MARY Magdalene, a big-sinner-turned-saint, teaches us a great lesson about freedom. And that is for us to realize that the ultimate purpose of our freedom is to look for Christ, for God, in everything we do and have in this world. In this life, we...
AFTER the resurrection of Christ, the guards of the tomb went to the chief priests to report what had happened. But they were told, obviously to deny again the divinity of Christ, that his body was stolen and to spread that lie to explain why...
The Social Weather Survey issued several reports about Filipinos’ religiosity that are interesting. A 4th quarter 2022 survey show that 7 out of 10 Filipino Catholics pray at least once a day. Daily praying of other religious are higher. Weekly religious service attendance by Catholics...
(An excerpt from the Homily of Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao during 5th Philippine Visit of the Pilgrim Relics of St. Therese of the Child Jesus, San Pedro Cathedral, San Pedro St., Davao City, March 22, 2023) St. Therese is very special....
The Holy Eucharist, the Food of the Synodal Church. Every time we travel food is necessary that would sustain us, so that we can reach our destination. We as people of God, we are pilgrims and our final destination is the Kingdom of God – Heaven....
THAT’S right! With the resurrection of Christ, we have our greatest joy since we are now assured of our own redemption as long as we also do our part of the deal. Christ has given us everything to recover us from our self-inflicted alienation from...
IT’S Good Friday! The mood, the atmosphere takes on a very dark hue. And despite the many secularizing and paganizing elements around these days, somehow we assume a most serious face as we commemorate, bring to mind, and liturgically make present, the very passion and...
THAT, I believe, is the main message of the gospel we have on Holy Thursday. (cfr. Jn 13,1-15) It’s about what happened during the Last Supper where aside from instituting the two sacraments of Holy Orders and the Holy Eucharist, Christ showed his apostles how...
WE should be ready when bad things happen in our life. In fact, we should expect the worst in life, like when death, which cannot be solved anymore, would finally come to us. Before death, we should be ready when cases of severe misfortune or...
IT’S a fact of life. We are all traitors. We practice treachery even within ourselves. That’s why we fall into sin. We, of course, do it also among ourselves. And in spite of our best efforts, we can still fall into it even with God....