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11 The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.”

Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire.

And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 13 When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.

Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

- 1 Kings 19: 11-13

"Honor your father and mother"--which is the first commandment with a promise--that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth."
-Ephesians 6:2,3

The Holy Presence - The Eucharist



What material food produces in our bodily life, Holy Communion wonderfully achieves in our spiritual life. Communion with the flesh of the risen Christ, a flesh “given life and giving life through the Holy Spirit,” preserves, increases, and renews the life of grace received at Baptism. This growth in Christian life needs the nourishment of Eucharistic Communion, the bread for our pilgrimage until the moment of death, when it will be given to us as viaticum.”
Catechism of the Catholic Church 1392

The Act of Reconciliation




In imparting to his apostles His own power to forgive sins the Lord also gives them the authority to reconcile sinners with the Church. This ecclesial dimension of their task is expressed most notably in Christ’s solemn words to Simon Peter: “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” “The office of binding and loosing which was given to Peter was also assigned to the college of the apostles united to its head.”

Catechism of the Catholic Church 1444

The blessing of a child





From the time of the apostles, becoming a Christian has been accomplished by a journey and initiation in several stages. This journey can be covered rapidly or slowly, but certain essential elements will always have to be present: proclamation of the Word, acceptance of the Gospel entailing conversion, profession of faith, Baptism itself, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and admission to Eucharistic communion.

Catechism of the Catholic Church 1229

The baptismal font at St. Clement's

St. Clement's Byzantine Catholic Church

This church is actually 8 blocks south from where I live; its in close proximity to De Paul University here in Chicago. I attended mass at St. Clement's several months ago; truly, its beautiful. They offer Tridentine Latin Mass there.

Beautiful, beautiful church.

Quote from: vrglguapo on August 07, 2012, 01:06:24 AM
Another angle of Christ Church Cathedral of Dublin..

I really love the formation of the exterior facade, its amazing to see a church that has withstood time's advances.

Yakk !

He he he, two very beautiful people with two beautiful smiles. I'm happy you were able to EB with David, Manay Tess.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wMhhq7zwPc#

he he he ! Tita, gi mingaw na ka sa kanonon didto sa Cebu?

Quote from: islander on August 07, 2012, 03:07:52 AM

he he he he! aww, cute kaayo lagi.

Quote from: islander on August 06, 2012, 09:32:55 PM

bwahahaha! this picture reminds of Fr. Roel's signature , which states: "Wine does not make you FAT... it makes you LEAN.(LEAN gainst tables, chairs, floors, walls and ugly people.)"

Quote from: islander on August 06, 2012, 08:45:21 PM
it looks like this would take time, like a generation later, as contraceptives took time to become what they are today.  ethics have a way of going with the times.  sad.

It is interesting how human opinions work in that regard. There are many physicians who support total stem cell usage, there are also many of us who think the use of human embryonic stem cells is -- unethical.

It is amazing how -- in a group of people trained to use science for the benefit of the body-- are , in the end, influenced by their religious, spiritual upbringing.

If there were no limitations to stem cell usage, many diseases now that affect populations, particulary the terminally ill, would be lifted up from their present physical state. Many patients who suffer from CHF (congestive heart failure), CRF (chronic renal failure), liver failure, pancreatic failure, etc, etc, would be spared their inevetible course.

The use of embryonic stem cells on these patients -- through genetic therapy -- would lead to the repair of their damaged organs, which would lead to the attainment of a balanced/normal physiological function of their body.

Many of the diseases we see now -- in human medicine -- would be annihilated / cured.

But then -- there is the ethical line that prevents us from using human embryonic stem cells.

Quote from: islander on August 06, 2012, 08:59:02 PM

they call it patriotism.

hillbilly diay ang tag-iya sa ining auto-ha.

ha ha ha ha! and i suppose condoms potentiate one's ability to drive mini coopers indefinitely? 

The Carmel Mission, located in Carmel, California.

by: anonymous
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Go to God often,
with every need.
Asking saints that he sends,
to keep up your plead.

With all of things past,
we are sure through it all.
That those who keep praying,
God answers their call.

