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Nature of contrition

This interior repentance has been called by theologians "contrition". It is defined explicitly by the Council of Trent (Sess. XIV, ch. iv de Contritione): "a sorrow of soul and a hatred of sin committed, with a firm purpose of not sinning in the future". The word contrition itself in a moral sense is not of frequent occurrence in Scripture (cf. Psalm 50:19). Etymologically it implies a breaking of something that has become hardened. St. Thomas Aquinas in his Commentary on the Master of the Sentences thus explains its peculiar use: "Since it is requisite for the remission of sin that a man cast away entirely the liking for sin which implies a sort of continuity and solidity in his mind, the act which obtains forgiveness is termed by a figure of speech 'contrition'" (In Lib. Sent. IV, dist. xvii; cf. Supplem. III, Q. i, a. 1). This sorrow of soul is not merely speculative sorrow for wrong done, remorse of conscience, or a resolve to amend; it is a real pain and bitterness of soul together with a hatred and horror for sin committed; and this hatred for sin leads to the resolve to sin no more. The early Christian writers in speaking of the nature of contrition sometimes insist on the feeling of sorrow, sometimes on the detestation of the wrong committed (Augustine in P.L., XXXVII, 1901, 1902; Chrysostom, P.G., XLVII, 409, 410). Augustine includes both when writing: "Compunctus corde non solet dici nisi stimulus peccatorum in dolore pÅ"nitendi" (P.L., Vol. VI of Augustine, col. 1440). Nearly all the medieval theologians hold that contrition is based principally on the detestation of sin. This detestation presupposes a knowledge of the heinousness of sin, and this knowledge begets sorrow and pain of soul. "A sin is committed by the consent, so it is blotted out by the dissent of the rational will; hence contrition is essentially sorrow. But it should be noted that sorrow has a twofold signification--dissent of the will and the consequent feeling; the former is of the essence of contrition, the latter is its effect" (Bonaventure, In Lib. Sent. IV, dist. xvi, Pt. I, art. 1). [See also St. Thomas Aquinas, Comment. in Lib. Sent. IV; Billuart (De Sac. PÅ"nit., Diss. iv, art. 1) seems to hold the opposite opinion.]

(Latin contritio--a breaking of something hardened).

In Holy Writ nothing is more common than exhortations to repentance: "I desire not the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live" (Ezekiel 33:11); "Except you do penance you shall all likewise perish" (Luke 13:5; cf. Matthew 12:41). At times this repentance includes exterior acts of satisfaction (Psalm 6:7 sqq.); it always implies a recognition of wrong done to God, a detestation of the evil wrought, and a desire to turn from evil and do good. This is clearly expressed in Psalm 50 (5-14): "For I know my iniquity . . . To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before thee . . . Turn away thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Create a clean heart in me", etc. More clearly does this appear in the parable of the Pharisee and the publican (Luke 18:13), and more clearly still in the story of the prodigal (Luke 15:11-32): "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee: I am not worthy to be called thy son".

Police sketch of the suspect, aged 35 to 38, has a round face and fair complexion, and sports a crew cut, similar to a police officer's.

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Posted at 08/28/2011 3:07 PM | Updated as of 08/28/2011 10:23 PM


MANILA, Philippines - Two suspects who prey on female dentists have been arrested by authorities.

In a report from dzMM’s Ricky Velasco, the main suspect, Albert dela Cruz, was positively identified by his victims.

Police were able to apprehend him on Sunday morning at his home in San Fernando, Pampanga. His hideout was revealed by one of his cohorts, Ronald Policarpio, who was arrested last Wednesday.

Both were presented to the media this afternoon by the National Capital Region Police Office.

NCRPO Chief Superintendent Alan Purisima said dela Cruz, who hides by the name Alvin, Alex, among others, tried to evade arrest by wielding a balisong (butterfly knife) and a tear gas against the authorities.

Purisima said police are still on the lookout for several more suspects with the same modus operandi.

The suspects have gained notoriety after preying on female dentists in different parts of the country.

Some 23 dentists and assistants have become victims of either robbery, sexual molestation or both since August last year. Most of them are from Quezon City (13), while the others are from other parts of Metro Manila and nearby provinces.

Bwahaha!

Hmm, di ba kaha ni si baby boy Bugsay...

Pastilan baya ning balitaa, gihinanggaw pa jud pagsaysay...

Ni Flor V. Querubin
Saturday, August 27, 2011


LOVE triangle ang gituohan nga rason sa pagpusil niadtong lalake nga nagpaabot sa iyang uyab niadtong Huwebes sa gabii sa Barangay Pusok, dakbayan sa Lapu-Lapu.

Tungod sa pagpamusil wa mahinayon ang ilang date.

Samtang suspek sa pagpamusil nasikop sa miaging gabii human sa gihimong follow-up operation sa mga sakop sa Police Station 5 sa Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LLCPO) nga gipangulohan sa station commander nga si PCInsp. Conrado Manatad.

Ang gunman giila sa kapulisan nga si Rogelito Igot, ulitawo, construction worker nga taga-sityo Matumbo, Barangay Pusok.

Gitug-an ni SP01 Ignacio Mabia sa dihang nahinabi sa Sun.Star Superbalita nga didto na sa iyang gitrabahoan sa dakbayan sa Mandaue gi-pick up si Igot sa mga pulis.

