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#201
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.

:P
#202
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. ;D

hehe, i think that's natural. daughters, in my opinion, are generally more attached to their fathers.

sons, on the other hand, are more attached to their mommy. i should know, i'm a mommy's boy. the same with my 2 younger brothers. og naay problema, mommy dajon. don't get me wrong, i love my dad. :)  :-*
#203
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: End of Your Comfort Zone
March 11, 2014, 11:50:42 PM
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. ;D

he he he! i need to find a cebuana / boholana / leytena physician. :P

wa jamo sa hospital nako. :P
#204
Talk of the Town / Re: Who Raped Pepsi Paloma?
March 11, 2014, 11:47:19 PM
Hahaha. loaded with 10, 000 mg of potassium, i hope. :P
#205
Talk of the Town / Re: Who Raped Pepsi Paloma?
March 11, 2014, 01:54:40 PM
Forgive me if I sound too harsh, but whoever raped her deserves a bullet in the head.
#206
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: End of Your Comfort Zone
March 11, 2014, 01:52:00 PM
Last week I went on a date with a Serbian girl I met at a cafe. Very nice girl, her accent sounds like a mix of Russian and French lol. I'm not sure to invest more, but she does make me feel comfortable. Tho she is not a doctor, she's in architecture. I should be open to the possibilities of exploring outside my usual preferences / comfort zone.

#207
Haha. You're just doing what moms so best ... Inquiring !!

Out of love. Of course.  ;)
#208
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: End of Your Comfort Zone
March 11, 2014, 01:43:39 PM
I don't know. There are so many nurses at work who have asked to hang out with me, but I don't find them....intriguing enough.

I always end up mentally comparing them to my x. As if she establishes criteria.

Drats. I rue the day I met that beautiful , intelligent, Ilongga girl in medical school. :o

#209
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: End of Your Comfort Zone
March 11, 2014, 01:40:41 PM
And for the life of me, I've been dating only doctors or medical students. I think I'm going to date women of more varied / different caliber.

I must admit, it's hard to be in a relationship with a doctor especially if one is also a doctor.

Or perhaps I'm too headstrong? And my x was also super head strong ? Or maybe I have a subconscious attraction to head strong / confident women? LOL!
:P
#210
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: End of Your Comfort Zone
March 11, 2014, 01:37:35 PM
It's so true!  I'm guilty of doing things that I'm used to, eating at places that I've been to, and I need to change this. I need to explore more and get out of this so called ...comfort zone.
#212
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: End of Your Comfort Zone
March 11, 2014, 12:36:00 AM
:)
#213
He is a missionary priest , What I admire about him is because the Holy Spirit has endowed him the yearning to minister the outcasts of society, the ones that are in the fringes. He is inclusive of homosexuals , those who have qualms with the church, and I think that is why he reveals the innately missionary nature of the Church!

He is also genuinely humble. Aside from ecclesiastic ministry , he is an academic, true to his Jesuit order. His choice of words appeals the distant flock, all the while defending the Church's teachings on faith, morality and Truth.
#214
He Is the Vicar of The Lord Jesus Christ, the personal representative of God in our midst. The successor of St. Peter ... And the Holy Spirit is with him!

Viva Il Papa!!!
#215
Photos Unlimited / Re: Mermaid
March 11, 2014, 12:13:44 AM
Aguroy!;D
#216
That , indeed , is right. There is much wisdom that can be conferred on one who studies Scripture with ecclesiastic guidance in interpretation, of course. :)
#217
Help & Support / Re: LOLLA, BAI TIGS
March 11, 2014, 12:08:16 AM
Good to see you posting again Jenneth! Boy oh boy, please be careful over there!

Condolences to the deceased. May their souls rest in peace...
#219
New Testament Teaching

Nowhere in the New Testament is capital punishment outlawed. On the contrary, the New Testament not only recognizes the right of the State to exercise authority in the name of God, but enjoins obedience to the State in applying the laws of God to its citizens.

As already noted, St. Paul explicitly declares that the State has authority from God to punish criminals. Christ Himself tells us to give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar. St. Peter enjoins Christians to be good citizens. Moreover, we are to obey civil authority â€" not mainly, but also "because you are afraid of being punished" (Romans 13:1-6).

But Sacred Scripture needs to be explained. As we reread the early Church's interpretation of the rights of civil authority, we find a remarkable thing.

