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Keih, how do I get in touch with you in Manila?

da Bins dili kana mahitabo, walay maka-ako ug pusil, kinomo hinoon!

bqn, mao kini ang sekreto sa malinawon nga pagpoyo sa magti-ayon, matinahoron kang komander! mabuhay ka Doy.

We are preparing a despedida party to one of our pioneer member Ms Annie Ladra Acapulco.
This will be held in Marl-sinsen NRW, Germany on May 29 ( Saturday) 15:00 , a mass will be celebrated by Rev Fr Cesar O. Tablon MSP and small salo-salo will follow at the convent´s hall Liebfrauen Kirche, Marl. She will be going back to our country for good after more than 30 years of service in Germany, as a hospital staff.
She is a great lady and we will surely miss her.



Miss Anne Ladra Acapulco of Garcia-Hernandez (left) and Manay taken last December 2009.

St Philip Neri

May 26
Patron of Rome


If one had to choose one saint who showed the humorous side of holiness that would Philip Neri.

Born in 1515 in Florence, he showed the impulsiveness and spontaneity of his character from the time he was a boy. In fact one incident almost cost him his life. Seeing a donkey loaded with fruit for market, the little boy had barely formed the thought of jumping on the donkey's back before he had done it. The donkey, surprised, lost his footing, and donkey, fruit, and boy tumbled into the cellar with the boy winding up on the bottom! Miraculously he was unhurt.

His father was not successful financially and at eighteen Philip was sent to work with an older cousin who was a successful businessman. During this time, Philip found a favorite place to pray up in the fissure of a mountain that had been turned into a chapel. We don't know anything specific about his conversion but during these hours of prayer he decided to leave worldly success behind and dedicate his life to God.

After thanking his cousin, he went to Rome in 1533 where he was the live-in tutor of the sons of a fellow Florentine. He studied philosophy and theology until he thought his studies were interfering with his prayer life. He then stopped his studies, threw away his books, and lived as a kind of hermit.

Night was his special time of prayer. After dark he would go out in the streets, sometimes to churches, but most often into the catacombs of St. Sebastiano to pray. During one of these times of prayer he felt a globe of light enter his mouth and sink into his heart. This experience gave him so much energy to serve God that he went out to work at the hospital of the incurables and starting speaking to others about God, everyone from beggars to bankers.

In 1548 Philip formed a confraternity with other laymen to minister to pilgrims who came to Rome without food or shelter. The spiritual director of the confraternity convinced Philip that he could do even more work as a priest. After receiving instruction from this priest, Philip was ordained in 1551.

At his new home, the church of San Girolamo, he learned to love to hear confessions. Young men especially found in him the wisdom and direction they needed to grow spiritually. But Philip began to realize that these young men needed something more than absolution; they needed guidance during their daily lives. So Philip began to ask the young men to come by in the early afternoon when they would discuss spiritual readings and then stay for prayer in the evening. The numbers of the men who attended these meetings grew rapidly. In order to handle the growth, Philip and a fellow priest Buonsignore Cacciaguerra gave a more formal structure to the meetings and built a room called the Oratory to hold them in.

Philip understood that it wasn't enough to tell young people not to do something -- you had to give them something to do in its place. So at Carnival time, when the worst excesses were encouraged, Philip organized a pilgrimage to the Seven Churches with a picnic accompanied by instrumental music for the mid-day break. After walking twelve miles in one day everyone was too tired to be tempted!

In order to guide his followers, Philip made himself available to everyone at any hour -- even at night. He said some of the most devout people were those who had come to him at night. When others complained, Philip answered, "They can chop wood on my back so long as they do not sin."

Not everyone was happy about this growing group and Philip and Buonsignore were attacked by the priests they lived with. But eventually Philip and his companions were vindicated and went on with their work.

In 1555, the Pope's Vicar accused Philip of "introducing novelties" and ordered him to stop the meetings of the Oratory. Philip was brokenhearted but obeyed immediately. The Pope only let him start up the Oratory again after the sudden death of his accuser. Despite all the trouble this man had caused, Philip would not let anyone say anything against the man or even imply that his sudden death was a judgment from God.

One church, for Florentines in Rome, had practically forced him to bring the Oratory to their church. But when gossip and accusations started, they began to harass the very people they had begged to have nearby! At that point, Philip decided it would be best for the group to have their own church. They became officially known as the Congregation of the Oratory, made up of secular priests and clerics.

Philip was known to be spontaneous and unpredictable, charming and humorous.

He seemed to sense the different ways to bring people to God. One man came to the Oratory just to make fun of it. Philip wouldn't let the others throw him out or speak against him. He told them to be patient and eventually the man became a Dominican. On the other hand, when he met a condemned man who refused to listen to any pleas for repentance, Philip didn't try gentle words, but grabbed the man by the collar and threw him to the ground. The move shocked the criminal into repentance and he made a full confession.

Humility was the most important virtue he tried to teach others and to learn himself. Some of his lessons in humility seem cruel, but they were tinged with humor like practical jokes and were related with gratitude by the people they helped. His lessons always seem to be tailored directly to what the person needed. One member who was later to become a cardinal was too serious and so Philip had him sing the Misere at a wedding breakfast. When one priest gave a beautiful sermon, Philip ordered him to give the same sermon six times in a row so people would think he only had one sermon.

Philip preferred spiritual mortification to physical mortification. When one man asked Philip if he could wear a hair shirt, Philip gave him permission -- if he wore the hair shirt outside his clothes! The man obeyed and found humility in the jokes and name-calling he received.

There were unexpected benefits to his lessons in humility. Another member, Baronius, wanted to speak at the meetings about hellfire and eternal punishment. Philip commanded him instead to speak of church history. For 27 years Baronius spoke to the Oratory about church history. At the end of that time he published his talks as a widely respected and universally praised books on ecclesiastical history!

