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144 To obey (from the Latin ob-audire, to "hear or listen to") in faith is to submit freely to the word that has been heard, because its truth is guaranteed by God, who is Truth itself. Abraham is the model of such obedience offered us by Sacred Scripture. The Virgin Mary is its most perfect embodiment.

Thou shall not commit adultery, sayeth the LORD THY GOD.

105 God is the author of Sacred Scripture. "The divinely revealed realities, which are contained and presented in the text of Sacred Scripture, have been written down under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit."69

"For Holy Mother Church, relying on the faith of the apostolic age, accepts as sacred and canonical the books of the Old and the New Testaments, whole and entire, with all their parts, on the grounds that, written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, they have God as their author, and have been handed on as such to the Church herself."70

106 God inspired the human authors of the sacred books. "To compose the sacred books, God chose certain men who, all the while he employed them in this task, made full use of their own faculties and powers so that, though he acted in them and by them, it was as true authors that they consigned to writing whatever he wanted written, and no more."71

107 The inspired books teach the truth. "Since therefore all that the inspired authors or sacred writers affirm should be regarded as affirmed by the Holy Spirit, we must acknowledge that the books of Scripture firmly, faithfully, and without error teach that truth which God, for the sake of our salvation, wished to see confided to the Sacred Scriptures."72

108 Still, the Christian faith is not a "religion of the book." Christianity is the religion of the "Word" of God, a word which is "not a written and mute word, but the Word which is incarnate and living".73 If the Scriptures are not to remain a dead letter, Christ, the eternal Word of the living God, must, through the Holy Spirit, "open [our] minds to understand the Scriptures."74


reference: Catechism of the Holy Roman Catholic Church
http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s1c2a3.htm

The senses of Scripture

115 According to an ancient tradition, one can distinguish between two senses of Scripture: the literal and the spiritual, the latter being subdivided into the allegorical, moral and anagogical senses. The profound concordance of the four senses guarantees all its richness to the living reading of Scripture in the Church.

116 The literal sense is the meaning conveyed by the words of Scripture and discovered by exegesis, following the rules of sound interpretation: "All other senses of Sacred Scripture are based on the literal."83

117 The spiritual sense. Thanks to the unity of God's plan, not only the text of Scripture but also the realities and events about which it speaks can be signs.

1. The allegorical sense. We can acquire a more profound understanding of events by recognizing their significance in Christ; thus the crossing of the Red Sea is a sign or type of Christ's victory and also of Christian Baptism.84

2. The moral sense. The events reported in Scripture ought to lead us to act justly. As St. Paul says, they were written "for our instruction".85

3. The anagogical sense (Greek: anagoge, "leading"). We can view realities and events in terms of their eternal significance, leading us toward our true homeland: thus the Church on earth is a sign of the heavenly Jerusalem.86

118 A medieval couplet summarizes the significance of the four senses:

  The Letter speaks of deeds; Allegory to faith;
   The Moral how to act; Anagogy our destiny.87

119 "It is the task of exegetes to work, according to these rules, towards a better understanding and explanation of the meaning of Sacred Scripture in order that their research may help the Church to form a firmer judgment. For, of course, all that has been said about the manner of interpreting Scripture is ultimately subject to the judgement of the Church which exercises the divinely conferred commission and ministry of watching over and interpreting the Word of God."88

   But I would not believe in the Gospel, had not the authority of the Catholic Church already moved me.89


reference: Catechism of the Holy Roman Catholic Church
http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s1c2a3.htm

Secrets (OneRepublic) piano cover

Quote from: chicogon on April 05, 2011, 12:21:50 PM

The only one without a driver (destroyed during Hurricane Katrina)... but he drives himself crazy!!! 

hehehe. angay ko sa imohang Hawaiian theme, Pops.

starlight starbright, where o where are you tonight?
by the shore of some distant isles
or by some candle-lit room in cebu

starlight starbright, have you been eating too much shopao
for i think the baboy smell is wafting now.

starlight starbright, insikon diay ka
sigoro kahibalo ka ni tong shing wa

starlight starbright, ajaw pa suko suko ha
kai ma wa imong ka gu-wa-pa.

Quote from: islander on April 05, 2011, 10:37:35 AM
starlight, starbright
first star I've seen tonight
yet you’re covered by some beard
of the moon who stood and peered.

hahaha. so cute.

IV. HELL

1033 We cannot be united with God unless we freely choose to love him. But we cannot love God if we sin gravely against him, against our neighbor or against ourselves: "He who does not love remains in death. Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him."612 Our Lord warns us that we shall be separated from him if we fail to meet the serious needs of the poor and the little ones who are his brethren.613 To die in mortal sin without repenting and accepting God's merciful love means remaining separated from him for ever by our own free choice. This state of definitive self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed is called "hell."

