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You can go to communion anytime but don´t forget that this is the highest gift given to us, the body of Christ! It is with utmost care to recieve it with no mortal sin or else this would be interpreted as profanity.

This really functions well in Germany purwa mananap, Glacier, kagwang ka!
I think we still need a certain amount of threshhold to accept this compromise.

Atong i-atol ug Septiembre, Fiesta sa Mahal nga Birhen, morag family reunion. I was thinking for awhile we could do tree planting for all participants or mangrove planting. This should be well planned so as to get enough assistance from DENR. I f you are okay with this plan, atong hinay-hinayon ug andam ang mga nahingtungdan.
I need your feedbacks fellow Guindulmanons.

     An overwhelming abundance of medical and scientific evidence has been published in the last decade to show that cabbage and its kind can help to prevent cancer if used in the diet properly.
Here are other health benefits of cabbage: It helps lower cholesterol especially varieties like brussel sprouts. Brussel sprouts are bitter similar to that of bittermelon. It can dramatically lower what is often called "bad" cholesterol. ( blanch it with salted boiling water and saute it with olive oil and add brown sugar).
    At least two scientific publications have reported its findings that by including cabbage and its other members in your diet more often, you stand a very good chance of not developing heart disease later on in life.
     It also helps fights yeast infection- other than cabbage other  veggies that helps fights infection include: spinach, broccoli,chives and brussel sprouts.
     Cabbage is also a fantastic Ulcer healer. Different medical journals have separately confirmed that raw cabbage and raw cabbage juice is just the ticket for relieving and healing any kind of gastrointestinal ulcer, be it doudenal, peptic, or what have you. Half a cup, morning and night, of raw juice is a terrific antacid remedy plus a great ulcer healer.
    Cabbage is also regarded as radiation protection. Considering the excessive radiation to which were constantly exposed today, ranging from home computers and microwave ovens to color TVs and high-tension power lines through the neighborhood and our cellphones, it may be a good idea to add more cabbage to your weekly diet for extra protections.
There's so many ways to eat raw cabbage. Try to make your  own coleslaw ( Slice cabbage in thin strips like that of a toothpick same with carrots- you can add pineapple tidbits and raisins).
     Your dressing could be as simple as mayonnaise, olive oil and apple cider vinegar with pepper and little bit of sugar or you can  add chopped red onions, choppped fresh parsley and  add celery seeds. You have to many options to make your coleslaw as delightful as you can be. Just use your creative imagination.
(source email from a medical practioner in NY)



Fotos of cabbage, chives and brussel sprouts respectively.

Manong Jose, as the saying goes Binol-anon;

Tawo sig huna-huna, Ginoo ang mag pahaluna!

I was told that this institution is preparing to help;

Historical Timeline of Aid to the Church in Need
Aid to the Church in Need (Kirche in Not in German, Aiuto alla Chiesa che Soffre in Italian) describes itself as "an international pastoral aid organization of the Catholic Church, which yearly offers financial support to more than 8,000 projects worldwide. We try to help Catholics in need wherever they are repressed or persecuted and therefore prevented from living according to their faith."

What is now Aid to the Church in Need was founded by Dutch Catholic priest Father Werenfried van Straaten at Christmas 1947 to aid German expellees and refugees fled from or expelled from Eastern Europe in the wake of the Second World War, many of them Catholic.

With international headquarters in Königstein in Germany since 1975, it currently has branches in 16 countries of the world. Its main publication is Mirror.

Following a 1984 decree of the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy, Aid to the Church in Need was recognized by the Catholic Church as a "universal public association of faithful".

In 2001, the organization raised more than $75 million, entirely from private donations.

Aid to the Church in Need was born out of the ashes of World War II, when Father Werenfried Van Straaten â€" a young Dutch priest whose name means "Warrior for Peace" â€" set out to meet the material and spiritual needs of homeless and dispossessed victims of the war, including the German civilians in occupied and partitioned Germany after May 1945.

