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Kining tapika, magsigi lang ug balik-balik. Daghan bitawng naangol angin sa mga pesticides through aerial spraying. They don´t have any lobby and any complaints are not welcome. Why? These companies are too big to confront. They are multinational corporations like chiquita and del monte. Here is the power of capitalism in action. Dihay gamay nga grupo, kolekta ug signatures sa mga complainants, napreso kay kono komunista. Trenta anyos nako dire sa gawas, walay nahitabo.

to pregnant women, listen to fine and soothing music, this calms your baby and it stimulates the brain.

Servant of God Brother Juniper
(d. 1258)

"Would to God, my brothers, I had a whole forest of such Junipers," said Francis of this holy friar.
We don’t know much about Juniper before he joined the friars in 1210. Francis sent him to establish "places" for the friars in Gualdo Tadino and Viterbo. When St. Clare was dying, Juniper consoled her. He was devoted to the passion of Jesus and was known for his simplicity.

Several stories about Juniper in the Little Flowers of St. Francis illustrate his exasperating generosity. Once Juniper was taking care of a sick man who had a craving to eat pig’s feet. This helpful friar went to a nearby field, captured a pig and cut off one foot, and then served this meal to the sick man. The owner of the pig was furious and immediately went to Juniper’s superior. When Juniper saw his mistake, he apologized profusely. He also ended up talking this angry man into donating the rest of the pig to the friars!

Another time Juniper had been commanded to quit giving part of his clothing to the half-naked people he met on the road. Desiring to obey his superior, Juniper once told a man in need that he couldn’t give the man his tunic, but he wouldn’t prevent the man from taking it either. In time, the friars learned not to leave anything lying around, for Juniper would probably give it away.

He died in 1258 and is buried at Ara Coeli Church in Rome.



Comment:

What can we make of Juniper? He certainly seems to be the first of many Franciscan "characters." No doubt some of the stories about him have improved considerably in the retelling. Although the stories about Juniper may seem a little quaint, his virtues were not. He was humble because he knew the truth about God, himself and others. He was patient because he was willing to suffer ("patience" comes from patior meaning "to suffer") in his following of Jesus.


Quote:

It is said that St. Francis once described the perfect friar by citing "the patience of Brother Juniper, who attained the state of perfect patience because he kept the truth of his low estate constantly in mind, whose supreme desire was to follow Christ on the way of the cross" (Mirror of Perfection, #85).

Jesus' Hands   

When you reach out and touch someone, help someone, your hands are the hands of Christ still at work on earth. 


Have a nice weekend Folks!

Hala Indaymen, we have a parallel marital history, kalooy sa Diyos, makalahutay ra.

Mrs Tiger Woods is taking a secong chance after  her husbands therapy, she wanted to have the family intact.

Quote from: Bambi on January 28, 2010, 01:01:57 AM
Ms. Tess, ganahan unta ko aning "Rosenkohl" isagol sa Schweinebraten (von Hals mit rippchen) pero lang mag rumble ahong tiyan.

Ang sustansya sa rosehips sama sa kamunggay, kay kini lagi kohl, makaborot ug tiyan, matod pa sa mga german kaon gamay ug senf Bambi, aron makatabang sa digestion.

St. Thomas Aquinas
(1225-1274)

By universal consent, Thomas Aquinas is the preeminent spokesman of the Catholic tradition of reason and of divine revelation. He is one of the great teachers of the medieval Catholic Church, honored with the titles Doctor of the Church and Angelic Doctor.
At five he was given to the Benedictine monastery at Monte Cassino in his parents’ hopes that he would choose that way of life and eventually became abbot. In 1239 he was sent to Naples to complete his studies. It was here that he was first attracted to Aristotle’s philosophy.

By 1243, Thomas abandoned his family’s plans for him and joined the Dominicans, much to his mother’s dismay. On her order, Thomas was captured by his brother and kept at home for over a year.

Once free, he went to Paris and then to Cologne, where he finished his studies with Albert the Great. He held two professorships at Paris, lived at the court of Pope Urban IV, directed the Dominican schools at Rome and Viterbo, combated adversaries of the mendicants, as well as the Averroists, and argued with some Franciscans about Aristotelianism.

His greatest contribution to the Catholic Church is his writings. The unity, harmony and continuity of faith and reason, of revealed and natural human knowledge, pervades his writings. One might expect Thomas, as a man of the gospel, to be an ardent defender of revealed truth. But he was broad enough, deep enough, to see the whole natural order as coming from God the Creator, and to see reason as a divine gift to be highly cherished.

The Summa Theologiae, his last and, unfortunately, uncompleted work, deals with the whole of Catholic theology. He stopped work on it after celebrating Mass on December 6, 1273. When asked why he stopped writing, he replied, “I cannot go on.... All that I have written seems to me like so much straw compared to what I have seen and what has been revealed to me.” He died March 7, 1274.




Comment:

We can look to Thomas Aquinas as a towering example of Catholicism in the sense of broadness, universality and inclusiveness. We should be determined anew to exercise the divine gift of reason in us, our power to know, learn and understand. At the same time we should thank God for the gift of his revelation, especially in Jesus Christ.


Quote:

“Hence we must say that for the knowledge of any truth whatsoever man needs divine help, that the intellect may be moved by God to its act. But he does not need a new light added to his natural light, in order to know the truth in all things, but only in some that surpasses his natural knowledge” (Summa Theologiae, I-II, 109, 1).


Patron Saint of:

Catholic schools
Colleges
Schools
Students

Special Connection   

The Holy Spirit is our high-speed connection to the Father and the Son. In an instant the Spirit will inspire, lead, guide us. 

Mao kini ang theme song sa mga drug addicts;

R. Kelly´s " I believe I can fly"!

Inday Grace, now he reaches his goal, RIP.

Kommandant Markus Reinhardt  was found dead in his hotel room this morning. He is the security chief since 1984. There is  Global Economic meeting conference in Davos, Switzerland this week which will be attended by global economic bigwigs plus presidents and prime ministers of big european countries and the rest of the continent. aol.de

That´s true Belle, lisod i-therapy, kay pirmi ang flashback. Dili ka na maka recover.

they are immature politicinas and they need a good spanking!

this is a typical german food, rosehips, bratwurst, and potatoes.
Igisa ang sibuyas, sunod ang smoked meat (pork) and rosehips. I-pito ang wurst, hinay nga temperature. ang potatoes, pabokalan (20 min) , paborito sa akong mother in-law. Guten appetite.