From the beginning there were two variant interpretations of State authority relating to war and capital punishment. One interpretation was openly pacifist, and the other was non-pacifist.

Two names especially stand out that wrote belligerently against all war, and therefore espoused universal pacifism. Tertullian, 160-220, and Lactantius, 240-320 also fought strenuously against capital punishment of condemned criminals.

At the same time, the accepted Fathers of the Church never adopted these extreme positions, either outlawing all war as unjust or forbidding all capital punishment as inherently evil.
#220
Old Testament Morality

Those who claim that capital punishment is inherently wrong simply reject out of hand the practice of execution for grave crimes as found in the Old Testament. But they go too far.

The example of the accused in John's Gospel is no argument against capital punishment. When the Scribes and Pharisees brought the woman in front of Jesus, they claimed that Moses ordered such a person to be stoned to death. So they tried to trap the Savior by asking Him, "What is your opinion." But Jesus did not answer by saying that stoning is forbidden. Instead, He told the woman's accusers, "Let him that is without sin among you cast the first stone at her" (John 7:53-8:12).

Of course the New Testament is a development of the Old Law. Of course, Christ preached and practiced mercy. Of course Christianity is the fulfillment of the Mosaic Covenant. But, as Christ made clear, He did not come to destroy Law and the Prophets. He came to bring them to perfection. It is not logical to conclude from the Christianizing of capital punishment in the Old Testament to the abolition of capital punishment in the New Testament.
#221
Behind this declaration of the Vicar of Christ is a principle of our Catholic faith. Most of the Church's teaching, especially in the moral order, is infallible doctrine because it belongs to what we call her ordinary universal magisterium. There are certain moral norms that have always and everywhere been held by the successors of the Apostles in communion with the Bishop of Rome. Although never formally defined, they are irreversibly binding on the followers of Christ until the end of the world.

Such moral truths are the grave sinfulness of contraception and direct abortion. Such, too, is the Catholic doctrine which defends the imposition of the death penalty.

Certainly Christianity, like Christ, is to be merciful. Certainly Christians are to be kind and forgiving. But Christ is God. He is, indeed loving and in fact is love. But He is also just. As a just God, He has a right to authorize civil authority to inflict capital punishment.

This item 6871 digitally provided courtesy of CatholicCulture.org
#222
In the twentieth century, Pope Pius XII provided a full doctrinal defense of capital punishment. Speaking to Catholic jurists, he explained what the Church teaches about the authority of the State to punish crimes, even with the death penalty.

The Church holds that there are two reasons for inflicting punishment, namely "medicinal" and "vindictive." The medicinal purpose is to prevent the criminal from repeating his crime, and to protect society from his criminal behavior. The vindicative is to expiate for the wrongdoing perpetrated by the criminal. Thus reparation is made to an offended God, and the disorder caused by the crime is expiated.

Equally important is the Pope's insistence that capital punishment is morally defensible in every age and culture of Christianity. Why? Because the Church's teaching on "the coercive power of legitimate human authority" is based on "the sources of revelation and traditional doctrine." It is wrong, therefore "to say that these sources only contain ideas which are conditioned by historical circumstances." On the contrary, they have "a general and abiding validity." ( Acta Apostolicae Sedis, 1955, pp 81-2).
#223
In the sixteenth century, the Council of Trent mandated the publication of the Roman Catechism. Promulgated by Pope St. Pius V in 1566, it has been confirmed by one sovereign pontiff after another. Thus in 1905, when Pope St. Pius X decreed the catechetical instruction to be given in the Catholic world, he mandated that the basis of this instruction should be the Roman Catechism. In dealing with the fifth commandment of the Decalogue, this fundamental catechism of Catholic doctrine declares:


There are some exceptions to the extent of this prohibition to killing. The power of life and death is permitted to certain civil magistrates because theirs is the responsibility under law to punish the guilty and protect the innocent. Far from being guilty of breaking this commandment, such an execution of justice is precisely an act of obedience to it. For the purpose of the law is to protect and foster human life. This purpose is fulfilled when the legitimate authority of the state is exercised by taking the guilty lives of those who have taken innocent life (The Fifth Commandment, 4).


