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Blessed Angela Salawa
(1881-1922)

Angela served Christ and Christ’s little ones with all her strength.
Born in Siepraw, near Kraków, Poland, she was the 11th child of Bartlomiej and Ewa Salawa. In 1897, she moved to Kraków where her older sister Therese lived. Angela immediately began to gather together and instruct young women domestic workers. During World War I, she helped prisoners of war without regard for their nationality or religion. The writings of Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross were a great comfort to her.

Angela gave great service in caring for soldiers wounded in World War I. After 1918 her health did not permit her to exercise her customary apostolate. Addressing herself to Christ, she wrote in her diary, "I want you to be adored as much as you were destroyed." In another place, she wrote, "Lord, I live by your will. I shall die when you desire; save me because you can."

At her 1991 beatification in Kraków, Pope John Paul II said: "It is in this city that she worked, that she suffered and that her holiness came to maturity. While connected to the spirituality of St. Francis, she showed an extraordinary responsiveness to the action of the Holy Spirit" (L'Osservatore Romano, volume 34, number 4, 1991).



Comment:

Humility should never be mistaken for lack of conviction, insight or energy. Angela brought the Good News and material assistance to some of Christ’s "least ones." Her self-sacrifice inspired others to do the same.


Quote:

Henri de Lubac, S.J., wrote: "The best Christians and the most vital are by no means to be found either inevitably or even generally among the wise or the clever, the intelligentsia or the politically-minded, or those of social consequence. And consequently what they say does not make the headlines; what they do does not come to the public eye. Their lives are hidden from the eyes of the world, and if they do come to some degree of notoriety, that is usually late in the day, and exceptional, and always attended by the risk of distortion" (The Splendor of the Church, p. 187).

Rebirth in Christ   

If birth is so important that it marks a major touchstone every year, shouldn’t our rebirth in Christ be even more important? 

St. John Ogilvie
(c. 1579-1615)

John Ogilvie's noble Scottish family was partly Catholic and partly Presbyterian. His father raised him as a Calvinist, sending him to the continent to be educated. There John became interested in the popular debates going on between Catholic and Calvinist scholars. Confused by the arguments of Catholic scholars whom he sought out, he turned to Scripture. Two texts particularly struck him: "God wills all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth," and "Come to me all you who are weary and find life burdensome, and I will refresh you."
Slowly, John came to see that the Catholic Church could embrace all kinds of people. Among these, he noted, were many martyrs. He decided to become Catholic and was received into the Church at Louvain, Belgium, in 1596 at the age of 17.

John continued his studies, first with the Benedictines, then as a student at the Jesuit College at Olmutz. He joined the Jesuits and for the next 10 years underwent their rigorous intellectual and spiritual training. Ordained a priest in France in 1610, he met two Jesuits who had just returned from Scotland after suffering arrest and imprisonment. They saw little hope for any successful work there in view of the tightening of the penal laws. But a fire had been lit within John. For the next two and a half years he pleaded to be missioned there.

Sent by his superiors, he secretly entered Scotland posing as a horse trader or a soldier returning from the wars in Europe. Unable to do significant work among the relatively few Catholics in Scotland, John made his way back to Paris to consult his superiors. Rebuked for having left his assignment in Scotland, he was sent back. He warmed to the task before him and had some success in making converts and in secretly serving Scottish Catholics. But he was soon betrayed, arrested and brought before the court. His trial dragged on until he had been without food for 26 hours. He was imprisoned and deprived of sleep. For eight days and nights he was dragged around, prodded with sharp sticks, his hair pulled out. Still, he refused to reveal the names of Catholics or to acknowledge the jurisdiction of the king in spiritual affairs. He underwent a second and third trial but held firm. At his final trial he assured his judges: "In all that concerns the king, I will be slavishly obedient; if any attack his temporal power, I will shed my last drop of blood for him. But in the things of spiritual jurisdiction which a king unjustly seizes I cannot and must not obey."

Condemned to death as a traitor, he was faithful to the end, even when on the scaffold he was offered his freedom and a fine living if he would deny his faith. His courage in prison and in his martyrdom was reported throughout Scotland.

John Ogilvie was canonized in 1976, becoming the first Scottish saint since 1250.



Comment:

John came of age when neither Catholics nor Protestants were willing to tolerate one another. Turning to Scripture, he found words that enlarged his vision. Although he became a Catholic and died for his faith, he understood the meaning of “small-c catholic,” the wide range of believers who embrace Christianity. Even now he undoubtedly rejoices in the ecumenical spirit fostered by the Second Vatican Council and joins us in our prayer for unity with all believers.

The Work of our Lifetime   

The family is the great catechism God has given the world. The work of our lifetime is to learn how to read it and then study it prayerfully. 

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One can see that its growin from the top of his left ass cheek. If it were really a tail, as in a random vestigial feature, it would have grown as a continuation of his tail bone (coccyx) instead of a long fleshy gross thing.

          So what do you think?

Bitaw no porya saway, makalilisang kini, unsa kon ikaw doy torokan ug ikog? Mosikat jud ka!

Ha ha ha , himos jamo si Padre! Kining edara, kay gitawag nga Golden age!

nasina ka Ondoy? Pangajo ug tambag ni Lola  aron masinyalan pod ka, aw masungayan diay!

ang pikas agtang, adunay nag-sogod pod ug tubo! Bizzarre jamo!

Seksi man ang foto ni Pads dire, wala pay bil-bil! Ha, ha, ha!

Padre taga-an ka sa Kahitas-an ug daku nga gugma, aron kini imong igahin para namong katawhan. Happy Birthday.

These pauses of breathing during sleep  is dangerous to the brain since it doesn´t supply regular oxygen. Daghang mamatay ni-ani kay maka-angin man ug silent heart attack, unya ang tawag namatay angin sa bangungot.