Philip did not escape this spiritual mortification himself. As with others, his own humbling held humor. There are stories of him wearing ridiculous clothes or walking around with half his beard shaved off. The greater his reputation for holiness the sillier he wanted to seem. When some people came from Poland to see the great saint, they found him listening to another priest read to him from joke books.

Philip was very serious about prayer, spending hours in prayer. He was so easily carried away that he refused to preach in public and could not celebrate Mass with others around. But he when asked how to pray his answer was, "Be humble and obedient and the Holy Spirit will teach you."

Philip died in 1595 after a long illness at the age of eighty years.

In his footsteps:
We often worry more about what others think that about what God thinks. Our fear of people laughing us often stops us from trying new things or serving God. Do something today that you are afraid might make you look a little ridiculous. Then reflect on how it makes you feel. Pray about your experience with God.

Prayer:
Saint Philip Neri, we take ourselves far too seriously most of the time. Help us to add humor to our perspective -- remembering always that humor is a gift from God. Amen

God, Give me Patience    

When we get frustrated with people who will not listen, we have to consider what Jesus would doâ€"pray! 

Bob, sakto ka sa imong gisulti. Ang mga tawo sa Guindulman nag salig rapod sa padala sa mga partido nga tua sa gawas.

I never questioned Him, I only asked for strength.

ha ha ha! never.

Anne sulayi ang apple juice. Kamusta man ang imong BMI (body mass index)?
I never tried this to myself because I was satisfied with my water therapy.
I drink half liter lukewarm everymorning before breakfast.

Statesville are you a nurse?  I have read a report about high incidence of cancer among nurses who works in shifts. It is so sad to hear about your colleagues. I´ll include her in my prayers.

morag in-ani Anne?

Kining akong bag-ong nakaplagan, diborsyado kay katoliko pong dako. Busa dili mi makasal sa simbahang katoliko. He is not really a good looking person but he got qualities that complements my terrible character. I´m so sensitive og looran. I tend to do stonewalling which is detrimental to a relationship.
He got lots of patience.

delikado ning laway-laway da Bins  morag irong bu****!

I got a wonderful guy now, the hardest truth is that we can´t  marry in a catholic church, to follow His will  has lots of obstacles. A priest said to me that I can´t go to communion but I could make a spiritual one .
I have not decided yet, but like the song let the devil takes tomorrow, for tonight I need friend.

Sulayi Day Stateville ug ginagmay nga ka-on, kanang gi-gutom ka. Inom daan ug tubig aron ma-dilute ang imong gastric juice ma kalma ang imong appetite. Mao kana ang akong tricks kay lisod pabawas sa kilo.
Ang akong mga sinina dili na ma-arang.

Hubs, I didn´t know that friendship includes too much saliva.

My answer;
Betrayal, in a true lasting friendship I expect loyalty.

ok, mogamit ug life jacket ug helmet kay matod pa ni hubag basin adunay matipak nga bato, bokol ang olo! ha ha ha.

I could arrange some professional divers to measure the depth of the water in this cave.

hoy minih kining tubaga, kutsilyo syempre!

sarap naman Ineng, very romantic!

ako naman, after 4 months walang period, ako ay buntis?  Sino ang Tatay? ha ha ha ha.

unsa man kini ka lawom? Mo-anha ko pohon karong bakasyon!

this is an absolute hypocrisy!  I could remember that one bishop recommends Arroyo to be excommunicated for her uncomparable corruption.

adunay kweba nga nasakop sa Bituon beach resort, may mga klabera, na feature sa ABS-CBN ni Korinna Sanchez.

salamat sa mga litrato Inday, iya kanang polihan kay aron dili siya kanunay masodya-an!

Taga Tigs, kining bajeh usahay magpadogang ug pusta aron thrilling ang susunod na kabanata!

si Inday Buntis, dako na tingali ang iyang tiyan!
Good night Grace, mao pa ang akong pag bangon!

Are you coming to Bohol for the first time? Maraming mga masarap na confectionaries sa Tagbilaran. Sana ma-enjoy kayo sa inyong bakasyon sa Panglao.

Doy , kining beer kay liquid bread!

St. Venerable Bede
(672?-735)

Bede is one of the few saints honored as such even during his lifetime. His writings were filled with such faith and learning that even while he was still alive, a Church council ordered them to be read publicly in the churches.
At an early age Bede was entrusted to the care of the abbot of the Monastery of St. Paul, Jarrow. The happy combination of genius and the instruction of scholarly, saintly monks produced a saint and an extraordinary scholar, perhaps the most outstanding one of his day. He was deeply versed in all the sciences of his times: natural philosophy, the philosophical principles of Aristotle, astronomy, arithmetic, grammar, ecclesiastical history, the lives of the saints and, especially, Holy Scripture. From the time of his ordination to the priesthood at 30 (he had been ordained deacon at 19) till his death, he was ever occupied with learning, writing and teaching. Besides the many books that he copied, he composed 45 of his own, including 30 commentaries on books of the Bible.

Although eagerly sought by kings and other notables, even Pope Sergius, Bede managed to remain in his own monastery till his death. Only once did he leave for a few months in order to teach in the school of the archbishop of York. Bede died in 735 praying his favorite prayer: “Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As in the beginning, so now, and forever.”

His Ecclesiastical History of the English People is commonly regarded as of decisive importance in the art and science of writing history. A unique era was coming to an end at the time of Bede’s death: It had fulfilled its purpose of preparing Western Christianity to assimilate the non-Roman barbarian North. Bede recognized the opening to a new day in the life of the Church even as it was happening.




Comment:

Though his History is the greatest legacy Bede has left us, his work in all the sciences (especially in Scripture) should not be overlooked. During his last Lent, he worked on a translation of the Gospel of St. John into English, completing it the day he died. But of this work “to break the word to the poor and unlearned” nothing remains today.


