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And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.But the greatest of these is love.

-1 Corinthians 13: 13

We are truly insignificant in relation to all of God's Creation. How Great , truly, is our Lord God, the Creator of All Things.

Wow! Awesome quotes !

Thanks be to God!

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on September 23, 2012, 08:19:47 PM

What Kind of Skin Disease Is This?

The diagnosis is: Epidermodysplasia verruciformis.

This is a very rare genetic disease where in the human individual with this particular strain of genetic defect becomes susceptible to HPV outgrowth.

Unfortunately, there is no permanent treatment to this disease. It is a genetic condition. If they excise these lesions, it will re-grow again. Total curative treatment is impossible because of the possibility of severe blood loss considering the lesions are found throughout the entire body.

There was one who healed these people totally tho. He is Jesus Christ, who healed people with these conditions all throughout Judea.

Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the masses said throughout the world today, for all the holy souls in purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen.

Brothers and Sisters, let us pray for the forgiveness of sins of the eternal souls of our fellow departed dead; be they Catholic, Protestant, let us pray for the forgiveness of their sins.



Heavenly Father, in union with the merits of Jesus and Mary, I offer to You for the sake of the poor souls all the satisfactory value of my works during life, as well as all that will be done for me after death. I give You my all through the hands of the Immaculate Virgin Mary that she may set free whatever souls she pleases, according to her heavenly wisdom and mother's love for them. Recieve this offering, O God, and grant me in return an increase of Your grace. Amen.

For all those who are feeling down, homesick, pressured, or stressed, remember that there is a Love that is not of this world who Loves you totally and unconditionally. Open yourself to Him, and let the Love of the Holy Spirit implant His Love within you so that it consumes your entire being and become transformed for His Glory. For the Greater Glory of God.

Remember, that you are Loved!


Why are you so downcast,   
O my soul?
Why do you sigh within me?
Hope in God!
For I shall again be thanking Him,
in the presence of  my Savior and
my God.

-Psalm 42:6

Awesome song, Jenneth !

“From now on a merited
crown awaits me;
on that Day the Lord,
just judge that he is, 
will award it to me â€" and
not only to me, but to
all who have looked
for his appearance with
eager longing.”

- 2 Timothy 4:8





There’s an incredible power that comes when there is hope.  Life cannot exist without hope.

Prayer
Father, help me to always have hope and to pass it on to others.

I, the Lord of sea and sky,
I have heard my peo-ple cry.
All who dwell in dark-ness now
My hand will save.

I who make the stars of night,
I will make their dark-ness bright.
Who will bear my light to them?
Whom shall I send?

Here I am, Lord. It is I Lord.
I have heard you call-ing in the night.
I will go, Lord, where you lead me.
I will hold your peo-ple in my heart.

I, the Lord of snow and rain,
I have borne my peo-ple’s pain.
I have wept for love of them.
They turn a-way.

I will break their hearts of stone,
Give them hearts for love a-lone.
I will speak my words to them.
Whom shall I send?

Here I am, Lord. It is I Lord.
I have heard you call-ing in the night.
I will go, Lord, where you lead me.
I will hold your peo-ple in my heart.

I, the Lord of wind and flame,
I will tend the poor and lame.
I will set a feast for them.
My hand will save.

Fin-est bread I will pro-vide,
Till their hearts be sat-is-fied.
I will give my life to them.
Whom shall I send?

Here I am, Lord. It is I Lord.
I have heard you call-ing in the night.
I will go, Lord, where you lead me.
I will hold your peo-ple in my heart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6fYAiqV-Bs#

Verse 1
I am the Bread of life,
You who come to me shall not hunger;
and who believe in me shall not thirst.
No one can come to me 
unless the Father beckons.

Verse 2
The bread that I will give
is my flesh for the life of the world,
and if you eat of this bread,
you shall live for ever,
you shall live for ever.

Verse 3
Unless you eat of the 
flesh of the Son of Man
and drink of his blood,
and drink of his blood,
you shall not have life
within you.

Verse 4
I am the Resurrection,
I am the life.
If you believe in me,
even though you die,
you shall live forever.

Verse 5
Yes, Lord, I believe that 
you are the Christ,
the Son of God,
Who have come
into the world.

Chorus
And I will raise you up,
And I will raise you up,
And I will raise you up
on the last day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHF7jjcwSm4#

Quote from: chicogon on September 22, 2012, 11:06:52 PM
Yes, I know Fr. Rex Familar. He is from Baclayon and is now serving in Orlando. He was our gracious host during the last Paring. Bol-anon USA reunion in August of 2012

hehehe! mao ba? Small world isn't it?

You called me last night, and my date knew a priest who knew you. Kuyaw kaayo ang Ginoo!

Quote from: Pikoy on September 22, 2012, 04:52:50 PM
Gibati kog kasakit sa akong tiil kay natapilok nihubag jud sya..tsk tsk unsa may tambal ani doc Lorenz??..

Bed rest lang, Bai Pik! Reduce pressure on the affected foot.

Proof from Scripture





Matthew 28:18-20

In Matthew 28:18-20, we have Christ's solemn commission to the Apostles delivered shortly before His Ascension: "All power is given to me in heaven and in earth. Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world." In Mark 16:15-16, the same commission is given more briefly with the added promise of salvation to believers and the threat of damnation for unbelievers; "Go ye into the whole world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be condemned."

Now it cannot be denied by anyone who admits that Christ established a visible Church at all, and endowed it with any kind of effective teaching authority, that this commission, with all it implies, was given not only to the Apostles personally for their own lifetime, but to their successors to the end of time, "even to the consummation of the world". And assuming that it was the omniscient Son of God Who spoke these words, with a full and clear realization of the import which, in conjunction with His other promises, they were calculated to convey to the Apostles and to all simple and sincere believers to the end of time, the only reasonable interpretation to put upon them is that they contain the promise of infallible guidance in doctrinal teaching made to the Apostolic College in the first instance and then to the hierarchical college that was to succeed it.

In the first place it was not without reason that Christ prefaced His commission by appealing to the fullness of power He Himself had received: "All power is given to me", etc. This is evidently intended to emphasize the extraordinary character and extent of the authority He is communicating to His Church â€" an authority, it is implied, which He could not personally communicate were not He Himself omnipotent. Hence the promise that follows cannot reasonably be understood of ordinary natural providential guidance, but must refer to a very special supernatural assistance.