We will never fail,
with Mother to guide us.
And brother's and sister's
from Heaven beside us.

This call that we gave,
was Jesus in us pleading.
Was God giving call,
to grace all our needing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LNTXE9e5ok#ws

by: anonymous
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Like music or dance,
the meaning is flowing.
Rythm and feeling,
in me is growing!

I open and share,
this song of my life.
Movement and calling ,
to remove the strife!

With Jesus I'm dancing,
and to you inviting.
He'll give good grace,
all Heaven inspiring!

In Light He'll fill you,
with Light alive.
And He will draw through you,
all others to strive!

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, to Thee I consecrate and offer up my person and my life, my actions, trials, and sufferings, that my entire being may henceforth only be employed in loving, honoring and glorifying Thee. This is my irrevocable will, to belong entirely to Thee, and to do all for Thy love, renouncing with my whole heart all that can displease Thee.

I take Thee, O Sacred Heart, for the sole object of my love, the protection of my life, the pledge of my salvation, the remedy of my frailty and inconstancy, the reparation for all the defects of my life, and my secure refuge at the hour of my death. Be Thou, O Most Merciful Heart, my justification before God Thy Father, and screen me from His anger which I have so justly merited. I fear all from my own weakness and malice, but placing my entire confidence in Thee, O Heart of Love, I hope all from Thine infinite Goodness. Annihilate in me all that can displease or resist Thee. Imprint Thy pure love so deeply in my heart that I may never forget Thee or be separated from Thee.

I beseech Thee, through Thine infinite Goodness, grant that my name be engraved upon Thy Heart, for in this I place all my happiness and all my glory, to live and to die as one of Thy devoted servants.

Amen.

O my Most Loving and Gentle Jesus, I desire with all the affections of my heart, that all beings should praise Thee, honor Thee and glorify Thee eternally for that sacred wound wherewith Thy divine side was rent. I deposit, enclose, conceal in that wound and in that opening in Thy Heart, my heart and all my feelings, thoughts, desires, intentions and all the faculties of my soul. I entreat Thee, by the precious Blood and Water that flowed from Thy Most Loving Heart, to take entire possession of me, that Thou may guide me in all things. Consume me in the burning fire of thy holy Love, so that I may be so absorbed and transformed into Thee that I may no longer be but one with Thee.

Amen.

-- Lanspergius, the Carthusian

I. O my Jesus, you have said: "Truly I say to you, ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you." Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of...... (here name your request)
Our Father....Hail Mary....Glory Be to the Father....Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.


II. O my Jesus, you have said: "Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in my name, he will give it to you." Behold, in your name, I ask the Father for the grace of.......(here name your request) Our Father...Hail Mary....Glory Be To the Father....Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.

III. O my Jesus, you have said: "Truly I say to you, heaven and earth will pass away but my words will not pass away." Encouraged by your infallible words I now ask for the grace of.....(here name your request) Our Father....Hail Mary....Glory Be to the Father...Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for whom it is impossible not to have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us miserable sinners and grant us the grace which we ask of you, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, your tender Mother and ours.
Say the Hail, Holy Queen and add: St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray for us.

-- St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f2xwX8cDwI#ws

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbY2r0Ps81M#ws

11. The Transfiguration of Jesus Christ




1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. 2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.

4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. 5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. 6 For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.

7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. 8 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.

Mark 9:1-8

Christ walking on water before the apostles

Awesome thread !

The world grows ever smaller, more connected, more crowded, and ironically, increasingly lonely for many of us. This is a problem with a whole host of unhappy consequences, not just for the individuals who experience it, but for society as a whole.


It's important to point out before I go any further that loneliness is not the same thing as being a private person, or a "loner," because some of us actually both need and enjoy a lot of time to ourselves. Loneliness, instead, refers to the difference between the amount of social contact and intimacy you have and the amount you want. It's about feeling isolated, like an outcast.


(That said, the opposite of loneliness isn't popularity either - you can have dozens of "friends" and still feel lonely. True intimacy and feelings of relatedness are much more about the quality of your relationships than the quantity.)


