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Anda White Beach

If you are in Bohol, take time to visit the Este (Guindulman, esp Basdio and Anda).
These beaches are mostly less visited except for some who caters to foreigners, not congested and the beauty of the place has still its innocence!

Blessed Luchesio and Buonadonna
(d.1260)

Luchesio and his wife Buonadonna wanted to follow St. Francis as a married couple. Thus they set in motion the Secular Franciscan Order.
Luchesio and Buonadonna lived in Poggibonzi where he was a greedy merchant. Meeting Francisâ€"probably in 1213â€"changed his life. He began to perform many works of charity.

At first Buonadonna was not as enthusiastic about giving so much away as Luchesio was. One day after complaining that he was giving everything to strangers, Buonadonna answered the door only to find someone else needing help. Luchesio asked her to give the poor man some bread. She frowned but went to the pantry anyway. There she discovered more bread than had been there the last time she looked. She soon became as zealous for a poor and simple life as Luchesio was. They sold the business, farmed enough land to provide for their needs and distributed the rest to the poor.

In the 13th century some couples, by mutual consent and with the Church’s permission, separated so that the husband could join a monastery (or a group such as Francis began) and his wife could go to a cloister. Conrad of Piacenza and his wife did just that. This choice existed for childless couples or for those whose children had already grown up. Luchesio and Buonadonna wanted another alternative, a way of sharing in religious life, but outside the cloister.

To meet this desire, Francis set up the Secular Franciscan Order. Francis wrote a simple Rule for the Third Order (Secular Franciscans) at first; Pope Honorius III approved a more formally worded Rule in 1221.

The charity of Luchesio drew the poor to him, and, like many other saints, he and Buonadonna seemed never to lack the resources to help these people.

One day Luchesio was carrying a crippled man he had found on the road. A frivolous young man came up and asked, "What poor devil is that you are carrying there on your back?" "I am carrying my Lord Jesus Christ," responded Luchesio. The young man immediately begged Luchesio’s pardon.

Luchesio and Buonadonna both died on April 28, 1260. He was beatified in 1273. Local tradition referred to Buonadonna as "blessed" though the title was not given officially.



Comment:

It is easy to mock the poor, to trample on their God-given dignity. Mother Teresa of Calcutta often referred to poverty as Christ’s "distressing disguise." Since it is so easy to make people feel unwantedâ€"the poor, the sick, the mentally or physically handicapped, the aged, the unemployedâ€" resisting that temptation indicates the level of generosity in our lives. If the followers of Francis see Christ in the poor as Luchesio and Buonadonna did, they enrich the Church and keep it faithful to its Lord.


Quote:

Francis used to say, "Whoever curses a poor man does an injury to Christ, whose noble image he wears, the image of him who made himself poor for us in this world" (1 Celano, #76).

Authentic Love    

Purity of heart and body must be defended because chastity “safeguards” authentic love. 

bugsay, by their fruits you will know them! sakto ba?

maayo kong biogradeable waste lang Ondoy Felix, ang baterya ug laing chemicals gikan sa baterya pod sa sakyanan, oil para sa auto, leakage gikan sa gasolinahan etc, mao kini ang makadaot sa aton environment, padolong tanan sa dagat.

My children see my point and the health hazards that entails, this was good enough for them to learn the lesson well.

kujawa nimo Anne! Walay reverse psychology naho.
In-ani ang akong kalaki;  Dili ko gusto nga manigarilyo o moinom mo kon ania pa kamo sa akong puder, kon makasakpan mo dakong butoh. Kas-a rang sulti way balik-balik. It functioned, thanks God!

mokorog jud ko sa imong posting Dabins kay direct to the point, thanks for this. You are more aware of the present situation being a long american resident and you have the ability to see things clearly on both sides.

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This is the nurture side of view. My husband died of  liver cirrhosis or cancer of the liver which was the consequence of long years of alcoholism. Our family physician told me that there are some genes who make a person inclined to this kind of addiction. I believe this since he is the only one in the family. All the rest of the siblings ( parents  of course) are non-alcohlic.

Da Bins I subscribe to this personally, predator will always be predator.

St. Benedict Joseph Labre
(d. 1783)
 
Benedict Joseph Labre was truly eccentric, one of God's special little ones. Born in France and the eldest of 18 children, he studied under his uncle, a parish priest. Because of poor health and a lack of suitable academic preparation he was unsuccessful in his attempts to enter the religious life. Then, at 16 years of age, a profound change took place. Benedict lost his desire to study and gave up all thoughts of the priesthood, much to the consternation of his relatives.
He became a pilgrim, traveling from one great shrine to another, living off alms. He wore the rags of a beggar and shared his food with the poor. Filled with the love of God and neighbor, Benedict had special devotion to the Blessed Mother and to the Blessed Sacrament. In Rome, where he lived in the Colosseum for a time, he was called "the poor man of the Forty Hours Devotion" and "the beggar of Rome." The people accepted his ragged appearance better than he did. His excuse to himself was that "our comfort is not in this world."