Nasayran nga ang inahan sa suspek mao nay mipahibawo sa mga pulis nga wa diha sa ilang gipuy-an ang iyang anak sanglit mi-report kini sa iyang gitrabahoan sa Mandaue sa dihang gisubay sa kapulisan ang nahimutangan niini.

Apan si Igot nagkanayon nga igo lang siya nga gisugo sa iyang ig-agaw nga gihinganlan og Mark Joseph Patalinjug sa pagpusil kang Nelson Sico, 39 nga taga-sityo Locatha, Barangay Looc, Lapu-Lapu.

Gibulgar sa dinakpan nga si Patalinjug maoy gikarelasyon karon ni Lily, tinuod nga pangalan, gipugngan nga maoy kanhi live-in partner ni Sico.

Asoy pa ni Igot ngadto sa mga imbestigador nga nasayran ni Patalinjug ang gikatakda nga panagkita nila ni Sico ug Lily sa dihang nabasahan niini ang text messages diha sa cellular phone sa maong babaye.

Giunhan sa suspek sa pagpusil si Sico samtang nagpadulong pa si Lily sa ilang meeting place sa Barangay Pusok niadtong Huwebes sa alas 11:45 sa gabii.

Natapsingan ang dunggan sa biktima sa dihang iyang nawakli ang kamot ni Igot nga nagdul-it sa armas diha sa iyang ulo.

Nasuta sa nagpadayon nga imbestigasyon sa Police Station 5 nga buot lang unta nga maningil si Lily sa bayad sa damages gikan ni Sico niadtong sila magkita.

Sa sayo pa, gireklamo ni Lily sa barangay si Sico nga mikulata kaniya sa dihang nagpuyo pa ang duruha ug nisaad ang lalake nga mobayad sa gipangayo nga danyos. --Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Cebu Agosto 28, 2011.

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 28, 2011, 09:18:16 PM
Sa dihang gisita sa mga pulis, giingong abusado kaayong nanubag ang duha ug giingong gikuwestyon pa ang mga pulis nganong sila dakpon nga mga opisyal man sila sa gobiyerno.

Nayati na...

Konsehal nadakpan
Ni Dennes R. Tabar
Saturday, August 27, 2011


PRESIDENTE sa Association of Barangay Councils (ABC) nga sakop sa konseho sa lungsod sa Buenavista, Bohol uban sa iyang igsuong barangay konsehal sa lungsod sa Consolacion nasikop sa kapulisan sa Mandaue City atol sa checkpoint.

Ang duha giingong abusado kaayo.

Ningsuway pa kini pagsibat gikan sa mga pulis apan paghiabot sa unahan nangatumba sila samtang nagmotorsiklo tungod sa kahubog.

Ang nasikop giila sa mga sakop sa Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) sa Mandaue City Police Office (MCPO) nga mao ang managsuong Benfil Tibon, 43, barangay konsehal sa Tugbungan, lungsod sa Consolacion ug si Benigno Tibon, 45, giingong barangay kapitan sa Kantuba ug ABC president sa Buenavista.

Pasado alas 2:00 kagahapon sa kadlawon, ang mga sakop sa CIB ug mga tanod, nagpahigayon og checkpoint sa dalan J.P. Rizal st., Barangay Jagobiao pinangulohan ni Insp. Alexander Nuñez.

Ilang nabantayan ang managsuong Tibon nga nagpaingon kanila sakay sa motorsiklo nga nag-zigzag ug kusog kaayo ang dagan.

Hinungdan nga gipahunong sa mga pulis apan nideritso kini.

Paghiabot sa unahan nangatumba ang duha.

Sa dihang gisita sa mga pulis, giingong abusado kaayong nanubag ang duha ug giingong gikuwestyon pa ang mga pulis nganong sila dakpon nga mga opisyal man sila sa gobiyerno.

Ang duha gipangdakop sa kapulisan samtang pasakaan og kasong kalapasan sa city ordinance labot sa paghubog-hubog. --
Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Cebu Agosto 28, 2011.

Bwahaha!

Hmm, OK para self-defense...

Quote from: islander on August 28, 2011, 07:51:19 PM
ngilngiga uy... porma man nig nag-pray ug grace before meals.  donated ra ba kaha ang pagkaon or nag-contribute sila ani?  the social hall is very clean pa gyod.  hinaot unta nga pagkahuman sa ilang powwow, sa kapakanan nga karamihan ang ilang approved legislation.

He he, kon si Bugsay ang pasultihon, human sa ilang powwow, sa cuananan nga pangmaramihan ang ilang approved destination...

Quote from: islander on August 28, 2011, 07:44:13 PM
sureness ko nga ang all-around and very talented hubag ug bugsay na pod ang interesado ani.  opkors, your recommendation is again needed... 

Oops, sureness ko nga di ko qualified ani, on two counts: di ko Insik unya di pa jud taga Balingsya. Naay uban diha pero di man interesado. Gawas pa, overqualified jamo...

Quote from: islander on August 28, 2011, 07:27:01 PM
yes!  catlandia in the mountain ranges of bohol... super duper! 

Hmm, mas nindot kon naay daghang corn trees nga kapasilongan...

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on August 23, 2011, 01:22:49 PM
usa ray leksyon ani ang paghithit ug shabu hugaw. Tiaw nang sa lubot na diay ni gagikan

Basin nadaot na ang panimhot mao nga OK lang gihapon...