1034 Jesus often speaks of "Gehenna" of "the unquenchable fire" reserved for those who to the end of their lives refuse to believe and be converted, where both soul and body can be lost.614 Jesus solemnly proclaims that he "will send his angels, and they will gather . . . all evil doers, and throw them into the furnace of fire,"615 and that he will pronounce the condemnation: "Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire!"616

1035 The teaching of the Church affirms the existence of hell and its eternity. Immediately after death the souls of those who die in a state of mortal sin descend into hell, where they suffer the punishments of hell, "eternal fire."617 The chief punishment of hell is eternal separation from God, in whom alone man can possess the life and happiness for which he was created and for which he longs.

1036 The affirmations of Sacred Scripture and the teachings of the Church on the subject of hell are a call to the responsibility incumbent upon man to make use of his freedom in view of his eternal destiny. They are at the same time an urgent call to conversion: "Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few."618

    Since we know neither the day nor the hour, we should follow the advice of the Lord and watch constantly so that, when the single course of our earthly life is completed, we may merit to enter with him into the marriage feast and be numbered among the blessed, and not, like the wicked and slothful servants, be ordered to depart into the eternal fire, into the outer darkness where "men will weep and gnash their teeth."619

1037 God predestines no one to go to hell;620 for this, a willful turning away from God (a mortal sin) is necessary, and persistence in it until the end. In the Eucharistic liturgy and in the daily prayers of her faithful, the Church implores the mercy of God, who does not want "any to perish, but all to come to repentance":621

    Father, accept this offering
    from your whole family.
    Grant us your peace in this life,
    save us from final damnation,
    and count us among those you have chosen.622



reference: http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p123a12.htm#1027

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: http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p123a12.htm#1027

sigoro ang writer sa poem, inday, firm believer of "oy ang gugma ondo, di madala luuy luuy"

tsk tsk

tsk tsk, pre-marriage scare sigoro ni, indayon.

Tinuud ba ni?

"oy ang gugma ondo, di madala luuy luuy"

pastilan nimo inday, pagkawala moy luuy!

irog irog, sibog sibog, lagi dyutay..

pa haloka ko da, sa imong aping...

version by: Dulce & Emil


Dulce & Emil L - Pasayawa ko Day

irog irog, irog irog intawn dyutay.

pasayawa ko day (visayan song)

Quote from: islander on April 03, 2011, 09:57:43 AM
na, ayaw na lang gyod ko paangkona nga nawong kog insik kay mogara unya ko kay superpower ascendant ra ba ning tsina, matod pa ni lorenz sa lain nga thread... dagko na ra bag ulo ning mga insik sa cebu (puwera sa maayo, opkors).

hehe gara-on diay ka. so to say, insikon diay ka indayon? na hala, ug mo adto ka sa chinese district tagaan diay ka nila'g discount off?

1. Stop and stare

2. Go up to her and conversate

3. Ask her out on a date

4. Smile at her

5. Pretend not to notice, but turn your head to look when she's not looking

6. Don't care

i like them all.

Your tenacity and your eloquence mixed with emotional reaction reminds me of an old acquaintance.

An eclectic brain swivels
Like an office chair

Modesty with touch perversion
Sensitive with emotional recoil

A noncomformist independent idealogue
An artistic sharp brain

Quote from: Bambi on November 27, 2007, 01:40:49 AM

Bisayan Version (For Adults Only)

Is This LOVE?

Gikomparar mo ako sa kasidlak sa matahom nga bitoun,
Diin sa katam-is sa imong mga pulong, gigitik ang akong
"bol-bol" sa ka-anindot  unya dayon wa ko kapugngi
ang pagpanglimbawot ni-ini...Oh! Dakog Itlog...........

Gusto kung idalit kanimo ang karaan na kaayo ug put-li,
maoy giingon nga...sa kanunay ganga-nga, ga-ngisi ug
nagtangngag ug gamay nga karne....apan sa tumang
kabug-at "Dakog Itlog", kakapoy, mi-agulo ka lang ug
gilitok mo ang matam-is nga ngalan..."Faye, Mari, Bambi"...
babaye.....! unya  mitakilid ug dayon mong paghagok,

Gusto kung hapyuron ang kasidlak.. "Dakog Itlog" pero
napalong  sa hamubong panahon kining
panan-aw sa iyang kadako ug kasinaw.......

Di-in sa banig sa  atong himaya ikaw naga-bilaka,
gili-li ug gilantaw ko ikaw - puno sa pagmahay unya
sa akong gibating kasakit midagan lang sa pantaw
ug didto ko ang pag-mahay ipa-hungaw....

Haaayyyy.......way laing mabasol ug makatubag
sa akong hilom nga paglitok..."Dakog Itlog",
ngano nga gidanlakan kaman?

hehehe palamuut.

When cats are topical
when minds interest her
she will type away
she comes to play

She sits and peers
a mind a mouth
a spirit with voice
not afraid to share

For the woman who isn't scared or hindered to speak her mind. I admire your beautiful spirit.