St. Angela Merici
(1470?-1540)



Angela has the double distinction of founding the first teaching congregation of women in the Church and what is now called a “secular institute” of religious women.
As a young woman she became a member of the Third Order of St. Francis (now known as the Secular Franciscan Order), and lived a life of great austerity, wishing, like St. Francis, to own nothing, not even a bed. Early in life she was appalled at the ignorance among poorer children, whose parents could not or would not teach them the elements of religion. Angela’s charming manner and good looks complemented her natural qualities of leadership. Others joined her in giving regular instruction to the little girls of their neighborhood.

She was invited to live with a family in Brescia (where, she had been told in a vision, she would one day found a religious community). Her work continued and became well known. She became the center of a group of people with similar ideals.

She eagerly took the opportunity for a trip to the Holy Land. When they had gotten as far as Crete, she was struck with blindness. Her friends wanted to return home, but she insisted on going through with the pilgrimage, and visited the sacred shrines with as much devotion and enthusiasm as if she had her sight. On the way back, while praying before a crucifix, her sight was restored at the same place where it had been lost.

At 57, she organized a group of 12 girls to help her in catechetical work. Four years later the group had increased to 28. She formed them into the Company of St. Ursula (patroness of medieval universities and venerated as a leader of women) for the purpose of re-Christianizing family life through solid Christian education of future wives and mothers. The members continued to live at home, had no special habit and took no formal vows, though the early Rule prescribed the practice of virginity, poverty and obedience. The idea of a teaching congregation of women was new and took time to develop. The community thus existed as a “secular institute” until some years after Angela’s death.



Comment:

As with so many saints, history is mostly concerned with their activities. But we must always presume deep Christian faith and love in one whose courage lasts a lifetime, and who can take bold new steps when human need demands.


Quote:

In a time when change is problematic to many, it may be helpful to recall a statement this great leader made to her sisters: “If according to times and needs you should be obliged to make fresh rules and change certain things, do it with prudence and good advice.”

Relating to God   

We need a God that we can relate to at the human level. That is the gift of Jesus, a God enfleshed in our form. 

People´s Power honor Cory!

it´s high time to choose friends who are positive, supporting and light to handle. Most of my very good friends are Bol-anon.

We have to thank her for People´s Power. The world saw the effect when people really move in one direction for a change. Diha tingali nomination, pero daghang pre-requisites.

alas-otso na ron dinhi, baga ang snow, adunay balay sa Munich dapit ila Bambi, nahugno-an ug mga bato.

going back to the topic, Cory saw to it that the freedom of expression, going to street is upheld. she did good things in her short tenure. She was well recognize in Europe and in the USA. Sad to say she can not pacify all sectors since she lacks the skills of a true politician. She has given us the chance what is like to have a good governance.

Sts. Timothy and Titus


Timothy (d. 97?): What we know from the New Testament of Timothy’s life makes it sound like that of a modern harried bishop. He had the honor of being a fellow apostle with Paul, both sharing the privilege of preaching the gospel and suffering for it.
Timothy had a Greek father and a Jewish mother named Eunice. Being the product of a “mixed” marriage, he was considered illegitimate by the Jews. It was his grandmother, Lois, who first became Christian. Timothy was a convert of Paul around the year 47 and later joined him in his apostolic work. He was with Paul at the founding of the Church in Corinth. During the 15 years he worked with Paul, he became one of his most faithful and trusted friends. He was sent on difficult missions by Paulâ€"often in the face of great disturbance in local Churches which Paul had founded.

Timothy was with Paul in Rome during the latter’s house arrest. At some period Timothy himself was in prison (Hebrews 13:23). Paul installed him as his representative at the Church of Ephesus.

Timothy was comparatively young for the work he was doing. (“Let no one have contempt for your youth,” Paul writes in 1 Timothy 4:12a.) Several references seem to indicate that he was timid. And one of Paul’s most frequently quoted lines was addressed to him: “Stop drinking only water, but have a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent illnesses” (1 Timothy 5:23).

Titus (d. 94?): Titus has the distinction of being a close friend and disciple of Paul as well as a fellow missionary. He was Greek, apparently from Antioch. Even though Titus was a Gentile, Paul would not let him be forced to undergo circumcision at Jerusalem. Titus is seen as a peacemaker, administrator, great friend. Paul’s second letter to Corinth affords an insight into the depth of his friendship with Titus, and the great fellowship they had in preaching the gospel: “When I went to Troas...I had no relief in my spirit because I did not find my brother Titus. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia.... For even when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted in every wayâ€"external conflicts, internal fears. But God, who encourages the downcast, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus...” (2 Corinthians 2:12a, 13; 7:5-6).

When Paul was having trouble with the community at Corinth, Titus was the bearer of Paul’s severe letter and was successful in smoothing things out. Paul writes he was strengthened not only by the arrival of Titus but also “by the encouragement with which he was encouraged in regard to you, as he told us of your yearning, your lament, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.... And his heart goes out to you all the more, as he remembers the obedience of all of you, when you received him with fear and trembling” (2 Corinthians 7:7a, 15).

The Letter to Titus addresses him as the administrator of the Christian community on the island of Crete, charged with organizing it, correcting abuses and appointing presbyter-bishops.




Comment:

In Titus we get another glimpse of life in the early Church: great zeal in the apostolate, great communion in Christ, great friendship. Yet always there is the problem of human nature and the unglamorous details of daily life: the need for charity and patience in “quarrels with others, fears within myself,” as Paul says. Through it all, the love of Christ sustained them. At the end of the Letter to Titus, Paul says that when the temporary substitute comes, “hurry to me.”


Quote:

“But when the kindness and generous love of God our Savior appeared, not because of any righteous deeds we had done but because of his mercy, he saved us through the bath of rebirth and renewal by the holy Spirit, whom he richly poured out on us through Jesus Christ our savior, so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life. This saying is trustworthy” (Titus 3:4-8).


Patron Saint of:

Stomach disorders

Elusive Virtue   

The more we pursue humilityâ€"and the more we seem to acquire itâ€"the more we take pride in our accomplishment

Pag-imagine mo ug rebulto sa Santa nga ga ngislit;

Santa Da Belle!

tod-loi unsaon pagtarong, Ondoy Calle!

Dugay kaayo ni nga procedure, kinsay nasayod, basin magmirakulo si Cory.
here is an excerpt about the process of being a saint;

Today the process proceeds as follows: When a person dies who has "fame of sanctity" or "fame of martyrdom," the Bishop of the Diocese usually initiates the investigation. One element is whether any special favor or miracle has been granted through this candidate saint's intercession. The Church will also investigate the candidate's writings to see if they possess "purity of doctrine," essentially, nothing heretical or against the faith. All of this information is gathered, and then a transumptum, a faithful copy, duly authenticated and sealed, is submitted to the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints.