St. Dominic Savio
(1842-1857)



So many holy persons seem to die young. Among them was Dominic Savio, the patron of choirboys.
Born into a peasant family at Riva, Italy, young Dominic joined St. John Bosco as a student at the Oratory in Turin at the age of 12. He impressed John with his desire to be a priest and to help him in his work with neglected boys. A peacemaker and an organizer, young Dominic founded a group he called the Company of the Immaculate Conception which, besides being devotional, aided John Bosco with the boys and with manual work. All the members save one, Dominic, would in 1859 join John in the beginnings of his Salesian congregation. By that time, Dominic had been called home to heaven.

As a youth, Dominic spent hours rapt in prayer. His raptures he called "my distractions." Even in play, he said that at times "It seems heaven is opening just above me. I am afraid I may say or do something that will make the other boys laugh." Dominic would say, "I can't do big things. But I want all I do, even the smallest thing, to be for the greater glory of God."

Dominic's health, always frail, led to lung problems and he was sent home to recuperate. As was the custom of the day, he was bled in the thought that this would help, but it only worsened his condition. He died on March 9, 1857, after receiving the Last Sacraments. St. John Bosco himself wrote the account of his life.

Some thought that Dominic was too young to be considered a saint. St. Pius X declared that just the opposite was true, and went ahead with his cause. Dominic was canonized in 1954.



Comment:

Like many a youngster, Dominic was painfully aware that he was different from his peers. He tried to keep his piety from his friends lest he have to endure their laughter. Even after his death, his youth marked him as a misfit among the saints and some argued that he was too young to be canonized. Pius X wisely disagreed. For no one is too youngâ€"or too old or too anything elseâ€"to achieve the holiness to which we are all called.


Patron Saint of:

Choirboys
Juvenile delinquents

Renewed Faith   

My faith may get a little tattered and ragged at the edges, but then he touches me ever so gently and with faith aglow and joy in my soulâ€"gently I take up my cross and go through. 

Old woman (101) grows horn on her headA year ago, this horn began to grow from the left side of the forehead of 101-year-old

The picture is no trick â€" a genuine horn measuring six centimetres is protruding from Zhang Ruifang's head and a second is beginning to grow on the other side.

Ruifang lives in the small village Linlou in the Henan province in China. The mother-of-seven discovered a patch of rough skin on her forehead a year ago.

“We didn't pay too much attention to it,” her youngest son Zhang Guozheng (60) told the Daily Mail.

But within a short amount of time, a brown horn grew from his mother’s forehead!

“It is now six cm long,” said Guozheng. And as if that wasn’t enough: “Now something is also growing on the right side of her forehead. It’s quite possible that it’s another horn.”  bild.de

hanas na man ka manulti, taas na ang imong kaagi?

I wish this thread would be close, the content is questionable and disparage the Bohol "men". This is dangerous, others might think Bohol "men" are sexx-addict!

kining isla taliwa sa Cebu ug Bohol, daghang namojo nga barangan?

if the situation is hot use condom, it is lot better than suppressing your sexual desires and unintended pregnancy! pabor ko sa ads. (God have mercy).

St. Frances of Rome
(1384-1440)



Frances’s life combines aspects of secular and religious life. A devoted and loving wife, she longed for a lifestyle of prayer and service, so she organized a group of women to minister to the needs of Rome’s poor.
Born of wealthy parents, Frances found herself attracted to the religious life during her youth. But her parents objected and a young nobleman was selected to be her husband.

As she became acquainted with her new relatives, Frances soon discovered that the wife of her husband’s brother also wished to live a life of service and prayer. So the two, Frances and Vannozza, set out togetherâ€"with their husbands’ blessingsâ€"to help the poor.

Frances fell ill for a time, but this apparently only deepened her commitment to the suffering people she met. The years passed, and Frances gave birth to two sons and a daughter. With the new responsibilities of family life, the young mother turned her attention more to the needs of her own household. The family flourished under Frances’s care, but within a few years a great plague began to sweep across Italy. It struck Rome with devastating cruelty and left Frances’s second son dead. In an effort to help alleviate some of the suffering, Frances used all her money and sold her possessions to buy whatever the sick might possibly need. When all the resources had been exhausted, Frances and Vannozza went door to door begging. Later, Frances’s daughter died, and the saint opened a section of her house as a hospital.

Frances became more and more convinced that this way of life was so necessary for the world, and it was not long before she requested and was given permission to found a society of women bound by no vows. They simply offered themselves to God and to the service of the poor. Once the society was established, Frances chose not to live at the community residence, but rather at home with her husband. She did this for seven years, until her husband passed away, and then came to live the remainder of her life with the societyâ€"serving the poorest of the poor.




Comment:

Looking at the exemplary life of fidelity to God and devotion to her fellow human beings which Frances of Rome was blessed to lead, one cannot help but be reminded of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta (September 5), who loved Jesus Christ in prayer and also in the poor. The life of Frances of Rome calls each of us not only to look deeply for God in prayer, but also to carry our devotion to Jesus living in the suffering of our world. Frances shows us that this life need not be restricted to those bound by vows.


Quote:

Malcolm Muggeridge's book Something Beautiful for God contains this quote from Mother Teresa sa about each sister in her community: “Let Christ radiate and live his life in her and through her in the slums. Let the poor seeing her be drawn to Christ and invite him to enter their homes and lives.” Says Frances of Rome: “It is most laudable in a married woman to be devout, but she must never forget that she is a housewife. And sometimes she must leave God at the altar to find Him in her housekeeping” (Butler’s Lives of the Saints).