Katingalahan bitaw hunahunaon nganong magpatuli pa...

Teens have always been subject to peer pressure, and virtual peer pressure via social networking sites is no exception, says Andres Huberman, MD, the medical director of Project Outreach in West Hempstead, N.Y., which is part of Zucker Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks, N.Y.

“They see these images and there are no moral or educational statements accompanying them, so teens may be left with the impression that this is what the real world is about and that everybody is doing it, so it is OK,” Huberman says.

Parents should keep an eye on what is happening, but social networks can make it difficult to do so, says Huberman, who is a parent of teens. Parents need to find a way to “meet” their teen’s virtual friends in the same way that they would their actual friends, he says. -- http://www.webmd.com/

Reality TV, Cyberbullying Also an Issue

It is not just what they see on the Internet that influences these decisions. Teens who watch “suggestive teen programming” such as reality TV shows like Jersey Shore, Teen Mom, 16 and Pregnant, and teen dramas such as Skins or Gossip Girl are also more likely to use tobacco, alcohol, or marijuana, CASA's survey shows.

“It is a phenomenal assault on public health that we subject teens to pictures of drugs, alcohol, or teens being drunk or passed out on the Internet, in films, and on TV shows that are suggestive and glorify drinking and drugging,” Califano says.

Cyberbullying also plays a role. In CASA's survey, teens who reported that someone had posted nasty or embarrassing things about them online are at greater risk for substance abuse. One in five teens aged 12 to 17 have been cyberbullied, the survey showed.

Parents Just Don’t Understand

Parents may not see the risk. CASA's report shows that about nine out of 10 parents don't think that social networking raises their teens' risk for drug or alcohol abuse.

But they may not know what's on those sites. The survey showed that 64% of parents whose teen has a presence on a social network said they don’t monitor what goes on there.

“Parents need to monitor their kids with respect to social networking and the TV shows they watch, and know what their kids’ lives are like,” says CASA President Joseph Califano Jr.

Social networking sites pose some unique challenges for parents. These sites expand cliques and peer groups almost exponentially. As a result, parents should know what their kids are doing, what their friends are doing, and even what their friends’ friends are doings, Califano says.

Survey Shows Parents Underestimate How Social Networks Affect Teens' Risk of Using Drugs or Alcohol
By Denise Mann
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD





Aug. 23, 2011 -- Teens who spend time on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and other social networking sites may be more likely to smoke, drink alcohol, and use drugs.

That's according to Columbia University's National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA). CASA recently polled more than 2,000 teens online or by phone, as well as 528 parents of teens.

The results show that compared to teens who don't visit social networking sites daily, those who do are:

    Five times more likely to use tobacco
    Three times more likely to drink alcohol
    Twice as likely to use marijuana

Most teens -- 70% -- said they spend anywhere from one minute to hours a day on social networking sites.

But it's not the fact that teens visit social network sites that makes them more likely to abuse alcohol or other drugs. Instead, the issue seems to be what they view on those sites. Forty percent of the teens in CASA's survey said they have seen images of intoxicated kids, including some who are passed out, as well as pictures of peers using drugs. 

The CASA report does not prove that social networking caused teens to abuse alcohol or other drugs. Surveys like this show associations but cannot prove cause and effect.

He he, way sukod sa bawos...

Kon gipanuhotan ang gaalirong, impas ang naa sa tunga...





Bwahaha!

Quote from: islander on August 28, 2011, 06:39:52 PM
oh, no, my bad... when and why man intawon nga mangumot diay ka sa imong kinalibang? 

Way kaso kay bisan tua malibang sa hawan, kilumkilom na man... 

Quote from: chicogon on August 28, 2011, 01:12:29 AM

Naa diay CUNANAN deri?  

CUNANAN? Hmm, you mean, CUANANAN?

According to Jonathan’s grandmother Sue Shotwell, her grandson had contacted her in June and told her that he was afraid of living with his parents during the month-long, court-ordered custody visit.

“[Jonathan] called me and said, ‘Can I come to your house instead? I know I’m going to be in trouble while I’m there because I always am,’” Shotwell said in an interview with the Dallas News on Friday. “That’s the first time we ever heard that from him. The boy, because of a court ordered custody arrangement, were spending the summer with their biological father, but they were not willing to stay with their father,” Shotwell said.

Shotwell also revealed to FOX News that Jonathan’s twin brother knew about the punishment, and she had told him that he didn’t need to feel guilty because there was nothing that he could have done. She notes that Joseph later confessed to his grandmother that he had wished that he had “snuck him some water.”

Police documents show that the 10-year-old collapsed and hit his head on the floor after 5-days of going without water. Joseph later told police that his brother was put in a room without air conditioning and was told to stand near the window with the scorching sun beating down on him. He also notes that his brother had peanut butter stuck in his throat on the day he died, but his parents still didn’t allow him to drink any water.

After his parents had realized that the boy’s body was shutting down, they put him in a cold bathtub before they called paramedics, police said. He shortly died after he was rushed to the hospital. -- http://www.etidbits.com/

Written by Michael Lambarde on Aug 28, 2011





Police say that a Texas boy died of dehydration after his parents denied him of drinking water as punishment after he had accidentally wet the bed. The 10-year-old Dallas boy, Jonathan James, died on July 25, according to police, after his parents prohibited him from drinking water in the five days leading up to his death. Temperatures in Dallas soared to 100 degrees or more on each of those days, police say.