I love your spirit, inday isles.

The Fray - How to save a life (Piano Duet cover)

This song is one of my favorites. Enjoy.


Your admirer,
Lorenz

hehe, adorable, nong.

funny. i was thinking of that today.

Quote from: islander on April 05, 2011, 08:56:56 AM
unsaon... busy pa man god na siya.  he pleads for your understanding.  tan-awa ra god kun makalugar pa ba na siya karon...



disclaimer:  siya nang gigamit paglatos, dili nang gilatos ug nanglatos. 

hmmm. sigoro big fan ni sila ni Marqui de Sade.

by: lorenz



twinkle twinkle little star
you should know where you are

how i wonder what you are
how i wonder where you are

up above the world so high
like a flying segbin tonight

o twinkle twinkle little star
rising over the isle in the pacific
with glimmer and shine so terrific

Philip II, King of Spain
(the man the Philippines was named after)

hehe, kini si michael jackson, did he ever sport a beard?

Quote from: hofelina on April 05, 2011, 04:17:34 AM


First round, points for ....?

aww, ajaw na lang points. we'll settle for your home made bicco cake, manay.

God is Love. God is Good. Hence, Love is Good.

positive effect lang gud, 'day isles. the latter pictures had positive message to give all of us, brothers and sisters in the faith (and even others outside the faith).

emphasis was mine with relation to the beard look (contemporary artists as well as historical artists portray them with beards).

ps. i never knew marcelo del pilar was a member of the masonry order. interesting. i learned something new today.

thanks for the post. i enjoyed reading it.

and have a great, blessed day.

866 The Church is one: she acknowledges one Lord, confesses one faith, is born of one Baptism, forms only one Body, is given life by the one Spirit, for the sake of one hope (cf. Eph 4:3-5), at whose fulfillment all divisions will be overcome.

867 The Church is holy: the Most Holy God is her author; Christ, her bridegroom, gave himself up to make her holy; the Spirit of holiness gives her life. Since she still includes sinners, she is "the sinless one made up of sinners." Her holiness shines in the saints; in Mary she is already all-holy.

868 The Church is catholic: she proclaims the fullness of the faith. She bears in herself and administers the totality of the means of salvation. She is sent out to all peoples. She speaks to all men. She encompasses all times. She is "missionary of her very nature" (AG 2).

869 The Church is apostolic. She is built on a lasting foundation: "the twelve apostles of the Lamb" (Rev 21:14). She is indestructible (cf. Mt 16:18). She is upheld infallibly in the truth: Christ governs her through Peter and the other apostles, who are present in their successors, the Pope and the college of bishops.

870 "The sole Church of Christ which in the Creed we profess to be one, holy, catholic, and apostolic, . . . subsists in the Catholic Church, which is governed by the successor of Peter and by the bishops in communion with him. Nevertheless, many elements of sanctification and of truth are found outside its visible confines"(LG 8 ).

http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p123a9p3.htm#851

God is Truth



215 "The sum of your word is truth; and every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever."30 "And now, O LORD God, you are God, and your words are true";31 this is why God's promises always come true.32 God is Truth itself, whose words cannot deceive. This is why one can abandon oneself in full trust to the truth and faithfulness of his word in all things. The beginning of sin and of man's fall was due to a lie of the tempter who induced doubt of God's word, kindness and faithfulness.

216 God's truth is his wisdom, which commands the whole created order and governs the world.33 God, who alone made heaven and earth, can alone impart true knowledge of every created thing in relation to himself.34

217 God is also truthful when he reveals himself - the teaching that comes from God is "true instruction".35 When he sends his Son into the world it will be "to bear witness to the truth":36 "We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, to know him who is true."37


http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s2c1p1.htm#215

1830 The moral life of Christians is sustained by the gifts of the Holy Spirit. These are permanent dispositions which make man docile in following the promptings of the Holy Spirit.


reference: Catechism of the Holy Roman Catholic Church
http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s1c1a7.htm#1807

III. THE GIFTS AND FRUITS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT




1830 The moral life of Christians is sustained by the gifts of the Holy Spirit. These are permanent dispositions which make man docile in following the promptings of the Holy Spirit.

1831 The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord. They belong in their fullness to Christ, Son of David.109 They complete and perfect the virtues of those who receive them. They make the faithful docile in readily obeying divine inspirations.

Let your good spirit lead me on a level path.110
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God . . . If children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ.111

1832 The fruits of the Spirit are perfections that the Holy Spirit forms in us as the first fruits of eternal glory. The tradition of the Church lists twelve of them: "charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, chastity."112


reference: Catechism of the Holy Roman Catholic Church
http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s1c1a7.htm#1807

1805 Four virtues play a pivotal role and accordingly are called "cardinal"; all the others are grouped around them. They are: prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance. "If anyone loves righteousness, [Wisdom's] labors are virtues; for she teaches temperance and prudence, justice, and courage."64 These virtues are praised under other names in many passages of Scripture.