Once the cause is accepted by the Congregation, further investigation is conducted. If the candidate was a martyr, the Congregation determines whether he died for the faith and truly offered his life in a sacrifice of love for Christ and the Church. In other cases, the congregation examines to see if the candidate was motivated by a profound charity towards his neighbor, and practiced the virtues in an exemplary manner and with heroism. Throughout this investigation the "general promoter of the faith," or devil's advocate, raises objections and doubts which must be resolved. Once a candidate is declared to have lived life with heroic virtue, he may be declared Venerable.

The next step is beatification. A martyr may be beatified and declared "Blessed" by virtue of martyrdom itself. Otherwise, the candidate must be credited with a miracle. In verifying the miracle, the Church looks at whether God truly performed a miracle and whether the miracle was in response to the intercession of the candidate saint. Once beatified, the candidate saint may be venerated but with restriction to a city, diocese, region, or religious family. Accordingly, the Pope would authorize a special prayer, Mass, or proper Divine Office honoring the Blessed.

After beatification, another miracle is needed for canonization and the formal declaration of sainthood.

Most recently, we have witnessed this process in the canonization on October 11 of Edith Stein, a Carmelite nun who took the name "Sr. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross." Just a few highlights of her life: She was born in Breslau, Germany, studied at both the University of Breslau and the University of Gottingen, served as a teaching assistant for the great philosopher Edmund Husserl, and received her Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Freiburg in 1917. Wrestling with her Jewish faith and being drawn toward Catholicism, she was baptized and received into the Catholic Church on Jan. 1, 1922. She taught in various capacities, until the Nazi government prohibited all Jews from teaching in 1933. She entered the Carmelite monastery in Cologne, Germany in 1933, but transferred to the monastery in Echt, Holland in 1938 to protect the other sisters. Finally, on Aug. 2, 1942, she was arrested by the Gestapo for being both a Catholic sister as well as of Jewish descent, transported to Auschwitz, and gassed on August 9, 1942.

Pope John Paul II beatified her on May 1, 1987, declaring her a martyr of the faith. Interestingly, when the sisters cleaned her cell at the monastery, they found a small picture with her handwriting on the back, which read, "I wish to offer my life as a sacrifice for the salvation of the Jews." Truly, she offered her life to the Lord.

The miracle due to her intercession involves a young girl, name Teresia Benedicta, who suffered in 1987 from a lethal dose of Tylenol which crippled her liver functions. The little girl's condition continued to worsen. (The daughter's father, a Melkite priest, sees two coincidences: First, he learned that his ordination date coincided with the date of Edith Stein's death. Second, after an intense study of her life and works, he and his wife named their newborn daughter Teresia Benedicta.) After invoking the intercession of St. Edith/Teresa Benedicta, the little girl miraculously recovered. In 1998, the Sacred Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, after careful examination, determined that the cure defied any natural explanation and must be attributed to divine intervention through St. Edith/Teresa Benedicta. Since she was a martyr and now the intercessor for a miraculous cure, Pope John Paul II canonized her as a saint.

In all, we must not lose sight that this thorough process exists because of how important the saints are as examples for us, the faithful who strive to live in the Kingdom of God now and see its fulfillment in Heaven. Vatican II declared, "God shows to men, in a vivid way, His presence and His face in the lives of those companions of ours in the human condition who are more perfectly transformed in the image of Christ. He speaks to us in them and offers us a sign of this kingdom to which we are powerfully attracted, so great a cloud of witnesses is there given and such a witness to the truth of the Gospel. It is not merely by the title of example that we cherish the memory of those in heaven; we seek rather that by this devotion to the exercise of fraternal charity the union of the whole Church in the Spirit may be strengthened" ("Lumen Gentium," No. 50).

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Saunders, Rev. William. "The Process of Becoming a Saint ." Arlington Catholic Herald.

This article is reprinted with permission from Arlington Catholic Herald.

in my younger years, mag-bra ko kon maligo sa dagat, kay wa jamo koy bathing suit. Ngano man kadto sa una , jeans ug t-shirt maligo sa dagat.

this is an honorable profession but really low-paid job, shame on our government!

this was actually a trick used by lady spies to a get infos they needed. ang utok sa laki kay ma mentally block, adto man tanan sa laing lugar molanding!

Dili nako mag-bra apan akong lipstick-an ang akong mga nipples, they still look cute. ha ha ha

I will sing my favorite song , "All by Myself"

St. Peter Thomas
Feastday: January 25
1305-1366


Carmelite Latinpatriarch and papal legate. Peter was born in Gascony, France and joined the Carmelites while still a young man. In 1342 he was appointed procurator of the order and, from Avignon, he oversaw the organization and government of the Carmelites. As Avignon was then the seat of the popes, he entered into their service, attracting papal attention because of his skills as a preacher and his elo­quence. Named to the papal diplomatic service, he held the post of papal legate to Genoa, Milan, and Venice, and was appointed bishop of Patti and Lipari in 1354, bishop of Coron in 1359, archbishop of Candia in 1363, and titular Patriarch of Constantinople in 1364. At the behest of Pope Urban V, he journeyed to Serbia, Hungary, and Constantinople in an effort to organize a crusade against the Turks. He took part in a military operation against Alexandria, Egypt, in 1365 during which he was severely wounded. He died from his injuries at Cyprus a few months later. While never formally canonized, his feast was permitted to the Carmelites in 1608.

Spiritual Maturity   

Part of growing up spiritually is learning to be grateful for all things, even our difficulties, disappointments, failures, humiliations. 

Sakto ka Dabins, basin sa nanglabay nga tuig, naka-panghilabot na kini siya.

how shall we react if it is the other way round? 84 Lola nanglugos ug dose ka anyos nga lalaking bata?

Uwaw  kini nga postings but a German made an analysis that Angelina Jolie is a highly libidinal woman. She is very jealous and explosive. Brad Pitt´s closeness to his Greek ex- in-laws causes Angelina to throw herself in fits.

Sa Brad kay menos na kono ug hangin, homok na mapilo!

ps
kidding aside, it must be agonizing for both of them since they have 6 kids.

News of the World UK

By James Desborough, 24/01/2010 Brangelina
HOLLYWOOD golden pair Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have seen DIVORCE lawyers and signed a £205 million split deal, we can reveal.

The world's most famous couple legally agreed how to divide their fortune and who gets custody of their six kids.


The megastars have agreed to equally divide their vast fortune - and to SHARE their six children.


Dynamite legal papers secretly signed by the couple this month detail how all their homes and assets will be carved up.


The agreement gives them joint custody of the kids - but all six will actually live full-time with their mum.


Preparations for a split began in early December when "Brangelina" visited a top Los Angeles divorce firm to begin thrashing out the deal.