On the last day of his life, April 16, 1783, Benedict Joseph dragged himself to a church in Rome and prayed there for two hours before he collapsed, dying peacefully in a nearby house. Immediately after his death the people proclaimed him a saint.

He was officially proclaimed a saint by Pope Leo XIII at canonization ceremonies in 1883.



Comment:

In a modern inner city, one local character kneels for hours on the sidewalk and prays. Swathed in his entire wardrobe winter and summer, he greets passersby with a blessing. Where he sleeps no one knows, but he is surely a direct spiritual descendant of Benedict, the ragged man who slept in the ruins of Rome’s Colosseum. These days we ascribe such behavior to mental illness; Benedict’s contemporaries called him holy. Holiness is always a bit mad by earthly standards.


Patron Saint of:

Homeless

He is Always in Our Midst   

In His mercy Jesus brings His resurrected victory into time, conquering and reconquering our fickle and wayward hearts. 

Due to this volcanic eruption;
European air traffic controllers say flights will be disrupted into the weekend by ash spewing from a volcano in Iceland.

This windsurfing gadget could be bought locally?

I think it is Iceland not Ireland.

Have a nice weekend, and hopefully you join our group Bol-anon sa Germany!

BBC news presented a Japanese photographer (Muramoto) who was shot in chest while covering the riots and his last taken pictures.

ikaw ni Doy?

This windsurfing looks great! We could really internationally  compete. Thanks for posting and I´m Manay not Maám.

daghang milyonaryo diha sa Hessen, apil ka Inday Blue?

Sa tagbilaran ni Doy?

Blue angel, hab ich dich gesehen, wo bist du jetzt?

I met him last December 2007, it was the Birhen sa Guadalupe fiesta in Booy. I was told by Fr Glen Alipoyo that he is one of the most devoted Marian priest. In his homily he was honoring Mother Mary and Our Lady of Guadalupe who is in pregnant fom in her Tilma.

He is colored not really a black American.  I was so curious how he came to the country especially in Bohol. My query was not answered.

If he was really guilty then and had served his crime, doesn´t he deserve to start all over again? Why did he came to Bohol? Does he really want to serve the Lord as a priest? Who are we to judge him and hinder his vocation or calling? 

Pressy, please don´t get mad and try to understand that this person is not an ordinary guy. He has a moral and spiritual  responsibility to his flock. Parents are trusting him and hopefully he is really true to his faith and vocation.

my five cents folks,
Manay

St. Bernadette Soubirous
(1844-1879)

Bernadette Soubirous was born in 1844, the first child of an extremely poor miller in the town of Lourdes in southern France. The family was living in the basement of a dilapidated building when on February 11,1858, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette in a cave above the banks of the Gave River near Lourdes. Bernadette, 14 years old, was known as a virtuous girl though a dull student who had not even made her first Holy Communion. In poor health, she had suffered from asthma from an early age.
There were 18 appearances in all, the final one occurring on the feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, July 16. Although Bernadette's initial reports provoked skepticism, her daily visions of "the Lady" brought great crowds of the curious. The Lady, Bernadette explained, had instructed her to have a chapel built on the spot of the visions. There the people were to come to wash in and drink of the water of the spring that had welled up from the very spot where Bernadette had been instructed to dig.

According to Bernadette, the Lady of her visions was a girl of 16 or 17 who wore a white robe with a blue sash. Yellow roses covered her feet, a large rosary was on her right arm. In the vision on March 25 she told Bernadette, "I am the Immaculate Conception." It was only when the words were explained to her that Bernadette came to realize who the Lady was.

Few visions have ever undergone the scrutiny that these appearances of the Immaculate Virgin were subject to. Lourdes became one of the most popular Marian shrines in the world, attracting millions of visitors. Miracles were reported at the shrine and in the waters of the spring. After thorough investigation Church authorities confirmed the authenticity of the apparitions in 1862.

During her life Bernadette suffered much. She was hounded by the public as well as by civic officials until at last she was protected in a convent of nuns. Five years later she petitioned to enter the sisters of Notre Dame. After a period of illness she was able to make the journey from Lourdes and enter the novitiate. But within four months of her arrival she was given the last rites of the Church and allowed to profess her vows. She recovered enough to become infirmarian and then sacristan, but chronic health problems persisted. She died on April 16, 1879, at the age of 35.