Michael Ray James, his father, and Tina Alberson, his stepmother, were both charged on Thursday, August 25th and were jailed for injury to a child due to serious bodily injury. His twin brother, Joseph James, and his 12-year-old stepbrother were not injured; the two are currently staying with other family members.

Wolf Cub Scout Essentials

The 2003 edition of the Cub Scout Wolf Handbook lists these items as the "Eight Essentials" . This list is detailed in requirement b for the "Let's Go Camping" elective, #25. Wolf Cub Scouts are cautioned to "Always take these eight essentials:"

    First aid kit
    Filled water bottle
    Flashlight
    Trail food
    Sunscreen
    Whistle
    Rain gear
    Pocket knife

--Wiki

Webelos Scout Essentials

The 2003 edition of the Webelos Handbook lists these items as the "Outdoor Essentials".[2] This list is part of the additional information for the Outdoorsman activity Badge.

    First aid kit
    Filled water bottle
    Flashlight
    Trail food
    Sunscreen and sun protection
    Whistle
    Map and Compass
    Rain gear
    Pocket knife
    Matches or fire starters.

As listed in the Eleventh Edition of the Boy Scout Handbook, they are:

    A pocket knife (presumably more than just a knife, a Swiss Army knife for example) can come in handy in a wide variety of situations. It is useful for tasks as large as building an emergency shelter or lighting a campfire with poor fuel, or as small as repairing a damaged backpack.

    A first aid kit can be a lifesaver. A basic kit for first aid might include adhesive bandages, medical tape, sterile gauze, moleskin, soap, antiseptic, a mouth-barrier device for CPR, and scissors.

    Extra clothing to match the weather. Multiple layers are superior to a single massive jacket, because layered clothing is adaptable to a wide range of temperatures.

    Rain gear is very important. Being wet from rain may result in hypothermia, a potentially fatal condition.

    A flashlight is, of course, important for finding one's way at night.

    Trail food is good for maintaining your energy. However, the human body can reportedly survive for weeks without food, so starving to death should be the least of your worries if you become lost in the wilderness.

    Water is probably the most important of the Essentials. Dehydration may develop into heat exhaustion and heatstroke. The human body may only survive for a few days without water. Portable water purifiers and water stills may be used to obtain potable water from virtually any source. If a watersource is unavailable the use of a dromedary bag should be considered.

    Matches and or a firestarter may be used to light fires for heat, or for signalling purposes. (Publicly owned forests in the United States often have lookout stations for forest fires and signal fires.)

    Sun protection may include sunblock, sunglasses, lip balm and a wide-brimmed hat. Used properly, it will prevent sunburn and possibly heat exhaustion.

    Trail maps and compass are probably the most important tools one can carry in case of getting lost, but they won't be of any use to someone who does not know how to use them. In knowledgeable hands, they can be used to determine one's location and the best route to reach another location.

When he tells his disciples: These things command and teach with all power, Paul really recommends the credibility that goes hand in hand with good behavior rather than the domineering exercise of power. When one practices first and preaches afterwards, one is really teaching with power. Doctrine loses credibility, if conscience tethers the tongue. Paul, therefore, in the saying quoted above, does not refer to the power of lofty rhetoric but to the confidence elicited by good deeds. Of the Lord, too, it is said: He taught with authority unlike the Scribes and the Pharisees. He alone in a unique and sovereign way spoke from the power of his goodness because no evil weakness led him into sin. For he had from the power of his own divine nature what he gave to us through the sinlessness of his human nature.

Source: The Liturgy of the Hours â€" Office of Readings
http://catholicradiodramas.com/

Accordingly, when addressing the Thessalonians, Paul is oblivious of his own eminent dignity as an apostle; he actually says: We became as little children in your midst. Similarly, the apostle Peter enjoins: Be always prepared to satisfy everybody who asks a reason for the hope which is in you, and by adding the words, with a good conscience, speak gently and respectfully, Peter draws attention to the manner in which sacred doctrine should be taught.

To teachers of this kind the Lord through the prophet says rightly: But you will rule them with severity and with power. There is no doubt that such as are prone not to correct their subjects with quiet reasoning, but to compel them to change by rough and domineering methods, rule with severity and power.

On the contrary true doctrine all the more effectively shuns the voice of arrogance through reflection, in which it pursues the arrogant teacher himself with the arrows of its words. It ensures that the pride which it attacks in the hearts of those listening to the sacred words will not in fact be preached by arrogant conduct. For true doctrine tries both to teach by words and to demonstrate by living example â€" humility, which is the mother and mistress of virtues. Its goal is to express humility among the disciples of truth more by deeds than by words.

From the Moral Reflections on Job by Saint Gregory the Great, pope (c.540-604)





True doctrine dispels arrogance

Listen, Job, to what I say and ponder all my words. The teaching of the arrogant has this characteristic: they do not know how to introduce their teaching humbly and they cannot convey correctly to others the things they understand correctly themselves. With their words they betray what they teach; they give the impression that they live on lofty heights from which they look down disdainfully on those whom they are teaching; they regard the latter as inferiors, to whom they do not deign to listen as they talk; indeed they scarcely deign to talk to them at all â€" they simply lay down the law.