In the next place there is question particularly in this passage of doctrinal authority â€" of authority to teach the Gospel to all men â€" if Christ's promise to be with the Apostles and their successors to the end of time in carrying out this commission means that those whom they are to teach in His name and according to the plenitude of the power He has given them are bound to receive that teaching as if it were His own; in other words they are bound to accept it as infallible. Otherwise the perennial assistance promised would not really be efficacious for its purpose, and efficacious Divine assistance is what the expression used is clearly intended to signify. Supposing, as we do, that Christ actually delivered a definite body of revealed truth, to be taught to all men in all ages, and to be guarded from change or corruption by the living voice of His visible Church, it is idle to contend that this result could be accomplished effectively â€" in other words that His promise could be effectively fulfilled unless that living voice can speak infallibly to every generation on any question that may arise affecting the substance of Christ's teaching.

Without infallibility there could be no finality regarding any one of the great truths which have been identified historically with the very essence of Christianity; and it is only with those who believe in historical Christianity that the question need be discussed. Take, for instance, the mysteries of the Trinity and Incarnation. If the early Church was not infallible in her definitions regarding these truths, what compelling reason can be alleged today against the right to revive the Sabellian, or the Arian, or the Macedonian, or the Apollinarian, or the Nestorian, or the Eutychian controversies, and to defend some interpretation of these mysteries which the Church has condemned as heretical?

One may not appeal to the inspired authority of the Scriptures, since for the fact of their inspiration the authority of the Church must be invoked, and unless she be infallible in deciding this one would be free to question the inspiration of any of the New Testament writings. Nor, abstracting from the question of inspiration, can it be fairly maintained, in face of the facts of history, that the work of interpreting scriptural teaching regarding these mysteries and several other points of doctrine that have been identified with the substance of historical Christianity is so easy as to do away with the need of a living voice to which, as to the voice of Christ Himself, all are bound to submit.

Unity of Faith was intended by Christ to be one of the distinctive notes of His Church, and the doctrinal authority He set up was intended by His Divine guidance and assistance to be really effective in maintaining this unity; but the history of the early heresies and of the Protestant sects proves clearly, what might indeed have been anticipated a priori, that nothing less than an infallible public authority capable of acting decisively whenever the need should rise and pronouncing an absolutely final and irreformable judgment, is really efficient for this purpose. Practically speaking the only alternative to infallibility is private judgment, and this after some centuries of trial has been found to lead inevitably to utter rationalism. If the early definitions of the Church were fallible, and therefore reformable, perhaps those are right who say today that they ought to be discarded as being actually erroneous or even pernicious, or at least that they ought to be re-interpreted in a way that substantially changes their original meaning; perhaps, indeed, there is no such thing as absolute truth in matters religious! How, for example, is a Modernist who takes up this position to be met except by insisting that definitive teaching is irreversible and unchangeable; that it remains true in its original sense for all time; in other words that it is infallible? For no one can reasonably hold that fallible doctrinal teaching is irreformable or deny the right of later generations to question the correctness of earlier fallible definitions and call for their revision or correction, or even for their total abandonment.

From these considerations we are justified in concluding that if Christ really intended His promise to be with His Church to be taken seriously, and if He was truly the Son of God, omniscient and omnipotent, knowing history in advance and able to control its course, then the Church is entitled to claim infallible doctrinal authority. This conclusion is confirmed by considering the awful sanction by which the Church's authority is supported: all who refuse to assent to her teaching are threatened with eternal damnation. This proves the value Christ Himself set upon His own teaching and upon the teaching of the Church commissioned to teach in His name; religious indifferentism is here reprobated in unmistakable terms.

Nor does such a sanction lose its significance in this connection because the same penalty is threatened for disobedience to fallible disciplinary laws or even in some cases for refusing to assent to doctrinal teaching that is admittedly fallible. Indeed, every mortal sin, according to Christ's teaching, is punishable with eternal damnation. But if one believes in the objectivity of eternal and immutable truth, he will find it difficult to reconcile with a worthy conception of the Divine attributes a command under penalty of damnation to give unqualified and irrevocable internal assent to a large body of professedly Divine doctrine the whole of which is possibly false. Nor is this difficulty satisfactorily met, as some have attempted to meet it, by calling attention to the fact that in the Catholic system internal assent is sometimes demanded, under pain of grievous sin, to doctrinal decisions that do not profess to be infallible. For, in the first place, the assent to be given in such cases is recognized as being not irrevocable and irreversible, like the assent required in the case of definitive and infallible teaching, but merely provisional; and in the next place, internal assent is obligatory only on those who can give it consistently with the claims of objective truth on their conscience â€" this conscience, it is assumed, being directed by a spirit of generous loyalty to genuine Catholic principles.

To take a particular example, if Galileo who happened to be right while the ecclesiastical tribunal which condemned him was wrong, had really possessed convincing scientific evidence in favour of the heliocentric theory, he would have been justified in refusing his internal assent to the opposite theory, provided that in doing so he observed with thorough loyalty all the conditions involved in the duty of external obedience. Finally it should be observed that fallible provisional teaching, as such, derives its binding force principally from the fact that it emanates from an authority which is competent, if need be, to convert it into infallible definitive teaching. Without infallibility in the background it would be difficult to establish theoretically the obligation of yielding internal assent to the Church's provisional decisions.



Matthew 16:18
In Matthew 16:18, we have the promise that "the gates of hell shall not prevail" against the Church that is to be built on the rock; and this also, we maintain, implies the assurance of the Church's infallibility in the exercise of her teaching office. Such a promise, of course, must be understood with limitations according to the nature of the matter to which it is applied. As applied to sanctity, for example, which is essentially a personal and individual affair, it does not mean that every member of the Church or of her hierarchy is necessarily a saint, but merely that the Church, as whole, will be conspicuous among other things for the holiness of life of her members. As applied to doctrine, however â€" always assuming, as we do, that Christ delivered a body of doctrine the preservation of which in its literal truth was to be one of the chief duties of the Church â€" it would be a mockery to contend that such a promise is compatible with the supposition that the Church has possibly erred in perhaps the bulk of her dogmatic definitions, and that throughout the whole of her history she has been threatening men with eternal damnation in Christ's name for refusing to believe doctrines that are probably false and were never taught by Christ Himself. Could this be the case, would it not be clear that the gates of hell can prevail and probably have prevailed most signally against the Church?

John 14-16
In Christ's discourse to the Apostles at the Last Supper several passages occur which clearly imply the promise of infallibility: "I will ask the Father, and he shall give you another Paraclete, that he may abide with you forever. The spirit of truth . . . he shall abide with you, and shall be in you" (John 14:16, 17). "But the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring all things to your mind, whatsoever I shall have said to you" (ibid. 26). "But when he, the spirit of truth, is come, he will teach you all truth (John 16:13). And the same promise is renewed immediately before the Ascension (Acts 1:. Now what does the promise of this perennial and efficacious presence and assistance of the Holy Ghost, the Spirit of truth, mean in connection with doctrinal authority, except that the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity is made responsible for what the Apostles and their successors may define to be part of Christ's teaching? But insofar as the Holy Ghost is responsible for Church teaching, that teaching is necessarily infallible: what the Spirit of truth guarantees cannot be false.

