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Quote from: chriswise on April 24, 2011, 07:50:52 PM
bai,,happy easter to all...

same to you.

Morning Girl by The Lettermen

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aguruy!  bali unta ko kun ako pa ni, simbako!

"There are some details of the body which are there for simply aesthetic reasons, and for no practical purposeâ€"for instance, the nipples on a man's chest, and the beard on his face, the latter being clearly for a masculine ornament, not for protection. This is shown by the fact that women's faces are hairless, and since women are the weaker sex, it would surely be more appropriate for them to be given such a protection." - Augustine of Hippo, City of God (c. 410) book 22, chapter 24


Early Christian Attitudes Towards Beards, Wiki

maayo gani wa ko kaila unsa nang tong-its.  kahibawo lang ko nga naay daghang baye nga nabuang kuno ani. 

same to you!

Because women’s shelters do not accept pets, abused members of the family often delay their exit---leaving everyone in the home facing serious physical danger.  Some experts are advocating that animal shelters and veterinary hospitals should work to provide temporary homes for pets when an abused person needs to leave a dangerous situation.


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The more subtle problem is animal neglect.  It is important not only for the pets involved, but for the children in the home as well.  Most often if the animals are being neglected the children are too, and sometimes animal humane societies can respond sooner to reports of neglect than the overloaded child services divisions can.

Veterinarians are starting to play a larger role in the reporting of abuses of all kinds.  Veterinarians are learning to look for warning signs in pets.  For example, if there is a household where many animals live but none ever reach the age of two, then something bad is going on.  The other more obvious signs are injuries to pets that don’t match up to the story being told by the pet owner.


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Those who commit serial or mass criminal violence often use animals as "rehearsal" tools in their adolescence to work themselves up to the eventual abuse or killing of people.  This link was first established 250 years ago, and it doesn’t seem to be changing.  That means children who torture animals should be dealt with quickly, and it should be taken seriously.  The child may be acting out because he/she is being abused or may be building up to something worse.


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He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men.  We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.  ( Immanuel Kant, German Philosopher)


The Link Between Animal Abuse and Domestic Violence

Domestic violence as well as serial and mass criminal violence often involves animals.  For families suffering with domestic violence or abuse, the use or threat of abuse against companion animals is often used for leverage by the controlling/violent member of the family to keep others in line or silent.  The violence may be in the form of spousal abuse, child abuse (both physical and sexual), or elder abuse.  The statistics are chilling.  It is estimated that 88 percent of pets living in households with domestic abuse are either abused or killed.  Of all the women who enter shelters to escape abuse, 57 percent have had a pet killed by their abuser.


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Quote from: bugsay on April 24, 2011, 02:44:49 PM
ka gwapa ni Inday...

cruelty to animals gihapon na.  wa ka moingon nga gwapa pod si doggie.

oh, no.  gapasabot na nga suspected ang restaurant nga mo-serve ug cat meat, huhuhu.   

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 24, 2011, 01:41:32 PM
Botoy: Hmm, manughilig gid si nene sang balitaw haw... Ayaw, ayaw, unsay ayaw. Ayaw dihag yawyaw...

hahaha!  gimingaw ka na ni bolbuhol sa?  ayaw, ayaw, ayaw dihag sayaw kay manugtakilpo unya ka.

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 24, 2011, 01:37:45 PM
Botoy: Sigi, cancel ang Arabo. Pero ang tambutso nimong init maoy imong buot ipasabot, di ba?

inday:  tua na lagi, di na gani ka makakita sa diperensya sa tambutso sa auto ug baye ug she-boy ug he-girl ug bani ug saging...

Quote from: bugsay on April 24, 2011, 02:52:23 PM
..gusto nakong kalimtan to'ng mga panahuna bai Hubs....

di kuno mahimong makalimtan kay tabla ra sa imong gitipakan ang imong pagka-ikaw.

Quote from: bugsay on April 24, 2011, 03:43:03 PM
hehehehe.....kay ngano, nabuong sab ang imong kadungganan sa usa ka b***t?....

ang ipasabot ba ani, your chastity was violated mao nga gusto nimong makalimtan tong panahona?  nganong wa man ka molikay?  puwede baya, gawas tingali kun gitionan kag shotgun.

diha pod miy silingan sa una, amo gani tong nganlan ilang inahan ug 'ma barker' kay puryang pamilyaha, morag mafia ug morag mga irong mopaghot.  ikaaway ang usa ang tibuok pamilya ang makontra gikan sa apohan hangtod sa apo nga pwerteng daghana ra ba gyod nila.  mag-away-away sa igkasi pod to sila nga magsyinagitay.  kausa ga-mahjong silang managsoon bisag biyernes santo.  way respeto sa mga silingan sa ilang kasabaan.  naunsa ba tong nagubot man sila taudtaod, nagsinumbagay na man ug nagbinunalay ug silya.

ang tinuod albularyo di mangayo ug kantidad kay madaot ilang healing power kuno kun sagolan ug materialism.  mao nga kadaghanang albularyo wa kaayoy asenso kay ila mang isakripisyo ang material aspect sa ilang kinabuhi.  any donation will do hinoon, morag limos nga ibutang sa collection can agig tabang ug pasalamat, kay di na man intawon kapangitag tarong nga trabaho ang albularyo labi na tong taas kaayog linya ang mga pasyente.  mao nga suspect na ning albularyoha daan tungod kay nisitar ug kantidad.   

