IF we truly identify ourselves with Christ, as we should, then we have to realize that we have to love God and everybody else all the way. And this can go even to the extent of offering our very life, since, as we have been...
THIS was clearly expounded by Christ himself when he said, “If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than with two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire.” (Mk 9,43) And he...
“WHOEVER is not against us is for us.” (Mk 9,40) Words of Christ in response to his disciples who said, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us.” If we have the...
THE gospel reading of the Mass on Tuesday of the 7th Week in Ordinary Time (Mk 9,30-37) reminds us that true wisdom, given our wounded human condition here on earth, can only be found in the cross of Christ. “The Son of Man is to be...
IN the gospel reading of the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, (Jn 19,25-34) we see how Christ entrusts his mother to St. John. “Woman, behold, your son,” Christ told his mother to St. John who was also present at the...
(An excerpt of the homily of the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., during the 1st day of his Pastoral Visit in the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Calinan, May 13, 2024.) Karong adlawa, tugoti ko nga moingon kumusta man ang atong pagtoo? Ang panghimulso...
Art. 5, Title 3 of the 1898 Malolos Constitution says “The state recognizes the freedom and quality of religious worship as well as the separation of church and state. The Malolos Constitution was made by Filipinos without help from other nations. Art. 3, sec. 7....
“Receive the Holy Spirit” (John 20:22). Today, fifty days after the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Catholic Church celebrates the Solemnity of Pentecost. It is to fulfill the works of the Holy Trinity, which started with God the Father’s Creation, especially of man,...
WITH the celebration of Pentecost Sunday, we are reminded that the Holy Spirit is always with us, always intervening and directing our life toward its proper end and its fullness or perfection. He is leading us toward how we should be, that is, that we...
THAT’S what Christ told Peter after telling him what to expect as the rock on which Christ would build his Church. (cfr. Jn 21,19) “Amen, amen, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to dress yourself and go where you wanted; but when...