She was canonized in 1933.



Comment:

Millions of people have come to the spring Bernadette uncovered for healing of body and spirit, but she found no relief from ill health there. Bernadette stumbled through life guided only by blind faith in things she did not understandâ€"as we all must do from time to time.

His Immense Tenderness   

It is not my strength but rather my weakness that draws me to Him. To deny my own weakness is to deny His expressions of tenderness toward me. 

Kon dili matabang ang atong ekonomiya maparehas na kita sa Bangladesh, matod pa sa mga European economists.

I thank God for this blessings, a part of Tubag Bohol. I was registered for quite sometime unya aktibo na karon as hofelina. May we enjoy cyber friendship through this Forum.
salamat Ondoy Mike.

you are in Europe? Try to visit Switzerland. They have the most beautiful alps and please hurry, they are slowly deteriorating due to soil erosion.

dili motorok sa Pinas kining Barley grass.

Ang akong anak si Mayumi, iyang gipadak-an ug gi-frame tua sa iyang kusina. Kada bisita mag-ngisi ug mangutana, kinsa man kini?
Tubagon ni anak;

Mao kini ang akong Nanay ( she really calls me Nanay), nilahutay ug gasto sa akong pag-eskwela.
Nitambok pod ang akong atay!

Blessed Caesar de Bus
(1544-1607)


Like so many of us, Caesar de Bus struggled with the decision about what to do with his life. After completing his Jesuit education he had difficulty settling between a military and a literary career. He wrote some plays but ultimately settled for life in the army and at court.
For a time life was going rather smoothly for the engaging, well-to-do young Frenchman. He was confident he had made the right choice. That was until he saw firsthand the realities of battle, including the St. Bartholomew's Day massacres of French Protestants in 1572.

He fell seriously ill and found himself reviewing his priorities, including his spiritual life. By the time he had recovered Caesar had resolved to become a priest. Following his ordination in 1582, he undertook special pastoral work: teaching the catechism to ordinary people living in neglected, rural, out-of-the-way places. His efforts were badly needed and well received.

Working with his cousin, Caesar developed a program of family catechesis. The goalâ€"to ward off heresy among the peopleâ€"met the approval of local bishops. Out of these efforts grew a new religious congregation: the Fathers of Christian Doctrine.

One of Caesar's works, Instructions for the Family on the Four Parts of the Roman Catechism, was published 60 years after his death.

He was beatified in 1975.



Comment:

“Family catechesis” is a familiar term in parish life today. Grounded in the certainty that children learn their faith first from their parents, programs that deepen parental involvement in religious education multiply everywhere. There were no such programs in Caesar’s day until he saw a need and created them. Other needs abound in our parishes, and it’s up to us to respond by finding ways to fill them or by joining in already established efforts.

Trust in His Love   

The victor will not be the one who relies on his own power but the one who entrusts himself completely to the love of Jesus Christ and who accepts His tender pity. 

Thanks for posting, this is very good. Please keep us always updated with your activities.

Hofelina 3 years old, Punta Tabajan, Guindulman Bohol. giunsa man tawon ko, adunay propeller sa ulo, pwerteng gunit sa payong aron dili malagom sa init!!

this holds true in Lhasa (tibet), foreigners pays higher than the locals.

to touch the real thing is an optimal joy! asa ra to si Glacier?

Salamat sa imong thread, mao kini ang akong gusto nga ang mga locals makapahayay pod sama sakong gihisgut didto sa Cambuhat Oyster farm.

Felix, this is a beautiful flowing river and a waterfall, the length is more than 100 kilometers.

Blessed Peter Gonzalez
(d. 1246)



St. Paul had a conversion experience on the road to Damascus. Many years later, the same proved true for Peter Gonzalez, who triumphantly rode his horse into the Spanish city of Astorga in the 13th century to take up an important post at the cathedral. The animal stumbled and fell, leaving Peter in the mud and onlookers amused.
Humbled, Peter reevaluated his motivations (his bishop-uncle had secured the cathedral post for him) and started down a new path. He became a Dominican priest and proved to be a most effective preacher. He spent much of his time as court chaplain, and attempted to exert positive influence on the behavior of members of the court. After King Ferdinand III and his troops defeated the Moors at Cordoba, Peter was successful in restraining the soldiers from pillaging and persuaded the king to treat the defeated Moors with compassion.

After retiring from the court Peter devoted the remainder of his life to preaching in northwest Spain. He developed a special mission to Spanish and Portuguese seamen. He is the patron of sailors.

Peter Gonzalez died in 1246 and was beatified in 1741.

Ijawat lagi pambugasay!

