How do you end the day?
IT’S a question we should ask ourselves from time to time. We just cannot and should not end the day in any which way. There is actually a proper way to do it, and we should be aware that many are the ways that are...
Category Archives: Opinion
Die in order to live
CHRIST told us this very clearly. “Whoever loses his life for my sake, he is the one who will save it.” (Lk 9,24) We need to make some drastic adjustments in our attitudes and thinking to accommodate this truth of our faith as spoken plainly...
Be attuned to the voice of the Lord
An excerpt or the homily or the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao and CBCP President during the Vocation Month Launching of the Archdiocese of Davao in St. Francis Xavier Regional Major Seminary of Mindanao, Catalunan Grande, Davao City, September 12, 2020....
St. Francis, Patron Saint of Ecologists
Today, October 4, is the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, patron of ecologists. During his time, he lived in poverty and trusting in God’s providence. He cared for animals and plants and became an instrument for dialogue and reconciliation. Inspired by his example,...
Happy even amid troubles?
YES, why not? We should throw away the notion that when we have troubles, we should be troubled and sad. No. It does not have to be that way. If we have faith in God, if our spiritual life is strong and healthy, we know...
UN’s Special Attention to Older People
It is impressive, remarkable, and highly surprising what the United Nations Organization has done for "Older People", the official term it uses for the Elderly. Many of us may not know the things the UN has been doing for the Older People which are instructive and...
Our training and testing ground
THAT’S our life here on earth. God is still forming us to be what he wants us to be—his image and likeness, his adopted children meant to share in his very own life. Our creation is not yet finished. It’s still a work in progress....
The best and the worst in us
BECAUSE of the way we are, with our intelligence and will that enable us to know, to choose, to feel free, to love, etc, we will always have the possibilities of either rising to the zenith of our humanity, making ourselves no less than “another...
Need for daily strategizing
OUR life in this world will always be in some state of war. That’s because there will always be things to conquer and things to defend for as long as we live. That’s how things are. And we should just be ready to deal with...
Women and Menopause
We are already in the "ber” months. September is almost over and Christmas is just around the corner. Despite the pandemic, our lives go on. There are those who celebrated life with the addition of newborn babies in their families while others celebrated birthday milestones....