An announcement of their separation is expected to be made soon - ending months of speculation that the five-year relationship is on the rocks.


A source told the News of the World: "The document was signed in early January. Both Brad and Angelina had signed it.




MOODY - Brad and Angelina in NYC"The contract was like a tailor-made version of a pre-nuptial agreement except for an unmarried couple's split.


"It seemed clear they want the world to know they'll both play a part in the upbringing of the children.


"But Angelina will actually be the one who lives with them full-time."


The divorce lawyer they consulted is based in Beverly Hills and has worked on a string of celeb divorces and splits. He is widely regarded as "the best in the business".


Our source added: "There's no date for when the contract would come into effect.


"But the paperwork is already organised for a break- up - and for it to be as unmessy for them as possible. It is clear it's a case of when they break up rather than if."


The troubled couple have not been photographed together in public in recent days. On Friday night, Brad, 46, was snapped backstage at the Hope For Haiti concert in Los Angeles without Angelina, 34.


His ex-wife Jennifer Aniston was there - although not with him.


"Brangelina" fell for each other when they played a warring couple in Mr and Mrs Smith in 2004. They have three adopted children (Maddox, eight, Pax, six, and Zahara, five), and three biological kids (Shiloh, three, and 17- month-old twins Knox and Vivienne).


Both stars have been through high- profile splits before. Brad shocked the world when he split from Hollywood golden girl Jennifer, 40, in January 2005. They had been married for 4½ years.

I have 6 lesbian co-workers and two of them get married (civil wedding). we were invited and other friends acted as legal witnessess. Kon adunay parties I dance with them, ako ang baje sila ang lalake. Very tender sila modala ug sayaw. It is truly queer to see two women dancing tango!

when Spain began liberalizing the Philippines, and would continue during the change of hands in the transitory period when the United States too..

ako kining lalison kay morag sipyat, molakaw pako.

Dear Triggerman,

Dili tanan adunay account sa facebook,please take this into considerations next time. Seeing Noynoy Aquino napping is not a sin, matolog man gani ang Obispo sa misa, this is just a human aspect.

Manay

This is from American Catholic Org. where I get my minute meditations and saints of the day;
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Injured people rest outside the destroyed cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 13. 
VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Benedict XVI prayed for victims of a massive earthquake in Haiti and urged the international community to provide generous assistance to the stricken population of the Caribbean nation.

The victims included Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot of Port-au-Prince.

"The lifeless body of Archbishop Joseph Miot of Port-au-Prince was found this morning under the rubble of the archbishops' residence," L'Osservatore Romano said in a Page 1 story Jan. 13.

Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Vatican's apostolic nuncio in Haiti, told the Vatican missionary news agency Fides: "Port-au-Prince is completely devastated. The cathedral and the archbishop's residence, all the big churches, all the seminaries are reduced to rubble."

Pope Benedict made his appeal at the end of his general audience Jan. 13, some 12 hours after a magnitude 7 earthquake struck Haiti, toppling buildings and causing widespread destruction. The number of casualties was not immediately known, but local officials called it a major catastrophe.

Pope Benedict said he wanted to highlight the dramatic situation in Haiti following the "devastating earthquake, which resulted in serious loss of human life, a great number of homeless and missing, and enormous material damage."

"I appeal to the generosity of everyone, so that our brothers and sisters receive our concrete solidarity and the effective support of the international community in this moment of need and suffering," he said.

He said the Catholic Church's charity organizations would immediately move into action to assist those most in need.

"I invite everyone to join in my prayer to the Lord for the victims of this catastrophe and for those who are mourning their loss. I assure my spiritual closeness to people who have lost their homes and to all those affected in various ways by this calamity, imploring from God consolation and relief of their suffering," he said.

Archbishop Auza said he had toured the capital on the morning after the earthquake and found the country's ministry buildings, schools and supermarkets destroyed. He said the headquarters of the U.N. stabilization force in Port-au-Prince had completely collapsed, reportedly trapping hundreds in the debris.

"I found priests and nuns on the street, who no longer have homes. The rector of the seminary survived, and so did the dean, but the seminarians are under the rubble. Everywhere there are cries coming from under the rubble," he said.

He said a study institute for men and women religious had collapsed, with many students inside as they attended a conference. The nunciature withstood the quake, and there were no injuries there, he said.

"We cannot enter or stay inside for very long because the earth continues to tremble. So we're camped out in the garden," he said.

Caritas Internationalis, the Vatican-based umbrella organization for Catholic charities, said it was mobilizing to provide immediate assistance to Haiti. On Jan. 13 it had already assembled an emergency relief team to fly to Haiti to assist Caritas members already working in the country. It said there had not yet been contact with the Haitian Caritas office.

Caritas Internationalis humanitarian director Alistair Dutton was leading the emergency relief team, Caritas said in a statement.

"There is a strong Caritas presence in Haiti. We already know that Caritas staff will be providing support to survivors of the earthquake, such as food, shelter and comfort through churches and parish networks," Dutton said.

"A priority for Caritas will be to assess the damage and our local capacity to provide aid to survivors of the quake. Caritas runs more than 200 hospitals and medical centers in Haiti. It is experienced and prepared to respond to humanitarian disasters there as a result of the frequent hurricanes," he said.

"Communication with our staff on the ground is difficult, but we are piecing together a picture of desperate need. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Conflict, recent natural disasters, and poverty have left Haitians with weak infrastructure. Working in that environment will be difficult," he said.

In its statement, Caritas said the cathedral in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince was badly damaged.

Caritas also said the U.S.-based Catholic Relief Services had been in communication with its staff in Haiti. The local CRS office was still standing and CRS staff present at the time of the quake were safe, it said. CRS staff described the quake as "a major hit ... a direct hit."  John Thavis

St. Francis de Sales
(1567-1622)

Francis was destined by his father to be a lawyer so that the young man could eventually take his elder’s place as a senator from the province of Savoy in France. For this reason Francis was sent to Padua to study law. After receiving his doctorate, he returned home and, in due time, told his parents he wished to enter the priesthood. His father strongly opposed Francis in this, and only after much patient persuasiveness on the part of the gentle Francis did his father finally consent. Francis was ordained and elected provost of the Diocese of Geneva, then a center for the Calvinists. Francis set out to convert them, especially in the district of Chablais. By preaching and distributing the little pamphlets he wrote to explain true Catholic doctrine, he had remarkable success.
At 35 he became bishop of Geneva. While administering his diocese he continued to preach, hear confessions and catechize the children. His gentle character was a great asset in winning souls. He practiced his own axiom, “A spoonful of honey attracts more flies than a barrelful of vinegar.”