Patron Saint of:

Motorists
Widows

Footprints   

During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you. 

this is traumatic, children who are left-handed must be respected. Here scissors, knife and pen are available for left-handed.

akong tambag ninyo isip cyber Manay, ajaw palabi kining unsay bag-ong orog ,kay kamo ma-stress lang. Ang velocity sa up-dates lisod apson money wise. If you settle for a gadget that works and still serves its purpose, that is fine. Ang kosog man gud sa ato kay kining pasikat. This creates envy and pride.

Work on yourself to be a better man and of a service to others, for sure you will get peace of mind.

Prosit, cheers, Skol, Tagay to your health Ondoy! Greetings from freezing Germany.

St. John of God
(1495-1550)


Having given up active Christian belief while a soldier, John was 40 before the depth of his sinfulness began to dawn on him. He decided to give the rest of his life to God’s service, and headed at once for Africa, where he hoped to free captive Christians and, possibly, be martyred.
He was soon advised that his desire for martyrdom was not spiritually well based, and returned to Spain and the relatively prosaic activity of a religious goods store. Yet he was still not settled. Moved initially by a sermon of Blessed John of Avila, he one day engaged in a public beating of himself, begging mercy and wildly repenting for his past life.

Committed to a mental hospital for these actions, John was visited by Blessed John, who advised him to be more actively involved in tending to the needs of others rather than in enduring personal hardships. John gained peace of heart, and shortly after left the hospital to begin work among the poor.

He established a house where he wisely tended to the needs of the sick poor, at first doing his own begging. But excited by the saint’s great work and inspired by his devotion, many people began to back him up with money and provisions. Among them were the archbishop and marquis of Tarifa.

Behind John’s outward acts of total concern and love for Christ’s sick poor was a deep interior prayer life which was reflected in his spirit of humility. These qualities attracted helpers who, 20 years after John’s death, formed the Brothers Hospitallers, now a worldwide religious order.

John became ill after 10 years of service but tried to disguise his ill health. He began to put the hospital’s administrative work into order and appointed a leader for his helpers. He died under the care of a spiritual friend and admirer, Lady Ana Ossorio.




Comment:

The utter humility of John of God, which led to a totally selfless dedication to others, is most impressive. Here is a man who realized his nothingness in the face of God. The Lord blessed him with the gifts of prudence, patience, courage, enthusiasm and the ability to influence and inspire others. He saw that in his early life he had turned away from the Lord, and, moved to receive his mercy, John began his new commitment to love others in openness to God’s love.


Quote:

The archbishop called John of God to him in response to a complaint that he was keeping tramps and immoral women in his hospital. In submission John fell on his knees and said: “The Son of Man came for sinners, and we are bound to seek their conversion. I am unfaithful to my vocation because I neglect this, but I confess that I know of no bad person in my hospital except myself alone, who am indeed unworthy to eat the bread of the poor.” The archbishop could only trust in John’s sincerity and humility, and dismissed him with deep respect.


Patron Saint of:

Booksellers
Firefighters
Heart patients
Hospitals
Nurses
Printers
Sick

Strive For Virtue   

Resolve never to give up praying and striving for virtue, no matter how many times you fall. 

Ben, ako kining awaton, unya kojogan nako ug awit;
Kon ako adunay pako!

kidding aside, my boy is left-handed and he is very good in math.

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NEW ASPIRIN
 
IMPORTANT READ......
Something that we can do to help ourselves.  Nice to know.

Bayer is making crystal aspirin to dissolve under the tongue. They work much faster than the tablets.


Why keep aspirin by your bedside?

About Heart Attacks

There are other symptoms of a heart attack besides the pain on the left arm.
One must also be aware of an intense pain on the chin, as well as nausea and lots of sweating, however these symptoms may also occur less frequently.
Note: There may be NO pain in the chest during a heart attack.  The majority of people (about 60%) who had a heart attack during their sleep, did not wake up.  However, if it occurs, the chest pain may wake you up from your deep sleep.

If that happens, immediately dissolve two aspirins in your mouth and swallow them with a bit of water..

Afterwards:
- phone a neighbor or a family member who lives very close by
- say "heart attack!"
- say that you have taken 2 aspirins..
- take a seat on a chair or sofa near the front door, and wait for their arrival and....
~ do NOT lie down ~


A Cardiologist has stated that, if each person, after receiving this e-mail, sends it to 10 people, probably one life can be saved!

I have already shared the information- - What about you?

body fluids flowing? Ako pod!   

Oh, yes, magtabisay gud ang iyang laway! ha ha ha.

Ako kaliwete sa pag-ibig! I can caress my lover with both hands, this is my talent. Kayo rin po?

this is true.

St. John Joseph of the Cross
(1654-1734)

Self-denial is never an end in itself but is only a help toward greater charityâ€"as the life of Saint John Joseph shows.
John Joseph was very ascetic even as a young man. At 16 he joined the Franciscans in Naples; he was the first Italian to follow the reform movement of Saint Peter Alcantara. John’s reputation for holiness prompted his superiors to put him in charge of establishing a new friary even before he was ordained.

Obedience moved John to accept appointments as novice master, guardian and, finally, provincial. His years of mortification enabled him to offer these services to the friars with great charity. As guardian he was not above working in the kitchen or carrying the wood and water needed by the friars.

When his term as provincial expired, John Joseph dedicated himself to hearing confessions and practicing mortification, two concerns contrary to the spirit of the dawning Age of Enlightenment. John Joseph was canonized in 1839.



Comment:

John Joseph’s mortification allowed him to be the kind of forgiving superior intended by St. Francis. Self-denial should lead us to charityâ€"not to bitterness; it should help us clarify our priorities and make us more loving. John Joseph is living proof of Chesterton’s observation: "It is always easy to let the age have its head; the difficult thing is to keep one’s own" (G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy, page 101).