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 24, 2011, 05:30:40 AM
Di na katugpa ang alibangbang sa imong baba kay magdagandagan man ka tungod sa kakatow sa imong kigow...

maglupadlupad baya sad ang alibangbang, mao nga may puruhan nga magkatagbo ra ang baba nimo ug ang alibangbang.  the world is round, man, the world is round...

di diay na andam mag-'up yours', in disguise by using the index finger instead of the more delicate middle?

Easter Greetings to all TB friends!

mapatiran pa gyod.

felt good because we were 30 minutes ahead of the scheduled easter vigil.  we went through a 2-hour ceremony, blessing of fire and water, five readings, renewal of baptismal vows, all the works.

morag out of league ra ko nila.  tawo sila, ako di.  tan-awa ning dako nga version sa akong avatar, convinced? 

Quote from: Vistabel on April 24, 2011, 12:05:26 AM
bitaw tinuod ni, sanga sa kahoy pud, pero kong tubol tumban man lang tumoy dayon barog dali ra.

  unsa may tumban, 00segbin?  ang tubol o ang lubot?  kinsa may motunob?  klarohi ko kay morag gakinahanglan ning pagkailoha ug talagsaong abilidad nga di pa nako maaninaw...

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 22, 2011, 05:17:33 PM
Peligro lang ang unas kay usahay naay til-as...

hayahay kun ang til-as mahimo dayong alibangbang pagkahuman ug pangilo.  way makalupig sa sight ug alibangbang naglupadlupad sa kasilyas, dayon motugpa sa baba.

Quote from: bugsay on April 23, 2011, 10:01:16 AM
Surrender Ko...

Saktoh Kah!

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 23, 2011, 09:57:53 AM
Sigi, tamay lang, the more you hate the more you love ra ba...

inday:  mao na ron... hahay baya gyod ning nakabuhi gikan sa home for the aged.  lab?  ayaw, ayaw, noy botoy, ayaw labnota nang imong adult diaper...

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 23, 2011, 09:19:02 AM
Botoy: Agoi, manughilig ka gid man nga sang imon init-init nga tambutso naton ilubong ya? Bantog rang mahalon gid ang awto mo bla, Arabo gid man ang bana mo haw...

inday:  hehe, mangangin ra bag mga banyagang way labot... buot lang nakong iklaro nga ang tambutsong init angay lubngan ug dried seahorse, morag time capsule ba, kasabot?

Quote from: bugsay on April 21, 2011, 09:10:40 AM
sorry nalang ms isles,....none of the above...

na hala, paul de balingsya na lang, siyaro...

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 19, 2011, 11:39:31 AM
Hmm, Ms. Aliender speaking...

Quote from: chicogon on April 19, 2011, 11:41:53 AM
No! She's heat-seeking Missile, ajejejeje  

dia poy laing dumadaog nga jack en poy.  bato ang kamot, tuy-od ang tiil, flying segbin ang lawas.

Quote from: bugsay on April 20, 2011, 01:44:43 PM
sobra's katiguwangon...

another wrong mistake.  sk = sobra's kaguwapa. 

hahaha!  gigamit pa ning shark knife ni bugs di gyod unta siya makahugas ug plato sa tibuok niyang kinabuhi. 

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 22, 2011, 07:47:28 AM
Hmm, I marvel at your highly-developed criminal mind...

not as highly-developed, i must admit, as your serial killing desires...

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 22, 2011, 05:44:40 PM
Strategic ambiguity? The adjective is superfluous and the noun is a joke...

maybe this is used because this seems more palatable than strategic duplicity.

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 22, 2011, 07:55:53 AM
He he, hagithagiton jamo ning Indaya...

hehe, overestimating his charms jamo ning botoya...

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 22, 2011, 07:54:17 AM
Botoy: Pwede, pero para moandar ning imong awto ug atong magamit aron makaabot ta sa Libingan, ato lang una ning hatagan og temporary burial here and now...

inday:  na, hala, diay tambutso, init-init pa, lubong dayon!

Quote from: bol-anon quo nyur! on April 22, 2011, 01:18:33 AM
YEHEY!!! enjoi ko ni Inday ug ni Botoy!

hehe, makalingaw pod bitaw ning makaatbang tag giangoango na...

This concentration of Eucharistic phenomena, if substantiated, is unprecedented in Catholic Church history. The combination of the outpouring of Marian apparitions and this awesome display of Eucharistic love would appear to be setting the stage for the most remarkable period of faith conversion in modern history.


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Naju, Korea 1994 to 2010

Numerous Eucharistic miracles have occurred through Julia Kim, whereby the host turns into flesh on her tongue, hosts have fallen from the wounds of Christ on a cross and a large host appeared in her hands during an apparition of the Blessed Virgin.  Here she was told to ask the Papal Nuncio to bless her hands before receiving the host then to give it to him and her own priest.