Besides his two well-known books, the Introduction to the Devout Life and A Treatise on the Love of God, he wrote many pamphlets and carried on a vast correspondence. For his writings, he has been named patron of the Catholic Press. His writings, filled with his characteristic gentle spirit, are addressed to lay people. He wants to make them understand that they too are called to be saints. As he wrote in The Introduction to the Devout Life: “It is an error, or rather a heresy, to say devotion is incompatible with the life of a soldier, a tradesman, a prince, or a married woman.... It has happened that many have lost perfection in the desert who had preserved it in the world. ”

In spite of his busy and comparatively short life, he had time to collaborate with another saint, Jane Frances de Chantal (August 12), in the work of establishing the Sisters of the Visitation. These women were to practice the virtues exemplified in Mary’s visit to Elizabeth: humility, piety and mutual charity. They at first engaged to a limited degree in works of mercy for the poor and the sick. Today, while some communities conduct schools, others live a strictly contemplative life.




Comment:

Francis de Sales took seriously the words of Christ, “Learn of me for I am meek and humble of heart.” As he said himself, it took him 20 years to conquer his quick temper, but no one ever suspected he had such a problem, so overflowing with good nature and kindness was his usual manner of acting. His perennial meekness and sunny disposition won for him the title of “Gentleman Saint.”


Quote:

Francis de Sales tells us: “The person who possesses Christian meekness is affectionate and tender towards everyone: he is disposed to forgive and excuse the frailties of others; the goodness of his heart appears in a sweet affability that influences his words and actions, presents every object to his view in the most charitable and pleasing light.”


Patron Saint of:

Authors
Deafness
Journalists
Writers

Our Choice   

God leaves us free to accept or reject his love. We make that choice every day, building on the choice we made the day before. 

dili lang kini, what if the modern heroes get sick? Who would help them in their predicament since they are mostly underpaid and exploited.
We have thousands of undocumented kababayans here, kon masakit sila adunay networking. Bisan gabiing dako, clandestine ang action aron dili masakpan. Kinahanglan motabang nga walay bayad or dili mabalik ang kwartang magamit. apan kalooy sa Diyos makaluwas lang gihapon.

We simply need space and as of the koryente, atong tan-awon ang solar cell panel kay makapalit naman kono diha, tinood kini?

kining akong bahandi nag-kontesay kon kinsa ang makauna padolong sa tohod!

Salamat Day, I  think this is also good for personal consumption, labina kon dako ug pamilya. Interesado jud ko. God Bless.

I don´t wear bra most of the time.

It is actually almost 112,000 at the present count

Bol-anon dili bahag ang ikog!

ikaw!

May I ask what is the dimension of this chamber? Is water not stagnant? Where can we get the technical data on this, very interesting, thanks.

He is like a castrat.

A castrato (Italian, plural: castrati) is a man with a singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto voice produced either by castration of the singer before puberty or one who, because of an endocrinological condition, never reaches sexual maturity.

Castration before puberty (or in its early stages) prevents a boy's larynx from being transformed by the normal physiological events of puberty. As a result, the vocal range of prepubescence (shared by both sexes) is largely retained, and the voice develops into adulthood in a unique way. Prepubescent castration for this purpose diminished greatly in the late 1700s and was made illegal in Italy in 1870.Wikipedia

this is a surprise!

http://www.biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=13658

you´re absolutely right Warwick, the main argument here is that the couple will have the same rights as hetero couples and their legal rights and acceptance will regulate their responsibilites to the society.
This is simply a matter of human respect.

Upon reading an anticle in Newsweek, Why God hates Haiti by LIsa Miller, I am engrossed with this query in my mind. Are calamities the will of God?
It is  known that Haitians christian faith runs parallel to their Voodoo practice, which is a part of their African native religion.
This question was also raised by the stark flooding in Manila not so long ago.
Rabbi Kushner tells us that natural disasters are sources of inexplicable suffering. He said further that the will of God is not to send us disaster but to send us the disaster to overcome.
But how about our own notions of " gabah"? Gaba-an ka sa imong mga dautan nga buhat, moto-o mo ni-ani?

Ang mga batan-on sigi ug text, bisan asa. Bisan way bugas ipalit basta  mag-load sa sim card.

Blessed Mother Marianne Cope
(1838-1918)

Though leprosy scared off most people in 19th-century Hawaii, that disease sparked great generosity in the woman who came to be known as Mother Marianne of Molokai. Her courage helped tremendously to improve the lives of its victims in Hawaii, a territory annexed to the United States during her lifetime (1898).
Mother Marianne’s generosity and courage were celebrated at her May 14, 2005, beatification in Rome. She was a woman who spoke “the language of truth and love” to the world, said Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes. Cardinal Martins, who presided at the beatification Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, called her life “a wonderful work of divine grace.” Speaking of her special love for persons suffering from leprosy, he said, “She saw in them the suffering face of Jesus. Like the Good Samaritan, she became their mother.”

On January 23, 1838, a daughter was born to Peter and Barbara Cope of Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany. The girl was named after her mother. Two years later the Cope family immigrated to the United States and settled in Utica, New York. Young Barbara worked in a factory until August 1862, when she went to the Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis in Syracuse, New York. After profession in November of the next year, she began teaching at Assumption parish school.

Marianne held the post of superior in several places and was twice the novice mistress of her congregation. A natural leader, three different times she was superior of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse, where she learned much that would be useful during her years in Hawaii.

Elected provincial in 1877, Mother Marianne was unanimously re-elected in 1881. Two years later the Hawaiian government was searching for someone to run the Kakaako Receiving Station for people suspected of having leprosy. More than 50 religious communities in the United States and Canada were asked. When the request was put to the Syracuse sisters, 35 of them volunteered immediately. On October 22, 1883, Mother Marianne and six other sisters left for Hawaii where they took charge of the Kakaako Receiving Station outside Honolulu; on the island of Maui they also opened a hospital and a school for girls.

In 1888, Mother Marianne and two sisters went to Molokai to open a home for “unprotected women and girls” there. The Hawaiian government was quite hesitant to send women for this difficult assignment; they need not have worried about Mother Marianne! On Molokai she took charge of the home that Blessed Damien DeVeuster (d. 1889) had established for men and boys. Mother Marianne changed life on Molokai by introducing cleanliness, pride and fun to the colony. Bright scarves and pretty dresses for the women were part of her approach.

Awarded the Royal Order of Kapiolani by the Hawaiian government and celebrated in a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, Mother Marianne continued her work faithfully. Her sisters have attracted vocations among the Hawaiian people and still work on Molokai.

Mother Marianne died on August 9, 1918.




Comment:

The government authorities were reluctant to allow Mother Marianne to be a mother on Molokai. Thirty years of dedication proved their fears unfounded. God grants gifts regardless of human short-sightedness and allows those gifts to flower for the sake of the kingdom.