St. Lydwine is the patroness of sickness Lydwine of Schiedam was born at Schiedam, Holland, one of nine children of a working man. After an injury in her youth, she became bedridden and suffered the rest of her life from various illnesses and diseases. She experienced mystical gifts, including supernatural visions of heaven, hell, purgatory, apparitions of Christ, and the stigmata. Thomas a Kempis wrote a biography of her. She was canonized Pope Leo XIII in 1890. Lydwine suffered a fall while ice skating in 1396, when a friend collided with her and caused her to break a rib on the right side. From this injury, she never recovered. An abscess formed inside her body which later burst and caused Lydwine extreme suffering. Eventually, she was to suffer a series of mysterious illnesses which in retrospect seemed to be from the hands of God. Lydwine heroically accepted her plight as the will of God and offered up her sufferings for the sins of humanity. Some of the illnesses which affected Lydwine were headaches, vomiting, fever, thirst, bedsores, toothaches, spasms of the muscles, blindness, neuritis and the stigmata. Her feast day is April 14.

The Nature of His Love   

The very things that we are most ashamed of are the things that lead us to Jesus. That He loves me in my weakness is what makes me marvel at the nature of His love. 

The sadness of death gives way to the bright promise of immortality. Lord, for your faithful people life is changed, not ended. When the body of our earthly dwelling lies ... rest in peace Bishop Cinchez.

We, the Fil-German Catholic Community in Duesseldorf had the opportunity to meet Prof Fr Caga SVD . He was our guest during our monthly Filipino mass regularly celebrated by Fr Jun de Ocampo SVD.

I thought blog comments are real opinions, where is honesty here? As the adage goes; money talks.

Glace ikaw nalay abot! Aron malipay ang imong mga tagahanga.

St. Martin I
(d. 655)

When Martin I became pope in 649, Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine empire and the patriarch of Constantinople was the most influential Church leader in the eastern Christian world. The struggles that existed within the Church at that time were magnified by the close cooperation of emperor and patriarch.
A teaching, strongly supported in the East, held that Christ had no human will. Twice emperors had officially favored this position, Heraclius by publishing a formula of faith and Constans II by silencing the issue of one or two wills in Christ.

Shortly after assuming the office of the papacy (which he did without first being confirmed by the emperor), Martin held a council at the Lateran in which the imperial documents were censured, and in which the patriarch of Constantinople and two of his predecessors were condemned. Constans II, in response, tried first to turn bishops and people against the pope.

Failing in this and in an attempt to kill the pope, the emperor sent troops to Rome to seize Martin and to bring him back to Constantinople. Martin, already in poor health, offered no resistance, returned with the exarch Calliopas and was then submitted to various imprisonments, tortures and hardships. Although condemned to death and with some of the torture imposed already carried out, Martin was saved from execution by the pleas of a repentant Paul, patriarch of Constantinople, who was himself gravely ill.

Martin died shortly thereafter, tortures and cruel treatment having taken their toll. He is the last of the early popes to be venerated as a martyr.




Comment:

The real significance of the word martyr comes not from the dying but from the witnessing, which the word means in its derivation. People who are willing to give up everything, their most precious possessions, their very lives, put a supreme value on the cause or belief for which they sacrifice. Martyrdom, dying for the faith, is an incidental extreme to which some have had to go to manifest their belief in Christ. A living faith, a life that exemplifies Christ's teaching throughout, and that in spite of difficulties, is required of all Christians. Martin might have cut corners as a way of easing his lot, to  to make some accommodations with the civil rulers.


Quote:

The breviary of the Orthodox Church pays tribute to Martin: “Glorious definer of the Orthodox Faith...sacred chief of divine dogmas, unstained by error...true reprover of heresy...foundation of bishops, pillar of the Orthodox faith, teacher of religion.... Thou didst adorn the divine see of Peter, and since from this divine Rock, thou didst immovably defend the Church, so now thou art glorified with him.”

We Are All One   

We are members of one body, we follow Christ in and through our unity, and so we receive the same correction and the same fatherly direction. We are on the road together. 

i-palihug ko ug search kay adunay website nga mas nindot ang mga litrato. Tibuook ko adlaw nag tan-aw sa litrato. Gilaliman ka mag sakay man diay ug kabajo, sakto pod nga lisod adtoon kay kon mapono sa mga turista madaot kining iyang kapiskay.

The river shown in the photographs is the Cano Cristales, which is located near in Sierra De La Macarena, Columbia , South America . The river, world famous for its colorful display, has been called "the river that ran away to paradise", "the most beautiful river in the world" and "the river of five colors.

