TO be realistic about the concrete conditions of our life here on earth, we need to know how to be tolerant of certain unavoidable evils without condoning them. The distinction may be difficult to make, but we simply have to learn it if we want...
Why would we sacrifice something we used to do? Or why should we fast and abstain from things we habitually do? Our fasting and abstinence during the designated days of Lent – fasting on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday and abstinence from eating meat during Fridays...
(An excerpt from the program of the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao and CBCP President, DXGN 89.9 Spirit FM, February 2, 2020.) Maayong buntag kaninyong tanan! Sa mga listeners ug sa mga nagtan-aw karon niining special coverage niining atong programa, Tingog Sa...
The title of this article enclosed in quotation marks refers to the so-called atheists who in the past did not believe in God but now have been converted and believe in God. Without the quotation marks the expression, Conversion to God, generally refers to those who...
I AM very happy to note that there are serious agencies that are concerned about preparing people, especially the young ones, for the future. They are talking about the need for upskilling and reskilling them to cope with the demands of the future. What is more,...
“Unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the kingdom of heaven. You have heard that it was said to your ancestors, ‘You shall not kill; and whoever kills will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to...
I BELIEVE this is what many of us are fast realizing these days. With the multiplying things we have to attend to each day, we are pressured to learn how to orchestrate them if only to come out at the end of the day with...
AMID the complexities of our life today, we have to learn to stay humble and simple because that is the basic way to precisely handle these complexities well. When we are humble and simple we would know how to blend openness, tolerance and versatility on...
On February 22, the whole Church celebrates the Chair of St. Peter the Apostle. “The chair represents the authority of St. Peter and his successors: it expresses the unity of the Church founded on the Apostle Peter. This feast originated in the 4th century.” (Cf....
(An excerpt of the homily of the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao and CBCP President, during the fiesta of the Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Bangkal Davao City and World Day of the Sick, February 11, 2020.) Ang inyong pyesta dinhi sa...