Quote:

Soon after Mother Marianne died, Mrs. John F. Bowler wrote in the Honolulu Advertiser, “Seldom has the opportunity come to a woman to devote every hour of 30 years to the mothering of people isolated by law from the rest of the world. She risked her own life in all that time, faced everything with unflinching courage and smiled sweetly through it all.”

Staying Close   

We sustain our love by growing older in close company with the object of our love. This is true of marriage, and of our life of faith. 


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have a nice weekend, Folks!

mahinomdom ko, sugid sa mga katigulangan ang in-ani nga hitabo kadtong naghikog. I think this attitude is already passé, the church has changed a lot, this is not a practice anymore.
Such things will not happen in Germany.

Thanks for this wonderful reply Dong bran.

Church and state are two separate entities, I am appealing that gay marriage be accepted legally, whatever the church´s view on this, doesn´t matter.

ps
David tinood kini? Unsa man kining pari-a, maoy gadala sa hustisya? I can´t fully comprehend his actions. God is King of Mercy.

Who are we to judge?
God made man and woman, nganong naay b***t/tomboy? God knows what is in our hearts. 
I highly respect these third gender, they should be a normal part of our society, my opinion.

St. Vincent
(d. 304)

When Jesus deliberately began his “journey” to death, Luke says that he “set his face” to go to Jerusalem. It is this quality of rocklike courage that distinguishes the martyrs.
Most of what we know about this saint comes from the poet Prudentius. His Acts have been rather freely colored by the imagination of their compiler. But St. Augustine, in one of his sermons on St. Vincent, speaks of having the Acts of his martyrdom before him. We are at least sure of his name, his being a deacon, the place of his death and burial.

According to the story we have (and as with some of the other early martyrs the unusual devotion he inspired must have had a basis in a very heroic life), Vincent was ordained deacon by his friend St. Valerius of Zaragossa in Spain. The Roman emperors had published their edicts against the clergy in 303, and the following year against the laity. Vincent and his bishop were imprisoned in Valencia. Hunger and torture failed to break them. Like the youths in the fiery furnace (Book of Daniel, chapter three), they seemed to thrive on suffering.

Valerius was sent into exile, and Dacian, the Roman governor, now turned the full force of his fury on Vincent. Tortures that sound like those of World War II were tried. But their main effect was the progressive disintegration of Dacian himself. He had the torturers beaten because they failed.

Finally he suggested a compromise: Would Vincent at least give up the sacred books to be burned according to the emperor’s edict? He would not. Torture on the gridiron continued, the prisoner remaining courageous, the torturer losing control of himself. Vincent was thrown into a filthy prison cellâ€"and converted the jailer. Dacian wept with rage, but strangely enough, ordered the prisoner to be given some rest.

Friends among the faithful came to visit him, but he was to have no earthly rest. When they finally settled him on a comfortable bed, he went to his eternal rest.




Comment:

The martyrs are heroic examples of what God’s power can do. It is humanly impossible, we realize, for someone to go through tortures such as Vincent had and remain faithful. But it is equally true that by human power alone no one can remain faithful even without torture or suffering. God does not come to our rescue at isolated, “special” moments. God is supporting the supercruisers as well as children’s toy boats.


Quote:

“Wherever it was that Christians were put to death, their executions did not bear the semblance of a triumph. Exteriorly they did not differ in the least from the executions of common criminals. But the moral grandeur of a martyr is essentially the same, whether he preserved his constancy in the arena before thousands of raving spectators or whether he perfected his martyrdom forsaken by all upon a pitiless flayer’s field” (The Roman Catacombs, Hertling-Kirschbaum).

Priorities   

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

parehas ra kana, si Pope Benedikt ma-imagine nimo nga mag pa-tattoo?

thanks for posting.

na-intriga mo sa Tattoo! ha ha ha, daghang kabuang ni-ani karon , a british young woman had had a tattoo on her vagina ( hairs shaved) running to her major labia, with a beautiful butterfly motif (colored at that) and her boyfriend had a tattoo on his penis with a snake motif. It must be very painful or they might have taken drugs.
I firmly believe that our body is the temple of God, that´s why I don´t like tattoo.

St. Agnes
(d. 258?)

Almost nothing is known of this saint except that she was very youngâ€"12 or 13â€"when she was martyred in the last half of the third century. Various modes of death have been suggestedâ€"beheading, burning, strangling.
Legend has it she was a beautiful girl whom many young men wanted to marry. Among those she refused, one reported her to the authorities for being a Christian. She was arrested and confined to a house of prostitution. The legend continues that a man who looked upon her lustfully lost his sight and had it restored by her prayer. She was condemned, executed and buried near Rome in a catacomb that eventually was named after her. The daughter of Constantine built a basilica in her honor.




Comment:

Like that of modern Maria Goretti, the martyrdom of a virginal young girl made a deep impression on a society enslaved to a materialistic outlook. Like Agatha, who died in similar circumstances, Agnes is a symbol that holiness does not depend on length of years, experience or human effort. It is a gift God offers to all.


Patron Saint of:

Girls

Think Young   

One thing that can make us old fast is thinking that we are getting old. 

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this is very good and please ingrained in your mind,
Manay

Joey is an artist through and through, since both parents are artists, too, so I presume it is hereditary.Last word Expo in Hannover, the theme song was written by Joey with this typical Lumad music instruments. Sori nasimang ang akong posting, just happy to meet somebody from Davao.

The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex is a large former industrial site in the city of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has been inscribed into the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since December 14, 2001 and is one of the anchor points of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.

The first coal mine on the premises was founded in 1847, mining activities took place from 1851 until December 23, 1986. For decades starting in the late 1950s, the two parts of the site, Zollverein Coal Mine and Zollverein Coking Plant (erected 1957âˆ'1961, closed on June 30, 1993), ranked among the largest of their kinds in Europe. Shaft 12, built in Bauhaus style, was opened in 1932 and is considered an architectural and technical masterpiece, earning it a reputation as the “most beautiful coal mine in the world”. wikipedia

Müngsten Bridge is the highest steel railroad bridge in Germany. The bridge is 107 metres (350 ft) high and spans the valley of the river Wupper, connecting the cities of Remscheid and Solingen. This stretch is part of railroad route nr. 458 between Wuppertal and Solingen. It is used exclusive by line RB 47, aka "the Müngstener". Originally the building was named Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke (Emperor Wilhelm Bridge) to honour Emperor Wilhelm I. After the end of the monarchy the bridge was re-named after the near-by settlement of Müngsten, which is close to the city limits of Solingen, Remscheid and Wuppertal. Today, the settlement no longer exists, so Müngsten is simply a landmark.Wikipedia

Sori, nayabag ang wanggits, pls click the link below the postings of Jerwin. There are more pictures to see and lovely models , one of them has a tattoo, I reacted on this, sori agen najabag ko!