1 Timothy 3:15
In 1 Timothy 3:15, St. Paul speaks of "the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth"; and this description would be something worse than mere exaggeration if it had been intended to apply to a fallible Church; it would be a false and misleading description. That St. Paul, however, meant it to be taken for sober and literal truth is abundantly proved by what he insists upon so strongly elsewhere, namely, the strictly Divine authority of the Gospel which he and the other Apostles preached, and which it was the mission of their successors to go on preaching without change or corruption to the end of time. "When you had received of us", he writes to the Thessalonians, "the word of the hearing of God, you received it not as the word of men, but (as it is indeed) the word of God, who worketh in you that have believed" (1 Thessalonians 2:13). The Gospel, he tells the Corinthians, is intended to bring "into captivity every understanding unto the obedience of Christ" (2 Corinthians 10:5). Indeed, so fixed and irreformable is the doctrine that has been taught that the Galatians (1: are warned to anathematize any one, even an angel from heaven, who should preach to them a Gospel other than that which St. Paul had preached. Nor was this attitude â€" which is intelligible only on the supposition that the Apostolic College was infallible â€" peculiar to St. Paul. The other Apostles and apostolic writers were equally strong in anathematizing those who preached another Christianity than that which the Apostles had preached (cf. 2 Peter 2:1 sqq.; 1 John 4:1 sqq.; 2 John 7 sqq.; Jude 4); and St. Paul makes it clear that it was not to any personal or private views of his own that he claimed to make every understanding captive, but to the Gospel which Christ had delivered to the Apostolic body. When his own authority as an Apostle was challenged, his defense was that he had seen the risen Saviour and received his mission directly from Him, and that his Gospel was in complete agreement with that of the other Apostles (see, v.g., Galatians 2:2-9).

Acts 15:28
Finally, the consciousness of corporate infallibility is clearly signified in the expression used by the assembled Apostles in the decree of the Council of Jerusalem: "It hath seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us, to lay no further burden upon you", etc. (Acts 15:28). It is true that the specific points here dealt with are chiefly disciplinary rather than dogmatic, and that no claim to infallibility is made in regard to purely disciplinary questions as such; but behind, and independent of, disciplinary details there was the broad and most important dogmatic question to be decided, whether Christians, according to Christ's teaching, were bound to observe the Old Law in its integrity, as orthodox Jews of the time observed it. This was the main issue at stake, and in deciding it the Apostles claimed to speak in the name and with the authority of the Holy Ghost. Would men who did not believe that Christ's promises assured them of an infallible Divine guidance have presumed to speak in this way? And could they, in so believing, have misunderstood the Master's meaning?




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Proofs of Church Infallability

That the Church is infallible in her definitions on faith and morals is itself a Catholic dogma, which, although it was formulated ecumenically for the first time in the Vatican Council, had been explicitly taught long before and had been assumed from the very beginning without question down to the time of the Protestant Reformation. The teaching of the Vatican Council is to be found in Session III, cap. 4, where it is declared that "the doctrine of faith, which God has revealed, has not been proposed as a philosophical discovery to be improved upon by human talent, but has been committed as a Divine deposit to the spouse of Christ, to be faithfully guarded and infallibly interpreted by her"; and in Session IV, cap. 4, where it is defined that the Roman pontiff when he teaches ex cathedra "enjoys, by reason of the Divine assistance promised to him in blessed Peter, that infallibility with which the Divine Redeemer wished His Church to be endowed in defining doctrine regarding faith and morals". Even the Vatican Council, it will be seen, only introduces the general dogma of the Church's infallibility as distinct from that of the pope obliquely and indirectly, following in this respect the traditional usage according to which the dogma is assumed as an implicate of ecumenical magisterial authority. Instances of this will be given below and from these it will appear that, though the word infallibility as a technical term hardly occurs at all in the early councils or in the Fathers, the thing signified by it was understood and believed in and acted upon from the beginning. We shall confine our attention in this section to the general question, reserving the doctrine of papal infallibility for special treatment. This arrangement is adopted not because it is the best or most logical, but because it enables us to travel a certain distance in the friendly company of those who cling to the general doctrine of ecclesiastical infallibility while rejecting the papal claims. Taking the evidence both scriptural and traditional as it actually stands, one may fairly maintain that it proves papal infallibility in a simpler, more direct, and more cogent way than it proves the general doctrine independently; and there can be no doubt but that this is so if we accept as the alternative to papal infallibility the vague and unworkable theory of ecumenical infallibility which most High-Church Anglicans would substitute for Catholic teaching. Nor are the Eastern schismatical Churches much better off than the Anglican in this respect, except that each has retained a sort of virtual belief in its own infallibility, and that in practice they have been more faithful in guarding the doctrines infallibly defined by the early ecumenical councils. Yet certain Anglicans and all the Eastern Orthodox agree with Catholics in maintaining that Christ promised infallibility to the true Church, and we welcome their support as against the general Protestant denial of this truth.



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Father Roel,

I have to tell you something, gahapon i had a dinner date with a friend of mine and she said kono that she knew a Bol-anon priest in Florida. This priest is her parish priest and this priest gave her and her family a tour in Bohol. He attends the Singing Paring Bol-anon kono. His name is Fr. Familar. Do you know him? hahaha! I mentioned you to my friend as well, perhaps you know Fr. Ramilar?

Quote from: chicogon on September 22, 2012, 10:51:48 PM
Paluhaon man sad ta nimo, Bran, sayo sa buntag... basin makit-an ta sa mga nurse ha hehehe morag "days of our lives." 

Hehehe! Ayaw pa hilak Father Roel. Mo hilak pod ko og mo hilak ka.

Quote from: chicogon on September 22, 2012, 09:25:34 PM


Bran, what is tellemetry in relation to BP reading? Hehehe...

They were referring to biotelemetry, its a tool we use to see whether or not there are any cardiac abnormality in the patients. They were monitoring your heart, as well as your other vital signs. That is just standard operating procedure, Fr. Roel.

Quote from: chicogon on September 22, 2012, 09:25:34 PM
Dia pa gehapon... extended puyo sa hospital kay akong BP gesapot everytime mag orthothetic BP test sila (di ko sure sa spelling), dako kaayo ang drop from maghigda to lingkod to magtindog. The cardiologist asked if I can stay one more night para jud maka sure siya ug ma regulate ako mga meds. 3 na ka tambal ila ge drop sa lists because I used to take 4 of them a night. Sa una di katarog sa BP ng upat! Salamat usa na lang ilang gipainum. Wa ko kasabot sa medical term pero problematic daw akong "telemetry?"