1806 Prudence is the virtue that disposes practical reason to discern our true good in every circumstance and to choose the right means of achieving it; "the prudent man looks where he is going."65 "Keep sane and sober for your prayers."66 Prudence is "right reason in action," writes St. Thomas Aquinas, following Aristotle.67 It is not to be confused with timidity or fear, nor with duplicity or dissimulation. It is called auriga virtutum (the charioteer of the virtues); it guides the other virtues by setting rule and measure. It is prudence that immediately guides the judgment of conscience. The prudent man determines and directs his conduct in accordance with this judgment. With the help of this virtue we apply moral principles to particular cases without error and overcome doubts about the good to achieve and the evil to avoid.

1807 Justice is the moral virtue that consists in the constant and firm will to give their due to God and neighbor. Justice toward God is called the "virtue of religion." Justice toward men disposes one to respect the rights of each and to establish in human relationships the harmony that promotes equity with regard to persons and to the common good. The just man, often mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures, is distinguished by habitual right thinking and the uprightness of his conduct toward his neighbor. "You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor."68 "Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven."69

1808 Fortitude is the moral virtue that ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of the good. It strengthens the resolve to resist temptations and to overcome obstacles in the moral life. The virtue of fortitude enables one to conquer fear, even fear of death, and to face trials and persecutions. It disposes one even to renounce and sacrifice his life in defense of a just cause. "The Lord is my strength and my song."70 "In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."71

1809 Temperance is the moral virtue that moderates the attraction of pleasures and provides balance in the use of created goods. It ensures the will's mastery over instincts and keeps desires within the limits of what is honorable. The temperate person directs the sensitive appetites toward what is good and maintains a healthy discretion: "Do not follow your inclination and strength, walking according to the desires of your heart."72 Temperance is often praised in the Old Testament: "Do not follow your base desires, but restrain your appetites."73 In the New Testament it is called "moderation" or "sobriety." We ought "to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this world."74

To live well is nothing other than to love God with all one's heart, with all one's soul and with all one's efforts; from this it comes about that love is kept whole and uncorrupted (through temperance). No misfortune can disturb it (and this is fortitude). It obeys only [God] (and this is justice), and is careful in discerning things, so as not to be surprised by deceit or trickery (and this is prudence).75


reference: http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s1c1a7.htm#1807

Catechism of the Holy Roman Catholic Church on Moral Law:




SECTION ONE
MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT

CHAPTER THREE
GOD'S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE

ARTICLE 1
THE MORAL LAW

1950 The moral law is the work of divine Wisdom. Its biblical meaning can be defined as fatherly instruction, God's pedagogy. It prescribes for man the ways, the rules of conduct that lead to the promised beatitude; it proscribes the ways of evil which turn him away from God and his love. It is at once firm in its precepts and, in its promises, worthy of love.

1951 Law is a rule of conduct enacted by competent authority for the sake of the common good. The moral law presupposes the rational order, established among creatures for their good and to serve their final end, by the power, wisdom, and goodness of the Creator. All law finds its first and ultimate truth in the eternal law. Law is declared and established by reason as a participation in the providence of the living God, Creator and Redeemer of all. "Such an ordinance of reason is what one calls law."2

Alone among all animate beings, man can boast of having been counted worthy to receive a law from God: as an animal endowed with reason, capable of understanding and discernment, he is to govern his conduct by using his freedom and reason, in obedience to the One who has entrusted everything to him.

1952 There are different expressions of the moral law, all of them interrelated: eternal law - the source, in God, of all law; natural law; revealed law, comprising the Old Law and the New Law, or Law of the Gospel; finally, civil and ecclesiastical laws.

1953 The moral law finds its fullness and its unity in Christ. Jesus Christ is in person the way of perfection. He is the end of the law, for only he teaches and bestows the justice of God: "For Christ is the end of the law, that every one who has faith may be justified."4


reference: Catechism of the Holy Roman Catholic Church
http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s1c3a1.htm#1969

Adultery

2380 Adultery refers to marital infidelity. When two partners, of whom at least one is married to another party, have sexual relations - even transient ones - they commit adultery. Christ condemns even adultery of mere desire.171 The sixth commandment and the New Testament forbid adultery absolutely.172 The prophets denounce the gravity of adultery; they see it as an image of the sin of idolatry.173

2381 Adultery is an injustice. He who commits adultery fails in his commitment. He does injury to the sign of the covenant which the marriage bond is, transgresses the rights of the other spouse, and undermines the institution of marriage by breaking the contract on which it is based. He compromises the good of human generation and the welfare of children who need their parents' stable union.


reference: http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s2c2a6.htm#2380

The manifestation of all the meanings of the word "Beautiful".