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“We have not, it seems to me, amid all our discoveries, invented as yet anything better than the Christian life which Bede lived, and the Christian death which he died” (C. Plummer, editor of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History).


Patron Saint of:

Scholars

Researchers in Britain and the Czech Republic surveyed almost 2,000 Czechs, who are generally regarded as the world's biggest beer drinkers.

They found no link between the amount of beer they drink and the size of their stomachs.

Writing in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, they said claims people are obese because they drink too much beer are wrong.

Dr Martin Bobak from University College London and colleagues at the Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine in Prague questioned 891 Czech men and 1,098 women between the ages of 25 and 64 as part of their study.

Italian researchers said men with a certain gene variation have a tendency to get a flabby stomach.

Nigel Denby, of the British Dietetic Association, urged beer lovers not to seize on the study's findings to run down to their local pub.

"People shouldn't assume that they can now drink freely," he told BBC News Online. "Any food taken in excess can lead to obesity.

"Drinking any type of alcohol can also lead to obesity.

"People who want to drink should enjoy alcohol but they should only drink in moderation."

Pray for Compassion   

Ask Jesus for His heart of compassion even in the face of sin and stubbornness. Only He can change the hearts and minds of those we are trying to reach. 

my children and my faith, I´m thankful everyday that I belong to a christian church.

59 ko karon, sonod tuig pohon 60. Get a second husband and let him pamper me, it´s a privilege! ha ha ha ha
I wish to tour my own country from North to southern most of Pinas.

makalibat kining kantaha!

St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi
(1566-1607)
Mystical ecstasy is the elevation of the spirit to God in such a way that the person is aware of this union with God while both internal and external senses are detached from the sensible world. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi was so generously given this special gift of God that she is called the "ecstatic saint."
She was born into a noble family in Florence in 1566. The normal course would have been for Catherine de Pazzi to have married wealth and enjoyed comfort, but she chose to follow her own path. At nine she learned to meditate from the family confessor. She made her first Communion at the then-early age of 10 and made a vow of virginity one month later. When 16, she entered the Carmelite convent in Florence because she could receive Communion daily there.

Catherine had taken the name Mary Magdalene and had been a novice for a year when she became critically ill. Death seemed near so her superiors let her make her profession of vows from a cot in the chapel in a private ceremony. Immediately after, she fell into an ecstasy that lasted about two hours. This was repeated after Communion on the following 40 mornings. These ecstasies were rich experiences of union with God and contained marvelous insights into divine truths.

As a safeguard against deception and to preserve the revelations, her confessor asked Mary Magdalene to dictate her experiences to sister secretaries. Over the next six years, five large volumes were filled. The first three books record ecstasies from May of 1584 through Pentecost week the following year. This week was a preparation for a severe five-year trial. The fourth book records that trial and the fifth is a collection of letters concerning reform and renewal. Another book, Admonitions, is a collection of her sayings arising from her experiences in the formation of women religious.

The extraordinary was ordinary for this saint. She read the thoughts of others and predicted future events. During her lifetime, she appeared to several persons in distant places and cured a number of sick people.

It would be easy to dwell on the ecstasies and pretend that Mary Magdalene only had spiritual highs. This is far from true. It seems that God permitted her this special closeness to prepare her for the five years of desolation that followed when she experienced spiritual dryness. She was plunged into a state of darkness in which she saw nothing but what was horrible in herself and all around her. She had violent temptations and endured great physical suffering. She died in 1607 at 41, and was canonized in 1669.




Comment:

Intimate union, God's gift to mystics, is a reminder to all of us of the eternal happiness of union he wishes to give us. The cause of mystical ecstasy in this life is the Holy Spirit, working through spiritual gifts. The ecstasy occurs because of the weakness of the body and its powers to withstand the divine illumination, but as the body is purified and strengthened, ecstasy no longer occurs. On various aspects of ecstasy, see Teresa of Avila, Interior Castle, Chapter 5, and John of the Cross, Dark Night of the Soul, 2:1-2.


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There are many people today who see no purpose in suffering. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi discovered saving grace in suffering. When she entered religious life she was filled with a desire to suffer for Christ during the rest of her life. The more she suffered, the greater grew her desire for it. Her dying words to her fellow sisters were: "The last thing I ask of youâ€"and I ask it in the name of our Lord Jesus Christâ€"is that you love him alone, that you trust implicitly in him and that you encourage one another continually to suffer for the love of him."

Exercise your Faith   

In baptism and confirmation you were given many graces: Faith is a huge one, but you have to activate it and use it, or it grows weak for lack of exercise. 

gikan kini sa email sa akong amiga nga naka-recover sa iyang breast cancer, nahorot ang iyang tinigom gikan sa iyang kahago sa Saudi.

Salamat sa inyong mga tubag, angay kini atong i-promote kay ato gud ning heritage as a Bol-anon. We could proudly face our future if we always remember our glorious past.

Die Schwebebahn

The suspension railway is a monorail suspended from a steel supporting frame with a rail built underneath it. It hangs on wheels which are driven by electric motor operating at 600 volts DC.

The supporting frame and tracks are made out of 486 pillars and bridgework sections. The terminuses at each end of the line also serve as train depots and reversers.

The current fleet consists of twenty-seven[5] two-car trains[1] built in the 1970s. The cars are 24 metres long and have 4 doors. One carriage can seat 48 and stand approximately 130 passengers The top speed is 60 km/h and the average speed is 27 km/h.

The Kaiserwagen, the original train used by Emperor Wilhelm II during a test ride on 24 October 1900, is still operated on special occasions and for charter events. Wikipedia

He´s showing his great intentions as an elected person to serve the people of Sarangani. Learning is one of the tools, I salute him and wish him all the best.

Asa mang dapita ang Baclayon Museum?

It's long but very informative

We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths. It's not as easy as you think. It's important to know how and when to eat.

What is the correct way of eating fruits?

IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS! * FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH.