The Diomedes are a pair of islands in the Bering Strait. Little Diomede hosts the American city of Diomede, with a population of 146. Big Diomede belongs to Russia and is uninhabited. The two islands are only about 2.5 miles (four kilometers) apart. The International Date Line passes between the Diomedes and serves also as the border between the United States and Russia. Thus, when residents on Little Diomede look across the strait at Big Diomede, they are not just looking at another country, they are “looking into tomorrow”; for example, when it is 9 AM on Saturday on Little Diomede, it is 6 AM on Sunday on Big Diomede. Little Diomede has set up a webcam looking across the strait. Visitors can control the camera, panning from side to side and zooming in on Big Diomede. -- http://listverse.com/

The last two cases generally speaking are not held to constitute grave offences. This is not true, however, whenever a man's arrogance is the occasion of great harm to another, as, for instance, his undertaking the duties of a physician without the requisite knowledge. The same judgment is to be rendered when pride has given rise to such temper of soul that in the pursuit of its object one is ready of anything, even mortal sin. Vainglory, ambition, and presumption are commonly enumerated as the offspring vices of pride, because they are well adapted to serve its inordinate aims. Of themselves they are venial sins unless some extraneous consideration puts them in the ranks of grievous transgressions. It should be noted that presumption does not here stand for the sin against hope. It means the desire to essay what exceeds one's capacity. -- http://www.newadvent.org/

A less atrocious kind of pride is that which imples one to make much of oneself unduly and without sufficient warrant, without however any disposition to cast off the dominion of the Creator. This may happen, according to St. Gregory, either because a man regards himself as the source of such advantages as he may discern in himself, or because, whilst admitted that God has bestowed them, he reputes this to have been in response to his own merits, or because he attributes to himself gifts which he has not; or, finally, because even when these are real he unreasonably looks to be put ahead of others. Supposing the conviction indicated in the first two instances to be seriously entertained, the sin would be a grievous one and would have the added guilt of heresy. Ordinarily, however, this erroneous persuasion does not exist; it is the demeanour that is reprehensible.

Regarded in this way, it is of course mortal sin of a most heinous sort. Indeed St. Thomas rates it in this sense as one of the blackest of sins. By it the creature refuses to stay within his essential orbit; he turns his back upon God, not through weakness or ignorance, but solely because in his self-exaltation he is minded not to submit. His attitude has something Satanic in it, and is probably not often verified in human beings.

Pride is the excessive love of one's own excellence. It is ordinarily accounted one of the seven capital sins. St. Thomas, however, endorsing the appreciation of St. Gregory, considers it the queen of all vices, and puts vainglory in its place as one of the deadly sins. In giving it this pre-eminence he takes it in a most formal and complete signification. He understands it to be that frame of mind in which a man, through the love of his own worth, aims to withdraw himself from subjection to Almighty God, and sets at naught the commands of superiors. It is a species of contempt of God and of those who bear his commission.

      Before                 After

Catechism of the Catholic Church

2353 Fornication is carnal union between an unmarried man and an unmarried woman. It is gravely contrary to the dignity of persons and of human sexuality which is naturally ordered to the good of spouses and the generation and education of children. Moreover, it is a grave scandal when there is corruption of the young.

Matthew 15:19-20

19. For out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander.
20. These are what defile a person, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile."

1 Cor 6:18

18. Shun fornication! Every sin that a person commits is outside the body; but the fornicator sins against the body itself.


Gal 5:19-21

19. Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness,
20. idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions,
21. envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

He he...

Ambition as such is not accounted a mortal sin ; it may become such either because of the means it uses to compass its object, as for instance, the simoniacal endeavour to obtain an ecclesiastical dignity, or because of the harm done to another. Ambition operates as a canonical impediment in the following circumstances. Those who take their elevation to a church dignity for granted, and, before receiving the requisite formal enabling notice of it, by some overt act demean themselves as if their election were an accomplished fact, are held to be ineligible. The bestowal of the office in this case is likewise considered invalid. Those who accept an election brought about by an abuse of the secular power are also declared ineligible (Corp. Jur. Can. in VI Decret., Bk. I, tit. vi, ch. v). -- http://www.catholic.org/

This deordination in the desire of, or search for, honour may come about chiefly in three ways.

    One may want this exhibition of homage for some merit which he really does not possess.

    A man may permit himself to forget that the thing or things, whatever they may be, which are thought to deserve the testimony of others, are not his in fee simple, but God's, and that the credit therefore belongs primarily to God.

    A person may be so absorbed in the display of esteem for, or deference towards, himself as to fail to employ the particular degree of excellence which has evoked it for the welfare of others (St. Thomas, Summa Theol., II-II, Q. cxxxi, Art. 1).

The undue craving for honour. Anciently in Rome the candidates for office were accustomed to go about ( ambire ) soliciting votes. This striving for popular favour was spoken of as ambitio. Honour is the manifestation of a certain reverence for a person because of the worth or assemblage of good qualities which that person is deemed to have. The excessive desire of distinction is of course a sin, not because it is wrong in itself to wish to have the respect or consideration of others, but because it is assumed that this quest is conducted without proper regard to the mandates of sound reason.