Jesus Christ , The Word Made Flesh

The Son of the Living God, Begotten not Made, One in being with the Father.
The WORD made Flesh.

The Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ.

St. John the Baptist
[the last Prophet, announcer of the Word Made Flesh, 1st cousin of Jesus Christ]

Prophet Jeremiah

painting by: Michaelangelo

King Solomon The Wise
[Old Testament figure and writer, wisest Hebrew King]

Moses
[Old Testament Prophet of God, writer of the 5 books in the Old Testament (Pentateuch)]

St. Peter
[The 1st Apostle, the 1st Pope of the Holy Roman Catholic Church]

something less violent and criminal lang ta ha.

tsk tsk, violent prisoners/ criminals man imong gi post diri nong. dili man intawn na sila celebrity. criminals man intawn.

unless you are a fan of them, of course, which i hope not..

2111 Superstition is the deviation of religious feeling and of the practices this feeling imposes. It can even affect the worship we offer the true God, e.g., when one attributes an importance in some way magical to certain practices otherwise lawful or necessary. To attribute the efficacy of prayers or of sacramental signs to their mere external performance, apart from the interior dispositions that they demand, is to fall into superstition.41


reference: http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c1a1.htm

2115 God can reveal the future to his prophets or to other saints. Still, a sound Christian attitude consists in putting oneself confidently into the hands of Providence for whatever concerns the future, and giving up all unhealthy curiosity about it. Improvidence, however, can constitute a lack of responsibility.

2116 All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or demons, conjuring up the dead or other practices falsely supposed to "unveil" the future.48 Consulting horoscopes, astrology, palm reading, interpretation of omens and lots, the phenomena of clairvoyance, and recourse to mediums all conceal a desire for power over time, history, and, in the last analysis, other human beings, as well as a wish to conciliate hidden powers. They contradict the honor, respect, and loving fear that we owe to God alone.

2117 All practices of magic or sorcery, by which one attempts to tame occult powers, so as to place them at one's service and have a supernatural power over others - even if this were for the sake of restoring their health - are gravely contrary to the virtue of religion. These practices are even more to be condemned when accompanied by the intention of harming someone, or when they have recourse to the intervention of demons. Wearing charms is also reprehensible. Spiritism often implies divination or magical practices; the Church for her part warns the faithful against it. Recourse to so-called traditional cures does not justify either the invocation of evil powers or the exploitation of another's credulity.



reference: http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c1a1.htm

oi, di man na bungot, nong, scruffy 12 o'clock shadow man na.

How is moral living connected with salvation by faith in Christ's blood?

Sinful man can only be saved by faith in Christ who justifieth the ungodly and counts man's faith for righteousness (Romans 4:5). But faith comes from the Word of God (Romans 10:17). By obeying Christ in following His commandments do we prove or show our faith (James 2:17-26). Faith which does not obey the Word of God is not saving faith; it is a dead faith (verse 26). Christians walk in the light of God's Word which shows their living faith in Christ, whereby He cleanses them by His blood. In this way moral living, or living by the great moral standard of God's Word, is related to a Christian's faith which is his means of salvation in Christ's blood.

reference: http://www.scripturessay.com/article.php?cat=&id=609

2127 Agnosticism assumes a number of forms. In certain cases the agnostic refrains from denying God; instead he postulates the existence of a transcendent being which is incapable of revealing itself, and about which nothing can be said. In other cases, the agnostic makes no judgment about God's existence, declaring it impossible to prove, or even to affirm or deny.

2128 Agnosticism can sometimes include a certain search for God, but it can equally express indifferentism, a flight from the ultimate question of existence, and a sluggish moral conscience. Agnosticism is all too often equivalent to practical atheism.

http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c1a1.htm

it prevents atrophy.

Twinkle Twinkle little star,
You should know what you are,

And once you know what you are,
Mental hospital is not so far.

oy experienced diay ka ana, nong?

Marcelo Hilario del Pilar
(Filipino Nationalist, Journalist, Propagandist, Revolutionary, and good friend of Dr. Jose Rizal)


guapo bitaw ni si Senor del Pilar. Filipino Beard is beautiful.

Filipino Nationalist, and co-founder of La Solidaridad, Marcelo Del Pilar

(in center)

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

and some white americans say that asian men can't grow beards.

Toshiro Mifune, classic photo shoot.

Takeshi Kaneshiro


w/out beard:






w/ beard:

Japanese actor, Hiroyuki Sanada, sporting a beard. Very nice.

Japanese style.

Park Chun Ho, Korean baseball player playing for the Philadelphia Phillies


nice growth.

Jay Chou, Chinese artist and singer.



the bearded look has taken hold in Asia?

Claro kaayo na bungoton na si Michael, while Bedo and Chongki are clean cut. All three of them are handsome looking men.