During a brief span between wet and dry seasons, when the water level is just right, the many varieties of algae and moss bloom in a dazzling display of colors. Without any roads leading to this river, it must be accessed by horse.

God´s Splendor;







The river can be seen with multi-color mosses and algae all around, at a specified time of a year, otherwise which appear to be dull green and brown all over. The multi-color effect is mainly due to the variation in the water level which is affected during some parts of the year, and thus making the mosses bright up and blooms for the spectators. The water level adjusts the required sunlight for the plants, but if observed in the dry and rainy seasons, the picture is different.





There is a kind of shallowness in the dry season and a kind of swampy in the rainy season which do not give out that illuminating rainbow effect all over. The point lies in between the two, and perhaps, this is where the water level is appropriate for the display of all the spectacular combinations of red, green, yellow, and blue algae.






The river is more of a biological heritage for the people of La Macarena, attracting many adventurers and tourists from all around the globe.

Binibining Pilipinas Charities Inc. (BPCI) took back her crown when it discovered false information in her birth certificateâ€"that she was born in San Vicente, Bato, Camarines Sur, when she and her mother said she was actually born in Doha, Qatar; that her father is a Catholic Filipino when, in fact, he is an Indian; and that her parents were married when they were actually not.
Wa ko kasabot, sayop ang informations iyang gihatag or gi falsify ang birth certificate?

another info;
I thought 2 citizenships (dual-citizenships) are only available in the USA, last week, I was informed that my son has 2 citizenships ( German and Filipino) and could possess 2 passports, if he reaches the age of 18 and wishes to do so. He was so happy to my amazement!

Day daghan man diayng chinese translations, I hope I got  this one right;

ç"Ÿæ—¥å¿«æ¨, [ç"Ÿæ—¥å¿«ä¹] (shÄ"ngrì kuàilè)

but in my heart I would say;

Happy Birthday! God of birthdays, We light these candles in honor of this child, who has been your light and gift to others.

Kamusta naman ka Doy? I miss thread, please post more!

Condo/houses facing the water (sea, river) has its reason to be higher in prices due to Fengshui reasons. They are conducive to easy life, less problems and water gives energy, this is what I´ve learned in Singapore geomancy methods.

St. Teresa of Los Andes
(1900-1920)

One needn’t live a long life to leave a deep imprint. Teresa of Los Andes is proof of that.
As a young girl growing up in Santiago, Chile, in the early 1900s, she read an autobiography of a French-born saintâ€"Therese, popularly known as the Little Flower. The experience deepened her desire to serve God and clarified the path she would follow. At age 19 she became a Carmelite nun, taking the name of Teresa.

The convent offered the simple lifestyle Teresa desired and the joy of living in a community of women completely devoted to God. She focused her days on prayer and sacrifice. “I am God’s, ” she wrote in her diary. “He created me and is my beginning and my end. ”

Toward the end of her short life, Teresa began an apostolate of letter-writing, sharing her thoughts on the spiritual life with many people. At age 20 she contracted typhus and quickly took her final vows. She died a short time later, during Holy Week.

Teresa remains popular with the estimated 100,000 pilgrims who visit her shrine in Los Andes each year. She is Chile’s first saint.

We Are Not Alone   

As Jesus commended himself into his Father’s hands at the cross, so the Church is in the hands of Jesus. He is with us, and He holds us; we are not alone. 

Si Inday Lim kay big shot sa Valencia, people nimo Calle?

Felix, I´m sharing you a special website who is mostly devoted to Mother Mary. Sad to say this has not answered your question yet, I´m still working on this.

http://www.marypages.com/indexDeutsch.html

St. Stanislaus
(1030-1079)


Anyone who reads the history of Eastern Europe cannot help but chance on the name of Stanislaus, the saintly but tragic bishop of Kraków, patron of Poland. He is remembered with Saints Thomas More and Thomas Becket for vigorous opposition to the evils of an unjust government.
Born in Szczepanow near Kraków on July 26, 1030, he was ordained a priest after being educated in the cathedral schools of Gniezno, then capital of Poland, and at Paris. He was appointed preacher and archdeacon to the bishop of Kraków, where his eloquence and example brought about real conversion in many of his penitents, both clergy and laity. He became bishop of Kraków in 1072.

During an expedition against the Grand Duchy of Kiev, Stanislaus became involved in the political situation of Poland. Known for his outspokenness, he aimed his attacks at the evils of the peasantry and the king, especially the unjust wars and immoral acts of King Boleslaus II.

The king first excused himself, then made a show of penance, then relapsed into his old ways. Stanislaus continued his open opposition in spite of charges of treason and threats of death, finally excommunicating the king. The latter, enraged, ordered soldiers to kill the bishop. When they refused, the king killed him with his own hands.