Quote:

"And by this I wish to know if you love the Lord God and me, his servant and yoursâ€"if you have acted in this manner: that is, there should not be any brother in the world who has sinned, however much he may have possibly sinned, who, after he has looked into your eyes, would go away without having received your mercy, if he is looking for mercy. And if he were not to seek mercy, you should ask him if he wants mercy. And if he should sin thereafter a thousand times before your very eyes, love him more than me so that you may draw him back to the Lord. Always be merciful to [brothers] such as these" (St. Francis, Letter to a Minister).

God's Eternal Presence   

God does not come to our rescue at isolated, “special” moments. God is supporting the super-cruisers as well as children’s toy boats. 

What I Want In A Man!   Original List
1. Handsome
2. Charming
3. Financially successful
4. A caring listener
5. Witty
6. In good shape
7. Dresses with style
8. Appreciates finer things
9. Full of thoughtful surprises


What  I Want in a Man!   Revised List (age  32)
1. Nice looking
2. Opens car doors, holds chairs
3. Has enough money for a nice dinner

4. Listens more than talks
5. Laughs at my jokes
6. Carries bags of groceries with ease
7. Owns at least one tie
8. Appreciates a good home-cooked meal
9. Remembers birthdays and anniversaries


What I Want in a Man!   Revised List (age  42)

1. Not too ugly
2. Doesn't drive off until I'm in the car
3. Works steady - splurges on dinner out occasionally
4. Nods head when I'm talking
5. Usually remembers punch lines of jokes
6. Is in good enough shape to rearrange the furniture

7. Wears a shirt that covers his stomach
8. Knows not to buy champagne with screw-top lids
9. Remembers to put the toilet seat down
10. Shaves most weekends


What I Want in a Man!   Revised List (age  52)
1. Keeps hair in nose and ears trimmed
2. Doesn't belch or scratch in public
3. Doesn't borrow money too often
4. Doesn't nod off to sleep when I'm venting
5. Doesn't re-tell the same joke too many times
6. Is in good enough shape to get off the couch on weekends
7. Usually wears matching socks and fresh underwear
8. Appreciates a good TV dinner
9. Remembers your name on occasion
10. Shaves some weekends


What I Want in a Man!   Revised List (age  62)

1. Doesn't scare small children
2. Remembers where bathroom is
3. Doesn't require much money for upkeep
4. Only snores lightly when asleep
5. Remembers why he's laughing
6. Is in good enough shape to stand up by himself
7. Usually wears some clothes
8. Likes soft foods
9. Remembers where he left his teeth
10. Remembers that it's the weekend


What I Want in a Man!   Revised List (age  72)
1. Breathing.
2. Doesn't miss the toilet.

Send this to the women who will enjoy reading it, and to the men who can handle it !


"AFTER BEING MARRIED FOR 44 YEARS, I TOOK A CAREFUL LOOK AT MY WIFE ONE DAY AND SAID: DARLING, 44 YEARS AGO WE HAD A CHEAP APARTMENT, A CHEAP CAR, SLEPT ON A SOFA BED AND WATCHED A 10-INCH BLACK AND WHITE TV, BUT I GOT TO SLEEP EVERY NIGHT WITH A HOT 25-YEAR-OLD GIRL.  NOW I HAVE A $500,000 HOME, A $45,000 CAR, NICE BIG BED AND PLASMA SCREEN TV, BUT I'M SLEEPING WITH A 65-YEAR-OLD WOMAN.  IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU'RE NOT HOLDING UP YOUR SIDE OF THINGS.


MY WIFE IS A VERY REASONABLE WOMAN.  SHE TOLD ME TO GO OUT AND FIND A HOT 25-YEAR-OLD GAL, AND SHE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT I WOULD ONCE AGAIN BE LIVING IN A CHEAP APARTMENT, DRIVING A CHEAP CAR, SLEEPING ON A SOFA BED AND WATCHING A 10-INCH BLACK AND WHITE TV."


AREN'T OLDER WOMEN GREAT?  THEY REALLY KNOW HOW TO SOLVE YOUR MID-LIFE CRISIS.


Life is like a roll of toilet paper ... the closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes ... so have fun, think ' good thoughts ' only, learn to laugh at yourself, and count your blessings !!!!!!!

St. Casimir
(1458-1483)

Casimir, born of kings and in line (third among 13 children) to be a king himself, was filled with exceptional values and learning by a great teacher, John Dlugosz. Even his critics could not say that his conscientious objection indicated softness. Even as a teenager, Casimir lived a highly disciplined, even severe life, sleeping on the ground, spending a great part of the night in prayer and dedicating himself to lifelong celibacy.
When nobles in Hungary became dissatisfied with their king, they prevailed upon Casimir’s father, the king of Poland, to send his son to take over the country. Casimir obeyed his father, as many young men over the centuries have obeyed their government. The army he was supposed to lead was clearly outnumbered by the “enemy”; some of his troops were deserting because they were not paid. At the advice of his officers, Casimir decided to return home. His father was irked at the failure of his plans, and confined his 15-year-old son for three months. The lad made up his mind never again to become involved in the wars of his day, and no amount of persuasion could change his mind. He returned to prayer and study, maintaining his decision to remain celibate even under pressure to marry the emperor’s daughter. He reigned briefly as king of Poland during his father’s absence. He died of lung trouble at 23 while visiting Lithuania, of which he was also Grand Duke. He was buried in Vilnius, Lithuania.



Comment:

For many years Poland and Lithuania faded into the gray prison on the other side of the Iron Curtain. Despite repression, the Poles and Lithuanians remained firm in the faith which has become synonymous with their name. Their youthful patron reminds us: Peace is not won by war; sometimes a comfortable peace is not even won by virtue, but Christ’s peace can penetrate every government repression of religion.


Patron Saint of:

Lithuania
Poland
Russia

Rooted in Tradition   

We can go confidently into the future and accept the change that growth demands only if we have firm roots in the past, in a living tradition. 

