Since the start of the advisory for people to stay at home for the quarantine, the Church felt the obligation to help those in need. The staff of Archdiocesan Social Action Center (ASAC) led by the Director, Fr. Leonardo Dublan, Jr., are among the frontliners...
THAT assertion certainly raises eyebrows. How on earth, in the commonest of common sense, can one win by losing? It’s just pure contradiction. If you win, you win. And if you lose, you lose. Period. It’s as contradictory as white is to black, up is...
I KNOW we can never wipe out poverty entirely. There will always be poor, suffering people. Christ himself said as much. “The poor you will always have with you…” (Mt 26,11) But this does not mean that we should not do anything, at least to...
THIS is not, of course, a political piece, much less, a partisan one, though the title is a phrase that was popularized by US President Trump during his presidential campaign way back in 2016. He actually did not coin it, but with the way he...
THAT’S what the spirit of Easter should lead us to. With Christ guaranteeing our salvation and as long as we do our part, we have every reason to be joyful and thankful that in turn should strongly encourage us to be helpful to others. This lifestyle...
WE might be practicing social distancing and are forced to stay at home nowadays, but we should never think that we are now detached and disengaged from others. That would go against our very nature. We should not forget that we are meant to be...
I had a funny but meaningful experience last April 13, Monday after Easter Sunday. Fr. Joel Caasi, parish priest of San Lorenzo Parish, Talomo, Davao City, sent me 3 dressed chicken! An hour before he had inquired about my present situation at my residence, which I...
The Order of Prayer in the liturgy of the Hours and celebration of the Eucharist for the Dioceses in the Philippines reminds us: “Throughout the world, the second Sunday of Easter will receive the name Divine Mercy Sunday, a perennial invitation to the Christian World...
Divine Mercy Sunday Homily of Archbishop Valles, Bishop’s Residence, F. Torres Street, Davao City (April 19, 2020) Una sa tanan, ayaw kalimti kining pyesta sa Diosnong Kalooy duol kaayo sa dili pa lang dugay nga maampuon nga paghandum nato sa kasakitan, kamatayon ug pagkabanhaw sa atong...
WE cannot deny that in life we cannot avoid experiencing some defeats and losses, some setbacks, failures, disasters and crises. And all these possible scenarios can occur in spite of our best intentions and efforts. Our reaction to all these should be, as much as possible,...