Forced to flee to Hungary, Boleslaus supposedly spent the rest of his life as a penitent in the Benedictine abbey in Osiak.



Comment:

John the Baptist, Thomas Becket, Thomas More and Stanislaus are a few of the prophets who dared to denounce corruption in high places. They follow in the footsteps of Jesus himself, who pointed out the moral corruption in the religious leadership of his day. It is a risky business: "Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone..." (John 8:7b).


Quote:

"Men desire authority for its own sake that they may bear a rule, command and control other men, and live uncommanded and uncontrolled themselves" (St. Thomas More, A Dialogue of Comfort).


Patron Saint of:

Poland

Seeing Him Through You   

The ordinary way I encounter Jesus today is through encountering members of his Church. 

Doy, I will try my best, please have a little patience.

St. Magdalen of Canossa
(1774-1835)

Wealth and privilege did nothing to prevent today’s saint from following her calling to serve Christ in the poor. Nor did the protests of her relatives, concerned that such work was beneath her.
Born in northern Italy in 1774, Magdalen knew her mindâ€"and spoke it. At age 15 she announced she wished to become a nun. After trying out her vocation with the cloistered Carmelites, she realized her desire was to serve the needy without restriction. For years she worked among the poor and sick in hospitals and in their homes and among delinquent and abandoned girls.

In her mid-twenties Magdalen began offering lodging to poor girls in her own home. In time she opened a school, which offered practical training and religious instruction. As other women joined her in the work, the new Congregation of the Daughters of Charity emerged. Over time, houses were opened throughout Italy.

Members of the new religious congregation focused on the educational and spiritual needs of women. Magdalen also founded a smaller congregation for priests and brothers. Both groups continue to this day.

She died in 1835. Pope John Paul II canonized her in 1988.

Love from the Heart    

It is only from the depth of the heart that a real relationship with Jesus can arise. 

This is a super hypocracy!  They should see to it  (catholic church) that sexually molesting kids should be stopped once and for all!

Doy, the people in Bohol knew she married the terror of Maribojoc!

Does she really look great? I would say she should refrain from bare-breasted sun bathing and wearing skimpy bikini. This is where the trouble begins.
Bolanons are not blind, white skinned ladies are wonderful to look at!

Hi Pressy, what´s up with Al Gore?

kon adunay badlongon nga tour guides, kinsa man ang atong sombongan?

Batong gisado, piniritong isda ug kan-on, akong anaron ang akong anak aron pagbakasyon walay angal.

Hola Keko!

Ay caramba, if you´re in Bohol, I think there should never be any problem. This place is well visited by European foreigners regardless of gender.
welcome and enjoy your stay.

In a paternal society reinforced by stereotypes of women as subjects and commodities, there is a belief that women just accept decisions imposed upon them, Bacani explained.

I was touched by these lines since this is really true. Hopefully a mature outlook and self-conscious womanhood will change this stereotyping.

Adunay Faschingfest ug Weiberfastnacht dinhe sa Germany, mao na kasagaran ang mahitabo ting-luib time, mao ang baje mo-anak after nine months, usahay katahapan sa partner kon kinsa ang tag-iya.
Mo-request ug DNA test kay daku ang financial responsibility.

This happened to Robert de NIro, he was not angry but he thanked the lady for giving him the chance to love a child not his own.

St. Casilda
(11th century)

Some saints’ names are far more familiar to us than others, but even the lives of obscure holy persons teach us something.
And so it is with St. Casilda, the daughter of a Muslim leader in Toledo, Spain, in the 10th century. Casilda was herself raised as a Muslim and showed special kindness to Christian prisoners. She became ill as a young woman but was not convinced that any of the local Arab doctors could cure her. So, she made a pilgrimage to the shrine of San Vicenzo in northern Spain. Like so many other people who made their way thereâ€"many of them suffering from hemorrhagesâ€"Casilda sought the healing waters of the shrine. We’re uncertain what brought her to the shrine, but we do know that she left it relieved of illness.

In response, she became a Christian and lived a life of solitude and penance not far from the miraculous spring. It’s said that she lived to be 100 years old. Her death likely occurred around the year 1050.

Tensions between Muslims and Christians have often existed throughout history, sometimes resulting in bloody conflict. Through her quiet, simple life Casilda served her Creatorâ€"first in one faith, then another.

Thank You God!   