#224
St. Thomas Aquinas made the classic defense of capital punishment. He reasoned that "if a man be dangerous and infectious to the community, on account of some sin, it is praiseworthy and advantageous that he be killed in order to safeguard the common good" ( Summa Theologica II, II, 64, 2). Certainly the crime had to be very serious, and the welfare of society was at stake. But there was no question about the moral validity of capital punishment.
#225
The Church's Teaching

Over the centuries, the Church's writers have defended the traditional Christian teaching on capital punishment.

St. Augustine explained St. Paul's teaching on the State's right to inflict capital punishment. Certainly the State may execute convicted criminals. But it should exercise Christian forbearance and thus temper juridical severity.

Pope Leo I in the fifth century and Pope Nicholas I in the ninth century made it clear that the Church herself could not be directly involved in capital punishment; but the pontiffs assumed that the State was divinely authorized to do so. So, too, the Councils of Toledo (675) and Fourth Lateran (1215) forbade the clergy to take direct part in the juridical process or sentencing of a person on a capital charge. But again, the councils took for granted that the State may condemn a convicted criminal to death and execute the sentence.
#226
Such a nice day today. I'm at my study desk at work, enjoying my cup of coffee. One thing is missing. No one to enjoy it with.

There are benefits to being a single professional , such as a liberated life to spend on professional and academic pursuits. However , there are some days when one feels lonely.

As I sip my black coffee , and begin to write with my physician's pen , the thoughts of her come to my thoughts. Be gone from my thoughts, Darling, you haunt me so...
#227
General Topic / Re: Lonely Baby Panda in China
March 09, 2014, 12:36:39 AM
Sure na sure ko hilig si daddy mo gamit sa chopstick!

;D
#228
Love Talk / Re: Quantity or Quality of Friends?
March 09, 2014, 12:33:11 AM
Mike,

The saying holds weight, "Quality over quantity."

#229
Ah, that is the best gift Providence gives to man. Life.

;)
#230
Love Talk / Re: Quantity or Quality of Friends?
March 08, 2014, 05:16:09 AM
ah, so true. ;)
#231
this friday afternoon is quiet. as i type away on my new ipad (it came with a cover case and keyboard ;) ), 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 !

tho i had a long shift this morning, im happy that work is done. its friday!

;)
#232
yehey! i'm happy. they had a sale on ipads at the local apple store in lincoln park, chicago. i am a new owner of the latest generation of ipad. and boy o boy is this machine quite handy for me. this makes inputing information for work, reviewing patient files, so much easier. it beats lugging around my laptop. now there's more room in my briefcase for other paper material. hehe.

;D
#233
hehe, rectal atresia diay kon maohon. :P
#234
Family & Parenting / Re: Effective Parenting 101
March 08, 2014, 05:00:38 AM
Thats right ! Kindness speaks volume! 8)
#235
Showbiz & Celebrity / Re: Jessica Cox at SM Mall
March 08, 2014, 04:59:05 AM
8)
#236
wherever you go, there's always going to be an a$$hole waiting for you. just have to prepare for it. :P
#237
Inspiration & Hope / Re: Tanod Sa Pasyente
March 07, 2014, 03:50:10 AM
8)
#238
Quote from: islander on February 26, 2014, 10:41:23 AM
faster, jack, faster!  go around the world soon, jack!

he he , home run jack ! home run jack !

reminds you of a movie?

;D

hint: mustache, buaya. ;D
#239
Manay,

On the contrary, capital punishment, when conducted in a rational manner, is an agent of justice. One of the great early church fathers, St. Augustine of Hippo, defended the use of capital punishment:

"The same divine law which forbids the killing of a human being allows certain exceptions, as when God authorises killing by a general law or when He gives an explicit commission to an individual for a limited time.

Since the agent of authority is but a sword in the hand, and is not responsible for the killing, it is in no way contrary to the commandment, 'Thou shalt not kill' to wage war at God's bidding, or for the representatives of the State's authority to put criminals to death, according to law or the rule of rational justice."



-St. Augustine of Hippo, Doctor of the One, Holy, Roman Catholic Church
#240
Philippine Provinces / Re: Judge shot dead in Zamboanga
February 28, 2014, 10:21:46 PM
My prayers for the family of the deceased. A sad day indeed.
#241
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/

His time in jail hasn't changed his barbaric behavior. Why sustain his life with tax payer's money. Execute him.

Time to learn from El Senyor Duterte el gobernadorcillo de Davao.



