NOW that we in the month of October, let’s remind ourselves of the importance of the Holy Rosary. It’s a very helpful prayer that lets us go through the life of Christ, the pattern of our humanity, with Mary who is the best teacher and...
THE Feast of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, celebrated on September 29, reminds us of our need to learn how to deal with spiritual beings. We cannot deny that they exist and that they play an important role, for good and evil, in our...
INDEED, evil cannot exist by itself. It has to refer itself to something that is good which it denies, distorts, corrupts, etc. And if we are smart enough, we should not worry too much about all the evils we can encounter in our life. As...
OUR Christian faith tells us that we are meant to share the same life and nature of God in whose image and likeness we have been created. That is why we are all called to be holy as God is holy, as well as to...
HE said it very clearly. “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it.” (Lk 8,21) If we want to belong to God’s family as we should, since we are meant to be his image and likeness and...
“THERE is nothing hidden that will not become visible, and nothing secret that will not be known and come to light.” (Lk 8,17) With these words of Christ, we are obviously told to be transparent in all our thoughts, desires, intentions, words and deeds. Yes,...
Migrant workers mean Filipinos who temporarily immigrate to other nations to work. Seafarers are Filipinos working on the ships owned by other nations that travel worldwide. Ships traveling only inside Philippine waters are called Inter Island vessels and their crew are not technically called seafarers...
American belief in press freedom and freedom of information is unique. It is the only nation that allowed the press to report accidents involving hydrogen bombs. An ordinary H-bomb equals 200 Hiroshima atomic bombs. In 1957 a USAF B-47 bomber accidentally dropped 2 H-bombs in...
During my toddler years the first prayer taught to me by a distant relative who happens to be our landlady was Angel of God. I remember praying it every night until my elementary days before going to sleep. “Angel of God, my guardian dear, to...
(Homily of Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao during the 60th GKK Fiesta of San Roque, Piapi, Boulevard, Davao City, August 18, 2023) Gikan sa unang pagbasa karon, ang mga Israelitas gikan sa Ehipto, unya naggawas sila unya ang nagdala nila si Moises,...