when im stressed at work, mo tawag ko sa ahong mommy, then when she calls, her reassurance always comforts me. i love my mommy so much. she can understand what i'm thinking or feeling even without me uttering a word.
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Quote from: islander on March 11, 2014, 03:37:07 PM
she already thinks i'm too complicated for comfort, hehehe. she'd rather be with her papa.
Quote from: islander on March 11, 2014, 03:43:12 PM
right on! anything is possible, though being with a fellow doctor might lessen the friction over schedules. (perhaps only a doctor would understand the demanding schedule of a doctor.) but who can say? expat workers may have it worse, yet most of their unions or marriages work out fine.
besides, beyond the comfort zone the space can turn many ways-- heaven on earth, refugee center, or a war zone.![]()



), im sipping my cup of mint tea at a local cafe in downtown chicago. as i daze into the reflection of the skyscrapers piercing through the glass window, i am elated to see the bright sun shining outside. alas! wonderful and beloved spring, you have finally graced this city with thy tempest warmth !
Quote from: islander on February 26, 2014, 10:41:23 AM
faster, jack, faster! go around the world soon, jack!

Quote from: islander on February 27, 2014, 03:56:11 PM
Man, sentenced to life, chokes prosecutor
ABS-CBNnews.com
02/27/2014
MANILA â€" A man who was sentenced to life choked a state prosecutor in Quezon City after his verdict was handed down Thursday.
Onofre Surat Jr., who was convicted of kidnapping for ransom with homicide, choked Senior Deputy State Prosecutor Richard Anthony Fadullon after his sentence was read at a Quezon City trial court.
Fadullon said Surat still managed to choke him because the latter's handcuffs were worn in front of his body.
The prosecutor was given treatment, and Surat is now back in police custody.
A Philippine Star report said Surat had been tagged as the mastermind in the 2001 kidnap-slay of Mark Harris Bacalla, son of the late Quezon City Regional Trial Court Judge Marciano Bacalla. â€" report from Johnson Manabat, dzMM
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/
Quote from: islander on February 26, 2014, 10:43:17 AM
it must be manned by a polar bear and a penguin.
Quote from: hofelina on February 11, 2014, 04:42:44 PM
Our Lady of Lourdes
On December 8, 1854, Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in the apostolic constitution Ineffabilis Deus. A little more than three years later, on February 11, 1858, a young lady appeared to Bernadette Soubirous. This began a series of visions. During the apparition on March 25, the lady identified herself with the words: “I am the Immaculate Conception.â€
Bernadette was a sickly child of poor parents. Their practice of the Catholic faith was scarcely more than lukewarm. Bernadette could pray the Our Father, the Hail Mary and the Creed. She also knew the prayer of the Miraculous Medal: “O Mary conceived without sin.â€
During interrogations Bernadette gave an account of what she saw. It was “something white in the shape of a girl.†She used the word aquero, a dialect term meaning “this thing.†It was “a pretty young girl with a rosary over her arm.†Her white robe was encircled by a blue girdle. She wore a white veil. There was a yellow rose on each foot. A rosary was in her hand. Bernadette was also impressed by the fact that the lady did not use the informal form of address (tu), but the polite form (vous). The humble virgin appeared to a humble girl and treated her with dignity.
Through that humble girl, Mary revitalized and continues to revitalize the faith of millions of people. People began to flock to Lourdes from other parts of France and from all over the world. In 1862 Church authorities confirmed the authenticity of the apparitions and authorized the cult of Our Lady of Lourdes for the diocese. The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes became worldwide in 1907.
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Lourdes has become a place of pilgrimage and healing, but even more of faith. Church authorities have recognized over 60 miraculous cures, although there have probably been many more. To people of faith this is not surprising. It is a continuation of Jesus’ healing miraclesâ€"now performed at the intercession of his mother. Some would say that the greater miracles are hidden. Many who visit Lourdes return home with renewed faith and a readiness to serve God in their needy brothers and sisters. There still may be people who doubt the apparitions of Lourdes. Perhaps the best that can be said to them are the words that introduce the film The Song of Bernadette: “For those who believe in God, no explanation is necessary. For those who do not believe, no explanation is possible.â€