#242
Philippines should reinstate capital punishment. Life sentence costs tax payer money to support serial killers. Lethal injection is quick and will serve to curb crime rates. It will also indirectly solve the swelling of jails in Philippines.

During Marcos years, firing squad ilang complement.



#243
Inspiration & Hope / Re: Why Worry When You Can Pray
February 28, 2014, 06:00:07 AM
Amen.
#244
Science and Research / Re: Tortoise vs Turtle
February 28, 2014, 05:59:10 AM
Hehehehe!
#245
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: What's My Future?
February 27, 2014, 02:39:02 PM
And by searching and finding God's Will for you.
#246
Science and Research / Re: Tortoise vs Turtle
February 27, 2014, 02:36:34 PM
Hahaha! Si Touché ? ;D
#247
Science and Research / Re: Tortoise vs Turtle
February 27, 2014, 02:32:04 PM
Well... I know one of em'  outsmarted a particular hare.

Lol! ;D
#248

PRAYER TO MARY, UNDOER OF KNOTS (Closing Prayer)

Virgin Mary, Mother of fair love, Mother who never refuses to come to the aid of a child in need, Mother whose hands never cease to serve your beloved children because they are moved by the divine love and immense mercy that exists in your heart, cast your compassionate eyes upon me and see the snarl of knots that exist in my life.
You know very well how desperate I am, my pain and how I am bound by these knots.
Mary, Mother to whom God entrusted the undoing of the knots in the lives of his children, I entrust into your hands the ribbon of my life.
No one, not even the evil one himself, can take it away from your precious care. In your hands there is no knot that cannot be undone.
Powerful Mother, by your grace and intercessory power with Your Son and My Liberator, Jesus, take into your hands today this knot...I beg you to undo it for the glory of God, once for all, You are my hope.
O my Lady, you are the only consolation God gives me, the fortification of my feeble strength, the enrichment of my destitution and with Christ the freedom from my chains.
Hear my plea.
Keep me, guide me, protect me, o safe refuge!

Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for me
#249
Novena to Mary, Undoer of Knots - Day 2
1. Make the sign of the cross

2. Say the Act of Contrition. Ask pardon for your sins and make a firm promise not to commit them again.

3. Say the first 3 decades of the Rosary.

4. Make the meditation of the day (to be posted each day)

5. Say the last 2 decades of the rosary

6. Finish with the Prayer to Our Lady the Undoer of Knots



Meditation for Day 2


Mary, Beloved Mother, channel of all grace, I return to You today my heart, recognizing that I am a sinner in need of your help. Many times I lose the graces you grant me because of my sins of egoism, pride, rancor and my lack of generosity and humility. I turn to You today, Mary, Undoer of knots, for You to ask your Son Jesus to grant me a pure, divested, humble and trusting heart. I will live today practicing these virtues and offering you this as a sign of my love for You. I entrust into Your hands this knot (...describe) which keeps me from reflecting the glory of God.

Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for me.

Mary offered all the moments of her day to God.
#250
Bible Study / Re: Saints Of The Day
February 27, 2014, 02:23:04 PM
Blessed Sebastian, pray for me and send my prayer to The Lord Jesus!

Great saint, aid me !
#251
Kinda does .... ;D
#252
bwahaha. some like it haute? :P  ::)
#253
Quote from: islander on February 26, 2014, 10:43:17 AM
it must be manned by a polar bear and a penguin. :P

and a walrus! ;D
#254
LOL. ka ingon ko corona radiata nag eject sa spermatozoa. bwahahaha!
#256
Novena to Our Lady Undoer of Knots - Day 1


1. Make the sign of the cross

2. Say the Act of Contrition. Ask pardon for your sins and make a firm promise not to commit them again.
Oh my God I am heartily sorry for having offended you. I detest all my sins because I dread the loss of Heaven and the pains of Hell. But most of all, because I offended you, oh my God, who are all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of your grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life. Amen

3. Say the first 3 decades of the Rosary.

4. Make the meditation of the day (to be posted each day)

5. Say the last 2 decades of the rosary

6. Finish with the Prayer to Our Lady the Undoer of Knots


Meditation for Day 1

Dearest Holy Mother, Most Holy Mary, you undo the knots that suffocate your children, extend your merciful hands to me. I entrust to You today this knot....and all the negative consequences that it provokes in my life. I give you this knot that torments me and makes me unhappy and so impedes me from uniting myself to You and Your Son Jesus, my Savior.
I run to You, Mary, Undoer of Knots because I trust you and I know that you never despise a sinning child who comes to ask you for help. I believe that you can undo this knot because Jesus grants you everything. I believe that you want to undo this knot because you are my Mother. I believe that You will do this because you love me with eternal love.