If you could go back or forward in time, when would you go? Perhaps to Jesus-times to see if he really worked miracles… Or to pre-WWII Germany to assassinate Hitler… Or even to when the script for Hot Tub Time Machine was being drafted so you could throw the screenwriter’s Macbook into a brick wall. Time travel would open the door to a million possibilities, yet there’s always the risk of disastrous paradoxes, altering the present for the worse. And depending on your school of time travel physics, the past is deemed â€" at least by H.G. Wells â€" to be unalterable, as certain events are inevitable (e.g. death and other forces of nature). Even if we could possess or develop the means to withstand the crushing force of a wormhole, a shortcut through the universe’s space-time continuum, why would we want to risk the possibly unspeakable outcomes? Outcomes which have be speculated upon to no theoretical end in pop culture. Let’s just keep our eyes facing forward. -- http://listverse.com/

Kini ang supercute nga angel... 

Hmm, morag sa China ra man ning trabahoa...

I mean kanang tiggunit sa table...

Ang ubang Pinoy na pud ang naay trabaho...

Quote from: tohnichi007 on August 28, 2011, 04:19:06 PM
kay maoy gipili sa mga lalaki bah...lol

Aw, hehe, mao ba. Pero ang gipili sa pari kay kadto mang menor de edad nga wa pay nahibaw-an bahin sa karinyo. Hmm, lahi ra diay ang iyang tirada...

The Science





The latest cutting-edge research proves your mind can heal your body. Here's how:

Your body dials down stress. Dr. Benson's research has found that mind/body practicesâ€"meditation, yoga, tai chi, deep breathing, visualizationâ€"all elicit the relaxation response, quelling the release of stress hormones cortisol and adrenaline. Your heart slows, blood pressure falls and digestion eases.

Your immunity soars. The relaxation response causes cells to release micropuffs of nitric oxide, a gas that dilates blood vessels and stabilizes the immune system, Dr. Benson reported in Medical Science Monitor. Mind/body methods worked as well as drugs designed to do the same thing, without the side effects.

Your brain grows. As you get older, your brain begins to shrink. But in a study in NeuroReport, researchers discovered that the prefrontal cortex and the anterior right insula, areas linked to attention and sensory processing, were thicker and more robust in those who meditate. "It's like exercise for the brain, making it stronger," says Rick Hanson, Ph.D., a neuropsychologist in San Rafael, California, and author of Buddha's Brain.

Your genes change. Here's the real slap-your-forehead news: In a study in PLoS ONE, Dr. Benson compared the genes of 38 people, half of whom meditated regularly and half of whom never did. Controlling for other factors, he found that genes associated with stress-related illness behaved differently in the two groups. "These genes control not only stress but also premature aging and inflammation," he says. It seems meditators' genes were essentially telling their body to stress less and age more slowly. -- http://health.yahoo.net/

Your Relaxation Rx





Which mind/body treatments have the most rock-solid science backing them up? Brent Bauer, M.D., director of the Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, provides the big picture.

For: Back pain Try: Yoga
For: High cholesterol Try: Qigong
For: Depression Try: Music therapy, qigong, yoga
For: Eating disorders Try: Meditation, yoga
For: Fertility Try: Visualization, yoga
For: Heart health Try: Deep breathing, qigong, yoga
For: Immunity Try: Breathing, chants, meditation, qigong
For: Insomnia Try: Acupuncture, visualization, yoga
For: Joint pain Try: Music therapy, qigong, yoga
For: Migraines Try: Acupuncture, yoga

If All Else Fails, Take a Nap





When life starts getting you down, catch 40 winks. If you're stressed out, a 45-minute daytime snooze may lower your blood pressure, a study from Allegheny College reports. Siestas also help you catch up on much-needed sleep. That's crucial, because chronic sleep deprivation can cause aging at the cellular level. So give yourself permission to nap like a kid. We predict you'll start feeling like one, too.

Keep Your Sunny Side Up





Optimists live longer, plain and simple. In a 15-year study of more than 100,000 women, cheery types were 14 percent less likely to die in an eight-year period than gloomy gals were, the National Institutes of Health Women's Health Initiative finds. To change your thinking, visualize a happy moment: "Imagining yourself in a hammock on the beach can have an immediate, relaxing effect on the body that makes it more difficult to stay focused on the negative," Bonior says.

Fret Less





To banish worries, put stressors on paper. Writing them down and stashing the note in a "worry jar" (or a drawer) makes it easier to compartmentalize and move on, says Andrea Bonior, Ph.D., a psychologist in Washington, D.C. Limiting anxiety is healthy. A surfeit of the stress hormone cortisol may lead to chronic pain, depression, cognitive issues and even heart problems, potentially shortening your life. Not to mention that constant worry is no fun.

Bwahaha!

Quote from: tohnichi007 on August 28, 2011, 03:59:06 PM
mao ba diay... bantog ra...lol

Bantog ra nga unsa man? Nga wa moadto nila ang pari kay hadlok siya sa ilang karinyo?

Hmm, di ba kaha patol?

Luoy ang nataymingan. Hinuon kon naay daghang utang, impas na...

A rebel fighter walks inside the house of Al-Saadi Gadhafi the son of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi in Tripoli, LIbya, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

He he, kaonon ang unod sa bitin unya ang panit himoong bag...

Adunay tawo nga naglakaw sa kalsada sa dihang mibunok ang ulan. Wala siya magpayong ug wala pud siya magkawo. Nalupos ang iyang sinina, apan walay bisag usa ka lugas nga buhok sa iyang ulo nga nabasa. Naunsa man ni pagkahitaboa?