Persistent loneliness is not only emotionally painful, but can be more damaging to our physical and mental health than many psychiatric illnesses. For instance, lonely people sleep poorly, experience severe depression and anxiety, have reduced immune and cardiovascular functioning, and exhibit sings of early cognitive decline that grow more severe over time.


Not surprisingly, psychologists have created dozens of interventions designed to try to tackle this epidemic of loneliness. The approaches taken are varied, but can be broken up, roughly speaking, into four different categories.


There are interventions aimed at:


Improving social skills. Some researchers argue that loneliness is primarily the result of lacking of the interpersonal skills required to create and maintain relationships. Typically, these interventions involve teaching people how to be less socially awkward - to engage in conversation, speak on the phone, give and take compliments, grow comfortable with periods of silence, and communicate in positive ways non-verbally.


Enhancing social support. Many lonely people are victims of changing circumstances. These approaches offer professional help and counseling for the bereaved, elderly people who have been relocated, and children of divorce.


Increasing opportunities for social interaction. With this approach, the logic is simple: If people are lonely, give them opportunities to meet other people. This type of intervention, therefore, focuses on creating such opportunities through organized group activities.


Changing maladaptive thinking. This approach might seem surprising, and its rationale less obvious than the other approaches. But recent research reveals that over time, chronic loneliness makes us increasingly sensitive to, and on the lookout for, rejection and hostility. In ambiguous social situations, lonely people immediately think the worst. For instance, if coworker Bob seems more quiet and distant than usual lately, a lonely person is likely to assume that he's done something to offend Bob, or that Bob is intentionally giving him the cold shoulder.


Lonely people pay more attention to negative social information (like disagreement or criticism). They remember more of the negative things that happened during an encounter with another person, and fewer positive things.


All this leads, as you might imagine, to more negative expectations about future interactions with others - lonely people don't expect things to go well for them, and consequently, they often don't.


Interventions aimed at changing this self-fulfilling pattern of thinking begin by teaching people to identify negative thoughts when they occur. Whenever they feel anxious about a social encounter, find themselves focusing on everything that went wrong, or wondering if they've made a bad impression, a red flag is raised.


Next, they learn to treat these negative thoughts as testable hypotheses rather than fact. They consider other possibilities - maybe everything will go smoothly, maybe it wasn't all bad, perhaps everyone liked me after all. They practice trying to see things from the perspective of others, and interpret their actions more benignly.


Take the case of Bob the Distant Coworker. With thought retraining, lonely people learn to ask themselves questions like "Am I sure Bob doesn't like me? Could there be other, more likely reasons for his quiet, reserved behavior at work? Could he simply be preoccupied with some problem? I know sometimes I get quiet and distracted when something is bothering me. Maybe Bob's behavior has nothing to do with me!"


Once the negative thoughts are banished, lonely people can approach new relationships with a positive, optimistic outlook, see the best in others, and learn to feel more confident about themselves.


With four approaches to curing loneliness, the obvious question is: What works? Thanks to a recent meta-analysis of 50 different loneliness interventions, the answer is clear. Interventions aimed at changing maladaptive thinking patterns were, on average, four times more effective than other interventions in reducing loneliness. (In fact, the other three approaches weren't particularly effective at all.)


It turns out that fundamentally, long-term loneliness isn't about being awkward, or the victim of circumstance, or lacking opportunities to meet people. Each can be the reason for relatively short-term loneliness - anyone who has ever moved to a new town or a new school and had to start building a network of friends from scratch certainly knows what it's like to be lonely. But this kind of loneliness needn't last long, and new relationships usually are formed... unless you've fallen into a way of thinking that keeps relationships from forming.


More than anything else, the cure for persistent loneliness lies in breaking the negative cycle of thinking that created it in the first place.


http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-science-success/201010/the-cure-loneliness

I think all men , some time in their life, endured the pain of a broken heart.

Ah, the language of the heart...

Quote from: vrglguapo on August 05, 2012, 03:48:38 PM
mao bitaw kanang mga cream makunot ug samut ang nawong.Always smile and it will make you look more younger..

He he he he! I agree, Nong.