Thank you, Dear Mother.

Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for me.

The one who seeks grace, finds it in Mary's hands.



PRAYER TO MARY, UNDOER OF KNOTS (Closing Prayer)

Virgin Mary, Mother of fair love, Mother who never refuses to come to the aid of a child in need, Mother whose hands never cease to serve your beloved children because they are moved by the divine love and immense mercy that exists in your heart, cast your compassionate eyes upon me and see the snarl of knots that exist in my life.
You know very well how desperate I am, my pain and how I am bound by these knots.
Mary, Mother to whom God entrusted the undoing of the knots in the lives of his children, I entrust into your hands the ribbon of my life.

No one, not even the evil one himself, can take it away from your precious care. In your hands there is no knot that cannot be undone.
Powerful Mother, by your grace and intercessory power with Your Son and My Liberator, Jesus, take into your hands today this knot...I beg you to undo it for the glory of God, once for all, You are my hope.
O my Lady, you are the only consolation God gives me, the fortification of my feeble strength, the enrichment of my destitution and with Christ the freedom from my chains.
Hear my plea.
Keep me, guide me, protect me, o safe refuge!

Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for me



AMEN.
#257


#258
Bible Study / Re: Saints Of The Day
February 25, 2014, 03:20:10 PM
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.”

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.”

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.


Comment:

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.”

Quote:

“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)

Patron Saint of:

Bodily ills

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Dear Blessed Mother, pray for me and hear my request for I have recourse to thee. Keep in your heart my prayer. Amen.
#259
Bible Study / Re: Saints Of The Day
February 25, 2014, 03:18:40 PM
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.


Comment:

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.

Quote:

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).



St. Conrad Piacenza, pray for me for i have recourse to you.
#260
Bible Study / Re: Saints Of The Day
February 25, 2014, 03:17:11 PM
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.


Comment:

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!



Pray for us Blessed Luke for we have recourse to you.
#261
Bible Study / Re: Daily with De Sales
February 25, 2014, 03:15:38 PM
February 25

It is a difficult thing to have an exact idea of one's goal, but it is likewise true that all of us must perfectly pinpoint the virtue we are aiming to acquire. However, if we cannot do this, we must not lose courage or get upset; we must get as close to the goal as possible, because even the saints did not succeed in doing any more than that. Only Our Lord and the virgin most holy fully succeeded. (Spiritual Conferences IV; O. VI, pp. 59-60)
#262


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#263
Great job, Christian. I am so touched by your dream and aspiration. At your young age of 17, your doors are just opening. Keep up your drive, and your aspirations in this sport and in the professional field.

Good Job, Ondoy! :)

#264
Christian with his mom! Beautiful family. :)

I was so touched to read that his mother actually mortgaged her house in order to support her son's dream!

:D

#265
Photos Unlimited / Chopstick Manners
February 24, 2014, 10:56:34 PM
#266
Photos Unlimited / Zhūròu Mǐxiàn
February 24, 2014, 10:53:29 PM


My favorite Chinese noodle dish! ;D
#267
Photos Unlimited / Pho Tai Gan Sach
February 24, 2014, 10:51:58 PM
Yummy! :)

#268


Good Job, Christian! We are all proud of you!

:)
#269
He looks 100% Han Chinese to me. Probably a 2nd generation Hua-ren ?