If you eat fruit like that, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.

FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD. Let's say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so.

In the meantime the whole meal rots and ferments and turns to acid. The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil....

So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach or before your meals! You have heard people complaining — every time I eat watermelon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet, etc — actually all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach. The fruit mixes with the putrefying other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat!

Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circles under the eyes all these will NOT happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach.

There is no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter. If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the Secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.

When you need to drink fruit juice - drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT from the cans. Don't even drink juice that has been heated up. Don't eat cooked fruits because you don't get the nutrients at all. You only get to taste. Cooking destroys all the vitamins.

But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice. If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it. You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your body. Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look!

KIWI: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E & fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

APPLE: An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging free radicals.

ORANGE : Sweetest medicine. Taking 2-4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer.

WATERMELON: Coolest thirst quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene — the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C & Potassium.

GUAVA & PAPAYA: Top awards for vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content.. Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene; this is good for your eyes.

Drinking Cold water after a meal = Cancer! Can u believe this?? For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion... Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks HEART ATTACK PROCEDURE': (THIS IS NOT A JOKE!) Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line. You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. Sixty percent of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know the better chance we could survive.

Way sapayan Inday Grace! Makalingaw bitaw noh?  Kining hectic jamo, ang ginagmay nga polong daku ug bilih sa pang adlaw-adlaw!

she´s is wonderful woman, she should stay true to herself.

Wow!

Who are we to judge? Tawo lang na siya, bulgar lang kay public figure, but are we not also sinners?
when  I think of my past I´m worst!

St. John Baptist Rossi

May 23
1764


This holy priest was born in 1698 at the village of Voltaggio in the diocese of Genoa and was one of the four children of an excellent and highly respected couple. When he ws ten a nobleman and his wifre who were spending the summer at Voltaggio obtained permission from his parents to take him back with them to Genoa to be trained in their house. He remained with them three years, winning golden opinions from all, notably from two Capuchin friars who came to his patrons home. They carried such a favourable report of the boy to his uncle who was then minister provincial of the Capuchins that a cousin Lorenzo Rossi a canon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin invited him to come to Rome. The offer was accepted and he entered the Roman College at the age of thirteen. Popular with his teachers and with his fellow pupils he had completed the classical course with distinction when the reading of an ascetical book led him to embark on exfessive mortifications. The strain on his strength at a time when he was working hard led to a complete breakdown which boliged him to leave the roman College. He recovered sufficiently to complete his training at the Minerva, but he never was again relly robust. ndeed his subsequent labours were performed under the handicap of almost constant suffering.

On March 8, 1721 at the age of twenty three he was ordained and his first Mass was celebrated in the Roman College at the altar of St. Aloysius Gonzaga to whom he always had a special devotion.

His fame came from his work as a confessor and as his ministry to the sick.

 
Draw closer to God   

Remember that the truth is a personâ€"Jesus. Our goal is not just to get good information but to draw closer and closer to Him. Then when we speak, by the power of His Spirit, we can convey the love God has for those who are confused. 

Unsa man diay ang imong toyo Inday Becky? this is the private life of Mr Lim, this should be respected. Unsa man ang atong labot.

The sickening goring happened as Aparicio was going in for the faena, a series of passes in which he uses his cape and sword before delivering the wounded animal the death blow, or estocada.

As Aparicio teased the angry bull with his cape to entertain the fans, it was the bull who delivered the finishing move as the experienced matador fell to his rear end.

The bull thrust its horn into the matador's throat then drew it back a moment later, yanking it out of the man's mouth.

Aparicio was able to briefly stand before being overcome by the wound and falling as assistants rushed into the bloody, dusty ring and drew Opiparo away.

It was not clear what happened to the bull.

Aparicio was rushed to a medical facility located in the stadium and stabilized.

An initial scan showed skull damage, and he also had a tracheotomy, according to Spanish news sources.

"We don't have a reason to fear for his life, although he will have a very slow recuperation," Dr. Maximo Garcia Padros told El Pais

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/gored_matador_gets_spain_and_suffering_uKtLPXB9Snnc3d4BRNZPUN#ixzz0ogSWjeNQ

some postings here might not be flattering to her and I risks an encounter with her this coming vacations.Whew!

I´m glad to read your prompt reply, I can´t imagine a  pain killer and cough syrup to be taken together as detrimental to one´s heart.

Thanks for posting Rogs, I lost 3 kilos since I started drinking half liter of lukewarm water every morning before breakfast ( this is daily).

it´s quite difficult to post his pictures, please go to Flickr, he got lots of them all truly wonderful.

Santa Rita de Casia

May 22
Patron of impossible cases
1457


St. Rita was born at Spoleto, Italy in 1381. At an early age, she begged her parents to allow her to enter a convent. Instead they arranged a marriage for her. Rita became a good wife and mother, but her husband was a man of violent temper. In anger he often mistreated his wife. He taught their children his own evil ways.

Rita tried to perform her duties faithfully and to pray and receive the sacraments frequently. After nearly twenty years of marriage, her husband was stabbed by an enemy but before he died, he repented because Rita prayed for him. Shortly afterwards, her two sons died, and Rita was alone in the world. Prayer, fasting, penances of many kinds, and good works filled her days. She was admitted to the convent of the Augustinian nuns at Cascia in Umbria, and began a life of perfect obedience and great charity.

Sister Rita had a great devotion to the Passion of Christ. "Please let me suffer like you, Divine Saviour," she said one day, and suddenly one of the thorns from the crucifix struck her on the forehead. It left a deep wound which did not heal and which caused her much suffering for the rest of her life. She died on May 22, 1457. She is the patroness of impossible cases. Her feast day is May 22.

ps
Although we can easily imagine an ideal world in which to live out our baptismal vocation, such a world does not exist. An “If only ….” approach to holiness never quite gets underway, never produces the fruit that God has a right to expect.
Rita became holy because she made choices that reflected her Baptism and her growth as a disciple of Jesus. Her overarching, lifelong choice was to cooperate generously with God's grace, but many small choices were needed to make that happen. Few of those choices were made in ideal circumstances—not even when Rita became an Augustinian nun.