The highest compliment we can pay God is to tell Him we are eternally grateful for what He has done in creating and saving us and that we want to become like Him following the path He has marked out for us. 


ps

Have a nice weekend folks!

mangutana ko, dili ba ihonong ang trabaho hangtod maklaro ang aksidente? Kay aron malikayan ang disgrasya. Kinsa man sa government authorities ang in-charge ni-ani? Kon mahoman ang building basin mo-collapse kon dili maka lahutay ang mga materyales, pananglitay adunay linog. Daghan ng nahitabo ni-ani bisan sa Taiwan og Korea.  Adunay maosik nga kinabuhi.

Dear alycxs,

I find your posting interesting but extremely tedious to read. I wish I could really follow your point since you are at the other side of the continent and you are exposed to a different social niveau.
It would be helpful if your comments are concise and with substance.

Manay

What you share here comes from your heart. Maybe Americans are still skeptic but in the long run, this bill will serve everyone.

Wikipedia on Varanus bitatawa;

Males have a double penis, called a hemipenis, also found in some snakes and other lizards. The two penises are often used in alternation, and sometimes contain spines or hooks that serve to anchor the male within the female during intercourse.

Asa man  kini siya karon, akong ila-ilahon!

he he he unsa kini?

sa mga banhaan ug samukan diri sa tb tungod sa politics, panundug mo ini ni Atty. julius gregory nga humble ug down to earth kaayo pero mao ni ang abogado ni noynoy ug mar kuyog-kuyog ni avelino cruz.

apil pod ka Ondoy og koyog-koyog?

kining mga negosyante, inferior material ang gamiton, menos ang security measures, sama ni-ani nga disgrasya, matagaan ba ang nahabilin nga pamilya ug danyos?
This is the peril of profit greediness.

Before this bill came into existence, my cousin works as an NGO in LA for illegal Mexicans, providing shelter and medical assistance.  America is a good country.

New giant, double-penis lizard - Varanus bitatawa or monitor lizard - found on Luzon Island in the Philippines
Perth Now

BIOLOGISTS have reported the discovery of a spectacular species of giant lizard, a reptile as long as a full-grown man is tall, and said it is endowed with a double penis.

The secretive but brightly-coloured beast, a monitor lizard, is a close cousin of the komodo dragon of Indonesia.

But unlike the fearsome dragon, it is not a carnivore, nor does it feast on rotting meat.

Instead, it is entirely peaceable and tucks into fruit.

Dubbed Varanus bitatawa, the lizard measures two metres in length, according to the account, published by Britain's Royal Society.

It was found in a river valley on northern Luzon Island in the Philippines, surviving loss of habitat and hunting by local people who use it for food.

How many of the lizards have survived is unclear.

The species is almost certainly critically endangered, and might well have disappeared entirely without ever being catalogued had a large male specimen not been rescued alive from a hunter last June.

The discovery "adds to the recognition of the Philippines as a global conservation hotspot and a regional superpower of biodiversity", the authors conclude.

The giant lizard should become a "flagship species" for conservation efforts aimed at preserving the remaining forests of northern Luzon, which are rapidly disappearing under the pressure of expanding human population and deforestation

St. John Baptist de la Salle
(1651-1719)

Complete dedication to what he saw as God's will for him dominated the life of John Baptist de la Salle. In 1950, Pope Pius XII named him patron of schoolteachers for his efforts in upgrading school instruction. As a young seventeenth-century Frenchman, John had everything going for him: scholarly bent, good looks, noble family background, money, refined upbringing. At the early age of 11, he received the tonsure and started preparation for the priesthood, to which he was ordained at 27. He seemed assured then of a life of dignified ease and a high position in the Church.
But God had other plans for John, which were gradually revealed to him in the next several years. During a chance meeting with M. Nyel of Raven, he became interested in the creation of schools for poor boys in Raven, where he was stationed. Though the work was extremely distasteful to him at first, he became more involved in working with the deprived youths.

Once convinced that this was his divinely appointed mission, John threw himself wholeheartedly into the work, left home and family, abandoned his position as canon at Rheims, gave away his fortune and reduced himself to the level of the poor to whom he devoted his entire life.

The remainder of his life was closely entwined with the community of religious men he founded, the Brothers of the Christian School (Christian Brothers, or De La Salle Brothers). This community grew rapidly and was successful in educating boys of poor families using methods designed by John, preparing teachers in the first training college for teachers and also setting up homes and schools for young delinquents of wealthy families. The motivating element in all these endeavors was the desire to become a good Christian.

Yet even in his success, John did not escape experiencing many trials: heartrending disappointment and defections among his disciples, bitter opposition from the secular schoolmasters who resented his new and fruitful methods, and persistent opposition from the Jansenists of his time, whose moral regidity and pessimism abut the human condition John resisted vehemently all his life.

Afflicted with asthma and rheumatism in his last years, he died on Good Friday at 68 and was canonized in 1900.




