ON the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, we are reminded in the gospel reading of the day that we should go to Christ since he is the one who will bear all our burdens and who will give us rest. (cfr. Mt...
THAT’S how love is. It is given gratuitously, without cost and calculation. Besides, it is given with utmost generosity. It just gives and gives until it hurts! With this love, we are sure that we would be having the very righteousness of Christ which is...
LET’S be clear about this. We may sound fanatical, narrow-minded or extremely biased to some people, but we just have to bring it up in the open to show the objective basis of such claim. Christ is the be-all and end-all of all our laws. That’s...
WHY? Because, first of all, Christ told us so. “You are the salt of the earth…You are the light of the world,” he clearly told his disciples and eventually all of us. (cfr. Mt 5,13-14) But more than just being told by Christ, the basis...
WE are familiar with the Beatitudes. (cfr. Mt 5,1-12) At first glance, they appear to us as a crazy formulation of what would make us blessed. How can you be blessed if you are poor in spirit, if you mourn, if you are meek, insulted...
SWF is surplus money that accrues overtime mainly from a nation’s foreign reserves (dollars). The SWF’s purposes are: 1. Stabilize national budgets, 2. Create savings for the people, 3. Promote economic development. The monthly family expenses are: 1. Electricity, 2. Water, 3. Food, 4. Gasoline (for...
When we work, we strive to put God’s imprint on creation. We make God present in all the affairs of the world. This responsibility is not just for the clergy but for all of us who have been baptized and have thus acquired the priestly...
(Homily of Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao during the Archdiocesan Marian Procession, May 27, 2023 at Martinez Hall, ADDU. ) Today, in this wonderful gathering and in this Eucharist, I would like to highlight three things about the blessed Mother. Three things...
I was a June bride 25 years ago. If my husband did not pass away, we would be celebrating our silver wedding anniversary this year. What I could do now is celebrate it with my children and reminisce the good old days. It was my dream...
WE cannot deny that we too can somehow share the disbelief of the Jews when Christ declared himself as the “Bread of Life.” We can echo in ourselves their reaction: “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” (cfr. Jn 6,51-58) It is once...