I know that impotence is man´s greatest fear! Mo-abot raman jud ang panahon nga magdoko na lang. Daghang mang paagi nga dili na gamiton ang human pistol!

St. Sebastian
(257?-288?)


Nothing is historically certain about St. Sebastian except that he was a Roman martyr, was venerated in Milan even in the time of St. Ambrose and was buried on the Appian Way, probably near the present Basilica of St. Sebastian. Devotion to him spread rapidly, and he is mentioned in several martyrologies as early as a.d. 350.
The legend of St. Sebastian is important in art, and there is a vast iconography. Scholars now agree that a pious fable has Sebastian entering the Roman army because only there could he assist the martyrs without arousing suspicion. Finally he was found out, brought before Emperor Diocletian and delivered to Mauritanian archers to be shot to death. His body was pierced with arrows, and he was left for dead. But he was found still alive by those who came to bury him. He recovered, but refused to flee. One day he took up a position near where the emperor was to pass. He accosted the emperor, denouncing him for his cruelty to Christians. This time the sentence of death was carried out. Sebastian was beaten to death with clubs. HE was buried on the Appian Way, close to the catacombs that bear his name.




Comment:

The fact that many of the early saints made such a tremendous impression on the Churchâ€"awakening widespread devotion and great praise from the greatest writers of the Churchâ€"is proof of the heroism of their lives. As has been said, legends may not be literally true. Yet they may express the very substance of the faith and courage evident in the lives of these heroes and heroines of Christ.


Patron Saint of:

Athletes

Our Model   

God entered history through a family in order to make family life holy and show us how to live in our homes. 

mag-sigi naman gud ta ug lingkod, tapolan na ta magbaktas. Ako bitaw gibaligya akong auto, katon kadilakad nalang, nagamay ang akong bil-bil.

Calle, i-maintain lang ang imong pagka presidente sa Dajong, Doy kay sa atong Forum ikaw ang valedictorian. Siy Inday Ayessa ka nag-hibernate karon apan makit-an siya sa Facebook og ang iyang mga escapades. She will be a Ph d soon.

Gwapa imong mga models, but of course the way the photos are made are enhancing to the eyes. I just find it disgraceful to see a tattoed body.  I abhor tattoos.

Gahi-an man ta og olo, ato na lang i-clone kon extinct na ang tarsier.

this is quite interesting for TB members who are lawyers;

I DID not think he was capable of such strong words. On Friday, some papers squeezed into print a reaction from Noynoy Aquino about the Doña’s sinister plan to name the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Lito Banayo
from Malaya.com

http://www.malaya.com.ph/01192010/edbanayo.html

pili-an raba ko doy, tan-awa sako sa imong dagway!

He must be well-prepared to meet death with peace RIP!

Shout it Out! 

We cannot be Christians and remain silent or fearful. The message of Christ must be shouted out to others.

St. Fabian
(c. 250)

Fabian was a Roman layman who came into the city from his farm one day as clergy and people were preparing to elect a new pope. Eusebius, a Church historian, says a dove flew in and settled on the head of Fabian. This sign united the votes of clergy and laity and he was chosen unanimously.

He led the Church for 14 years and died a martyr’s death during the persecution of Decius in a.d. 250. St. Cyprian wrote to his successor that Fabian was an “incomparable” man whose glory in death matched the holiness and purity of his life.

In the catacombs of St. Callistus, the stone that covered Fabian’s grave may still be seen, broken into four pieces, bearing the Greek words, “Fabian, bishop, martyr.”


Comment:

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. A few pieces of stone in Rome are a reminder to us that we are bearers of more than 20 centuries of a living tradition of faith and courage in living the life of Christ and showing it to the world. We have brothers and sisters who have “gone before us marked with the sign of faith,” as the First Eucharistic Prayer puts it, to light the way for us.

Quote:

“The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church” (Tertullian).

Associated Press Photo 13 May 1981

The man who shot the most colorful pope ever we had, Pope John Paul II, Ali Agca is realesed from Turkish prison.
report form BBC:

The Pope was quick to forgive his assailant, visiting him in prison in 1983 and talking to him for 20 minutes. But he insisted their conversation would remain secret.

The Pope later described Agca as a trained assassin who could not have been acting alone; but he also believed that both the attempt on his life and his survival were due to divine intervention.


  This, together with the many bizarre claims made by Agca, mean his real story will probably never be known. For a man who may still have many dangerous enemies, that could be his best protection

He donated the bullet recovered from his abdomen to the shrine in Fatima, Portugal, where he believed the shooting had been foretold by the Virgin Mary to three local girls in 1917.

Agca had also referred to that prophesy during his trial.

The Pope's intervention led to Agca being pardoned in 2000, and sent back to Turkey, where his death sentence had been commuted to 10 years in prison.

He served the rest of the sentence, despite a moment of confusion in 2006 when he was briefly released, and then imprisoned again on the orders of the Turkish Supreme Court.

He has continued to issue outlandish statements right up to his release, claiming to be a new messiah and predicting the end of the world.

So is he delusional? Not according to those who have spent any time with him. Journalist Mehmet Ali Birand met him three times in his Italian jail cell.

"He's a balanced guy, he was in control of the situation, in control of himself, but full of conspiracy theories.

"The impression I got was he was doing this deliberately. He liked playing with the media. He wants to cash in - he believes that if it had not been the Pope, he would not have stayed in prison so long."

Cashing in is certainly a possibility. Agca's lawyers say he has been offered up to $3m (2.1m euros, £1.8m) by publishers for exclusive rights to his story. But it is still unclear whether that story will have any credibility.

The Grey Wolves group, with which he was associated at the time of the shooting, was linked to an underground network known as Gladio.

This was set up with CIA support in a number of European countries during the Cold War to prepare resistance to a possible Soviet invasion.

In both Italy and Turkey, Gladio networks are believed to have been behind numerous bombings and assassinations.

In Italy, the networks have been exposed and dismantled; in Turkey, they are still widely believed to exist as a so-called "deep state", with support from elements of the military.

The period of Turkey's history just prior to the 1980 military coup is still shrouded in confusion. At the time, the country was in chaos. Groups, both left and right, fought each other, with the alleged involvement of mafia groups and the security forces.