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For the Baptism of adults and for all the baptized at the Easter Vigil, three questions are asked: “Do you reject sin so as to live in the freedom of God's children? Do you reject the glamour of evil, and refuse to be mastered by sin? Do you reject Satan, father of sin and prince of darkness?”


Patron Saint of:

Difficult marriages
Impossible causes
Infertility
Parenthood

Express Love through Actions   

Hitting people over the head with the words of truth will not convert them. God is love, and He desires that we become good disciples. 

Ang epekto sa processed foods mao kini, ang atong taste buds disoriented. Ang ilang mailhan ang sweets, busa ang tam-is maoy pangiliwon.
One method of helping obese youth here in Germany is to teach themselves how to cook! They use vegetables, meat and fish in their natural form. It takes time till they learn how a raddish taste with its tangy and biting taste. The smell of honey, strawberries and cantaloupes. It was a very long documentary film and in the end some made it to eat normally through their own cooked foods at a home.

Anyone of you who visited this place? I want to hear your feedbacks, salamat.

thank you very much, this blog is biased.

Ang naka delikado  dihang dapita kay kosog ang underwater currents. Mismo mga professional divers, amping jud sila nga dili malayo sa ilang buddy, ang akong namatikdan kon mosaka ang taob, mao kini ang kosog.

Doy Bran, I want to hear your opinion on this, I got it from my mailbox;



Subject: mixing medicines

This was sent to us from a nurse in a school district.....
thought I'd better pass it along just as an FYI.
"Motrin and Robitussin don't mix"!!!!!
Madison , age 8, passed away just a few days ago.
Please pass this on.
Doctors told her family that there have been quite a few children
Madison 's age that have died recently the same way that she did.
The only common link between them was that they were given Motrin
(ibuprofen) and Robitussin together, this caused a heart attack.
They believe this is what happened to them.
They told her to alert everyone to this.
"Do not give children both of these medicines together."
You can give them one or the other but not both.
When Madison collapsed she suffered a heart attack and they were able to
revive her but the loss of oxygen damaged her brain and she was put on
the respirator.
After this she had four strokes before she died after being taken off
the respirator. Please pass this on!!!!!!!!!
Lisa Lopez M.A.
Children's Medical Center of Dallas
Pulmonary Clinic
214-456-2693 phone
214-456-5406 fax
THANK YOU
PLEASE  PASS ALONG TO YOUR LOVING FAMILY AND FRIENDS

These incredible images of waves in the Hawaiian Islands were taken by Clark Little, the number one photographer of surf.



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Yes, this is an excellent diving resort, I would say one must  know how to swim because it is really deep, 3-4 meters from the shore it has a drop of 8 meters.kantilon kon sa ato pa.
Balik balik ang mga guests kay mingaw man jamo, maoy gusto sa mga foreigners, walay mag-soroy soroy mamaligaya, masahe and the like.

St. Cristóbal Magallanes and Companions
(d. 1915-1928)

Like Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro, S.J., Cristóbal and his 24 companion martyrs lived under a very anti-Catholic government in Mexico, one determined to weaken the Catholic faith of its people. Churches, schools and seminaries were closed; foreign clergy were expelled. Cristóbal established a clandestine seminary at Totatiche, Jalisco. Magallanes and the other priests were forced to minister secretly to Catholics during the presidency of Plutarco Calles (1924-28).
All of these martyrs except three were diocesan priests. David, Manuel and Salvador were laymen who died with their parish priest, Luis Batis. All of these martyrs belonged to the Cristero movement, pledging their allegiance to Christ and to the Church that he established to spread the Good News in societyâ€"even if Mexico's leaders once made it a crime to receive Baptism or celebrate the Mass.

These martyrs did not die as a single group but in eight Mexican states, with Jalisco and Zacatecas having the largest number. They were beatified in 1992 and canonized eight years later.



Comment:

Every martyr realizes how to avoid execution but refuses to pay the high price of doing so. A clear conscience was more valuable than a long life.
We may be tempted to compromise our faith while telling ourselves that we are simply being realistic, dealing with situations as we find them. Is survival really the ultimate value? Do our concrete, daily choices reflect our deepest values, the ones that allow us to “tick” the way we do?

Anyone can imagine situations in which being a follower of Jesus is easier than the present situation. Saints remind us that our daily choices, especially in adverse circumstances, form the pattern of our lives.



Quote:

During his homily at the canonization Mass on May 21, 2000, Pope John Paul II addressed the Mexican men, women and children present in Rome and said: “After the harsh trials that the Church endured in Mexico during those turbulent years, today Mexican Christians, encouraged by the witness of these witnesses to the faith, can live in peace and harmony, contribute the wealth of gospel values to society. The Church grows and advances, since she is the crucible in which many priestly and religious vocations are born, where families are formed according to God's plan, and where young people, a substantial part of the Mexican population, can grow with the hope of a better future. May the shining example of Cristóbal Magallanes and his companion martyrs help you to make a renewed commitment of fidelity to God, which can continue to transform Mexican society so that justice, fraternity and harmony will prevail among all.”

Near God   

God is very near to those who seek him. You will be surprised at the peace and assurance that come when you follow God’s will. 

Ako duda basta ang tawo nakapustora nga wala sa lugar, daghan kong kasinati-an nga maayo ang pamarog apan ang batasan pintasera.
Daghan na sab ko nga nahimamat, simple ang porma apan taas ang kaalam.
This will be a challenge to you Vistabel, because a person is like a gift, wrapped as a wonderful package but what count most is the inner virtues.