Miley Cyrus is has finally landed a Muslim boyfriend, and by his size and fancy adult diaper I can tell he is a powerful Sheik or at the very least a prominent warlord.

I knew if Miley Cyrus just continued following the Muslim ways of praying and wearing the burka, she would eventually land a strong Muslim man and her life would be fulfilled. It warms my heart to see Miley finally find contentment at the heel of a powerful Muslim. She has come a long way.

Let us hope that Miley Cyrus serves as an example to other Western women that if they repent and reform their heathen ways maybe one day they too can feel the thrill of being the loyal servant and breeding tool to a powerful virile Muslim man. Allahu Akbar! -- http://www.celebjihad.com/

It’s no secret that on some days, other human beings can seem annoying, irritating, and just plain difficult to get along with.

However, it makes sense to strengthen your connections to the ones you actually like. People with stronger connections to family, friends, and society in general tend to live longer, healthier lives.

Everyone needs alone time, but you should still reach out to others and keep in touch whenever you can. -- http://health.yahoo.net/

Rebel fighters seen inside the house of Aisha Gadhafi the daughter of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi in Tripoli, LIbya, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

Bwahaha! But-anay diay!

Motorists drive on a highway in Batangas, south of Manila, Philippines, under a dense fog and rain brought about by typhoon Nanmadol Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. The slow-moving typhoon made landfall in the Philippines on Saturday, drenching most of the north and triggering landslides that killed five children and a min digging for gold, officials said. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Sitting for hours on end increases your risk of heart attack and stroke, even if you exercise regularly.

“Intermittent exercise doesn’t compensate for the time you sit,” says Harmony R. Reynolds, MD, associate director of the Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center at NYU Langone Medical Center, in New York City.

Why? The lack of movement may affect blood levels of fats and sugars.

Dr. Reynolds advises walking around periodically and, if you’re at work, standing up to talk on the phone. -- http://health.yahoo.net/

A group of people gather salvagable materials from debris washed ashore due to Typhoon Nanmadol Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 in Manila, Philippines. Forecasters said the typhoon hit the northeastern tip of the country with 121 miles (195 kilometers) per hour winds and gusts of 143 mph (230 kph) and causing landslides in some area. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)

Quote from: islander on August 26, 2011, 10:44:19 PM
pasalamat tang natawo ta

Hmm, ako nagpasalamat pud nga naunggoy ning kalibotan bisan tuod kini usa diay ka walog sa mga luha. (Usahay lang nihit ang saging hu hu hu...)

Five others perished in landslides or drowned, including a fisherman, whose body was found floating Saturday off eastern Catanduanes province after he went missing late last week. A decision by many villagers to flee to safety before the typhoon struck and vigilance helped reduced the number of casualties, Ramos said.

A bus driver ordered his 18 passengers to rapidly alight after sensing the soggy mountain road they were on was about to collapse late Saturday in northern Benguet province. After they ran to safety, the road collapsed with the bus down a deep ravine, said regional disaster-response official Olive Luces said.

"The driver's presence of mind prevented a disaster," Luces said.

About 20 landslides cut off access to a number of Benguet towns, she said.

U.S. officials postponed a Manila visit by the U.S. Navy's John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group, originally scheduled for this weekend, due to the bad weather.

The U.S. Embassy said all tours of the aircraft carrier, as well as the reception on board, had been canceled.

Domestic airlines also canceled more than a dozen flights to areas affected by the typhoon in the northern and central Philippines.

Nanmadol had sustained wind of 121 miles (195 kilometers) per hour and gusts of 143 mph (230 kph) Friday, becoming the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines so far this year. It weakened after grazing northern Cagayan province Saturday. It would skirt the northernmost Batanes islands with 75 mph (120 kph) winds Sunday before starting to blow away from the country, Philippine government forecasters said.

Nanmadol was expected to hit Taiwan as early as Monday, Taiwan's central weather bureau said. -- http://news.yahoo.com/

dead as typhoon slams northern Philippines
By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press  â€" 42 mins ago


MANILA, Philippines (AP) â€" Slow-moving Typhoon Nanmadol remained dangerous Sunday despite weakening as it struck the tip of the mountainous northern Philippines, leaving at least eight people dead and scuttling a visit by a U.S. Navy battleship group, officials said.

Taiwan issued sea and land warnings and planned to evacuate about 3,700 people in its eastern and southern regions as it braced for the typhoon. Troops and rescue equipment have been deployed in advance for any contingency, Taiwan's Defense Ministry said.

With its enormous cloud band, the typhoon drenched northern provinces with rains for days before pummeling them with fierce winds, setting off landslides and floods and knocking down walls that left at least eight people dead and six more missing, said Benito Ramos, who heads the Office of Civil Defense.

Strong winds knocked down a concrete wall, which hit a small eatery in the capital's suburban Quezon City Sunday, killing a man and injuring two others in the latest casualties of the typhoon, police said.

In the northern mountain resort city of Baguio, a garbage dump's concrete wall collapsed and buried three shanties under tons of garbage Saturday, killing two children. Their grandmother remained missing, Ramos said.

Oi, dugay na mang wa katungha si Bay Tigs. Hmm, nagminjo na man kayha...

He he, basin naa puy taga East Timor nga umaabot...

He he...