Aduna koy isugil ninyo, kini bahin sa usa ka pari nga dia sa Holland. Ako siyang gipangutana, Padre nag-enjoy ka na dinhi sa Europa?
Ako iyang gitubag mga , "dili Manay, ang akong dughan nag-hoot. Mas maayo pa nga ako mopauli na sa ato sa Pinas".
"Isugil ngano Padre?"
" Usa ka Adlaw ako gitawag kay aron mag-hatag ug absolustion, ang tigulang nag-bago angin sa kanser. Kami nangadye unya siya kosog pa motobag, nag-paila nga ang iyang panimoot tataw kaayo. Unya niingon ang anak nga pag-dali kay mo-abot na ang doktor. Akong na diskobrehan, nga ang doktor mohatag ug injekyon (morphium) aron malutas ang iyang gi-antos. Ang dosage taas kaayo, mao kini ang maka-angin  nga siya dali mamatay. Kapoyan na tingali ang mga miembro sa pamilya mo-atiman. Kining hita-boa kontra sa akong tinu-ohan isip nga pari sa simbahang katoliko.  Sa in-ani nga sitwasyon maka hoot ug dughan"!

Aduna sab nga nahitabo sa inyong kinabuhi nga ang inyong dughan nag-hoot?

this is almost impossible since there will not be enough passengers for this said flight.

Aduna koy classmate sa high-school sa Canada, na alzheimer kay gikan lagi kono sa Aluminum nga percolator.Basta pag-amping mo diha.

St. Katharine Drexel
(1858-1955)
 
If your father is an international banker and you ride in a private railroad car, you are not likely to be drawn into a life of voluntary poverty. But if your mother opens your home to the poor three days each week and your father spends half an hour each evening in prayer, it is not impossible that you will devote your life to the poor and give away millions of dollars. Katharine Drexel did that.
She was born in Philadelphia in 1858. She had an excellent education and traveled widely. As a rich girl, she had a grand debut into society. But when she nursed her stepmother through a three-year terminal illness, she saw that all the Drexel money could not buy safety from pain or death, and her life took a profound turn.

She had always been interested in the plight of the Indians, having been appalled by reading Helen Hunt Jackson’s A Century of Dishonor. While on a European tour, she met Pope Leo XIII and asked him to send more missionaries to Wyoming for her friend Bishop James O’Connor. The pope replied, “Why don’t you become a missionary?” His answer shocked her into considering new possibilities.

Back home, she visited the Dakotas, met the Sioux leader Red Cloud and began her systematic aid to Indian missions.

She could easily have married. But after much discussion with Bishop O’Connor, she wrote in 1889, “The feast of St. Joseph brought me the grace to give the remainder of my life to the Indians and the Colored.” Newspaper headlines screamed “Gives Up Seven Million!”

After three and a half years of training, she and her first band of nuns (Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored) opened a boarding school in Santa Fe. A string of foundations followed. By 1942 she had a system of black Catholic schools in 13 states, plus 40 mission centers and 23 rural schools. Segregationists harassed her work, even burning a school in Pennsylvania. In all, she established 50 missions for Indians in 16 states.

Two saints met when she was advised by Mother Cabrini about the “politics” of getting her Order’s Rule approved in Rome. Her crowning achievement was the founding of Xavier University in New Orleans, the first Catholic university in the United States for African Americans.

At 77, she suffered a heart attack and was forced to retire. Apparently her life was over. But now came almost 20 years of quiet, intense prayer from a small room overlooking the sanctuary. Small notebooks and slips of paper record her various prayers, ceaseless aspirations and meditation. She died at 96 and was canonized in 2000




Comment:

Saints have always said the same thing: Pray, be humble, accept the cross, love and forgive. But it is good to hear these things in the American idiom from one who, for instance, had her ears pierced as a teenager, who resolved to have “no cake, no preserves,” who wore a watch, was interviewed by the press, traveled by train and could concern herself with the proper size of pipe for a new mission. These are obvious reminders that holiness can be lived in today’s culture as well as in that of Jerusalem or Rome.


Quote:

“The patient and humble endurance of the crossâ€"whatever nature it may beâ€"is the highest work we have to do.” “Oh, how far I am at 84 years of age from being an image of Jesus in his sacred life on earth!” (Saint Katharine Drexel)

Life's Challenges    

Christ said his coming would bring not peace but a sword.  The Gospels offer no support for us if we fantasize about a sunlit holiness that knows no problems. 

Can this be true?  We,  in countries where there are 4 sesons, depression is not unusual during dark months, winter days because we need sunshine.

I´m introducing this thread because, 4 years is not far and as of now, Russia is committing a great human tragedy where a certain population are forced to be transferred just to make way of this coming winter olympics. China had had done the same, during the preparations of the Summer Olympics.

Ecologically speaking some projects are being questioned just for this big event. Corruptions are high because of this booming business.

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St. Agnes of Bohemia
(1205-1282)
Agnes had no children of her own but was certainly life-giving for all who knew her.
Agnes was the daughter of Queen Constance and King Ottokar I of Bohemia. At the age of three, she was betrothed to the Duke of Silesia, who died three years later. As she grew up, she decided she wanted to enter the religious life.

After declining marriages to King Henry VII of Germany and Henry III of England, Agnes was faced with a proposal from Frederick II, the Holy Roman Emperor. She appealed to Pope Gregory IX for help. The pope was persuasive; Frederick magnanimously said that he could not be offended if Agnes preferred the King of Heaven to him.

After Agnes built a hospital for the poor and a residence for the friars, she financed the construction of a Poor Clare monastery in Prague. In 1236, she and seven other noblewomen entered this monastery. Saint Clare sent five sisters from San Damiano to join them, and wrote Agnes four letters advising her on the beauty of her vocation and her duties as abbess.