Bran, what is tellemetry in relation to BP reading? Hehehe...

They were testing whether or not if you had Orthotic Hypotension , or otherwise known here in the United States as Postural Hypotension, which is when one's blood pressure drops upon lying down. It is a side effect of medication.

Quote from: chicogon on September 22, 2012, 09:56:12 PM
The nurse just did an orthothetic BP test mao gehapon... dako gehapon ang drop sa BP kung motindog ko at 99/60 from 140/90. The nephrologist just came too, and checked me out, he said the same thing but I should be good to go as far as he is concerned. Naghuwat na lang ko sa Cardiologist nga maoy mo round and make the decision kung pwede na ba ko makauli. I talked to Doc Lorenz on the side... to give him update. Ako siya giingnan if I'm dokdoking at TB that's a very good sign!!! Bwahahaha!!!

Father Roel, your 46 lb loss in the last month is drastic and because of that aspect, your cardiologist should correct the strength of your antihypertensive medication, if not, remove some of them. Because of your weight loss, your body's blood pressure had dropped (that's a good thing), but when you took all the anti-hypertensive medication, it caused an excessive drop in blood pressure. Your MD should also watch for instances of postural hypotension as well. Don't worry, just know that being in the hospital is not necessarily a bad thing, we want to make sure that you're okay -- for precautionary measures lang ba.


PS. Keep on smiling and laughing. Dats da best medicine

Quote from: chicogon on September 22, 2012, 09:56:12 PM
The nurse just did an orthothetic BP test mao gehapon... dako gehapon ang drop sa BP kung motindog ko at 99/60 from 140/90. The nephrologist just came too, and checked me out, he said the same thing but I should be good to go as far as he is concerned. Naghuwat na lang ko sa Cardiologist nga maoy mo round and make the decision kung pwede na ba ko makauli. I talked to Doc Lorenz on the side... to give him update. Ako siya giingnan if I'm dokdoking at TB that's a very good sign!!! Bwahahaha!!!

He he he, i was thinking of you when i was at work last night. And then, lo and behold, i got a call from you. Kuyaw lagi ang Ginoo kai maka send sija og sign, noh?

Know that you are ever in my prayers, Father Roel. As well as many of your friends and family members here in TB. Ms. Isles, especially, who asks about you here.

We love you and are praying for you.


Bran

Quote from: Pikoy on September 22, 2012, 07:04:27 PM
heheh cge ms isle kita kits nya ta ngad2.. buy 1 pikoy take 5 libat, baliktad  ma'm, buy 5 libat take 1 pikoy...syaro..  

bwahahaha! bryt jamo lagi si Bai Piks!!

hahaha! bright jamo ning estyudanteha...future doktor ni sija...

That's an excellent addendum, Bai Piks, to this discussion in defense of the Truths that the Catechism teaches all of us. Thanks also for the scriptural verses. 

Quote from: BolBuhol on September 22, 2012, 06:17:00 PM
Sa atong pagsabot sa Bibliya dunay duha ka paagi, una ang gitawag og DEFINITUS kun Explicit, dali Makita ang kahulugan pinaagi sa mabasa letra por letra. Ang ikaduha mao ang gitawag nga IMPLICATIO kun Implicit.Dili nato Makita dayon ang kahulogan kay dili man mabasa letra por letra, apan masabtan pinaagi sa naglimin nga kahulogan.
Ang pananglit sa Definitus kun Explicit, kun pruybahon nga si Cristo, Dios letra por letra: “Kay nagpaabot kita sa bulahan nga pagpadayag sa atong dakong Dios ug Manluluwas nga si Cristo: nga mihatag sa iyang kaugalingon alang kanato…” (Tito 2:13-14). Ang pagpruyba nga si Cristo Dios sa paagi nga IMPLICATIO mao ang Iyang pagbuhi og minatay, kang Lazaro. Wala siya moingon nga Siya Dios apan sayod nga makabuhi og patay sa Iyang kaugalingong gahom mao ang Dios (Deut. 32:39). “Ako mao ang Dios, Ako ang magkahatag og kinabuhi ug Ako usab ang makapatay sa tawo”.
Laing pruyba sa IMPLICATIO kun implicit mao ang pagtagna bahin sa manglupad nga puthaw ang ayroplano: “Ang Iyang mga caroo sama sa alimpuos…” (Jer. 4:13). Ang kanhi nga mga caroo sa gubat hinimo’g puthaw
Ang Purgatoryo anaa sa kategoriya nga IMPLICATIO kun Implicit dili letra por letra apan matin-aw kon sabton ang iyang kahulogan. Kay ang Dios mosilot sa kasal-anan sa tawo agad sa gidak-on o gigamyon sa maong sala. Kon dako ang sala, dako usab ang isilot kon gamay ra ang sala, gamay ra usab ang isilot (Lukas 12:47-48).
Ug kadtong mga nangamatay nga gamay ra ang sala, wala kini mahinulsoli, silotan sila apan adto sa silot nga makagawas pa sila human sila malimpiyohi. “Kon ang buhat ni bisan kinsa mahulog sa kapildihan walay dapayan nga moagi og kalayo apan maluwas pa siya,” (1 Cor. 3:15). Ug ang maong mga kalag katabangan pa sa atong mga pag-ampo: “Kay balaanon ug makaluwas ang pag-ampo alang sa mga nangamatay aron sila mabadbaran sa ilang mga sala,” (2 Macabeo 12:45). “Ug human nila mabayri ang diriyut nila nga sala makagawas pa sa sila sa prisohan,” (Mat. 5:26). Kay may sala nga mapasaylo pa sa sunod nga kinabuhi (Mat. 12:32).

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EXPLICIT = precisely & clearly expressed or readily observable.
IMPLICIT / IMPLIED =  “napasabot” (express or state indirectly)
       Ex: The water shortage, it means that we have to stop taking long showers.

Approve ko ani ! So long as we stick to doctrinal teachings, approve ko.

Punish this criminal.

Quote from: fdaray on September 22, 2012, 04:46:57 PM
Way gid mabasa sa Bibliya ang pong purgatoryo. Sa King James mabasa nato ang, "forgot to you."