Michael,

I love the goatie that you're sporting. haha. Good to see the smiling faces.

LOL!

hehe. do you like his movies, isles?

he was a great actor; a friend and partner of the great akira kurosawa.

Quote from: hofelina on April 03, 2011, 06:28:18 PM
China´s human rights problems causes social unrest like this so called Jasmin revolution. We are not getting much updated news, but this  internal turmoil in this rich populated country coiuld go out of control.

this is very much true, Manay. And considering the size of China's population, one can understand the need of such a large military force. it is amazing how this country operates. their government has complete control of all sectors of the nation: economy, culture, social. they enjoy the full benefits of capitalism yet at the same time retain their iron will on the population.

it's such a stark contrast to democratic india.

Toshiro Mifune

Toshiro Mifune with a 5 day old beard. Handsome man.

My favorite Japanese actor, Toshiro Mifune.

Interesting. The Visayan port of entry is Panay Island diay. So that would make the Hiligaynon/Ilonggo dialect of Visaya as the original Visayan language?

Sulu-China Uses Silver Dirham Coins for Trading in 13th Century


by Neldy Jolo



It is the Chinese records of the Song, Yuan to Ming dynasties period that supplied the milieu crucial for the understanding of the story and history of the Sulu-China international diplomatic and trade relations. The Southern Song Dynasty strengthens its naval forces to defend its waters and .land borders to conduct maritime missions abroad.

The Song court maintained diplomatic relations with Europeans, Indians and Arabs and other countries but it it's neighboring states which were have the good impact on its domestic and foreign policy.


Emperor Taizu of Song Dynasty.

The great thing that influenced foreign economies abroad especially Sulu were the economic power of Song dynasty. After sometimes of having internal crisis within China, it was once again unified, under the Yuan Dynasty ensued by Ming Dynasty.

Ming emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang or Hongwu Emperor was claimed by some writers as a Muslim of Semitic (Semu) origin. But many had question the truth and authenticity - whatever his religion was, it does not matter.

Trade with Sulu rule, European powers and the Japanese brought about the massive amounts of silver. Beginning in 1405, Emperor Yong Lo entrusted his favored eunuch Chinese Muslim named Zheng Ho as the admiral for a gigantic new fleet of ships designated for international tributary missions.

It was also in this year 1405 that China sent mission to Sulu. This was perhaps to witness the enthronement of Sayyid Abubakar as Paduka Batara Maulana Al-Sultan Shariful Hashim in Buansa City, Sulu as the first ever Sultan of Sulu. Before this, Sulu was ruled by Raja Baginda under the Rajaship system of Banua or villages fragmented governance.

By the Admiral Zheng Ho's ventures brought Chinese merchants to actively participate in trading and many migrated to places like Singapore, Manila, Mindanao, Sulu and Borneo to take advantage of the new commercial opportunities.

In 1408, one of the Zheng Ho's companions Pei Pei Hsien aboard fleet Sam Po Kong died and buried at Jati Tunggal in Jolo, Sulu after having their emergency stop because of monsoon rain at Tanjung, Indanan and proceeded and settled to Maubuh in Patikul after their visit to Melaka.

On his stay in Maubuh of about 8 years he built a deep-well artesian as a symbol of gratitude for the hospitality of Sulu native people. His memorial tomb stands today known as Poon Tao Kong.

Unlike the Europe, the China remained no so much interest in commercial and colonial possibilities overseas because the major source of revenue of Ming government was coming from land tax and not from trade tax.

The Sulu missions to China then not only to give gifts for Chinese emperor but also bringing goods to be sold on the markets. The Chinese court fixed the price for these good without paying taxes. They traded according to the spirit of mutual trust - and that is Islamic.

Sulu people to this date in many market in the rural areas of Sulu still practices mutual exchange of goods in good faith. Silver and Gold coins were also used in Sulu before - it is called Pilak, as a currency of Sulu. The "Halal Money" is soon getting its position in Sulu Sultanate.

In 1417 by the mission of the Sulu two men rulers Sultan Paduka Batara Kamaluddin and Maharaja Gemding and one woman ruler Paduka Prabu and the entourage about 334 Sulu people to Dezhou, Shantong, China upon invitation of emperor Yong Lo. They brought gift for the emperor.

One of the those were expensive and precious pearls and gold. The Sulu pearls were particularly famous. By 1421, the envoy of the Sultan of Sulu brought to the Ming emperor a pearl of a more than 350 grams and was described by Ming officials as a rare item that is seldom to be brought to China.