Quote from: statesville on August 03, 2012, 10:25:39 AM
Sa lain nga thread kay pang whitening  products unya diay to dunay sagol nga  mercury,
I'm skeptical when it comes to  pang beauty products, so I just stay the way I am...
 

In omnes naturalis modo - OPTIMA !

Quote from: islander on August 06, 2012, 08:17:36 AM
now i'm beginning to wonder how stem cells, which are supposed to be living cells, can be bottled and sold as cream.

for one thing, presuming that technology made bottling live cells possible, still it's not autologous.

Isles, many of these creams have in them a synthetic hormone called CSGF (colony stimulating growth factors). These hormones are actually synthetic replicas of endogenous CSGF found in each human person. These hormones are produced by the body in case of healing and growth. These CSGF will entice the growth of damaged melanocyte, keratinocyte , adipocyte, and other cells found within the integumentary system.

That is the answer to your question.

this picture will make many western tourists cringe.

In my 2nd year of medical school, I was involved in a medical genetics research with my professor of medical biochemistry and genetics. The research focused on transplanting rat embryonic cells onto a damaged rat myocardium (heart muscle). The heart muscle tissue (myocardium) had suffered a significant myocardial infarction (heart attack), which is the death of myocardial tissue secondary to a blockage of either the right or left coronary arteries (these arteries supply oxygenated blood to the right heart (right atrium, right ventricle) and the left heart (left atrium and left ventricle). In this particular rat, the left ventricle was severely infarcted; 30% tissue loss. My professor transferred significant rat ebryonic stem cells into the affected left ventricle. After the surgery, we monitored the cardiac and pulmonary performance of the rat. The rat's cardiac output post-surgery was at 60%, but within 5 weeks, the cardiac output was now at 100%. We then sacrificed the rat (medically induced death via potassium Bolus), and we performed a post-mortem examination on the myocadium. We had observed that the damaged left ventricle was reconstituted (it had healed).

The clinical results reiterates theoretical dictum that embryonic stem cells are pleotrophic, pluripotent.

Now, if we could implement this into human medicine, we would have significant medical breakthroughs.

However, there is the moral and ethical line-- do we sacrifice human embryos for salvation of the body?

Quote from: islander on August 06, 2012, 08:32:56 AM
Highly plastic adult stem cells are routinely used in medical therapies, for example bone marrow transplantation.  Stem cells can now be artificially grown and transformed (differentiated) into specialized cell types with characteristics consistent with cells of various tissues such as muscles or nerves through cell culture.  Embryonic cell lines and autologous embryonic stem cells generated through therapeutic cloning have also been proposed as promising candidates for future therapies.  Research into stem cells grew out of findings by Ernest A. McCulloch and James E. Till at the University of Toronto in the 1960s. (wikipedia)

it can be artificially cultured diay.  well, technology might also make it possible to be bottled and sold as cream, "live".  in which case, it must be very, very expensive because it is not as if this technology is as common as coca-cola bottling.

Isles, this is correct. What they use for creams are adult stem cells that are the precursor of integumentary cells. These proto-integumentary cells can become melanocyte, collagen cells, keratinocytes, adipocyte, as well as future sebacous glands and epocrine glands as well. Specialized na ni sila.

These are also synthetical produced. Because Medical Science has mapped out the human DNA, we can produce these cells whenever we want and indefinitely. There are, of course, moral and ethical limitations that prevents scientists from going "over the edge". There are , however, who are in the radical group that want to go even further.

There are those amongst us who would say that immortality is attainable through science...

Quote from: vrglguapo on August 06, 2012, 02:40:32 AM
Dili ba kaha ni gikan sa human embryo any mga cell nga gigamit nila.

There are two sources, Nong Virgil, 1) Adult stem cells and 2) Embryonic stem cells.

The adult stem cell is specialized, whereas the embronic is still unspecialized (pleotrophic pa gehapon).

Kining embryonic stem cell, mao ni gi termahan sa mga geneticists ay "God cell" or "immortal cell".

It can become any cell, and also it has no life expectancy.

In algebraic terms, a² + b² = c² where c is the hypotenuse while a and b are the legs of the triangle.