Ma-ihap sa todlo ang kugihan, ang mga ni-asenso sa Guindulman dili taal taga diha. Dugay ni asenso ang lunsod,  akong pagto-o si Mayor Piezas ang paglaom nga may kausaban.
Ang nagbuhi sa mga nabilin mao ang mga igsoon o partido nga tua sa laing nasod, Amerika, Saudi etc.

Basdio * is quite doing well since Bituon Beach resort was established. This commonly caters to German speaking guests since the booking is in Germany. There are also  established diving resorts along this area.
Please visit www.bituon.com. The website sad to say is in German.

*Basdio is the nearest barrio  of Guindulman to Anda. The beaches along this area is comparable to Panglao and the advantage is that, it is still peaceful and very clean

I wish you could have shown some old pictures of your folks. Our group Bol-anon sa Germany has plenty of members coming from G-H. Good luck.

Vistabel, ang panapot dili sukdanan sa character. Daghan kaayong nilalang mga maayo mag bisti apan ang batasan angay isukah!



She had had a long list of aggressive behavior.

I don´t want to be classified as to what I wear, vistabel waay kalaki imong pangotana!

she´s has a  very strong personality and pretty at that.Sad to say the adam´s apple betray her beauty.

matod pa sa akong doktor, kaon ug steak dili salami! Ang mga lamas nga gigamit sa karne mao ang makada-ot sa lawas.
Dili man ko hingaon ug karne apan adunay importante nga sustansya anha ra jud sa karne makuha. At least 150 grams per day ang akong kan-on.

hands-up, baby hands-up, give me your love give me give me, oh la la la!

chicks? Naay daghang transe!

Sa Bangkok ra ang samok, sa laing lugar sama sa Pattaya, linaw. Salamat diay Ondoy Tigs sa tip. The pictures reminds me of my younger days, before martial law.

It´s a self-defeating policy of the bank, because once we working class feels that our money has lesser purchasing power due to inflation we demand a higher pay. If this demand is not met, we go on strike. Mosaka ang inflation saka ang among sweldo.
Busa ang among mga trabaho ni-padolong na sa China ug lain nga parte sa Eastern Europe kay barato ang sweldo.
I once argued with my CEO that there is an economic law that goes, substandard pay equals substandard work. Kay ang mga aleman quality conscious, every hour quality control ang buhaton.
Mao kini ang nahitabo sa Toyota ug laing car makers nga gibalik ang ilang produkto, kay ang mga materyales inferior quality plus sa kataas sa production dili na ma-follow up ang quality control.

May 20


In the year 1400, a young man came to the door of the largest hospital in Siena. A plague was raging through the city so horrible that as many as twenty people died each day just in the hospital alone. And many of the people who died were those who were needed to tend the ill. It was a desperate situation -- more and more people were falling ill and fewer and fewer people were there to help them.

The twenty-year-old man who stood there had not come because he was ill but because he wanted to help. And he brought not new patients but young men like himself willing to tend the dying. For four months Bernardine and his companions worked day and night not only to comfort the patients but to organize and clean the hospital. Only at the end of the plague did Bernardine himself fall ill -- of exhaustion.

But that was Bernardine's way -- whatever he did, he put his whole self into it. Immediately after he recovered he was back caring for the sick -- but this time, he was responsible not for a whole hospital but one person -- an invalid aunt. Yet for fourteen months she got his full attention. Throughout his life, he put as much energy into caring for one person as for hundreds, as much commitment into converting one citizen as to preaching to a whole city.

After his aunt died, Bernardine started to think about where his life should be going. The son of a noble family, he had been orphaned at seven and raised by an aunt. We are told as a young person that he hated indecent talk so much that he would blush when he heard it. Even his schoolmates hesitated to make him so uncomfortable but apparently one adult citizen thought it would be a great joke to needle Bernardine. In a public marketplace he stopped Bernardine and started to talk to him in a shameful way. But if he had thought to get away with his cruel trick, he was surprised when Bernardine slapped him in the face. The man slunk away, shamed in front of the very crowd he'd been trying to impress.

Bernardine, who had come to Siena to study, threw himself into prayer and fasting to discover what God wanted him to do. One might have expected him to continue his work with the sick but in 1403 he joined the Franciscans and in 1404 he was ordained a priest.

The Franciscans were known as missionary preachers, but Bernardine did very little preaching with because of a voice that was weak and hoarse. For twelve years he remained in the background, his energies going to prayer or to his own spiritual conversion and preparation.

At the end of that time, he went to Milan on a mission. When he got up to preach his voice was strong and commanding and his words so convincing that the crowd would not let him leave unless he promised to come back.

Thus began the missionary life of the one whom Pope Pius II called a second Paul. As usual, Bernardine through his whole self, body and soul, into his new career. He crisscrossed Italy on foot, preaching for hours at a time, several times a day. We are told he preached on punishment for sin as well as reward for virtue but focusing in the end on the mercy of Jesus and the love of Mary. His special devotion was to the Holy Name of Jesus.

Some who were jealous denounced him to the pope by saying he preached superstition. Silenced for a short while, Bernardine was soon cleared and back to preaching.

Bernardine refused several cities that wanted him as bishop but he was unable to avoid being named vicar general of his order. All his energy during that period went to renewing the original spirit of the order.

Soon, however, Bernardine heard the call to go back to preaching which consumed his last days. As a matter of fact, even when it was clear he was dying, he preached fifty consecutive days. He died in 1444 when he was almost 64 years old.

Prayer:
Saint Bernardine of Siena, words were very important to you. You spent most of your life speaking the golden words of Jesus' mercy and his Holy Name. And you abhorred words that were shameful. Pray for us that we may always choose to speak Jesus' name with reverence and choose words of love over words of shame. Amen

The God of Our Hearts   

The heart centered in God loves without counting the cost; it loves like Jesus. God comes to us to set our hearts free, to enkindle in us the fire of love. 