Mr. Daray,

In defense of Roman Catholic Magesterium, which was responsible for the promulgation of Holy Scripture, any and all other variants of the HOLY SCRIPTURE that are missing any books in old and new testament are all heretical variants. It is impossible for protestants to conceptually understand the existence of purgatory because the version of Holy Scripture that you read are the ones that were prepared by the heretic Martin Luther, who was responsible for removing 7 books from HOLY SCRIPTURE. For our protestant brothers and sisters to understand this concept, they must  accept that the St. James version is incomplete , and must read the Roman Catholic Holy Bible for the dispensation of the True Gospel's teachings.

The biblical version that you and other protestant brothers and sisters use are incomplete and devoid of 7 books that we, Roman Catholics, read and listen to during the Celebration of Holy Mass.

Purgatory exists. It is defined so and declared so by the incorruptibility and authority of the One, Holy Roman Catholic Church, which is guided by the Vicar of Christ, His Holiness the Pope.





Respectfully Yours,
Lorenzo

Quote from: islander on September 21, 2012, 02:35:02 AM
kompleto na ang ginahambal ni lorenz sa imong pamangkot, bolbs.  kontento ka na?  these are doctrinal issues, catholic ones.

sa akon simple lang ang relihiyon and all things related to my faith.  our lives, and the human laws that we abide by in our lives, are ideally bible-based.  it is in the interpretation of the bible, in the discernment, that we could differ.  some are better at discerning than others. 

as a catholic, i'd rather put my trust in our doctrinal experts for the bible's interpretation (as compared to other christian religions whose adherents tend to read the bible literally).  i believe the bible is too complicated a book with too many literary devices to be taken too literally.  the wisdom of the ages thus must take the upper hand.  it is in this context that i believe there is purgatory because our church's doctrinal experts and thinkers have said so since way, way back. 

the word purgatory may not be in the bible, but it does not mean that the state of cleansing, that state of atonement and forgiveness, which is not necessarily a physical place, does not exist.  that our church fathers gave it a name, well, so much the better; it makes it easier to understand.

may ara gid ako ngalan.  kun wala pa, o kun iba pa akon ngalan, wala kana magkahulugan nga wala gid ako dinhi.  karon lang, kun molingi ka, naa gid ko sa imon luyo.

I second that, Isles. The benefits of siding with doctrinal explanation is that one evades committing heresy that way. Many of our protestant christian brothers & sisters who depend solely on personal interpretation without Roman Catholic Ecclesiastic Doctrinal Teaching have the propensity of committing heresy.

The protestant rejection of the existence of purgatory as unbiblical is the thesis of heresy. Their basis is on Lutheran methodology, which in itself,  is heretical. Martin Luther, may God have mercy on his eternal soul, was responsible for removing 7 books from Holy Scripture. He was, of course, excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church, even unto death.

The St. James version of the bible, since it is devoid of the 7 books (Tobit, Judith, Baruch, Wisdom, Sirach, 1 and 2 Maccabees, and parts of Esther and Daniel) is heretical in regards to the True, and Complete Version of the Holy Bible, which is Roman Catholic Bible.

Incidentally, it was the Early Church Fathers of the One, Holy Roman Catholic Church who compiled Holy Scripture in its entirety. It was the protestant heretic, Martin Luther, who removed 7 books without any authority whatsoever.

The Hebrew version.... Shalom!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2Km-IZ_wPk#

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuxFwZhU_J8#

“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect - you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break - her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.”

― Bob Marley

Anytime, Father Roel....!

Quote from: islander on September 08, 2012, 01:18:45 PM
i've homed frisky.  she's now back to her owner after her surgery (spaying) wound had healed.

frisky

now we have whisky.  i hope for a good home for her one day.

whisky

kinsay gusto ninyong mo-home ug kitten, huhuhu.  taga-tigs, kun di lang ka daghan ug iring karon, shot gyod unta ni si whisky nimo. 

Hahahahaha! cute!

We had a patient who came in today with Brugada Syndrome. 20 years old pa, he's scheduled for a defibrillator implantation tomorrow. Luo'y pod intawn. For those who don't know what Brugada Syndrome is, its a rare genetic disease that is the cause of sudden cardiac death.

I hope this patient has a successful and uneventful surgery tomorrow...

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on September 21, 2012, 08:35:07 AM

Margo Katherine Midwinter

Cute lagi siya!

Today i realized the importance of moving forward and not lingering on past feelings. It's actually quite liberating.

Today was a long day, but not too bad. There is a doctor who works at night who is flirting with me quite openly at work. She is in her mid 40's and she tends to put her arm on my back or rub my back when she asks me questions. lol. One of the nurses said to me, "hey doc, are you seeing Dr. E? are you two like seeing each other?" hahaha!

Anyways, o man. Today before leaving my shift, she said to me, "why are you leaving work so early? do you have a date or something?"

Truly an awkward question to ask in front of a lot of patients / nurses around. lol. Ah...cougars...

Quote from: chicogon on September 21, 2012, 11:01:52 AM
Thank you, Mam Jenet... yes, I'm very careful now with what I eat since my last surgery. I need adjustments with my medication since I lost already 46 lbs in the last month. Hinay na sad mokaon... although it didn't change my cooking habit hehehe

Hehehehe! I bet lami kaayo imong cooking, Father Roel!

Quote from: chicogon on September 21, 2012, 10:35:50 AM
Nag mass ko ganina pero wala ko kahuman. My deacon finished the celebration for me. Didn't remember much what happened. My parishioners called 911 and I was rushed to the emergency room. Ok nako karon but they're keeping me overnight here (Slidell Memorial Hospital) for a battery of tests. Naunsa naman ko oy... mora naman kog permanent resident sa hospital lately hehehe. Salamat sa ifon kadukdok lang gehapon!

Father Roel, please get some rest and to recuperate. We are praying for you.....

We Love you, Father Roel.

Higala ni godzilla.

I. A State After Death of Suffering and Forgiveness



Matt. 5:26,18:34; Luke 12:58-59 â€" Jesus teaches us, “Come to terms with your opponent or you will be handed over to the judge and thrown into prison. You will not get out until you have paid the last penny.” The word “opponent” (antidiko) is likely a reference to the devil (see the same word for devil in 1 Pet. 5:8 ) who is an accuser against man (c.f. Job 1.6-12; Zech. 3.1; Rev. 12.10), and God is the judge. If we have not adequately dealt with satan and sin in this life, we will be held in a temporary state called a prison, and we won’t get out until we have satisfied our entire debt to God. This “prison” is purgatory where we will not get out until the last penny is paid.

Matt. 5:48 - Jesus says, "be perfect, even as your heavenly Father is perfect." We are only made perfect through purification, and in Catholic teaching, this purification, if not completed on earth, is continued in a transitional state we call purgatory.