Wang Zhenping writes about the Sulu pearls expensively bought in China market. He says: "Yuan dynasty sources provide some information on the enormous value of pearls produced in Sulu. These pearls were greenish white in color and round in shape. The Chinese used them as jewelleries. They regarded them as the best among all the pearls produced in Southeast Asia since the luster of these pearls would never fade. Large-sized Sulu pearls measured more than one cun (1/3decimeter) in diameter. Of these pearls, the largest one would cost seven hundred to eight hundred silver ingots at its place of origin; a medium one, three hundred silver ingots, and a small one, ten to twenty silver ingots. When Chinese merchants brought these Sulu pearls home; they would reap a handsome profit that was ten to thirty times of their original prices."

By the constant missions of both Sulus and Chinese, many Chinese have been buried in Sulu land. One of those Chinese left a good symbol of diplomatic relationship, the stone-engraved of Chinese Characters asking the spirit for a good luck.

According Dr. Rey Ty in Mandarin language these characters in pinyin are Fu (Luck) and Shen (Spirit). According to one of our Chinese friends these characters are "Fuk Chuk" to mean praying for a good luck. Dr. Rey Ty says "Fuk Chuk" sounds Cantones and in Fujian language it is "Hok Sin".

Historical facts tigthen the international relations among countries. This remind people of Sulu and China for ther great relationship in the past. This past relationship could be built again by the proof of these great historical accounts. The silver and gold coins shall reign once more.


reference:http://wakalanusantara.com/detilurl/Sulu-China.Uses.Silver.Dirham.Coins.for.Trading.in.13th.Century/415

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w/ beard:

Zheng He, originally named Ma He, was born into a Muslim family just beyond the borders of China (later Yunnan Province in the southwestern part of China) in 1371. His ancestors were the Arabian immigrated into China during the Tang and Song dynasties (618-1279). When he was still young the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) conquered his province in 1378, and he was taken to the imperial Chinese capital to serve as a court eunuch.

However, he distinguished himself by helping Zhu Yuanzhang defeat the Yuan Dynasty, and was rewarded with an official post in the government. During the coup started by Zhu Di, who was the fourth son of the first emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty and later became Emperor Chengzu, Zheng He helped Zhu Di gain the throne and was given command of the Chinese navy. Hence he wielded great influence in court.

In 1402, after Emperor Cheng Zu of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) ascended the throne, he dispatched Zheng He and Wang Jinghong to lead a giant fleet to the Western Sea (today's Southeast Asia), carrying members of soldiers and large quantity of goods. The fleet reached the countries of Southeast Asia, east Africa and Arabia, initiating a feat in the history of navigation and regarded as an unprecedented great historical period in Chinese history of trade and cultural exchanges.

From 1405 to 1433, Zheng He led his fleet to voyage to the Western Sea for seven times. The number of ships of his fleet was from 40 to 63 each time, taking many soldiers and sailors on the voyage, with a total party over 27,000 people. Their ships navigated the wide sea area from Ryukyu Islands, the Philippine Islands and Maluku Sea to the Mozambican Channel and the costal areas of South Africa, developing mutual trade, exchanging culture and technologies, communicating traffic on the sea and promoting social and economic development in such countries and areas. The mighty fleet voyaged on the Indian Ocean, not only astonishing the Arabian navigators, but also amazing the Venice businessmen coming and going between Hormuz and Aden, hence providing a new enlightenment to the European navigation. Zheng He's voyages are 87 years earlier than that of Columbus, 93 years earlier than that of Gama, and 116 years earlier than that of Magellan.

Chinese treasure ships carried a great deal of special Chinese products to foreign countries. As to craftwork, there were brocade, gauze, and skein; as to china, there were newly developed celadon, Xiulihong, as well as the enamelware with Chinese characteristics. By the way, during the Tang Dynasty Chinese people had grasped the technology of sintering glass, but only after Zheng He's voyage, Chinese had grasped the technology of adding borax in glass to resist heat. The Arabian glass artisan came to China with Zheng He's fleet and imparted the new technology to sinter new kinds of glass vessel resistant to sudden changes of temperature. Since then, this kind of glass was produced in large quantities in China and became a common utensil.

Zheng He also brought back building materials, fuels and exotic articles. It was at this time that the so-called kylin and Fulu (African giraffe and zebra) became decorative animals for the Chinese imperial garden. After coming back, Zheng He's subordinates wrote the books as Travel Notes of Foreign Countries, Chorography of Western Countries, etc., introducing the geographic and natural conditions, local customs, as well as production and living of those foreign countries and regions, widening Chinese people's vision and enlarging their knowledge on foreign countries.

Zheng He's expedition was half a century earlier than those of the European navigators. Zheng He died in 1435 at the age of 65. After Zheng He's last voyage no further voyages were launched.


reference: http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/content_22644.htm

A model in Kaifeng of a Chinese ladle-and-bowl type compass used for geomancy in the Han Dynasty (202 BCâ€"220 AD)


reference: wikipedia

Who invented the compass?

