An excerpt from the homily of 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....
During lockdown due to COVID-19, many of us were deprived of the celebration of the Eucharist. We were content with live streaming of the Holy Mass and spiritual communion. But throughout the year, even without COVID-19, our beloved seafarers, on account of their profession, do...
THEY may look similar and share certain qualities. But they are actually opposed to each other. Patience is a virtue, while indifference with its accompanying trait of insensitivity is a vice. And these days when things can get so complicated and confusing, it would be...
When writing the Shalom article on the Church-based group for the Elderly, I at age 86 on November 1 this year was inspired and touched by the article of my friend the Spanish Dominican theologian Fr. Fausto B. Gomez of the University of Santo Tomas...
IT’S a question we have to ask ourselves from time to time. It is to see to it that we are feeding ourselves correctly. Especially these days when a lot of people take keen interest in their diets, we have to realize that we should...
WITH how things are now, we just have to learn how to do things online. In my case, I now have to do most of my preaching and teaching, be it at Holy Mass, a recollection or retreat, a simple meditation or commentary on the...
JUST attended another ordination recently where two close friends received the sacrament of Holy Order. It’s always a day of joy and thanksgiving when someone becomes a priest simply because what is involved is the transformation of a person to become another Christ in a...
BECAUSE of the pandemic, there is growing concern about the mental health of the people. It seems the mental cases are surging. Many people are getting depressed, gripped in some inescapable worries and anxieties and hardly able to cope with their difficulties, trials and challenges....
"In God's eyes, there is no retirement"! This was the joyful conclusion of a small group of elderly and retired persons in a parish outside Paris, France, led by Andre d'Humieres (1887-1975) who in 1952 "met one day to pray together and to reflect on their...
An excerpt of the homily of the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao and CBCP President during the 61st Foundation Anniversary and Parochial Fiesta Celebration of Our Lady of Assumption Parish, F. Torres St., Davao City, August 15, 2020. (Part 2 of...