Matt. 12:32 â€" Jesus says, “And anyone who says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven; but no one who speaks against the Holy Spirit will be forgiven either in this world or in the next.” Jesus thus clearly provides that there is forgiveness after death. The phrase “in the next” (from the Greek “en to mellonti”) generally refers to the afterlife (see, for example, Mark 10.30; Luke 18.30; 20.34-35; Eph. 1.21 for similar language). Forgiveness is not necessary in heaven, and there is no forgiveness in hell. This proves that there is another state after death, and the Church for 2,000 years has called this state purgatory.

Luke 12:47-48 - when the Master comes (at the end of time), some will receive light or heavy beatings but will live. This state is not heaven or hell, because in heaven there are no beatings, and in hell we will no longer live with the Master.

Luke 16:19-31 - in this story, we see that the dead rich man is suffering but still feels compassion for his brothers and wants to warn them of his place of suffering. But there is no suffering in heaven or compassion in hell because compassion is a grace from God and those in hell are deprived from God's graces for all eternity. So where is the rich man? He is in purgatory.

1 Cor. 15:29-30 - Paul mentions people being baptized on behalf of the dead, in the context of atoning for their sins (people are baptized on the dead’s behalf so the dead can be raised). These people cannot be in heaven because they are still with sin, but they also cannot be in hell because their sins can no longer be atoned for. They are in purgatory. These verses directly correspond to 2 Macc. 12:44-45 which also shows specific prayers for the dead, so that they may be forgiven of their sin.

Phil. 2:10 - every knee bends to Jesus, in heaven, on earth, and "under the earth" which is the realm of the righteous dead, or purgatory.

2 Tim. 1:16-18 - Onesiphorus is dead but Paul asks for mercy on him “on that day.” Paul’s use of “that day” demonstrates its eschatological usage (see, for example, Rom. 2.5,16; 1 Cor. 1.8; 3.13; 5.5; 2 Cor. 1.14; Phil. 1.6,10; 2.16; 1 Thess. 5.2,4,5,8; 2 Thess. 2.2,3; 2 Tim. 4.8 ). Of course, there is no need for mercy in heaven, and there is no mercy given in hell. Where is Onesiphorus? He is in purgatory.

Heb. 12:14 - without holiness no one will see the Lord. We need final sanctification to attain true holiness before God, and this process occurs during our lives and, if not completed during our lives, in the transitional state of purgatory.

Heb. 12:23 - the spirits of just men who died in godliness are "made" perfect. They do not necessarily arrive perfect. They are made perfect after their death. But those in heaven are already perfect, and those in hell can no longer be made perfect. These spirits are in purgatory.

1 Peter 3:19; 4:6 - Jesus preached to the spirits in the "prison." These are the righteous souls being purified for the beatific vision.

Rev. 21:4 - God shall wipe away their tears, and there will be no mourning or pain, but only after the coming of the new heaven and the passing away of the current heaven and earth. Note the elimination of tears and pain only occurs at the end of time. But there is no morning or pain in heaven, and God will not wipe away their tears in hell. These are the souls experiencing purgatory.

Rev. 21:27 - nothing unclean shall enter heaven. The word “unclean” comes from the Greek word “koinon” which refers to a spiritual corruption. Even the propensity to sin is spiritually corrupt, or considered unclean, and must be purified before entering heaven. It is amazing how many Protestants do not want to believe in purgatory. Purgatory exists because of the mercy of God. If there were no purgatory, this would also likely mean no salvation for most people. God is merciful indeed.

Luke 23:43 â€" many Protestants argue that, because Jesus sent the good thief right to heaven, there can be no purgatory. There are several rebuttals. First, when Jesus uses the word "paradise,” He did not mean heaven. Paradise, from the Hebrew "sheol," meant the realm of the righteous dead. This was the place of the dead who were destined for heaven, but who were captive until the Lord's resurrection. Second, since there was no punctuation in the original manuscript, Jesus’ statement “I say to you today you will be with me in paradise” does not mean there was a comma after the first word “you.” This means Jesus could have said, “I say to you today, you will be with me in paradise” (meaning, Jesus could have emphasized with exclamation his statement was “today” or “now,” and that some time in the future the good thief would go to heaven). Third, even if the thief went straight to heaven, this does not prove there is no purgatory (those who are fully sanctified in this life â€" perhaps by a bloody and repentant death â€" could be ready for admission in to heaven).

Gen. 50:10; Num. 20:29; Deut. 34:8 - here are some examples of ritual prayer and penitent mourning for the dead for specific periods of time. The Jewish understanding of these practices was that the prayers freed the souls from their painful state of purification, and expedited their journey to God.

Baruch 3:4 - Baruch asks the Lord to hear the prayers of the dead of Israel. Prayers for the dead are unnecessary in heaven and unnecessary in hell. These dead are in purgatory.

Zech. 9:11 - God, through the blood of His covenant, will set those free from the waterless pit, a spiritual abode of suffering which the Church calls purgatory.

2 Macc. 12:43-45 - the prayers for the dead help free them from sin and help them to the reward of heaven. Those in heaven have no sin, and those in hell can no longer be freed from sin. They are in purgatory. Luther was particularly troubled with these verses because he rejected the age-old teaching of purgatory. As a result, he removed Maccabees from the canon of the Bible.






Reference
Retrieved from:
http://www.scripturecatholic.com/purgatory.html

III. THE FINAL PURIFICATION, OR PURGATORY

1030 All who die in God's grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven.

1031 The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment of the damned.606 The Church formulated her doctrine of faith on Purgatory especially at the Councils of Florence and Trent. The tradition of the Church, by reference to certain texts of Scripture, speaks of a cleansing fire:607

    As for certain lesser faults, we must believe that, before the Final Judgment, there is a purifying fire. He who is truth says that whoever utters blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will be pardoned neither in this age nor in the age to come. From this sentence we understand that certain offenses can be forgiven in this age, but certain others in the age to come.608

1032 This teaching is also based on the practice of prayer for the dead, already mentioned in Sacred Scripture: "Therefore [Judas Maccabeus] made atonement for the dead, that they might be delivered from their sin."609 From the beginning the Church has honored the memory of the dead and offered prayers in suffrage for them, above all the Eucharistic sacrifice, so that, thus purified, they may attain the beatific vision of God.610 The Church also commends almsgiving, indulgences, and works of penance undertaken on behalf of the dead:

    Let us help and commemorate them. If Job's sons were purified by their father's sacrifice, why would we doubt that our offerings for the dead bring them some consolation? Let us not hesitate to help those who have died and to offer our prayers for them.611



Reference:

The Catechism of the One, Holy, Roman Catholic Church
http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p123a12.htm

Quote from: BolBuhol on September 20, 2012, 12:09:50 AM
Tabangan daw ko ninyo ani gid pag intindi gid ya, kung may ara gid ba sang bible ma kita.