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Barbeau, Michigan, USA 1996

Barbeau, Michigan may have been the site of an inexplicable Eucharistic event on February 4, 1996. During Mass at the Church of the Holy Family, an inexperienced Eucharistic minister dropped a Host onto a patent (a plate used to catch particles of consecrated Host).  Believing that this Host had to be placed in an ablution cup, the minister informed the priest of this despite the fact that the Host hadn't touched either the ground or a communicant.  The Host remained in the cup for a week because inclement weather prevented any weekday Masses.  

The following Sunday, February 11th, a dime-sized red coloration was seen on the surface of the Host.  The Host, which had been in water to help disolve it, was engorged with water but otherwise retained its shape.

The local bishop, who was advised of these developments via telephone, suggested to the parish priest, Father Mark A. McQuesten, that the coloration was probably due to a fungus growing on the Host and that it should be disposed of in the approved manner.  The priest continued to show the Host to his parishioners and had it photographed as well.

The local news media picked up the story several weeks later and after another call from the Bishop, Fr. McQuesten finally touched the Host for the first time on February 26th. He planned to dispose of it in the manner authorized by the Church.  However, he stated that when he touched it, it felt like flesh, that he had to tear at it in order to rip it, not at all what one would expect from a water-logged piece of unleavened bread.  During all this time the Host never lost its shape or the red coloration it first displayed nearly a month earlier.




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Worcester, Massachusetts, USA 1996

Worcester, Massachusetts has been the site of a series of inexplicable events surrounding a twelve-year-old girl who was brain-damaged in a swimming pool accident when she was 3 years old.  Unable to walk or talk, the girl, Audrey Santo, has become the focus of a growing number of Catholic mystical experiences.  

For the past nine years the only solid food she has eaten has been the Holy Communion which she receives daily.  Several years ago, the local Bishop permitted the Blessed Sacrament to be reserved in a tabernacle housed in Audrey's room.  On several different occasions the two gold engraved angels on the tabernacle door have wept fragrant oil.  The oil has been examined by several different chemical labs but its makeup and origin is still unknown.  Religious statues and pictures in Audrey's room have wept oil and sometimes blood, reminiscent of the Marian apparitions in Damascus, Syria.

On three occasions, the Consecrated Host taken from the tabernacle has dripped a reddish fluid.  The fluid has been examined by an independent testing laboratory and found to be human blood. On Good Friday 1996, the tabernacle in Audrey's room began bleeding.  Audrey herself now has the stigmata,  the visible wounds of Jesus. Visitors to her room have reported inexplicable healings and spiritual conversions.  At least three of Audrey's nurses, who were not Catholics when they first began to care for her, have since converted to Catholicism.

In Audrey's case, God has chosen a severely injured little girl to be one of His messengers to the world. He has given her multiple manifestations of His love and concern for her and for each of us.  He wants us to know that it is He who comes to us in the Eucharist; it is He who wants us with Him for all eternity.




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Rome, Italy 1995

Rome, Italy has recently been the site of reports of its own set of inexplicable phenomena related to the Eucharist.  Since 1971, an Italian Marian visionary, Marisa Rossi, has purportedly been receiving locutions and signs from Our Blessed Mother asking for humanity to change its ways and return to God, particularly in the Eucharist.  These apparitions changed in character in the mid-90's when Marisa took part in an inexplicable Eucharistic event on September 14, 1995, the feast of the Exultation of the Cross.  

After praying in the chapel, Marisa, who is wheelchair-bound, stood and kissed the crucifix which Don Claudio Gatti had removed from the altar in preparation for a procession.  Marisa said she saw a Host emerge from the side of the corpus on the cross and fall into her hand. Many around her noticed the Host which had not been there moments before.  Another apparently inexplicable Eucharistic event occured in April of 1996 when Marisa was photographed as a Host suddenly appears in her outstretched hands during a purported apparition of the Blessed Virgin.

On February 6, 1997, before Fr. Claudio's biblical catechesis, Our Lady gave Marisa a blood-stained Holy Host.  The apparition took place in her bedroom because of her bad health.  This miracle was only seen by a few people who were in the bedroom, including Fr. Claudio. The host was consumed immediately by Marisa.  (The images were recorded on a video tape).

Three days after the miracle Our Lady said: "My beloved sons, thank you for your presence here.  The great Eucharistic miracle happened again and on last Thursday you saw My Son Jesus' blood on the Holy Host.  This is a demonstration for all men and above all, for priests, that My Son Jesus is just inside the little Host, with His Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity.  As usual, I invite you to enjoy not only this event, but everyday and forever because every day Jesus, the Eucharist, goes into the hearts of those people who want Him, in a gentle and silent manner, if those hearts are in a state of grace. For this reason the Mother is frequently saying 'Live in a state of grace and receive My Son Jesus in a state of grace...!' "

In 1995, the Ecclesiastical authority in Rome instituted a Commission of Enquiry.  Currently more than 300 public apparitions have taken place, but no official statement has been yet emitted.  Since 1971 Marisa Rossi has been assisted by Fr. Don Claudio, a Catholic priest who is her spiritual director.




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Methuen, Massachusetts, USA 1995

Methuen, Massachusetts was the site of another inexplicable Eucharistic phenomena in 1995.  In preparing to distribute Communion, a Eucharistic minister at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church opened the tabernacle to discover a Consecrated Host "bleeding" inside. The host was transferred to a container, apparently still bleeding, and retained there for further examination.  