;D

#270
What's his background? Insikon lageh iyang beauty.
#272
Inspiration & Hope / Re: Makapahimut-ok
February 24, 2014, 10:38:51 PM
:)
#273
bwahaha! ;D
#274
Introduce Yourself / Re: Picture of Yourself
February 24, 2014, 10:36:12 PM
hehehe! :)
#275
Science and Research / Re: Who is Jack Thomas Andraka
February 24, 2014, 01:45:16 PM
Cool!
#276
Bible Study / Re: Daily Scriptural Verse
February 24, 2014, 01:43:26 PM
But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you.
Psalm 5:11
#277
Bible Study / Re: Daily Scriptural Verse
February 24, 2014, 01:34:20 PM
“Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: for thy law is my meditation. “
Psalm 119.77
#278
Introduce Yourself / Re: Picture of Yourself
February 24, 2014, 01:30:09 PM
Quote from: wardiflex on February 10, 2014, 02:16:13 PM
TB EB w/ Bai david, sir mike, borobotoy, maam lee,sir yorbz, mia,benz


Such beautiful smiles ! Good to see  you all. God Bless !
#279
Introduce Yourself / Re: Picture of Yourself
February 24, 2014, 01:27:15 PM
Quote from: wardiflex on February 10, 2014, 03:30:05 PM
outreach program @ tubigon bohol




God Bless them all !
#280
Introduce Yourself / Re: Picture of Yourself
February 24, 2014, 01:26:18 PM
Quote from: wardiflex on February 10, 2014, 03:36:16 PM
@ Loon Bohol




How Noble! Ka nindot'a uy! ;D

A job well done, Bai Wards and Team ! :)
#281
Loon - Bohol / Re: Cabilao Island From Above
February 24, 2014, 01:24:33 PM
wow, nindot.
#282
Inspiration & Hope / Re: Expecting From God
February 24, 2014, 01:22:06 PM
Amen.
#283
Sports and Fitness / Re: Vinyasa Yoga Flow
February 24, 2014, 12:55:50 PM
::)
#284
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: Ipagawas Ang Inyung Gibati
February 24, 2014, 12:53:27 PM
awwww! thank you, sweety! :)
#285
Sports and Fitness / Vinyasa Yoga Flow
February 23, 2014, 12:16:19 AM
8)

#286
Jokes and Humor / Re: Cat-astrophic
February 23, 2014, 12:13:28 AM
Quote from: islander on February 22, 2014, 09:09:08 PM
aw, wa man kaha paborota morag balloon...

hydrocephalus diay kon maohon. :P
#287
Good to see the little boy smiling! Such a handsome smile. God Bless his family, his dog, and his soul...always. :)
#288
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: Unsay Akong Gikaon Karon?
February 23, 2014, 12:04:46 AM
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. ;D

bwahaha! ::)
#289
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: Ipagawas Ang Inyung Gibati
February 23, 2014, 12:03:41 AM
haha!
#290
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: Ipagawas Ang Inyung Gibati
February 22, 2014, 02:37:48 AM
for lolla and tita;



#291
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: Ipagawas Ang Inyung Gibati
February 22, 2014, 02:36:59 AM
take your pick !

#292
Talk of the Town / Re: Abolish Online Libel
February 22, 2014, 02:35:47 AM
Election season will be quite spicy, indeed. ;D
#293
Tira-Pasagad | Saksak-Sinagol / Re: Ayg samok-samok diha!
February 22, 2014, 02:33:42 AM
Quote from: hubag bohol on February 21, 2014, 06:50:53 PM
Unrequited love... :P

di angay sija sa bungoton... ::)

ma gilokon ning iring'a...
#294
Quotable Quotes / Re: Hardship is Good For You
February 22, 2014, 02:32:49 AM
"Tribulation is a gift from God - one that he especially gives His special friends."
-St. Thomas More
#295
Quotable Quotes / Re: Hardship is Good For You
February 22, 2014, 02:30:15 AM
Quote from: Mike Ortega Ligalig on February 20, 2014, 07:07:35 PM


> > > Download TAPATALK free app (Android or iOS) and access TUBAGBOHOL.com in a whole new mobile experience...



true. the life of the prophet moses comes to mind. and then the prophet abraham, the prophet habakkuk, jeremiah, the prophet elijah, too.

#296
Quotable Quotes / Re: Hardship is Good For You
February 22, 2014, 02:27:23 AM
the call to simplicity is a glorious path. why, the creator of all things, himself, was a carpenter and a fisherman.

:)
#297
Tira-Pasagad | Saksak-Sinagol / Re: Ayg samok-samok diha!
February 21, 2014, 01:11:55 AM
::)
#298
Quote from: hubag bohol on February 20, 2014, 03:00:45 PM



:P

He shouldnt open it. It might be the last woman on earth .... His x wife.



:P
#299
Lol
#300
Rest in peace, Attorney Archival.