Quote from: vrglguapo on August 03, 2012, 07:55:07 PM
My wife at the Rose Garden of Powerscourt..It is located at the walled gardens one of the oldest parts of the gardens and feature fascinating plants along ireland's largest herbaceous border.Here you can find 'Julia's memorial a calm,reflective pond built in honour of the 7th Viscount's mother.

Quote from: vrglguapo on August 03, 2012, 07:12:43 PM

800 years of History at Powerscourt
Where Powerscourt House stands today there was once a 13th century medieval castle, owned by the Le Power Family from which ‘Powerscourt’ takes its name. Powerful Irish families including the O’Tooles and the Fitzgeralds battled for possession of the castle and its lands over the succeeding centuries. In 1603 a new era began at Powerscourt, when Richard Wingfield was granted Powerscourt Castle and its lands as a reward for his military achievements by Queen Elizabeth. The story goes that Marshall Wingfield visited Queen Elizabeth after battle to pay his respects. The Queen said to him: “Well Sir Richard, what is to be your reward?” He bowed, and said “The scarf that Your Majesty wears will be sufficient reward for me.” Upon which the Queen placed the scarf over his shoulder. In addition to the scarf, Richard was knighted and received Powerscourt Estate as his reward. His descendants were to remain at Powerscourt for over 350 years.

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You both match! Red and Blue. Tommy Hilfiger models ba ni sila duha?

he he he, bitaw noh? It's like a scene from a fairy story.

1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus; 2 and he said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist, he has been raised from the dead; that is why these powers are at work in him." 3 For Herod had seized John and bound him and put him in prison, for the sake of Hero'di-as, his brother Philip's wife; 4 because John said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her." 5 And though he wanted to put him to death, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet. 6 But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Hero'di-as danced before the company, and pleased Herod, 7 so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. 8 Prompted by her mother, she said, "Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter." 9 And the king was sorry; but because of his oaths and his guests he commanded it to be given; 10 he sent and had John beheaded in the prison, 11 and his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother. 12 And his disciples came and took the body and buried it; and they went and told Jesus.

Matthew 14:1-12


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Reflection:

Do you ever feel haunted by a past failure or a guilty conscience? King Herod, the most powerful and wealthy man in Judea, had everything he wanted, except a clear conscience and peace with God. Herod had respected and feared John the Baptist as a great prophet and servant of God. John, however did not fear to rebuke Herod for his adulterous relationship with his brother's wife.  He ended up in prison because of Herodias' jealousy. Herod, out of impulse and a desire to please his family and friends, had John beheaded.  Now his conscience is pricked when he hears that all the people are going to Jesus to hear his message of repentance and to see his mighty works. Herod is now haunted by the thought that the prophet he murdered might now be raised from the dead!

Unfortunately for Herod, he could not rid himself of sin by ridding himself of the man who confronted him with his sin. Herod's power and influence was badly flawed. He could take a strong stand on the wrong things when he knew the right.  Such a stand, however, was a sign of weakness and cowardice. Where do you get the strength of will and heart to choose what is right and to reject what is bad? The Lord gives grace and help to the humble, to those who acknowledge their weanesses and their sinfulness, and who look to God for his mercy and pardon, wisdom and strength. His grace and pardon not only frees us from a guilty conscience, it enables us to pursue holiness in every area of our lives, in our thoughts and intentions as well as our words and actions. God's grace enables us to fight fear with faith and to overcome the temptation to compromise good with evil. Do you rely on God's grace and help to choose his way of holiness and to reject whatever would weaken your faith and loyalty to Christ?

"Heavenly Father, form in me the likeness of your Son Jesus that I may imitate him in word and deed. Help me to live the gospel faithfully and give me the strength and courage I need to not shrink back in the face of hardship and temptation."

Quote from: vrglguapo on August 03, 2012, 08:35:37 PM
Pepperpot Tower which was modelled on a pepperpot from Lord Powerscourt's dining table..

Excellent shot !

Quote from: LanggamTamsi2 on August 04, 2012, 01:00:51 PM
wa man nila gud hunahuna ang gibati sa bata,ang ila nga proud sila sa
achievements sa bata. kon ako always proud akong mga anak what ever they are.

