ONCE again, since we are approaching the end of the liturgical year, we are reminded of the end of time and the duty to prepare ourselves for it, having the proper focus and following the God-given roadmap to our final destination. This reminder is somehow made...
THAT parable Christ told his disciples about a certain nobleman who was in a journey to obtain a kingship somewhere and leaving his servants with certain amounts for them to do business with (cfr. Lk 19,11-28), gives us the precious lesson that the way to...
THE story of Zacchaeus in the gospel (cfr. Lk 19, 1-10) offers us a precious lesson on how to properly deal with the unavoidable human condition of our sinfulness. And that is, no matter how big, ugly and plenty our sins are, God’s mercy is...
WE should try to make these words of the blind man asking Christ for a cure for his blindness (cfr. Lk 18,41) as an aspiration that we can repeat many times during the day. We cannot deny that despite our tremendous powers to see and...
November is National Children’s Month, this year’s theme is “Kalusugan, Kaisipan at Kapakanan ng Bawat Bata Ating Tutukan”. It aims to address the mental health and well-being of children all over the country. Republic Act 10661 or the National Children’s Month Act commemorates the adoption...
The world’s population is 8 billion. More than half live in Asia led by India (1.6B) China (1.3B) Indonesia (300 million) Japan and the Philippines (100 million each) Pakistan, Bangladesh, Laos Korea etc. (700 million.) Christianity reached us on March 16, 1521. For 500 years...
(Excerpt from the Homily of Most Reverend Romulo G. Valles, D.D., on the Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed at San Pedro Cathedral Parish, November 2, 2022.) In the formal term, ang ngalan sa adlaw karon is the commemoration, medyo formal and deep, but we must...
IN our liturgical celebrations, we can either be lavish or austere depending on the circumstances. What is important is what is in our heart—whether there is real love or not, whether there is a sincere effort to worship and please God or we are just...
WE are reminded of this very important duty to train ourselves to have a proper focus in life in that gospel episode where Christ warned about people who were just immersed in their earthly affairs without giving any thought about the disasters that were coming...
WE have to be familiar with this aspect or dimension of our earthly life. We need to develop what is known as the eschatological sense or the eschatological mind. That is to say, we need to realize that there are such things as the Last...