Agnes became known for prayer, obedience and mortification. Papal pressure forced her to accept her election as abbess; nevertheless, the title she preferred was "senior sister." Her position did not prevent her from cooking for the other sisters and mending the clothes of lepers. The sisters found her kind but very strict regarding the observance of poverty; she declined her royal brother’s offer to set up an endowment for the monastery.

Devotion to Agnes arose soon after her death on March 6, 1282. She was canonized in 1989.



Comment:

Agnes spent at least 45 years in a Poor Clare monastery. Such a life requires a great deal of patience and charity. The temptation to selfishness certainly didn’t vanish when Agnes walked into the monastery. It is perhaps easy for us to think that cloistered nuns "have it made" regarding holiness. Their route is the same as ours: gradual exchange of our standards (inclination to selfishness) for God’s standard of generosity.


Quote:

"Have nothing to do with anyone who would stand in your way and would seek to turn you aside from fulfilling the vows which you have made to the Most High (Psalm 49:14) and from living in that perfection to which the Spirit of the Lord has called you" (Clare to Agnes, Letter II in Murray Bodo, O.F.M., Clare: A Light in the Garden, p. 118).

God is the Artist   

It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures. 

Humility

truth in self-understanding and truth in action. Viewing ourselves truthfully, with sober judgment, means seeing ourselves the way God sees us (Psalm 139:1-4). A truly humble person regards oneself neither smaller nor larger than one truly is. A humble person does not want to wear a mask or put on a facade in order to look good to others. Such a person is not swayed by accidentals, such as fame, reputation, success, or failure. Do you know the joy of Christ-like humility and simplicity of heart?

I was thinking of this French kiss! Nag-lumbigit nga dila!

Sad to say black cloud descended over the Vancouver Olympics on Friday after 21-year-old Georgian luge competitor A black cloud descended over the Vancouver Olympics on Friday after 21-year-old Georgian luge competitor Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed in a horrific training crash at the Whistler Sliding Centre.

The Vancouverites are glad that they made it. The 21st Winter Olympics was a success, with the Canadian Eishockey Team winning gold. This is a super culmination. Congratulations to the people behind this great event.
Canada's athletes came to these Games not with a swagger but with a confidence that they could do what they were setting out to do. They believed in themselves.

Get ready Sotchi, Russia!

mogamit mo diha ug percolator? Kini adunay chemical residue nga maka-daot sa otok.
This is the one I mean;

St. David of Wales
(d. 589?)

David is the patron saint of Wales and perhaps the most famous of British saints. Ironically, we have little reliable information about him.
It is known that he became a priest, engaged in missionary work and founded many monasteries, including his principal abbey in southwestern Wales. Many stories and legends sprang up about David and his Welsh monks. Their austerity was extreme. They worked in silence without the help of animals to till the soil. Their food was limited to bread, vegetables and water.

In about the year 550, David attended a synod where his eloquence impressed his fellow monks to such a degree that he was elected primate of the region. The episcopal see was moved to Mynyw, where he had his monastery (now called St. David's). He ruled his diocese until he had reached a very old age. His last words to his monks and subjects were: "Be joyful, brothers and sisters. Keep your faith, and do the little things that you have seen and heard with me."

St. David is pictured standing on a mound with a dove on his shoulder. The legend is that once while he was preaching a dove descended to his shoulder and the earth rose to lift him high above the people so that he could be heard. Over 50 churches in South Wales were dedicated to him in pre-Reformation days.



Comment:

Were we restricted to hard manual labor and a diet of bread, vegetables and water, most of us would find little reason to rejoice. Yet joy is what David urged on his brothers as he lay dying. Perhaps he could say that to themâ€"and to usâ€"because he lived in and nurtured a constant awareness of God’s nearness. For, as someone once said, “Joy is the infallible sign of God’s presence.” May his intercession bless us with the same awareness!


Patron Saint of:

Poets
Wales

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Jesus, Guide Me   

Christ does not give a mission without supplying the means to accomplish it. 

Sakto jud ka Belle, kay ang babaye ang driver sa panimalay.

This is a serious thread and I expected substantial report, documented and honest dili tumo-tomo.

There will be a coming computer exposition in Hannover, this displays the newest.
Computer gadgets like notebooks, laptops, digital camera and cellphones, we call her handys has the capacitiy to be up-dated every 6 months. Contest ni pirmi kon asa ang mas portable, handy ug cheaper plus taas nga gigabytes and better performance.
Say for example my sony DSC-V1 costed me 800 Euro, after 2 years 280 nalang, karon daghang 100, lighter in weight, and  more pixels. This is the last model made in Japan, ang mga nisunod made in China.

In what way? Up-dated man mo diha. everytime I spent my holidays in Bohol, I could see some friends possesing the best handy or cellphones.
News-wise you are always in-touch.
I could personally say, our country is strongly inclined to the hypes of USA.
If you have some inquires you can always use search engines like Google, am I right?

Blessed Daniel Brottier
(1876-1936)

Daniel spent most of his life in the trenchesâ€"one way or another.
Born in France in 1876, Daniel was ordained in 1899 and began a teaching career. That didn’t satisfy him long. He wanted to use his zeal for the gospel far beyond the classroom. He joined the missionary Congregation of the Holy Spirit, which sent him to Senegal, West Africa. After eight years there, his health was suffering. He was forced to return to France, where he helped raise funds for the construction of a new cathedral in Senegal.

At the outbreak of World War I Daniel became a volunteer chaplain and spent four years at the front. He did not shrink from his duties. Indeed, he risked his life time and again in ministering to the suffering and dying. It was miraculous that he did not suffer a single wound during his 52 months in the heart of battle.

