The economic fallout after Covid-19 is terrifyingly huge. So the economists tell us. Massive economic poverty will surely hit us. More and widespread suffering cannot be avoided unless there is a global well-motivated way of decreasing the material needs we can live without. There are...
In the Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) of Davao City, Circular Number 17 of Archbishop Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao, states that “public masses are already allowed, beginning July 1, 2020, from Monday to Saturday only.” There will be no Sunday Mass because...
WITH the pandemic still ongoing, and with some areas still having another spike of cases, we cannot help but feel as if we are already on the brink of despair. Let’s turn this situation around by begging Christ for a miracle, but begging him with...
ALTHOUGH we have been saying that the love for God is inseparable from our duty to love others (cfr. Mt 22,36-40), and that how we love or do not love our neighbor can also indicate our real relationship with God (cfr. 1 Jn 4,20), we...
JUNE 29, of course, is the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, two prominent apostles who, together with the others, are considered as the pillars of the Church. St. Peter is known as the “Prince of the Apostles,” while St. Paul is the special vessel...
WE have to be more aware of our need to develop and sharpen our sense of transcendence. It is to help us cope with the fullness of the reality that governs us. It is the reality that includes the spiritual which we cannot see and...
Media reports from India and Australia have been sending out news that China is to be blamed for the pandemic Covid-19. Yet China, also thru media, keeps on denying the allegations but does everything to help the victims and to come with vaccine soonest. This...
“This Sunday is called St. Peter the Apostle Sunday for the formation training and support for seminarians, clergy and religious all over the world.” (cf. Ordo) The Church dedicates a Sunday within the year to remember, gather resources and pray for the enhancement and development...
YES, that’s what St. Paul said in his Letter to the Romans. And if we believe that St. Paul was an apostle, a special vessel Christ chose to preach to the Gentiles, then his words ought to be believed. The complete passage is as follows: “Let...
WE have to realize this reality more deeply. We often take it for granted. While we may appear to be close to God because we pray, we profess our faith in him publicly, etc., it may turn out to be only a sham, because how...