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“Lo! Mary is exempt from stain of sin, Proclaims the Pontiff high; And earth applauding celebrates with joy Her triumph, far and high. Unto a lowly timid maid she shows Her form in beauty fair, And the Immaculate Conception truth Her sacred lips declare.†(Unattributed hymn from the Roman Breviary)
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Quote from: hofelina on February 19, 2014, 07:27:18 PM
St. Conrad of Piacenza
(1290-1350)
Born of a noble family in northern Italy, Conrad as a young man married Euphrosyne, daughter of a nobleman.
One day while hunting he ordered attendants to set fire to some brush in order to flush out the game. The fire spread to nearby fields and to a large forest. Conrad fled. An innocent peasant was imprisoned, tortured to confess and condemned to death. Conrad confessed his guilt, saved the man’s life and paid for the damaged property.
Soon after this event, Conrad and his wife agreed to separate: she to a Poor Clare monastery and he to a group of hermits following the Third Order Rule. His reputation for holiness, however, spread quickly. Since his many visitors destroyed his solitude, Conrad went to a more remote spot in Sicily where he lived 36 years as a hermit, praying for himself and for the rest of the world.
Prayer and penance were his answer to the temptations that beset him. Conrad died kneeling before a crucifix. He was canonized in 1625.
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Francis of Assisi was drawn both to contemplation and to a life of preaching; periods of intense prayer nourished his preaching. Some of his early followers, however, felt called to a life of greater contemplation, and he accepted that. Though Conrad of Piacenza is not the norm in the Church, he and other contemplatives remind us of the greatness of God and of the joys of heaven.
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Pope Paul VI’s 1969 Instruction on the Contemplative Life includes this passage: "To withdraw into the desert is for Christians tantamount to associating themselves more intimately with Christ’s passion, and it enables them, in a very special way, to share in the paschal mystery and in the passage of Our Lord from this world to the heavenly homeland" (#1).
Quote from: hofelina on February 24, 2014, 04:37:02 PM
Blessed Luke Belludi
(1200-c. 1285)
In 1220, St. Anthony was preaching conversion to the inhabitants of Padua when a young nobleman, Luke Belludi, came up to him and humbly asked to receive the habit of the followers of St. Francis. Anthony liked the talented, well-educated Luke and personally recommended him to St. Francis, who then received him into the Franciscan Order.
Luke, then only 20, was to be Anthony's companion in his travels and in his preaching, tending to him in his last days and taking Anthony's place upon his death. He was appointed guardian of the Friars Minor in the city of Padua. In 1239 the city fell into the hands of its enemies. Nobles were put to death, the mayor and council were banished, the great university of Padua gradually closed and the church dedicated to St. Anthony was left unfinished. Luke himself was expelled from the city but secretly returned. At night he and the new guardian would visit the tomb of St. Anthony in the unfinished shrine to pray for his help. One night a voice came from the tomb assuring them that the city would soon be delivered from its evil tyrant.
After the fulfillment of the prophetic message, Luke was elected provincial minister and furthered the completion of the great basilica in honor of Anthony, his teacher. He founded many convents of the order and had, as Anthony, the gift of miracles. Upon his death he was laid to rest in the basilica that he had helped finish and has had a continual veneration up to the present time.
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The epistles refer several times to a man named Luke as Paul’s trusted companion on his missionary journeys. Perhaps every great preacher needs a Luke; Anthony surely did. Luke Belludi not only accompanied Anthony on his travels, he also cared for the great saint in his final illness and carried on Anthony’s mission after the saint’s death. Yes, every preacher needs a Luke, someone to offer support and reassuranceâ€"including those who minister to us. We don’t even have to change our names!






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Quote from: islander on February 22, 2014, 09:09:08 PM
aw, wa man kaha paborota morag balloon...
Quote from: islander on February 22, 2014, 02:59:00 PM
better yet, ang kamunggay motapot sa imong ngipon, and you start smiling at everyone.

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