The Bible does not mention the exact word "purgatory," but instead it makes reference to a place which can be understood as what is referred to as purgatory. To claim that purgatory does not exist because the exact word does not appear in Scripture is a failure to understand Scripture.

You might as well even deny that there is a book called the Bible because no such name is found in the inspired writings.

One might as well deny the Trinity, Incarnation, and so forth because these exact words are not found in the Bible.

The name does not make the place; the place must exist first, then we give it a name. We call this place "purgatory" because it means "a cleansing place." Therein souls are purged from the small stains of sin, which prevent their immediate entrance into Heaven.


In the Old Testament

The first mention of Purgatory in the Bible is in 2 Maccabees 12:46: "Thus he made atonement for the dead that they might be freed from sin."

Granted, 2 Maccabees may not be in Protestant Bibles, but even if it cannot be used doctrinally then it at least has to have some historical worth. In it we can see what the pre-Christian community believed.

In Chapter 12 we can see Scriptural proof for Purgatory and evidence that the Jews had sacrifices offered for those of their brothers who had lost their lives in battle. That the Jews prayed for the dead shows that they believed in a place where they could be helped (now called Purgatory) and that the prayers of their living brothers and sisters could help them in that place.

These words in the book of Maccabees had so clearly favored the Catholic custom, that the whole book was removed from the Protestant Bible. Unfortunately for them, even if the book was not inspired, it still tells us of the practice of God's chosen people.



In the New Testament

In Matthew 5:26 Christ is condemning sin and speaks of liberation only after expiation. "Amen, I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last penny." Now we know that no last penny needs to be paid in Heaven and from Hell there is no liberation at all; hence the reference must apply to a third place.

Matthew 12:32 says, "And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come."

The same person as in the previously mentioned verse, Matthew, speaks of sin against the Holy Spirit. The implication is that some sins can be forgiven in the world to come. But not in Hell from which there is no liberation; nor in Heaven because nothing imperfect can enter it as we see in the next part. Any remission of sin cannot occur in either of these places because they are a final destination unlike purgatory.

Revelation 21:27: "...but nothing unclean will enter it, nor anyone who does abominable things or tells lies." The place that is to be entered (the place to which this passage refers) is heaven (read the text around it for context).

The Bible clearly implies a place for temporary punishment after we die in the many passages which tell that God will reward or punish according to man's works.


Reference:
http://www.aboutcatholics.com/life_in_christ/where_purgatory_bible/

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 20, 2012, 01:52:38 PM

ha ha ha cute kaayo!

Quote from: chicogon on September 20, 2012, 02:01:43 PM

he he he! lami diba, Father?

9:02 pm diri. gonna go out for a jog.

Possession between your legs.

Quote from: Pikoy on September 20, 2012, 01:26:48 AM




testing lang....malopa..c pikoy nga arabohun...

hahaha! kuyawa lagi ! Salam alaikum, Sadiq. Kefak?

Quote from: Lollapalooza on September 19, 2012, 01:25:07 PM

hhmm... let me guess.. you're the YOUNGest doctor here? hahahah bitaw Bran, tama si Ma'am LanggamTamsi, you look young without the beard.. ^__^

hahaha mao ba, jenneth? sigi, i'll keep the clean cut look from now on.

Quote from: Pikoy on September 19, 2012, 01:28:01 PM
cha cha date? mau nana doc? hubaga ate oiiiii..........

hahaha. dako'g lubut noh? taga spain nang bajeha.

hahaha






 

Quote from: Pikoy on September 19, 2012, 01:22:38 PM
dakoa lawas nmo puryabuyag doc oi, dughanon man kaayo, pag ka anindot man gayud himoong unlan..

buyag lagi, bai hahaha.

Posing with my cha cha date 

Quote from: Pikoy on September 19, 2012, 01:06:20 PM
tag dugay jud diay ka doc usa makauli nuh..naa pod diay kay pamilya sa leyte ahhh.., maujod kinahanglang jud nga naa tay pasalubong sa atong mga kasilinganan kay lisod ug libakon ta..    

hahaha! 12 years ko wa ka balik sa pilipinas from 1998 till 2010, bai piks. when i visited family in leyte, na kuyawan ko kai arang daghana kaayo ko'g paryente. ahoang lola -- mama sa ahoang papa, taga padre burgos , southern leyte. ahoang lolo -- ang papa sa ahoang papa-- taga pintuyan, southern leyte. naa koy' duhang clan didto sa Leyte. Ang mga Ebuenga Clan, Estrella Clan og Lucino Clan. Leyteno man ahoang papa, bai piks. Dugong Leyteno, pero ning grow up sija sa Bohol.

Ikaw diay bai? Taga asa man diay ka sa Pilipinas? Taga Bohol ka?

Quote from: LanggamTamsi2 on September 18, 2012, 03:43:48 PM
Ahh afoha doktor dodong oi, Younger bitaw ka tan-awon nga way bungot dong..

hehehe! thanks tita! sigi, i'll stick to the "clean shaven" look from now on.

Quote from: Pikoy on September 19, 2012, 12:58:38 PM
naka uli nako pag march ning tuiga Doc, 2mos ko ngadto sa ato..yearly man ko uli, so puhon march malooyng Ginoo puhn2x basin uli napod ko.. ikaw doc la diay kay uli2x sa pinas?

ning uli ko sa july 2010, bai. 1 month ko didto, bisita sa ahoang pamilya sa bohol, ning bisita pod ko's ahoang pamilya didto sa Leyte. dugay na lagi, mag plano ko mo balik sa atoa karong 2014. mag save save pa lagi kai daghang pasalubong i dad-on.

“Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly.”

― Langston Hughes

“What's meant to be will always find a way”
― Trisha Yearwood

Considering the roads of the Philippines? Not in the near future.

Kanusa man ka mo uli sa pinas diay, Bai?

hahaha! aww kuyawa pod uy ! enjoy your well deserved weekend, Bai Piks!

Maayong Gabii / Maayong Buntag , Bai Piks!!

bwahahahaahahaha. ngiaowwww!

he he the same company that owns jaguar and land rover.