Germany wants to uphold the strength of Euro. Due to Greece´s unstable economy, euro is in shaky shape.

learning such a poem is great, it always reminds us how to love nature.

I posses one credit card with an annual fee of 40 Euro. It´s  a good method of payment and in my travels, credit card is welcome.  I see to it that I don´t exceed my limits to the point of an overdraft.

dear Statesville, there are speculations that here in Germany Vat will increase up to 25 percent.

Purbida ning Amerika, we had served them, Filipino scouts fight together with American soldiers. We are hard workers, the first immigrants were Pineapple pickers in Hawaii.
We open our territory if they come here, this should be reciprocated.
The way they questioned the Filipinos for a visa morag second class citizens.

I hope those who are wishing to go there, lots of luck to you.

Ondoy Felix, dinhe sa among gipoy-an lajo ang palengke. Busa mag grocery, mopalit ug conserve foods which must last for days, kay apeke man pod sa panahon kon mag punay ug kompra.

Napamatod-an nga kining mga food preservatives, colorings and other chemical ingridients if regularly eaten is detrimental to health.

this is wonderful Doy Bran!

mora kini ug serra de gana!

St. Theophilus of Corte
(1676-1740)

If we expect saints to do marvelous things continually and to leave us many memorable quotes, we are bound to be disappointed with St. Theophilus. The mystery of God's grace in a person's life, however, has a beauty all its own.
Theophilus was born in Corsica of rich and noble parents. As a young man he entered the Franciscans and soon showed his love for solitude and prayer. After admirably completing his studies, he was ordained and assigned to a retreat house near Subiaco. Inspired by the austere life of the Franciscans there, he founded other such houses in Corsica and Tuscany. Over the years, he became famous for his preaching as well as his missionary efforts.

Though he was always somewhat sickly, Theophilus generously served the needs of God's people in the confessional, in the sickroom and at the graveside. Worn out by his labors, he died on June 17, 1740. He was canonized in 1930.



Comment:

There is a certain dynamism in all the saints that prompts them to find ever more selfless ways of responding to God's grace. As time went on, Theophilus gave more and more singlehearted service to God and to God's sons and daughters. Honoring the saints will make no sense unless we are thus drawn to live as generously as they did. Their holiness can never substitute for our own.


Quote:

Francis used to say, "Let us begin, brothers, to serve the Lord God, for up to now we have made little or no progress" (1 Celano, #193).

I say no to mean yes!

BBC  VIEWPOINT
William Jackson

The oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico should be a wake-up call to governments and energy companies, argues William Jackson, raising deep questions about our addiction to oil. Compensation may be paid for immediate damages - but what about the wider environmental harm?

The world changed one summer's day in 1858.

In a field in Pennsylvania, in the United States, the world's first specially constructed deep well struck oil.

The trickle of oil from the Earth, long extracted by humans in small amounts, became a torrent.

“It is time to look again at the technology and risks involved in getting the oil our societies are addicted to.”
Relatively easy to find, extract, process, store and transport - and above all cheap - liquid oil quickly became our most important energy source to cook, heat, cool and transport things.

From plastics to supermarkets, and from globalised industry supply chains to the layout of our towns and cities, almost every aspect of human life has been radically altered over the past 150 years by oil.

Although cheap and plentiful oil has given many people choices and freedoms that never existed before, our addiction has been costly, measured in increased air and water pollution, rampant land use change, overharvesting of our seas, increasing greenhouse gas emissions and consequent climate change, acid rain and urban sprawl.

After 150 years, and with the Gulf of Mexico being the latest place where a major oil spill threatens nature and people in predictable and unpredictable ways, it is time to look again at the technologies and risks involved in getting the oil to which our societies are addicted.

Driving technology

The days of easy access to oil are over.

Humans are inventing ever more ingenious ways to find and extract more difficult to access oil reserves in more extreme and generally more ecologically pristine regions.

“BP will pay to clean the water in the Gulf of Mexico, but cleaning the water and restoring ecosystem function is not the same thing.”

But getting oil from places such as the Arctic or deep under the ocean is not only technically difficult; it increases the risk of environmental damage, as we're currently seeing in the Gulf of Mexico.

Oil extraction technology has improved a great deal over recent years, driven in part by the need to get it from these more difficult places.

There have also been big improvements in operational procedures and standards, not least regarding the health and safety of oil workers.

But technology and operational procedures to minimise the risk of environmental damage, and to cope with and clean up after environmental catastrophes, do not appear to have kept pace with extraction technology.

Oil is still gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. BP is spending millions of dollars a day to contain the oil with booms, using chemicals to disperse and break it up, and burning some oil on the ocean surface.

But understanding how, for example, these toxic chemicals become distributed in the water column and how they will affect marine life, given the scale at which they are being used, is poor.

BP is deploying makeshift containment domes to channel the escaping oil from the ocean floor to the surface where it can be collected by vessels.

Considering the high environmental and societal risks and impacts, and huge cost of oil spills, shouldn't this technology be more advanced?

The waters of the Gulf of Mexico are warm, with well developed infrastructure and staging locations nearby. What would happen if a similar disaster happened in the cold, ice covered and remote waters of the Arctic?

The higher risk of getting oil from more remote places means a higher price.

Where oil reaches the coast, it will damage ecosystems on which many people rely for livelihoods.

Chord-grass marshes are vital nursery grounds for shrimp, and habitat for numerous other species.

It has been estimated that 90% of seafood from the Gulf of Mexico is produced by the marshes of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

Hurricane Katrina showed us how much we depend on healthy natural coastal ecosystems for shoreline protection.

The bigger risk

We see pictures of damaged animals, wetlands and shorelines around the region; but the short and long term impacts on ecosystems and livelihoods will stretch well beyond Louisiana's fishing and tourist operators.