Aside from a number of witnesses who observed the bleeding Host, the Host itself was sent to Dr. B. Lipinski, a biochemist, for non-invasive examination. He ascertained that the reddish substance was human blood. With this determination, a small sample of the crusted blood was sent to the California Laboratory of Forensic Sciences.  After several preliminary tests confirmed the presence of blood, on August 30, 1995, a crossover electrophoresis was conducted on the sample which unequivocally identified the reddish substance as human blood.

The local bishop is presently evaluating all the circumstances surrounding the appearance of this blood.


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Marlboro, New Jersey, USA 1994

Marlboro, New Jersey has been the site of purported Marian apparitions for nearly ten years. On April 10, 1994, the feast of Divine Mercy, Father Robert Rooney, the spiritual director of the visionary, was celebrating morning Mass in nearby Yardville, New Jersey at Saint Vincent de Paul Church.  As he raised the Host and said the words of consecration, blood flowed out of the Eucharist.  The altar boys present and a number of parishioners saw this occur and Father Rooney was understandably shaken by the bleeding host.  After showing the Host to the parish priest, it was decided that the Host should be retained in the tabernacle until the head of the local Episcopate, Bishop Reiss, could decide what actions should be taken.  Several days later the Bishop decided not to investigate the phenomena and Fr. Rooney gave the Host to his spiritual director Father Valenta.

Father Valenta had the Host photographed and then examined by two medical doctors using non-invasive microscopic analysis. Non-invasive techniques were used since a bishop's approval is required for any invasive examination.  The doctors stated:
"There is no scientific explanation, the red material came from within the Host has the microscopic characteristics of human blood; the Church must make the determination as to any miracle."

On June 6, 1994, the feast of Corpus Christi, Father Rooney stated that the Blessed Virgin appeared, in her first and only appearance to him, in his dining room and told him that her Son had sent him a gift--the gift of the bleeding Host--and from now on his spiritual director would take care of everything.  Father Rooney died six weeks later on July 16, 1996, the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.  Father Valenta delivered the bloody Host to Bishop Reiss of the Diocese of Trenton where it still resides.


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Betania, Venuezuela 1991

Eucharistic miracle occurred during the vigil of the Immaculate Conception on December 8, 1991.  Father Otty Ossa (Maria Bianchini’s spiritual advisor) was saying Mass when the Host began to bleed as he held it.  Father Ossa said:

“I broke the Host into four parts.  When I looked down at the plate I could not believe my eyes.  I saw a red stain forming on the Host and from it a red substance was beginning to emanate similar to the way blood spurts out in a puncture.  After the Mass, I took the Host and protected it in the Sanctuary.  The next day at six in the morning, I observed the Host and I found that the Blood was fluid and then began to dry, however to this day it still looks fresh.  Amazingly, the Blood is only on one side, not bleeding through the exceedingly thin Host.”

The phenomenon was videotaped, and analysis of a sample of the blood showed it to be human.




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Stich, Germany 1970

In the Bavarian region of Germany, near the Swiss border, lie three hamlets the smallest of which is Stich.  On the evening of June 9, 1970, as a visiting priest from Switzerland was celebrating a Tridentine Mass (Mass in Latin celebrated under the rubrics of the Council of Trent) in the chapel, an unusual series of events occurred.  After the Consecration, the celebrant noticed that a small reddish spot began to appear on the corporal at the place where the chalice had been resting.  Wondering if the chalice had begun to leak, the priest ran his hand under the chalice, but found it completely dry.  By this time the small spot had spread to be about the size of a dime.  After completing the Mass the priest inspected everything on the altar but could find no source of anything that could remotely be a source for the reddish stain.  He locked the corporal containing the stain in a safe place until he could discuss the matter with the pastor.

On June 11th, after examining the corporal with the pastor, the cloth was photographed and sent to the Clinical Institute for Radial Therapy and Nuclear Medicine and the Polyclinical Institute of the University of Zurich for chemical analysis.  The results of four separate analyses conducted on the cloth samples indicated that the cause of the stain was human blood that contained some of the biochemical markers of a man in agony.

On July 14th, the phenomena repeated itself at the chapel in Stich with four stains appearing on the corporal after the Consecration. Several days later, the pastor sent the corporal with the stains to the District Hospital at Cercee for analysis; the results: the stains were human blood!  One of the witnesses to this event, Joseph Talscher, the sacristan of the chapel, reported the following:
 
"On the evening of July 14, Father was celebrating Holy Mass in the chapel of Stich.  Mindful of what had happened on June 9, we made certain that the cloths covering the altar were spotlessly clean... after taking Holy Communion, the priest made a sign to me and pointed to the altar.  Then I saw the stains.  After Mass we all took a closer look at the cloths and especially the large stain which was the size of a priest's host.  We saw a cross very distinctly on it."


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Cascia, Italy 1330

A priest who had lost respect for the Divine Substance was called out to a sick parishioner. Rather than placing the host into a pyx he slipped it between the pages of his breviary. After hearing the man's confession he opened the breviary to give him communion only to discover two perfect blood-stained circles where the host had been. The pages of the breviary are now preserved in the little parish of Saint Benedict in Umbria, Italy and show a miracle within a miracle as the face of Jesus is clearly visible on the pages.