After the war he was invited to help establish a project for orphaned and abandoned children in a Paris suburb. He spent the final 13 years of his life there. He died in 1936 and was beatified by Pope John Paul II in Paris only 48 years later.

The Will of God   

The first end I propose in our daily work is to do the will of God; secondly, to do it in the manner he wills it; and thirdly, to do it because it is his will. 

I watch this in CNN, this is really horrible. The tsunami that was expected to reach Hawaii did not materialzed, bisan pa ang mga  Pacific coastal areas including Pinas are warned of tsunami.

CNN breaking news;

-- A Pacific-wide tsunami warning has been canceled for all countries, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reports.

Doy, Don Bosco is an excellent choice! Tell your wife to check the parents and the kids he is going with. you could see how his peers might influence him. The rest isalig niya tanan.

Sad to hear about Elsie, atong isalig niya ang tanan. Give my regards to her, I will include her in our mass offerings this afternoon.

Gilaliman ka Belle, mamokaw si Nanay ug mangotana, Tesseh mabdos ka? Gabiing dako magobot gud mi. Kay kining mga tinu-uhan sa Bohol, porbida maajo lookon ning mga manok!

Magtapok ang mga Bol-anon karong Domingo pohon , ang mag-misa taga Loboc si Fr Ces Tablon, I´ll include Hector in our prayers, Mr Mike Gatal.

mopotak gani ang manok gabiing daku, adunay nabontisan!

Mao lagi Day, kining mao pay pagtog-bong sa Lunsod, makalingaw kaayo, kuratan pa.

It´s hard to tell since the Germans have another lifestyle and sense of humor.
The best places to go are Berlin, Cologne and Hamburg.

Inyong virtual Manay, wala magpanalipod kay ako ningtahod sa Tubag Bohol Forum.

St. Porphyry of Gaza
(353-421)

We go far back in history today to learn a bit about a saint whose name is not familiar to most of us in the West but who is celebrated by the Greek and other Eastern churches.
Born near Greece in the mid-fourth century, Porphry is most known for his generosity to the poor and for his ascetic lifestyle. Deserts and caves were his home for a time. At age 40, living in Jerusalem, Porphyry was ordained a priest.

If the accounts we have are correct, he was elected bishop of Gazaâ€"without his knowledge and against his will. He was, in effect, kidnapped (with the help of a neighboring bishop, by the way) and forcibly consecrated bishop by the members of the small Christian community there. No sooner had Porphyry been consecrated bishop then he was accused by the local pagans of causing a drought. When rains came shortly afterward, the pagans gave credit to Porphyry and the Christian population and tensions subsided for a time.

For the next 13 years, Porphyry worked tirelessly for his people, instructed them and made many converts, though pagan opposition continued throughout his life. He died in the year 421.

The Way of the Cross   

In one way or another, holiness is always the way of the cross. 

koddi kanang basdacu sa Loon kay daghang dakaw-dakaw, dili ikatandi sa beach sa Anda!

My children really rolled laughing because they can´t imagine me doing something serious. I´m really serious about my plan, but since my youngest son is 16 I can bide my time.
This might take 3-4 years, this is long enough to accumulate spiritual strength and pursue my goal.

I don´t know if I´m capable of learning to love a man forever. My first marriage lasted for only 2 years ( he died after our divorce) and a partnership of 25 years turned sour after a young woman crossed his way. A third try was also quite a failure since I feel I´m so dominant and independent. It is a hassle to have a partner. I never thought I could be asexual nowadays. I´m simply happy with my kids and meeting my friends. No commitments, no discussions and no worry.
If God willing I might join a religious tertiary to make something fruitful out of my energy. This is also a choice.

Marami kang natutunan, Gener? Magaling na synopsis ito salamat, sana maraming mabuksan ang mata upang malayo sa tukso.

dako kaayo ang akong kalingaw nga nagbasa sa imong gisugid karon. Sa akong pagto-o ikaw mas labtik magbinisaya kay sa tinagalog. Stay as sweet as you are, unsay translation ni-ani sa bisaya?

kamera sa cellphone imong gigamit Doy?
Dili ba mahal dihang dapita?

Blessed Sebastian of Aparicio
(1502-1600)


Sebastian’s roads and bridges connected many distant places. His final bridge-building was to help men and women recognize their God-given dignity and destiny.
Sebastian’s parents were Spanish peasants. At the age of 31 he sailed to Mexico, where he began working in the fields. Eventually he built roads to facilitate agricultural trading and other commerce. His 466-mile road from Mexico City to Zacatecas took 10 years to build and required careful negotiations with the indigenous peoples along the way.

In time Sebastian was a wealthy farmer and rancher. At the age of 60 he entered a virginal marriage. His wife’s motivation may have been a large inheritance; his was to provide a respectable life for a girl without even a modest marriage dowry. When his first wife died, he entered another virginal marriage for the same reason; his second wife also died young.

At the age of 72 Sebastian distributed his goods among the poor and entered the Franciscans as a brother. Assigned to the large (100-member) friary at Puebla de los Angeles south of Mexico City, Sebastian went out collecting alms for the friars for the next 25 years. His charity to all earned him the nickname "Angel of Mexico."

Sebastian was beatified in 1787 and is known as a patron of travelers.



Comment:

According to the Rule of St. Francis, the friars were to work for their daily bread. Sometimes, however, their work would not provide for their needs; for example, working with people suffering from leprosy brought little or no pay. In cases such as these, the friars were allowed to beg, always keeping in mind the admonition of Francis to let their good example commend them to the people. The life of the prayerful Sebastian, still hard at work in his 90's, certainly drew many closer to God.


Quote:

St. Francis once told his followers: "There is a contract between the world and the friars. The friars must give the world a good example; the world must provide for their needs. When they break faith and withdraw their good example, the world will withdraw its hand in a just censure" (2 Celano, #70).

