THAT gospel episode of the two sisters, Martha and Mary, when visited by Christ (cfr. Lk 10,38-42) teaches us a clear lesson that no matter how important, legitimate or most welcome our human activities may be, prayer always has priority over all of them. What Martha...
WE have to convince ourselves that the best way to resolve our unavoidable differences and conflicts in the area of politics, social life, and other fields prone to contention and controversies, is for us to always engage in civil discourse, in cordial dialogue. We have to...
WE need to have a good and healthy sense of nostalgia and expectation in our life here on earth. We cannot deny that we have our past and our future, and thus we cannot avoid having to refer ourselves to these points of reference. Of course,...
Reading this title one may ask, can my physical suffering, which may be terribly painful, still inspire onlookers? You can immediately follow up with, "which one?" because we can suffer in body (physical) and spirit (moral) and soul (spiritual). All of them can, we usually...
MANY of us are familiar with the psychological illness called bipolar disorder. It is what is described as a manic depressive illness, a mood disorder with two extremes: depressed (low) and manic (high). It varies in severity, and mild cases may appear ordinary for many...
An excerpt of the homily of the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., during the the Holy Mass on the occasion of the opening of the 35th Kadayawan sa Davao, in San Pedro Cathedral, August 10, 2020. (Part 2 of 2) Today as we celebrate like...
If there is one good thing that happened during this time of COVID-19 crisis that is the care for creation. We have, maybe unintentionally cared for creation as gas emissions decreased during quarantine days. More and more people are now into planting, whether ornamental or...
ALTHOUGH this topic has been taken up in a column of mine some years ago, I believe it is good to make another review of it if only to know better the true face of this reality of evil in our life, its causes and...
IT is quite clear, especially these days with so many developments to cope, that managing our time, which is a very precious resource, has become a basic necessity. In fact, time management has become some kind of a rocket science that is constantly studied, researched...
IF we are truly with God, we would know how to take maximum advantage even of our difficulties, problems and all the other negative things that can take place in our life here on earth. These negative things are unavoidable, in fact. We should know...