Blanot, France 1331

The Eucharist falls out of a woman's mouth onto an altar rail cloth. The priest tries to recover the Host but all that remains is a large spot of blood the same size and dimensions as the wafer.

Amsterdam, Holland 1345

Eucharist thrown into fire overnight miraculously is unscathed.

Sienna, Italy August 17, 1730

Consecrated Hosts remain perfectly preserved for over 250 years. Rigorous scientific experiments have not been able to explain this phenomena.




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Bolsena-Orvieta, Italy 1263

Again, a priest has difficulties believing in the Real Presence, and blood begins seeping out of the Host upon consecration. Because of this miracle, Pope Urban IV commissioned the feast of Corpus Christi, which is still celebrated today.

Saint Anthony of Padua

During the 13th century St. Anthony of Padua was reported to have converted a hardened heretic through a rather unique contest. The heretic, by the name of Bononillo, was unmoved by the reasoning of the "hammer of heretics," as St. Anthony was called. Bononillo was as stubborn as the mule that stood beside him.

Eyeing the mule, Anthony made an offer to Bononillo. He asked him whether he would give up his heresy if the mule were to bow down and adore its Creator present in the Blessed Sacrament. The heretic answered he would, provided he could lay down certain conditions: for two days the mule was not to be fed, and on the third day it was to be led into the public square. On one side of the square would be placed a tempting pile of fresh feed, on the opposite side Anthony could stand with what Bononillo contemptuously called the "body of Christ." Anthony agreed, but in all humility made one condition. If the animal did not kneel before the Blessed Sacrament, his sins alone were to be blamed.

The day arrived for this strange contest and the square was crowded with people. When the derisive Bononillo arrived with his half-starved mule, he was fully confident that his mule had sense and appetite enough to go after the feed. But he was wrong. Anthony had implored his Lord in the intervening two days for the soul of this heretic. God did not let his faithful servant down. When turned loose, the mule without the least hesitation advanced towards Anthony and knelt in an attitude of adoration before the Blessed Sacrament. With much emotion and contrition the heretic too fell on his knees and gave up his heresy. As wonderful as these miracles are, the greatest of all, transubstantiation, has to be viewed with the eyes of faith.

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THE REAL PRESENCE OF CHRIST IN THE EUCHARIST

For centuries there have been Eucharistic Miracles generally occurring to dispel doubts of the true presence of the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ in Transubstantiation (the conversion of one substance into another) during the Consecration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.  Sometimes they are for the benefit of a doubting priest, sometimes for the benefit of all Catholics, and perhaps even for those of other denominations.  The following is a list of the better-known Eucharistic Miracles:

Lanciano, Italy 780 AD

In the 8th century A.D., in the little church of St. Legonthian, a Basilican monk was having doubts about the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. During Mass, after the two-fold consecration, the Host was changed into live Flesh, and the Wine was changed into live Blood. The Host -Flesh can still be seen today. It is light brown, and appears rose-colored when lighted from the back. The Blood is coagulated, and has an earthy color resembling the yellow of ochre. Scientific investigations have taken place since 1574.

These are some of the conclusions:

•   The Flesh is real Flesh.
•   The Blood is real Blood.
•   The Flesh consists of the muscular tissue of the heart.
•   The Flesh and Blood have in them AB type blood, the same blood type found in the Holy Shroud of Turin.





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inday:  asa man nimo gustong ilubong, sa libingan ng mga bayani tapad ni marcos?

U.S.- Philippines Security Relations

The post-U.S. bases era has seen U.S.-Philippine relations improved and broadened, with a prominent focus on economic and commercial ties while maintaining the importance of the security dimension.

…a strong security relationship rests on the 1952 U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT).

February 1998 - U.S. and Philippine negotiators concluded the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), paving the way for increased military cooperation under the MDT. The agreement was approved by the Philippine Senate in May 1999 and entered into force on June 1, 1999.

October 2003 - the U.S. designated the Philippines as a Major Non-NATO Ally.

January 2011 - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt M. Campbell said  that the United States will help boost the capacity of the Philippines to patrol their own waters, including the Spratly islands.

(wikipedia)

The PRC views the Taiwan Relations Act as "an unwarranted intrusion by the United States into the internal affairs of China."  The Three Joint Communiques were signed in 1972, 1979, and 1982.

1982 - The United States declared that the United States would not formally recognize PRC's sovereignty over Taiwan as part of the Six Assurances offered to Taipei.

late 1990s - the United States Congress passed a non-binding resolution stating that relations between Taiwan and the United States will be honored through the TRA first. This resolution, which puts greater weight on the TRA's value over that of the three communiques, was signed by President Bill Clinton as well.

2007 - Congressional Research Service Report confirmed that US policy has not recognized the PRC's sovereignty over Taiwan.

(wikipedia)

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 21, 2011, 09:46:28 PM
Saving face kintahay...

indeed.

Taiwan Relations Act (United States-Taiwan Relations Act)

1979 - The Taiwan Relations Act is passed by the United States Congress after the establishment of diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the breaking of relations between the United States and the Republic of China (ROC) on the island of Taiwan by President Jimmy Carter. It more clearly defines the American position on Taiwan and its cross-strait relationship with Beijing.