This, together with the many bizarre claims made by Agca, mean his real story will probably never be known. For a man who may still have many dangerous enemies, that could be his best protection.

my comment would be out of topic, but the truth is our natural resources is being sold outside to promote foreign investments.
Evonik Industries AG built the coal-power plant in Mindanao, I already open this topic in another thread.
Back to the topic, has this socialite something to offer if ever elected?

Welcome Dr Betty Pre,  alumni ko diha, dungan mi ni Joey Ayala ug Agnes Locsin ( tiguwang nako)!.

Doy,  you are actually suffering from a trauma. I don´t know if you  could find a professional help. Posting it here is an excellent form to express what happened and process this experience to stay calm and stable. I will light a candle to you in today´s mass for thanksgiving.
Pamisa sa mga kalag kon makahigayon ka, adunay anghel nag-abay nimo.

Bless God that you are safe, we must be prepared anytime. Adunay pangadye kada gabii, good night and good death since it might struck us even in sleep.

St. Charles of Sezze
(1613-1670)


Charles thought that God was calling him to be a missionary in India, but he never got there. God had something better for this 17th-century successor to Brother Juniper.
Born in Sezze, southeast of Rome, Charles was inspired by the lives of Salvator Horta and Paschal Baylon to become a Franciscan; he did that in 1635. Charles tells us in his autobiography, "Our Lord put in my heart a determination to become a lay brother with a great desire to be poor and to beg alms for his love."

Charles served as cook, porter, sacristan, gardener and beggar at various friaries in Italy. In some ways, he was "an accident waiting to happen." He once started a huge fire in the kitchen when the oil in which he was frying onions burst into flames.

One story shows how thoroughly Charles adopted the spirit of St. Francis. The superior ordered Charles â€" then porter â€" to give food only to traveling friars who came to the door. Charles obeyed this direction; simultaneously the alms to the friars decreased. Charles convinced the superior the two facts were related. When the friars resumed giving goods to all who asked at the door, alms to the friars increased also.

At the direction of his confessor Charles wrote his autobiography, The Grandeurs of the Mercies of God. He also wrote several other spiritual books. He made good use of his various spiritual directors throughout the years; they helped him discern which of Charles’ ideas or ambitions were from God. Charles himself was sought out for spiritual advice. The dying Pope Clement IX called Charles to his bedside for a blessing.

Charles had a firm sense of God’s providence. Father Severino Gori has said, "By word and example he recalled in all the need of pursuing only that which is eternal" (Leonard Perotti, St. Charles of Sezze: An Autobiography, page 215).

He died at San Francesco a Ripa in Rome and was buried there. Pope John XXIII canonized him in 1959.



Comment:

The drama in the lives of the saints is mostly interior. Charles’ life was spectacular only in his cooperation with God’s grace. He was captivated by God’s majesty and great mercy to all of us.


Quote:

Father Gori says that the autobiography of Charles "stands as a very strong refutation of the opinion, quite common among religious people, that saints are born saints, that they are privileged right from their first appearance on this earth. This is not so. Saints become saints in the usual way, due to the generous fidelity of their correspondence to divine grace. They had to fight just as we do, and more so, against their passions, the world and the devil" (St. Charles of Sezze: An Autobiography, page viii).

It's All About Time   

If we never make the time or take time to be with the Lord, nothing spiritual can happen in our lives

Man's value before God

is estimated by the dispositions of his heart, its uprightness, its good-will, its charity, and not by keenness of intellect or extent of knowledge."

Glace, bank account + bank identification code are inseparable. your bank will give you more details on this.

My son and I are planning to visit Bohol and stay a week in Mindanao. I need some advices you good people about accommodations and travelling there in Siargao ang Camiguin islands. I would be very thankful for your feedbacks. Salamat jamo.. Manay

Moving is a new and a simple concept to train your backbone to prevent and ease backpains. These simple steps are quick and simple and could be done at home and anytime of the day.

-  it supplies your spinal disc with cerebrospinal fluid
-  elasticity of sinews and ligaments are maintained
-  relaxes tense muscles
-  relieves stress

These 4 simple and mild exercises last less than a minute, here they are:



Stand erect and pretend you are wearing a crown


Palm sway left to right-move your pelvis to the right, turn your body slowly to the left. Stand upright , and move your pelvis to the left and turn your body slowly to the right. This movement is like the wind swaying the palm right to left.



Medal- pretend you are accepting a medal through bowing slowly and moving erect with pride, this could be done in sitting position also.


Screw- Standing straight,  turn your body starting from your pelvis to the right with your shoulder backwards, here you try to imagine yourself like a screw using your spine as pivot. repeat the same this time turning to the left.
www.movingnet.de

This is an efficient exercise to maintain a fit backbone especially to those who has a sedentary job.

St. Anthony of Egypt
(251-356)


The life of Anthony will remind many people of St. Francis of Assisi. At 20, Anthony was so moved by the Gospel message, “Go, sell what you have, and give to [the] poor” (Mark 10:21b), that he actually did just that with his large inheritance. He is different from Francis in that most of Anthony’s life was spent in solitude. He saw the world completely covered with snares, and gave the Church and the world the witness of solitary asceticism, great personal mortification and prayer. But no saint is antisocial, and Anthony drew many people to himself for spiritual healing and guidance.
At 54, he responded to many requests and founded a sort of monastery of scattered cells. Again like Francis, he had great fear of “stately buildings and well-laden tables.”

At 60, he hoped to be a martyr in the renewed Roman persecution of 311, fearlessly exposing himself to danger while giving moral and material support to those in prison. At 88, he was fighting the Arian heresy, that massive trauma from which it took the Church centuries to recover. “The mule kicking over the altar” denied the divinity of Christ.

Anthony is associated in art with a T-shaped cross, a pig and a book. The pig and the cross are symbols of his valiant warfare with the devilâ€"the cross his constant means of power over evil spirits, the pig a symbol of the devil himself. The book recalls his preference for “the book of nature” over the printed word. Anthony died in solitude at 105.



Comment:

In an age that smiles at the notion of devils and angels, a person known for having power over evil spirits must at least make us pause. And in a day when people speak of life as a “rat race,” one who devotes a whole life to solitude and prayer points to an essential of the Christian life in all ages. Anthony’s hermit life reminds us of the absoluteness of our break with sin and the totality of our commitment to Christ. Even in God’s good world, there is another world whose false values constantly tempt us.

Our Role   

Our highest role as creatures is to offer worship and to share a oneness with our Creator. 

Tinood padre, gipangutamna ko sa banko kulang ang bankidentification code, wala kalosot ang akong transactions.

Nagmisa mi karon halad sa Sto NIno, kining reverence sa Holy Infant kay Dinhi ra sa Pilipinas gitugot sa Vatican matod pa sa pari.
Take note that the mass is in Wuppertal Germany, a new Fil-German Catholic Community.