Comment:

Complete dedication to one's calling by God, whatever it may be, is a rare quality. Jesus asks us to "love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength" (Mark 12:30b, emphasis added). Paul gives similar advice: "Whatever you do, do from the heart..." (Colossians 3:23).


Quote:

"What is nobler than to mold the character of the young? I consider that he who knows how to form the youthful mind is truly greater than all painters, sculptors and all others of that sort" (St. John Chrysostom).


Patron Saint of:

Teachers

Holy Spirit, Lead Me   

Come, Holy Spirit, teach me, lead me. Give me your courage, your wisdom, your peace. With these I will be wealthy beyond price. 

Very informative Ondoy, thank you!

alycxs, I can´t disagree with nor  you say further comments since I´m not acquainted with your present social conditions. For sure the benefits of health insurance is on the side of the majority, my five cents.

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The benefits of this law favors the majority, this must be taken into consideration first and foremost, this is what is called maka-masa.

dugay nako wala maka-abli sa friendster account, apan sa facebook, si Ondoy Calle na-alirongan ug chicks morag si James Bond. You can read the body language that they like what they are doing. Calle smiles with gusto like a bol-anon gigolo.

Quote from: juliusgregory on April 07, 2010, 01:53:42 PM
I am an Atenean and I feel sorry for what happened. I really feel sad for MVP that his speechwriter plagiarized the commencement speeches of Oprah, Rowling and O' Brien. But it doesn't mean he is less an Atenean because of that blunder. He showed what a true Atenean is by admitting his blunder, taking responsibility for the blunder of his speechwriter, apologizing to the school and the graduates and resigning from his post as Chairman of the Board of Trustees.

I had the chance of meeting MVP at the Thanksgiving Mass immediately after the Blue Eagles won its second straight championship. I was introduced to him by Hermes Sumalinog (now running as Jagna councilor). MVP assured that Oping Sumalinog of Jagna, Bohol will be the next star of the Blue Eagles, will finish his studies at the Ateneo and possibly work in one of the companies of his business empire.

Great man with great vision not only for the Ateneo but for our country!

For my eyes he is a man of integrity, admitting his own fault is an act of humility.

St. Crescentia Hoess
(1682-1744)

Crescentia was born in 1682 in a little town near Augsburg, the daughter of a poor weaver. She spent play time praying in the parish church, assisted those even poorer than herself and had so mastered the truths of her religion that she was permitted to make her holy Communion at the then unusually early age of seven. In the town she was called "the little angel."
As she grew older she desired to enter the convent of the Tertiaries of St. Francis. But the convent was poor and, because Crescentia had no dowry, the superiors refused her admission. Her case was then pleaded by the Protestant mayor of the town to whom the convent owed a favor. The community felt it was forced into receiving her, and her new life was made miserable. She was considered a burden and assigned nothing other than menial tasks. Even her cheerful spirit was misinterpreted as flattery or hypocrisy.

Conditions improved four years later when a new superior was elected who realized her virtue. Crescentia herself was appointed mistress of novices. She so won the love and respect of the sisters that, upon the death of the superior, Crescentia herself was unanimously elected to that position. Under her the financial state of the convent improved and her reputation in spiritual matters spread. She was soon being consulted by princes and princesses as well as by bishops and cardinals seeking her advice. And yet, a true daughter of Francis, she remained ever humble.

Bodily afflictions and pain were always with her. First it was headaches and toothaches. Then she lost the ability to walk, her hands and feet gradually becoming so crippled that her body curled up into a fetal position. In the spirit of Francis she cried out, "Oh, you bodily members, praise God that he has given you the capacity to suffer." Despite her sufferings she was filled with peace and joy as she died on Easter Sunday in 1744.

She was beatified in 1900 and canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2001.



Comment:

Although she grew up in poverty and willingly embraced it in her vocation, Crescentia had a good head for business. Under her able administration, her convent regained financial stability. Too often we think of good money management as, at best, a less-than-holy gift. But Crescentia was wise enough to balance her worldly skills with such acumen in spiritual matters that heads of State and Church both sought her advice.

God's Great Mercy   

The only way to break through lifelong patterns of unforgiveness is to take timeâ€"daily for a whileâ€"and reflect on all God has forgiven you. 

schlaf gut!

Ondoy David, kon ako mag mini, managan tanang ti-aw!
Manggawas ang akong mga kurikong!

Pres. Obama had shed blood, sweat and tears. This was really tough but the pioneer step was done. It will be finely tuned to suit  some quarters who doesn´t agree to his health care program.

maka-higayon ka ning petsaha?

Pressy, it is not the attention but a good warning to locals and precautions so that this crime won´t happen again.