A: The Chinese

Descriptions of lodestone attracting iron were made in the Guanzi, Master Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals and Huainanzi. The Chinese by the Han Dynasty (202 BCâ€"220 AD) began using north-south oriented lodestone ladle-and-bowl shaped compasses for divination and geomancy and not yet for navigation.The Lunheng, written by Wang Chong (27â€"c. 100 AD) stated in chapter 52: "This instrument resembles a spoon, and when it is placed on a plate on the ground, the handle points to the south". There are, however, another two references under chapter 47 of the same text to the attractive power of a magnet according to Needham (1986),[ but Li Shu-hua (1954) considers it to be lodestone, and states that there is no explicit mention of a magnet in Lunheng. Shen Kuo (1031â€"1095) of the Song Dynasty (960â€"1279) was the first to accurately describe both magnetic declination (in discerning true north) and the magnetic needle compass in his Dream Pool Essays of 1088, while the author Zhu Yu (fl. 12th century) was the first to mention use of the compass specifically for navigation at sea in his book published in 1119.Even before this, however, the Wujing Zongyao military manuscript compiled by 1044 described a thermoremanence compass of heated iron or steel shaped as a fish and placed in a bowl of water which produced a weak magnetic force via remanence and induction; the Wujing Zongyao recorded that it was used as a pathfinder along with the mechanical South Pointing Chariot.

hahaha. bai don, maka hinumdum diay ka sa adtong panahona?

ako, maka hinumdum ko when i was still 4. old memories with my lolo and lola(s).

Quote from: dondon on April 02, 2011, 12:02:06 AM
dili motor bike bike..racer bike kanang tadyakan...2006 niapil ko sa padyak pinoy ,,gikan sa qc hangtod sa tagaytay,,pero wala ko mudaug kay medyu bug-at man ang akong bike 12 kg samtang ang uban nga orig ang piesa 8 kg lang....ok man gud ang mag bike bay kay gawas nga ehersisyu sya  tipid pod sa pamilite labi na sa atu nga sobra ang traffic/// i love biking kay wa koy gibate sa nag bike pako,,karun nga wala na mag bike...dgahan na ug gibate sa lawas...oo naa koy pic sa usa nahung cp sa akong asawa sa pinas,,if i come home akong i post dire sa tubag bohol.....20k sauna bai lisod na kaayu pangitaun mao nga mao nalang ako kagool lage kay ako baya to gitogum tiguman....dili pa original tanan ang pisa adto...batalya nalang unta ang kuwang para ok na sya pero maajo gani kay wa pa nako palite nakawat na,,unsa na kaha ug orig na tanan??diba??gool jod pod.

bai don,

i hear you and i feel for you. bitaw, bai, ma sakitan man lagi ta ug maka dungog ani kai dili baja easy mo find ug kwarta. mag sakripisyo lagi intawn ta sa trabajo. sus, kanang 20k daghan naman jud na. imagine, that is 2 months salary sa nurse sa pinas.

ang importante ay okay imuhang lawas. kai mao man jud nay importante, o diba? kai 'health is wealth' man jud. so long as okay imohang lawas, bai don, maka recover man ka sa imohang losses. diba?

take care, bro.

But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. ... If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?

Matthew 5:44,46-47

Help The Poor, Be Merciful Unto The Destitute..


If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother. Rather be openhanded and freely lend him whatever he needs.

-Deuteronomy 15:7-8

Quote from: Lorenzo on April 02, 2011, 01:35:06 PM


You go too. The call is a concern not only of Pastors, clergy, and men and women religious. The call is addressed to everyone: lay people as well are personally called by the Lord, from whom they receive a mission on behalf of the Church and the world. In preaching to the people Saint Gregory the Great recalls this fact and comments on the parable of the labourers in the vineyard: "Keep watch over your manner of life, dear people, and make sure that you are indeed the Lord's labourers. Each person should take into account what he does and consider if he is labouring in the vineyard of the Lord"(2).

The Council, in particular, with its rich doctrinal, spiritual and pastoral patrimony, has written as never before on the nature, dignity, spirituality, mission and responsibility of the lay faithful. And the Council Fathers, re-echoing the call of Christ, have summoned all the lay faithful, both women and men, to labour in the vineyard: "The Council, then, makes an earnest plea in the Lord's name that all lay people give a glad, generous, and prompt response to the impulse of the Holy Spirit and to the voice of Christ, who is giving them an especially urgent invitation at this moment.

Young people should feel that this call is directed to them in particular, and they should respond to it eagerly and magnanimously. The Lord himself renews his invitation to all the lay faithful to come closer to him every day, and with the recognition that what is his is also their own (Phil 2:5) they ought to associate themselves with him in his saving mission. Once again he sends them into every town and place where he himself is to come (cf. Lk 10:1)"(3).

beautiful...

God Bless Pope John Paul II!

Santo Subito!

Next year diay. Well that gives me greater time to prepare. Thank You brod for the update.

Na, mag save up na diay ko. Mahal na raba ang plete.