This act also requires the United States "to provide Taiwan with arms of a defensive character", and "to maintain the capacity of the United States to resist any resort to force or other forms of coercion that would jeopardize the security, or the social or economic system, of the people on Taiwan."

Successive U.S. administrations have sold arms to the ROC in compliance with the Taiwan Relations Act despite demands from the PRC that the U.S. following legally non-binding Three Joint Communiques and the U.S. government's proclaimed One-China policy (which differs from the PRC's One-China Policy).

The Taiwan Relations Act does not require the U.S. to intervene militarily if the PRC attacks or invades Taiwan, and the U.S. has adopted a policy of "strategic ambiguity" in which the U.S. neither confirms nor denies that it would intervene in such a scenario.

(wikipedia)

Kalayaan, Palawan

Kalayaan is a 5th class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 223 people in 12 households.

Kalayaan is composed of only one barangay, Pag-Asa. This island has a 1.3 km airstrip that is used both by the military and civilians. It has a regulated civilian population of about 350, most of whom are fishermen. This civilian population is the result of Philippine government initial efforts to put civilians in the Kalayaan. Once a month, a Philippine Navy Ship goes to this island to drop supplies of goods. This island has a water-filtering plant, power generators, weather stations and a communication tower which is built by the Philippine-based SMART Telecommunications.

The municipal government of Kalayaan is making new projects to promote tourism for the island. Also, they had been successful in convincing many Filipino businessmen to invest in Kalayaan. (wikipedia)



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The Philippines essentially claims only the western section of the Spratlys, which is nearest to Palawan. (wikipedia)

Quote from: bugsay on April 21, 2011, 11:01:09 PM
molakaw pod ug palakwon....

kanyahay ra...

gingilngigan kong gahunahuna ani kun unsa kaha kun imbis gidunggab ug pen sa nawong ang babaye gipawong hinoon ang lighted cigarette sa iyang kalimutaw.

Quote from: chriswise on April 21, 2011, 04:09:19 PM
wala nako kaabot adto niya oi,,dugay naman pod ka na register deri kaso pag pilimero dipa ko kabalo mo storya bisaya,,kasabot ra,,,,,ako jod ni bai,,way lain,,,,pabalika to sila para bibo jamo ta ba,,deri sa TB,,,mura man god og 4 ra deria,,,,

opkors, ikaw gyod na.  ako pod ni nga nahinumdom ni vhinz tungod kay morag ikaw.  mora ra bitaw... bitaw, congrats nga dali kang nakakat-on ug bisaya.  ako tulo ka tuig intawon usa ko nakakat-on sa una.  10 years old pa hinoon ko ato, long ago and far, far away.

kay wa pa may dunggan nga akong napaakan ala-tyson, wa pa gyod ko diay masagpai.  simbako palayo, di lang gyod unta ko masagpaan sa tibuok nakong kinabuhi kay di gyod ko magpaukang sa dunggan sa mananagpaay. 

a labor of love kind of transport, biodegradable pa gyod. 

kun wa pa mo kasuway ug sakay ug habal-habal, di mo angay mo-landing sa moon.

mag-trying hard na man lang gyod kog puasa ugma, pamakwi nga wa ko kapuasa niadtong ash wednesday, moingon na lang ko nga ang gipang-post ni hubag mga pagkaong photogenic ra.  inig tilaw, way lami.

Fasting and science

Meanwhile, health advocates for fasting point that its most scientifically proven advantage is the feeling of rejuvenation.  The body’s healing process begins during a fast, when the body’s energy is diverted towards the metabolism and immune system, away from the digestive system which is not being used because of fasting. 

Fasting causes a slower metabolic rate, a more efficient protein production, an improved immune system, and an increased production of growth hormones and anti-aging hormones, scientists say.  "The only reliable way to extend the lifespan of a mammal is under-nutrition without malnutrition," goes the line.

From ancient to modern times, medical history shows that extended fasting has been recommended as therapy for various conditions by physicians of most cultures.  Sufficient evidence has shown that regulated fasting contributes to longer life.

Fasting and one’s health

While faith in one’s God is the primary reason for fasting, its unintended boon is quite scientific.  A number of reasons exist, based on scientific studies, that fasting benefits one’s health.  During fasting, the body rids itself of toxins that have built up as stored fats.  The body therefore heals itself and repairs damaged organs during a fast.

We must have noted that some time in our personal medical requirements, we are made to fast for an average of eight to 12 hours to provide the doctor with a more reliable basis for diagnosis of what is in our body.

Fasting and faith

Fasting as an act of faith for most religions is far from being a mere act of suffering.  Its sacredness lies in its role against impure thoughts, words and deeds.  Fasting therefore should always be accompanied by meditation and prayer, repentance, and charitable acts, like almsgiving.  Without these, fasting is useless and would even be harmful.

Fasting in other religions

Fasting is known as one of the Pillars of Islam and its strict observance from sunrise to sunset is obligatory during Ramadan.  Probably unknown to most non-Muslims is that there are also non-obligatory fasting days throughout the year in the Islamic calendar.    

For Hinduism, fasting is an essential part of worship, though its fasting rules are flexible in terms of length and schedules.  

