades that may come our way. Since we often are motivated to do our best in whatever task we do, it’s very likely that sooner or later, one way or another, we would be receiving...
Forming Human Fraternity Through Faith-Experience Shared in Dialogue
February 14 is the so-called Valentine's Day, an imported holiday celebration from the USA. We have been Filipinizing it culturally with questionable results? You judge. Recently the UN honored Pope Francis and Grand Imam Ahmed Al-Tayyeb of Cairo thru a decree on International Human Fraternity Day...
Some signs of holiness
IF we live by our Christian faith, we know that holiness is the ultimate and constant purpose of our life. It is what we should pursue and achieve consistently and unrelentingly in anything that we do—from our thoughts and intentions, to our words and deeds,...
The good accepting attitude
WE need to know and to develop the right accepting attitude in our life. Things can get so complicated that if we do not know what this right accepting attitude is, we surely would be lost. We know that there are things that are beyond our...
To vaccinate or not?
THIS is the burning question at the moment. While the general response should be, yes, we should, there are serious questions and issues raised around this matter. It’s usually the public officials who are pushing the official line that we should get vaccinated. And I...
Are we ready to spread Christianity around?
THAT’S a question we can ask ourselves as we celebrate the 500 years of Christianity in our country. After 500 years, we have reason to believe that we have somehow “arrived” at a significant level of Christian life. The drama involved in that period must...
Mediator, intermediary, intercessor
WE have to learn to distinguish among these three terms which play important and distinctive roles in our life. We have to know which one is most important to us and which ones play some secondary but helpful roles. To start, a mediator is like a...
Give without counting the cost
IF we are truly followers of Christ, then whatever we give to others, especially to God, is done without counting the cost. It should purely be gratuitous, given as a gift. If our understanding of giving is that of a gift, we would know that what...
Pagpaminaw sa kasing-kasing
(An excerpt of the Homily of the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao and Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines President, last January 31, 2021, fourth Sunday of the Ordinary Time.) Atong mabati karon nga ang katawhan sa sinagoga in the gospel from...