In the more than half century since, Aid to the Church in Need has expanded its mission, bringing material aid and the light of the Gospel to millions of poor, forgotten, and persecuted people in more than 120 countries. It all began on Christmas Day, 1947, with an article, "No Room at the Inn," written by Father Werenfried for his abbey's newsletter Excerpt from, "No Room at the Inn," the article that gave birth to the organization in 1947.

"Eighty miles to the east lies a town (in post-war Germany) in ruins. Hardly anything remains of it except for a gigantic air-raid shelter, a so-called Bunker, like the ones the Germans built everywhere to protect the population from bombing.

Those of the impoverished people of the town who still remain alive dwell in this single Bunker. Thousands are crowded together in pestilential stench. Each family, insofar as they can still be called families, lies huddled together on a few square yards of concrete.

Here is neither fire nor warmth, other than the warmth of bodies crowded together. Among these people too, Christ seeks to dwell in His purity, His love, His goodness. The shepherds worshipped Christ in a stable, but these people have not even a stable. By human standards Christ cannot live here.

There is no room for Him." Wikipedia

Thank you for this informations Padre, the catholic missions in Germany are in action to give help in all forms, financial, material and lots of prayers to the victims. (Caritas, Missio, Brot fuer die Welt ).Technische Hilfswerke, is in the position to built temporary camps to shelter the people and make water purifying machine.
This has been a very strong earthquake suffered by a single nation so far. May His mercy be abundant on this times.

St. Berard and Companions
(d. 1220)


Preaching the gospel is often dangerous work. Leaving one’s homeland and adjusting to new cultures, governments and languages is difficult enough; but martyrdom sometimes caps all the other sacrifices.
In 1219 with the blessing of St. Francis, Berard left Italy with Peter, Adjute, Accurs, Odo and Vitalis to preach in Morocco. En route in Spain Vitalis became sick and commanded the other friars to continue their mission without him.

They tried preaching in Seville, then in Muslim hands, but made no converts. They went on to Morocco where they preached in the marketplace. The friars were immediately apprehended and ordered to leave the country; they refused. When they began preaching again, an exasperated sultan ordered them executed. After enduring severe beatings and declining various bribes to renounce their faith in Jesus Christ, the friars were beheaded by the sultan himself on January 16, 1220.

These were the first Franciscan martyrs. When Francis heard of their deaths, he exclaimed, "Now I can truly say that I have five Friars Minor!" Their relics were brought to Portugal where they prompted a young Augustinian canon to join the Franciscans and set off for Morocco the next year. That young man was Anthony of Padua. These five martyrs were canonized in 1481.



Comment:

The deaths of Berard and his companions sparked a missionary vocation in Anthony of Padua and others. There have been many, many Franciscans who have responded to Francis’ challenge. Proclaiming the gospel can be fatal, but that has not stopped the Franciscan men and women who even today risk their lives in many countries throughout the world.


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Before St. Francis, the Rules of religious orders made no mention of preaching to the Muslims. In the Rule of 1223, Francis wrote: "Those brothers who, by divine inspiration, desire to go among the Saracens and other nonbelievers should ask permission from their ministers provincial. But the ministers should not grant permission except to those whom they consider fit to be sent" (Chapter 12).

It's About Faith   

We need to have faith in the power of Jesus over death. Life and death are in God's loving hands. 

ayaw sa mo panggiminyo...sukod-sukod sa lang... Grin

nindot nijamo, apan dili ka kalawat

I would like to add;

Dr Jose "Pempe" U. Castro, a well-known gynecologist based in New York, USA.

Uso pa kini karon, ting-gutom. 

wala pa mahoman ang kaso hangtod karon, ang mga techncians kay gikan sa Austria apan ang nag hatag sa trabaho taga Wuppertal, karon nahitabo ang disgrasya tud-tod sila karon. Ang akong silingan nga nabiyuda kanunay ug hilak kay namatay iyang bana nga walay hustisya.