Judaism, meanwhile, for which fasting is a form of atonement, strictly adheres to fasting for up to six days a year.

Buddhism may not observe fasting in the strict sense of the word, but Buddhist monks and nuns follow the rule of not eating each day after the noon meal as part of the discipline in helping meditation and good health.  Lay Buddhists are instructed to observe this practice at least once a week.

For the Bahá'í, a nineteen-day fasting is observed, also from sunrise to sunset during the Bahá'í month of `Ala', from March 2 to March 20, while Jainism practices many types of fasting, from fasting until the next day’s sunrise to one-meal a day or two-meals a day fasts.

Fasting for Christians

For Christians, for whom fasting is mentioned in the Bible with Moses, King David, and Jesus, there are denominations that may not require fasting but whose followers fast anyway as a form of external observance.  

Roman Catholics, though, are required to practice the Lenten fast, during Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

Eastern Orthodoxy meanwhile has four different fasting seasons, which includes two stretches of 40 days.  

Anglicanism practices fasting on a number of feast days of saints while Protestantism generally encourages fasting as part of the two penitential seasons, Lent and Advent.  

Fasting as a religious exercise


Most of the world’s major religions observe fasting.  It is required of many religions for a certain period.  

Fasting, the act of abstaining from food and drink, is such an essential part in one’s relationship with his Creator because it is an act of faith and penance and is thus an act of purification.  It is as important to a religion as praying and exercising charity.

Quote from: bugsay on April 21, 2011, 09:56:06 AM
mag minatay gyud to'g hilak si ms isles nga makabasa ani......magligidligid, da'ng sikadsikad..

or di ba kaha si Islander ang author?

sorry di ako ang author.  i wish i were.  bikog ba ning nagtubod man ang akong luha, huhuhu.  maayo gani kay makarason ko kay semana santa.  nagproblema pa ra ba ko karon diri kay naay iring layaw padung mabuta, di lang gyod nako siya madakpan aron madala sa veterinarian...

ma-ugly ra baya ning iring tungod sa pagdaugdaog sa tawo.  kadaghanan akong gisagop (wa baya koy iring nga di pinunitan) ugly gyod ug himatyonon pa.  karon nga naalimahan na, niguwapo.  makaako pag pangayo ang ubang tawo nga makakita kay nagtoo nga naay breed.  ako lang tubagon nga pamunit mo dinha ug way tag-iya intawon, alimahig tarong, di ba mapareha aning among iring ang hitsura. 

purya baya palandongon.  mora sag tawo nga mas ganahan ug puti ug blond nga blue ang mata, di makakita sa potential, if looks be the standard for one's values.  ako bitaw, ugly duckling man, pero nakakita si banana republic sa potential, nahimo na ko karon nga beautiful kwaknit.     

disclaimer:  bugsaaaayyyy, wa ko magligidligid, wa ko magsikadsikad (sakit na sa bukobuko), nagsige lang kog panikma, huhuhu.  ayawg katawa diha aron di ta ka mawilikan...

di na diay ni 'i walk a mile like a camel'.

hello, chriswise with the manok nga bungoton.  wa ra mo mag-abot atong vhinz da.  mora man god kag siya.  nahinumdom kong vhinz nga wa na mobalik kay nihatag to siyag 'end of the world' song by julie london dinhi sa tb nga akong tigpaminaw hangtod karon labi na ug kaadlawon.

inataya ba gyod ning police nga maningka.

mahimo pod langiro, irgam, birdog, bungot.

Quote from: Lorenzo on April 19, 2011, 11:33:18 AM
oy ning balik naman si glace, pero asa naman si Ms Da Binsi?

I miss her contagious laughter!

glad we'll never get to miss you, lorenz.  honest.

ot:  you seem to have grown angel's wings in your new avatar.  sa binisaya pa, unsa man nang imong gisul-ob, pako?

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on April 19, 2011, 08:09:00 PM
Responding police operatives rushed the victim to a hospital but was declared dead.

masabtan man hinoon ang tibuok news article pero mao na tingali niy resulta ug careless reporting and no editing.  this is serious news, pero nalibog baya ko kadiyot kun kinsay declared dead ani nga sentence tungod kay mora man ug ang police operatives... 

ni-google ko unya kita kog converter.  problema lang kay unsuccessful kuno ang pag-covert.  well, i'll try again tomorrow kay wee hours of the morning na diri.

ganahan kaayo ko ani nga kanta ni matt monro, hubs.  salamat.  lagot lang ko kay ang akong na-download ani nga mp3 arang hinaya.  unsaon to ni pag-convert ug youtube to mp3?   

mora mag kinsang dato kaayong donyaha.  high-maintenance kaayo ni siya da.

Quote from: bugsay on April 20, 2011, 04:49:56 PM
...bungoton baja pod sija.......bright diay ni?......

ang wa mabantog nga kutohon pod ni siya.

Quote from: bugsay on April 20, 2011, 04:58:51 PM
buotan baja sija tan-awon karon...wa ni siaw.....

taga-balingsya god, unsa pa man diay.