Spoken like a true Mom!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng6xDi7nuvI#ws



Such a beautiful, beautiful, hymnal ! My heart jumps in joy whenever I hear this being sung in Holy, Catholic Mass. 

Novena Prayer to the Sacred Heart


Dear Jesus, in revealing the love of your Most Sacred Heart to Saint Margaret Mary you have said, "Behold this Heart which has so loved men that it has spared nothing, even to the point of spending itself and being consumed to prove its love to them."  Moved by this great love I humbly confide to your Most Sacred Heart this request. (Pause)

May your most loving Heart grant this request if it be in accordance with your Holy Will.  Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust You.  Most Sacred Heart of Jesus,
may your Holy Will be done.

AMEN

An Act of Consecration

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, filled with infinite love, broken by my ingratitude, pierced by my sins, yet loving me still: accept the consecration that I make to You of all that I am and all that I have.  Take every faculty of my soul and body.  Draw me, day by day, nearer and nearer to your Sacred Heart, and there, as I can bear the lesson, teach me your blessed ways.

AMEN.

Note..
Here are four excellent ways to increase
your personal devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

    1. Prayer.  Implore, pray to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

    2. Frequent Mass and receive the Communion.
    The Communion, the Eucharist is the body sacrificed for us by the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

    3. Visit to the Blessed Sacrament.
    Only the Roman Catholic Church... Blessed Sacrament.

    4. The Holy Hour.  The Holy Hour is the 3 PM...
    Merciful Hour.  Those who " Watch one hour"
    with Jesus, either before the Blessed Sacrament or
    at home, inevitably grow in love for the Sacred Heart.

The "12 Promises"


    I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.

    I will give peace in their families and will unite families that are divided.

    I will console them in all their troubles.

    I will be their refuge during  life and above all in death.

    I will bestow the blessings of Heaven on all their enterprises.

    Sinners shall find in my Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy.

    Tepid souls shall become fervent.

    Fervent souls shall rise quickly to great perfection.

    I will bless those places wherein the image of My Heart shall be exposed and honored and will imprint My love on the hearts of those who would wear this image on their person. I will also destroy in them all disordered movements.

    I will give to priests who are animated by a tender devotion to my Divine Heart the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.

    Those who promote this devotion shall have their names written in my Heart, never to be effaced.

    I promise you in the excessive mercy of my Heart that my all-powerful love will grant to all those who communicate on the First Friday in nine consecutive months, the grace of final penitence: they will not die in my disgrace, nor without receiving their Sacraments. My Divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.

    (The Nine Fridays must be made in honor of His Sacred Heart, meaning, practicing the devotion and having a great love of His Sacred Heart. They must be on the first Friday of the month for nine consecutive months, and Communion must be received.)

For all Catholic men and women, families and young people troubled by the many afflictions of modern life.......Discover the greatest source of spiritual and temporal help, graces and blessings for those who truly love the Sacred Heart of Our Lord, Jesus Christ, and practice His requested Devotion with the essential prayers and acts, including the "First Friday"and the "Nine Fridays" promises.

"And He showed me that it was His great desire of being loved by men and of withdrawing them from the path of ruin into which Satan hurls such crowds of them, that made Him form the design of manifesting His Heart to men, with all the treasures of love, of mercy, of grace, of sanctification and salvation which it contains, in order that those who desire to render Him and procure for Him all the honor and love possible, might themselves be abundantly enriched with those divine treasures of which this Heart is the source.

He should be honored under the figure of this Heart of flesh, and its image should be exposed...He promised me that wherever this image should be exposed with a view to showing it special honor, He would pour forth His blessings and graces. This devotion was the last effort of His love that He would grant to men in these latter ages, in order to withdraw them from the empire of Satan which He desired to destroy, and thus to introduce them into the sweet liberty of the rule of His love, which He wished to restore in the hearts of all those who should embrace this devotion."..... "The devotion is so pleasing to Him that He can refuse nothing to those who practice it."

from Revelations of Our Lord to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zxapj7FXZo#ws

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdNTaY39dBM#ws

yes isles. in the case of your daughter's ballet instructor, that was very responsible and compassionate on her part.