Initial reports said 11 people had been killed, but the death toll climbed as emergency personnel and firefighters searched the casino building. Medics treated survivors for smoke inhalation.

State police officials initially said witnesses reported hearing three explosions before the fire started, but later said a flammable material was used. The officials were not authorized to be quoted by name for security reasons.

The reports of explosions may have been the sound of the ignition of the liquid.

It was the second time in three months that the Casino Royale was targeted. Gunmen struck it and three other casinos on May 25, when the gunmen sprayed the Casino Royale with bullets, but no was reported injured in that attack.

Last month, gunmen killed 20 people at a bar in Monterrey. The attackers sprayed the bar with rounds from assault rifles, and police later found bags of drugs at the bar.

Monterrey has seen bloody turf battles between the Zetas and Gulf cartels in recent months. Once Mexico's symbol of development and prosperity, the city is seeing this year's drug-related murders on a pace to double last year's and triple those of the year before. -- http://www.foxnews.com/

State police officials quoted survivors as saying armed men burst into the casino, apparently to rob it, and began dousing the premises with fuel from tanks they brought with them. The officials were not authorized to be quoted by name for security reasons. De la Garza said the liquid appeared to be gasoline.

With shouts and profanities, the attackers told the customers and employees to get out. But many terrified customers and employees fled further inside the building, where they died trapped amid the flames and thick smoke that soon billowed out of the building.

Video footage showed workers continuing to remove bodies well into the night.

Monterrey Mayor Fernando Larrazabal said many of the bodies were found inside the casino's bathrooms, where employees and customers had locked themselves to escape the gunmen.

In an act of desperation, authorities commandeered backhoes from a nearby construction site to break into the casino's walls to try to reach the people trapped inside.

Maria Tomas Navarro, 42, stood weeping at the edge of the police tape stretched in front of the smoke-stained casino building. She was hoping for word of her brother, 25-year-old Genaro Navarro Vega, who had worked in the casino's bingo area.

Navarro said she tried calling her brother's cellphone. "But he doesn't answer. I don't know what is happening," she said. "There is nobody to ask."

Larrazabal said the casino, in a well-off part of Monterrey, had been closed by authorities in May for building an expansion without a permit, but a judge later granted the owner an injunction to continue operating.

Published August 25, 2011
Associated Press



August 25: Smoke billows from the Casino Royale in Monterrey, Mexico.


MONTERREY â€"  Two dozen gunmen burst into a casino in northern Mexico on Thursday, doused it with gasoline and started a fire that trapped gamblers inside, killing 53 people and injuring a dozen more, authorities said.

The fire at the Casino Royale in Monterrey, a city that has seen a surge in drug cartel-related violence, represented one of the deadliest attacks on an entertainment center in Mexico since President Felipe Calderon launched an offensive against drug cartels in late 2006.

"This is a night of sadness for Mexico," federal security spokesman Alejandro Poire said in a televised address. "These unspeakable acts of terror will not go unpunished."

Calderon tweeted that the attack was "an abhorrent act of terror and barbarism" that requires "all of us to persevere in the fight against these unscrupulous criminal bands."

Nuevo Leon state Attorney General Leon Adrian de la Garza said authorities had located about 40 bodies "but we could find more." He said a drug cartel was apparently responsible for the attack. Cartels often extort casinos and other businesses, threatening to attack them or burn them to the ground if they refuse to pay.

He he...

...kay ma-snatch jud ang inyong kamot!

Hmm, future lingerie model? 

Bwahaha! Morag korek ang mga kagwing!

Quote from: chicogon on August 28, 2011, 11:55:20 AM
Angay ni siya pa apply-on sa Cat Village as entertainer 

Hmm, morag child, er, kitten labor ang resulta...

Hmm, gibunlot sa ukoy ug gidala sa ilang gingharian ilawom sa dagat?

Ni Lesley Caminade-Vestil/EIM (Banat) Updated August 28, 2011 12:00 AM


CEBU, Philippines - Usa ka babaye ang natagak sa dagat diha sa pantalan pasado alas 4 sa hapon sa miaging adlaw sa sitio Talo-ot barangay Poblacion lungsod sa Sibonga.

Ang biktima nailhan nga si Melisa Dela Cruz, 30, molupyo sa maong lugar kinsa sumala pa sa kapolisan nakit-an sa mga tawo nga naglakaw sa maong dapit dihang kalit nga natumba ug mikirig.Una pa kini maduoli sa mga tawo nahagbong na kini sa dagat. Ang mga tawo misuway pa pagsawom aron kini pangitaon apan wala na kini igkita pa didto sa ilawom.

Gidudahang midiretso kini og katidlom sa ilawom ug naglisod sila pagpangita sa ilawom tungod kay lubog kaayo ang dagat niadtong tungura.

Sa pakighinabi sa Banat News ni SPO1 Antonio Sanchez sa Sibonga Police mibutyag kini nga wala pa sila masayod sa hinungdan sa pagkatagak ni Dela Cruz.

Atol ning pagsulat sa balita, si Sanchez miingon nga wala pay pamilya ni Dela Cruz nga mipatim-aw sa ilang buhatan apan nagpadayon ang ilang search and rescue operation diha sa dagat. (BANATNEWS)

He he...

He he, lingaw pud ang attendant samtang ni-attend...

Quote from: chicogon on August 28, 2011, 12:40:23 AM

Very gentle reminder indeed...