Quote from: bugsay on April 20, 2011, 04:56:57 PM
naunsa mo'ng duha...iring ma'y gihisgutan unta diri...nya karon nahimo nang manok?

pila pa kaha ka pages nga moliko na ni sa baki.

thunder and lightning
awakens the multitude
  the frog prince smiles.

assure her pod nga di siya tantong mamiligro ni hubag ug bugsay.

kamao diay manghinlo ang unlan?

ang akong gipangita lorenzo's baby powder. 

da, kakat-on lagig ahat kun unsay angay tan-awon.

mora diay nig, 'if not taiwan, then the spratlys, and on to the philippines and the rest of asia'?

unsa man?  nilampos mo sa inyong fbi job application?

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 20, 2011, 09:28:49 AM
Hmm... Quaker Oats or some other brand? Espeso o lasaw? By itself or naay sud-an nga fried eggs, bacon, sausages and ham? Inasinan, inasukaran, sinagolan og bouillon cube, or plain? Init o bugnaw? 

daghag kuti sad ani uy.  mora mag waiter nga nagkuha ug order...  oatmeal gud, kanang morag sinuka nga pagkaluto.

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 20, 2011, 10:21:42 PM
Spy pa na siya ni GMA...

salin pa na siya sa panahon ni marcos uy.  pahilomhilom lang na...

huh?  china saying this is just an asian regional issue when all the world's ships pass through these commercial sea lanes?  it is as if it has a moral ground for citing principles (that favors it, anyway) if it continues to flex its muscles as asia's lord of 'charing'. 

Quote from: bugsay on April 20, 2011, 10:29:28 AM
sa imong bana-bana pila na man gydu diay edad ana niya?
SK?

dotrekakin.  dollars lang, di pesos, hahaha!

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 20, 2011, 10:25:34 AM
Hmm, sa ato pa, patuo lang tang Ms. Isle? Labi na kay mibalik na siyag duwa og jack en poy?

wrong mistake, hehe.  bato-lata na akong duwa karon. 

oatmeal ug hutokhutok, kontento na ko.

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 20, 2011, 09:32:54 AM
Hmm, a perfect objective correlative for the situation obtaining in TB?   

i doubt it, though.  this here isn't prickly, the giant can't really kill, and my punch is, hahaha!, just that, my punch.

Quote from: islander on April 20, 2011, 09:26:21 AM
It was this legislative move that brought about the column of Hongkong-based Chip Tsao who belittled the Filipinos as “a nation of servants” and implied that our country punches too high beyond its reach for claiming the islands like China.  

we may punch too high beyond our reach (or much like a maidservant attending a high-society party?), but then countries, like people, can also offer surprises.  and talking of punches, pacquiao's shorter reach had prevailed.  as for the maidservant, well, cinderella is mirrored many times over by life's verities.  

[In 2009], the Philippine Senate passed a bill marking out its maritime boundaries in the country’s claim to part of the islands, taking care to acknowledge rival claims.

It was this legislative move that brought about the column of Hongkong-based Chip Tsao who belittled the Filipinos as “a nation of servants” and implied that our country punches too high beyond its reach for claiming the islands like China.  


http://tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/talk/the-philippines%27-claim-of-kalayaan-islands-%28aka-part-of-the-spratlys%29/msg453757/#new

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 20, 2011, 09:15:16 AM
One can't get any lamer than that...

diplomatese for "heaven help us, we're so scared of the giant."?

we can credit our country at least for its efforts to negotiate through this prickly forest where a domineering giant looms for the kill.

Quote from: islander on April 20, 2011, 12:32:33 AM
Refuting the Philippines’ assertion of sovereignty and jurisdiction over the waters around or adjacent to each relevant geological feature in the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) by virtue of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea’s (UNCLOS) principle of "la terre domine la mer" or "the land dominates the sea," China said the Philippines can in no way invoke such "illegal" occupation to support its territorial claims under the legal doctrine, "ex injuria jus non oritur," or "a right cannot rise from a wrong."

ergo, just because china was wrong in claiming the whole archipelago and its surrounding sea lanes, the philippines has lost its rights under the UNCLOS?

time to change the name 'china sea' to something more inclusive, like 'asian sea', for starters.  the name 'persian gulf' is slowly disappearing in favor of the more inclusive 'arabian gulf', so why not do away with 'south china sea' because the sea does not belong to china anyway? 

(pacific and atlantic sound universal; if only we can do away with names like china sea, indian ocean, philippine sea, etc.)   

kun himoon na lang diay kaha ning sigarilyo nga illegal drug?  di na unta ni daling mapalit unya ang mo-smuggle ug sigarilyo mahimo nang drug mules, mao nga mamenos gyod pag-ayo. 

but then it looks like no government can afford to confront big multinational tobacco and let go of its big source of income, that's why government campaign against smoking seems hypocritical.  ("we've done our part, now it's up to you.  meantime, we continue to collect taxes on cigarettes if you continue to buy.") 

the production of cigarettes and its sale and distribution continue (for people of course; no cat buys cigarettes) while at the same time civil authorities undertake a token campaign against it.

the situation is almost parallel to liquor or prostitution.  no supply if there are no buyers; no buyers of something that isn't available.  why can't government simply enforce a total ban on cigarettes so it could go the way of something that belongs to the past, like the quaint and unbelievable betel nut chewing, for the next generation?