5. Repent quickly when you fail.

In several places the Bible tells us the best way to resist temptation is to flee from it (1 Corinthians 6:18; 1 Corinthians 10:14; 1 Timothy 6:11; 2 Timothy 2:22). Yet still we all fail from time to time. We fail to flee. Notice I didn't say, repent quickly if you fail. Having a more realistic viewâ€"knowing that at times you will failâ€"should help you to repent quickly when you do. It is not the end of the world when you fail, but it is very dangerous to persist in your sin. Going back to James 1, verse 15 explains that sin "when it is full-grown, gives birth to death."







reference:
http://christianity.about.com/od/newchristians/ht/avoidtemptation.htm

4. Refocus with praise.

How often have you been tempted to sin when your heart and mind were fully concentrated on worship to the Lord? Praising God takes your focus off of yourself and puts it on God. You may not be strong enough to resist temptation on your own, but as you focus on God, he will inhabit your praise. He will give you the strength to resist and walk away from the temptation. May I suggest Psalm 147 as a good place to start.

3. Resist with the Word of truth.

Hebrews 4:12 says God's Word is living and active. Did you know you can carry a weapon that will make your thoughts obey Jesus Christ? If you don't believe me, read 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 One of these weapons is the Word of God.

Though it can be helpful to read God's Word when you're being tempted, sometimes that's not practical. Even better is to practice reading the Word daily, so that eventually you have so much of it inside, you are ready whenever temptation comes. If you are reading through the Bible regularly, you will have the full counsel of God at your disposal.

2. Run away from the temptation.

I love the New Living Translation of 1 Corinthians 10:13. It says, "But remember that the temptations that come into your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will keep the temptation from becoming so strong that you can't stand up against it. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you will not give in to it."

When you are face to face with temptation, look for the way out that God has promised and then run as fast as you can.

1.   Recognize your tendency toward sin.

James 1:14 explains that we are tempted when we become enticed by our own natural desires. The first step toward avoiding temptation, is recognizing our human tendency to be tempted by our own fleshly desires. Temptation is a given, so don't be surprised by it. Rather, expect to be tempted. Be prepared for it.

5 Steps to Avoid Temptation


Temptation is something we all face as Christians, no matter how long we have been following Christ. There are a few practical things, however, that we can do to grow stronger and smarter in our struggle against sin. You can learn how to avoid temptation by practicing these five steps.

Dear Lord,
You know the temptations that I am facing today. But your Word promises that I will not be tempted beyond what I can bear. I ask for your strength to stand up under the temptation whenever I encounter it. Your Word also tells me you will provide a way out of the temptation. Please, Lord, give me the wisdom to walk away when I am tempted, and the clarity to see the way out that you will provide. Thank you, God, that you are a faithful deliverer and that I can count on your help in my time of need.
Amen








reference:
http://christianity.about.com/od/prayersforspecificneeds/a/PrayersVerses.htm

“But remember that the temptations that come into your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will keep the temptation from becoming so strong that you can't stand up against it. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you will not give in to it.”

1 Corinthians 10:13

"No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it."

1 Corinthians 10:13

If you're struggling with temptation in your life, take some encouragement from these verses and pray the prayer below, asking the Lord to help you deal with the temptations you face each day.

Dear Lord of Mercy and Father of Comfort,

You are the One I turn to for help in moments of weakness and times of need. I ask you to be with your servant in this illness. Psalm 107:20 says that you send out your Word and heal. So then, please send your healing Word to your servant. In the name of Jesus, drive out all infirmity and sickness from his body.

Dear Lord, I ask you to turn this weakness into strength, suffering into compassion, sorrow into joy, and pain into comfort for others. May your servant trust in your goodness and hope in your faithfulness, even in the middle of this suffering. Let him be filled with patience and joy in your presence as he waits for your healing touch.

Please restore your servant to full health, dear Father. Remove all fear and doubt from his heart by the power of your Holy Spirit, and may you, Lord, be glorified through his life.

As you heal and renew your servant, Lord, may he bless and praise you.

All of this I pray in the name of Jesus Christ.

Amen.

The LORD sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness.
Psalm 41:3

... through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.

Romans 8:2

For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man, in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.


Romans 8:3-4

he's healing from his last surgery, isles. let's keep him in our prayers , hah.

When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.

-John 8:12

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

â€"Romans 8:28

Quote from: islander on September 18, 2012, 02:37:39 PM
i see... at least that's clearer now.  let's also say that he tried palliatives to the economic morass that he inherited from a republican administration, in what used to be an artificial feeling of plenty with the policies of alan greenspan. (Greenspan Concedes Error on Regulation, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/business/economy/24panel.html?_r=1)   

do you have any idea how a republican president, had he won instead of obama, could have made up for it?

its impossible to put the full blame on bush, isles. when he was elected to his 2nd term, it was already a democratically controlled congress and senate. so any policies he wanted , was usually negated by the congress and senate. bush was a lame duck president in that regard. most of the policies in the latter half of bush's term were promulgated by the democrat-controlled senate and congress.

one has to take that into consideration.

Bush's 8 years in the presidency resulted in $ 1 trillion in debt.

Obama's 4 years in the presidency resulted in over $4 trillion in debt.

Obama has done more to destroy this country. His bail out has not worked at all.

Unemployment remains high: at 8.5% ; over 25 million Americans are still without jobs. Some 53 million Americans receive public aid and welfare checks on a monthly basis.

ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Quote from: chicogon on September 14, 2012, 04:37:33 AM

Father Roel,

Gwapo kaayo imohang balay jamo uy! I love the color scheme, kai very blue-esque. It reminds me of the villas in the Caribbean.

Quote from: Pikoy on September 18, 2012, 02:23:18 PM
yess korek imong papa dok..pero dependi rapod cguro sa tawong  kung makamaung mo save..

dugay2x gyud diay imong Daddy ngari, bag ohay palang gani ko deri 1 year & 5 mos palang, Dubai ko b4 3 years pero deli mn kaau ko katigum ngad2 kay daghan man tintasyon gud usa pa mahal ang cost of living ngad2..   

ha ha ha! mao ba, Bai Piks? Naa bitaw koy amigo diri sa hospital. He is the IT specialist diri, pero ijang background ay computer engineering. Ning trabaho sija sa Jeddah for 15 years before migrating here to the 'states. Ijang asawa, engineer pod. Ingon kono sija that ilang salary, gi save nila kai ang company nila didto kono mo hatag og weekly allowance, food allowance, and free tickets to go home kono. Ingon ahong amigo that mo adto kono sila sa dubai, spain, italy, france, pilipinas sa ilang yearly trips.

ingon kono sija ang mga professioals dinha, paid kono according to their nationality. ang mga amerikano og yuropiyano dako kono ilang sweldo kay sa pinoy. Ang IT engineer kono sa Jeddah, ilang monthly salary is $3000, pero ang amerikano o yuripiyano, ilang salary kono ay $5,000 o $6,000.

dakoa pod ang diperensya noh?