The true risks of energy choices on ecosystem services - the natural systems that support human life and livelihoods - are not being adequately factored into government policy or the balance sheets and stock prices of businesses.

BP will pay to clean the water in the Gulf of Mexico, but cleaning the water and restoring ecosystem function is not the same thing.

The true costs of restoration will not be borne by BP.

They will be borne through the lost opportunities, livelihoods and culture of communities dependent upon the ecosystem services that would otherwise be generated by the gulf, by the tourists who do not get to enjoy visiting the area, and by taxpayers who end up footing the bill to bring the regional economy back into health.

There will be disruptions and losses to commercial, sport and subsistence shell and fin fisheries and mariculture, as well as to commercial shipping and recreational boating.

Mangroves, as hatcheries and filtering systems, will be affected meaning additional water treatment costs.

Hotels, restaurants and bars, rental car companies, airports, military operations, and other industrial activities will suffer, with indirect and induced regional economic effects of these losses compounding the costs.

Some losses may prove to be economically or ecologically irreversible, raising the true costs of the accident substantially.

Future proof

What would it take to reduce the likelihood of such a disaster happening again?

First and foremost, it is unlikely that the true cost of such an event was accounted
or by BP, because many of the effects on ecosystem services are only indirectly influenced by market forces.
A full accounting of the value of ecosystem services from the Gulf of Mexico by either BP or its insurance companies would increase the expected cost of accidents, reduce the likelihood of risky projects being approved and increase the likelihood of adopting additional, and costly, safeguards against such accidents.

The history of energy extraction has been marked by a number of disasters that have driven change: Piper Alpha, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and the Exxon Valdez to name but a few.

What is happening now in the Gulf of Mexico should be a wakeup call to governments, regulatory authorities and energy companies.

It should spur them to provide safeguards, improve technology to minimise the potential of environmental disasters, adequately and rapidly deal with the environmental and social consequences when disasters occur - and re-examine and improve the way we factor cost into energy investment decisions.

Dr William Jackson is deputy director-general of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

The Green Room is a series of opinion articles on environmental issues running weekly on the BBC News website
A weekly series of thought-provoking opinion pieces on environmental topics

Story from BBC NEWS:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/8689201.stm

Published: 2010/05/18 11:55:50 GMT

Pasagdi kay tali bakasyon ko pohon, akong litratohan ug i-post dinhe.

St Celestine May 19

When the father of this Italian saint died, his good mother brought up her twelve children well, even though they were very poor. "Oh, if I could only have the joy of seeing one of you become a saint!" she use to say. Once when she asked as usual, "which one of you is going to become a saint?" little Peter (who was to become Pope Celestine) answered with all his heart, "Me, mama! I'll become a saint!" And he did.

When he was twenty, Peter became a hermit and spent his days praying and reading the Holy Bible. If he was not praying or reading, he would copy books or do some hard work so that the devil would not find him doing nothing, and tempt him. Because other hermits kept coming to him and begging him to guide them, he started a new Order.

Peter was an old monk, eighty-four years of age when he was made Pope. It came about in a very unusual way. For two years, there had been no Pope, because the Cardinals could not decide whom to choose. St. Peter sent them a message to decide quickly, for God was not pleased at the long delay. Then and there, they chose the holy old hermit himself! Poor Peter wept when he heard the news, but he sorrowfully accepted and took the name Celestine V.

He was Pope only about five months. Because he was so humble and simple, everyone took advantage of him. He could not say "no" to anyone, and soon matters were in great confusion. At last, the Saint decided that he had better give up his position as Pope. He did so and then threw himself at the feet of the Cardinals for not having been capable of governing the Church. What an impression his humility made on all of them!

St. Celestine hoped to live in one of his monasteries in peace. But the new Pope thought it would be safer to keep him where wicked people could not take advantage of him. The saint was put in a cell and died there. Yet he was cheerful and close to God. "You wanted a cell, Peter," he would repeat to himself, "and a cell you have." His feast day is May 19th.

Love God Unconditionally   

We need grace to love God the way he deserves to be loved. This grace comes into our hearts when we ask Jesus to share his heart with us. 

Mao kini ang sinyalan! Asa man makontak?

There was a Nobel Awardee who said that it is sometimes necessary to have a leader with an ironhand to have the policies implemented for the good of the majority without pressure from the opposition.

Fred Amora, I don´t know how could I help you pls pm me.

taym-pa! Atong padaghanon ang mga signatures. Please share it to your friends. Anus-a man ang oath taking? We will print this in the newspaper on this day, okay ninyo?

ps

an e-mail from a friend;

Tess, I already signed in. Will forward to my sisters and brothers.
Also will post this in Geni - our Omila Genealogy who are majority from Bohol.
Why don't you post in our Butuanon eGroup - we have a lot of Boholanos that migrated in Butuan like the Honculadas and so many others. 

Give my love to Carmela Woitechki in our Butuanon Chapter there
in Germany. 

Danke !
Sweet J

Aray, adunay kahimtang nga dili madala ug pray. But you see Mandy Sellars face, she is at peace with her fate.
Each and everyone of us gets our own challenges, it is simply a matter of how to tackle them.

Yehey, what a luck meeting long lost friends?

Macky do you know the owner of the website? A tall building near the shore of Guindulman is impossible because of the erosion. gikotkot pag-ayo ang baas unya ga-anam kasaka ang dagat. Ambot kon unsa ang tinood nga termino ni-ana, apan daghan ng mga balay nga na-a daplin sa baybayon ang na-apektohan. Ang balay ni Marding Berse-Lagura nahanaw. Kosog ang hampak sa bawod. Kon maka-uli ka pohon, palihog suta-a kay may kaalam ka isip engineer.
What I´m trying to say is that the foundation is not ideal for a tall building, unless they have enough money and technical know-how.

Si Ondoy Glace maajo mohimbis ug gwapa! Sinati jud sa mga pole dancers.

Waa ja kujapeh?