I BELIEVE this is a devotion that is most relevant these days, especially to the youth and others who are practically under the spell of evil spirits. With their most subtle tricks and irresistible temptations, these evil spirits wreak havoc mainly on the soul of...
WE all need to be reminded that all our suffering has a positive and favorable aspect. It’s not all entirely bad and negative, though in itself it will always be bad. But if viewed and lived through our Christian faith, there is something in it...
Archdiocese of Davao 28 October 2020 A. Executive Order No. 57: An Order Regulating Mass Gatherings and Prohibiting Non-Essential Travel Within Davao City and for Other Purposes until December 31, 2020 (Issued on 26 October 2020; took effect at 5:00 a.m. on 27 October 2020) Section 8 says: Cemeteries...
Let my life-style now become one of humble and serene contact with the world in change, shedding no tears for the past; making of my human sufferings a gift of reparation to all my brothers. Let my leaving the field of action be simple and natural like a glowing, cheerful sunset. Lord, forgive me if only now in my tranquility I begin...
“The month of November, especially All Souls’ Day, is a traditional time for visiting graves of loved ones, as is the anniversary of death” (Ordo). But this year, with COVID-19 pandemic, we were forbidden to visit graves on the said day. Does this mean we...
I SUPPOSE everyone wants to have friends. It’s kind of difficult to imagine a person who does not like to have friends, since we in general are wired to be always in relation with others, and that relation, which can take many forms, is basically...
THIS is something we have to be most discerning and careful about. We have to realize that there is such thing as an apparent good, which actually is not good but can look and smell like it is. We should do our best that we...
TO go directly to the point, we can only find our true strength in Christ. There’s no other—no, not in some drugs, therapy, physical stamina, genes, etc. These things only give, at best, some temporary relief. They don’t last for long, and they don’t work...
THIS is the challenge we all have to face if we truly want to follow Christ. We have to try our best to know how to blend the inclusivity of charity and the exclusivity of truth. We know that charity has a universal coverage, such that...
WE have to learn to live with this basic fact of life. No matter how much we try to make our life and the world in general as perfect as possible, we can never achieve it. We just have to contend with the reality that...