How adorable! Mura lagi ang porma ni Scooby Doo !

Eternal Father, I offer You the most precious blood of Your 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, for those in my own home and within my own family. Amen

Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me -- put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

-Philippians 4:9

Don't forget to be kind to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it.

- Hebrews 13:2

Quote from: Lorenzo on August 03, 2012, 10:46:32 AM

Lami i dokdokon ang ulo sa baji sa likod. 

Ning hilak intawn ang bata kai sakit na kaayo. Kinsa gud di maluoy ani?

Quote from: islander on August 03, 2012, 11:03:50 AM
my bad!  she's just a baby... and it's a male adult leg torturing her legs!  all for sports medals?  not worth a child's tears.

Lami gayod i sumbagon ang mga ginikanan nga gusto i-subjectohon ilang anak sa ining klasehang abuse. Ug ing ana man diay sila, better for them not to have kids at all. Children should be given affection, love, and embraced and raised in a healthy environment.

My heart bleeds with sympathy for these kids. These pictures are truly very disturbing.

Quote from: taga tigbao on August 03, 2012, 01:15:30 PM
Thank you Doc! Mao, tungod ni sa stress siguro ug kuwang sa pahuway tungod sa ahong lifestyle/ work style karon. Pahuway ko ug duro unja.

Salamat pud Te. O mao bitaw. Gahapon pa man pud hinoon ni magsugod. Sa tumang kakapoy ni, na overwork ahong lawas. I cant stay at home pud kay daghang trabaho. I would love to spend the whole day with Budinggit, Catarina and the munings pero dili pa puwede karon. Unja na ug maluag luag na.

Pahuway gajod, Vince. Our bodies require rest from time from time, ma sakit dali og ma over-stressed, og naay sleep deprivation pod. Ako galing, Vince, if I don't get enough sleep, dali ra ko ma sip-onon. Tulug gajud, bro, katug duro karong gabii.

Ayo ayo ka dinha, Brod Vince.

Kindness is a language the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
- Mark Twain

The words you say mean nothing, the way you say them means everything.
- Eileen Parra

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
- Edward W. Howe

When you learn, teach. When you get, give.
- Maya Angelou

"Sometimes a small thing you do can mean everything in another person's life."

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.
- Winston Churchill

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FZbcoWrUsw#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQesYM3tEAE#ws

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

Quote from: taga tigbao on August 03, 2012, 11:08:26 AM
GIHILANTAN intawon ko. Whew. 39.50 degrees ang ahong temperature reading pero dia gihapon kos opis!

Vince, you need to drink a lot of fluids. Inom daghang fluids; tubig o gatorade ba. Tulug duro gajod karong gabii.

Today we had a conversation about the 2008 Affordable Care Act. It was an interesting debate between the departments. I'm quite excited for tomorrow. I'm going to the Lollapalooza 2012.

bwahahaha si frodring diay ni sija?

Lami i dokdokon ang ulo sa baji sa likod. 

Quote from: taga tigbao on August 03, 2012, 10:36:00 AM
Maluoy man ganing ta ug iro or iring or unsa ba rong mga matang sa mananap nga murag wa alimaha ug tarong bata/ tawo pa ba kaha nga imong dugo. Anyway, point of view ni naho. What I heard and read of the culture in China and South Korea hasta ang Japan is that parents take pride kung may maachieve ang ilang anak sama nianing sports. Mura ug family pride pud ang prize ani for them.

You're right, Brod Vince. Ma sakitan atohang dughan kong maka kita ta'g pictures nga nag hilak ang bata.

I don't know how the parents of this little girl could bear to watch their baby being abused like this.
If I was the father, I would have already punched the trainer's face and rescued my baby girl already.
No award is worth that kind of pain / torture.

Quote from: Lorenzo on August 03, 2012, 10:37:54 AM
hmmm, i also wonder if he knows the calculation to find kinetic energy.

btw, it is 1/2 (mv^2)

ha ha ha!

hmmm, i also wonder if he knows the calculation to find kinetic energy.