Truth Will Set You Free   

Make sure that Jesus Christ is at the center of your life, your relationships, your home, your work, and your recreation. Then offer yourself to be used to bring to others the only truth that can set people free! 

This is really good!  Gener makiha ka ng paninirang puri!

This might be a virtual presence but deep in their heart they ( your kids) know you are concern in their daily moves and undertakings.

Gener, this is an altruistic attitude. Mai-gi nalang meron tawong personal computer kahit papaa-no may regular contact parin. How´s your life in this far-flung place?

thanks for the answer, I requested to name names so as to let the bohol electorates be informed about their good or bad works. To asses their competence and abilities.

Blessed Luke Belludi
(1200-c. 1285)


In 1220, St. Anthony was preaching conversion to the inhabitants of Padua when a young nobleman, Luke Belludi, came up to him and humbly asked to receive the habit of the followers of St. Francis. Anthony liked the talented, well-educated Luke and personally recommended him to St. Francis, who then received him into the Franciscan Order.
Luke, then only 20, was to be Anthony's companion in his travels and in his preaching, tending to him in his last days and taking Anthony's place upon his death. He was appointed guardian of the Friars Minor in the city of Padua. In 1239 the city fell into the hands of its enemies. Nobles were put to death, the mayor and council were banished, the great university of Padua gradually closed and the church dedicated to St. Anthony was left unfinished. Luke himself was expelled from the city but secretly returned. At night he and the new guardian would visit the tomb of St. Anthony in the unfinished shrine to pray for his help. One night a voice came from the tomb assuring them that the city would soon be delivered from its evil tyrant.

After the fulfillment of the prophetic message, Luke was elected provincial minister and furthered the completion of the great basilica in honor of Anthony, his teacher. He founded many convents of the order and had, as Anthony, the gift of miracles. Upon his death he was laid to rest in the basilica that he had helped finish and has had a continual veneration up to the present time.



Comment:

The epistles refer several times to a man named Luke as Paul’s trusted companion on his missionary journeys. Perhaps every great preacher needs a Luke; Anthony surely did. Luke Belludi not only accompanied Anthony on his travels, he also cared for the great saint in his final illness and carried on Anthony’s mission after the saint’s death. Yes, every preacher needs a Luke, someone to offer support and reassuranceâ€"including those who minister to us. We don’t even have to change our names!

Pray for 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. 

you mean Carbon -14 dating;

Carbon-14, 14C, or radiocarbon, is a radioactive isotope of carbon with a nucleus containing 6 protons and 8 neutrons. Its presence in organic materials is the basis of the radiocarbon dating method to date archaeological, geological, and hydrogeological samples. Carbon-14 was discovered on 27 February 1940, by Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben at the University of California Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, although its existence had been suggested by Franz Kurie in 1934.

while DNA is;

Deoxyribonucleic acid ( /diˈÉ'ksɪˈraɪboÊŠnuˈkliɪk ˈæsɪd/ (help·info)) (DNA) is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and some viruses. The main role of DNA molecules is the long-term storage of information. DNA is often compared to a set of blueprints or a recipe, or a code, since it contains the instructions needed to construct other components of cells, such as proteins and RNA molecules. The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes.

both infos are form Wikipedia.

perezkelly, my question is how did you come to this piece of cloth? This might be of big historical meaning/importance not only for the Bol-anons but for the whole country for sure.

Hallo, why don´t you name names?

Villar worked hard to accumulate wealth like converting irrigated rice fields into subdivisions Macky Ferniz posted about this already in an old thread.

Dili pod ko mahilisan sa mais, apan mas masustansya siya kaysa kan-on.

miss Bohol gwapa man ka jamo, pila imong edad kay iparis tika kang Chris 16 going 17!

Korek Day! Balak nga dili plano o idro!

This is done on daily basis to inspire you spiritually,  Inday Gwapa.

The teachers must be aptly paid so that they can practice their profession with full motivation.

Inday farimz, palihog sulat ug tul-id dili sama nga ga text ka. kay dako kaayo ang space dinhi. Maka-lagot.

St. Polycarp
(d. 156)

Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey), disciple of St. John the Apostle and friend of St. Ignatius of Antioch was a revered Christian leader during the first half of the second century.
St. Ignatius, on his way to Rome to be martyred, visited Polycarp at Smyrna, and later at Troas wrote him a personal letter. The Asia Minor Churches recognized Polycarp’s leadership by choosing him as a representative to discuss with Pope Anicetus the date of the Easter celebration in Romeâ€"a major controversy in the early Church.

Only one of the many letters written by Polycarp has been preserved, the one he wrote to the Church of Philippi in Macedonia.

At 86, Polycarp was led into the crowded Smyrna stadium to be burned alive. The flames did not harm him and he was finally killed by a dagger. The centurion ordered the saint’s body burned. The “Acts” of Polycarp’s martyrdom are the earliest preserved, fully reliable account of a Christian martyr’s death. He died in 156.




Comment:

Polycarp was recognized as a Christian leader by all Asia Minor Christiansâ€"a strong fortress of faith and loyalty to Jesus Christ. His own strength emerged from his trust in God, even when events contradicted this trust. Living among pagans and under a government opposed to the new religion, he led and fed his flock. Like the Good Shepherd, he laid down his life for his sheep and kept them from more persecution in Smyrna. He summarized his trust in God just before he died: “Father... I bless Thee, for having made me worthy of the day and the hour... .” (Martyrdom, Chapter 14).


Quote:

“Stand fast, therefore, in this conduct and follow the example of the Lord, ‘firm and unchangeable in faith, lovers of the brotherhood, loving each other, united in truth,’ helping each other with the mildness of the Lord, despising no man” (Polycarp, Letter to the Philippians).


Patron Saint of:

Earaches

God, Give me Patience   

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