Take heed and beware of
   covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not
   in the abundance of the things which he possesseth"

You are right! Envy is the worst sin, this has been said to us by Fr Manny Cruz, we should learn to be happy and contented for what we have.

Maybe we could learn from other method, where parents are given tips, hints of detecting if their child is using such stuff. Prevention is still a very good method before anything happens.

Ang mga kabataan kon sila adunay secured home, dili dali matintal ni-aning mga drugs.

I highly support a gay/lesbain marriage because it is an expression of human rights. They need to find a secure place in our society without prejudice and malice.
We have some good friends, relatives, lawyers, artists, actors and actress and what have you ( even priests).
A married partnership regardless of sex, same sex will get the right to take care of the partner, to be a righteous heir, and lead a life of their own choosing.

Ondoy Bugsay, ang akong gisugil dili jud komedja. Hilig sab ko mo-palit ug okay-okay. Ang akong mga partido mangasaba kay pustora pa kono ang lab-asera.
Adunay koy tarong nga bisti, for official use only.

Dili  jug angay ika-ulaw ang kapobrehon, apan ang atong batasan mosokod ug tawo kon unsa ang sapot. Kini akong natilawan, wala ko pasodla sa usa ka tindahan nga naninda ug Tupperware sa Cogon kay ang akong sinina karaan jamo, matod pa sa security basin wala koy ika-bayad.

Fun exist before getting pregnant, afte that ..., taas nga sugilanon.

Okay kini nga idea, aron maka adto ko sa Araw ng Dabaw!

Ang mangadto palihug litratohi kining hinampak aron matataw na ang dagway, kanus-a kana koy mouli ko sa Bohol pohon?

JellyBean, thanks for posting, the dusts from burned bodies was toxic since chemicals were used. These companies are still existing like Bayer, BASF, ICM.

St. Paul the Hermit
(c. 233-345)
It is unclear what we really know of Paul's life, how much is fable, how much fact.
Paul was reportedly born in Egypt, where he was orphaned by age 15. He was also a learned and devout young man. During the persecution of Decius in Egypt in the year 250, Paul was forced to hide in the home of a friend. Fearing a brother-in-law would betray him, he fled in a cave in the desert. His plan was to return once the persecution ended, but the sweetness of solitude and heavenly contemplation convinced him to stay.

He went on to live in that cave for the next 90 years. A nearby spring gave him drink, a palm tree furnished him clothing and nourishment. After 21 years of solitude a bird began bringing him half of a loaf of bread each day. Without knowing what was happening in the world, Paul prayed that the world would become a better place.

St. Anthony attests to his holy life and death. Tempted by the thought that no one had served God in the wilderness longer than he, Anthony was led by God to find Paul and acknowledge him as a man more perfect than himself. The raven that day brought a whole loaf of bread instead of the usual half. As Paul predicted, Anthony would return to bury his new friend.

Thought to have been about 112 when he died, Paul is known as the "First Hermit." His feast day is celebrated in the East; he is also commemorated in the Coptic and Armenian rites of the Mass.



Comment:

The will and direction of God are seen in the circumstances of our lives. Led by the grace of God, we are free to respond with choices that bring us closer to and make us more dependent upon the God who created us. Those choices might at times seem to lead us away from our neighbor. But ultimately they lead us back both in prayer and in fellowship to one another.

Family Education   

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

ps
have a blessed weekend everyone!

Manay

Mao ba kini siya ang bana ni Marding Berse ? Akong classmate 4th yr sa St Mary.

Servant of God John the Gardener
(d. 1501)

John was born of poor parents in Portugal. Orphaned early in life, he spent some years begging from door to door. After finding work in Spain as a shepherd, he shared the little he earned with those even more needy than himself.
One day two Franciscans encountered him on a journey. Engaging him in conversation, they took a liking to the simple man and invited him to come and work at their friary in Salamanca. He readily accepted and was assigned to the task of assisting the brother with gardening duties. A short time later John himself entered the Franciscan Order and lived a life of prayer and meditation, fasting constantly, spending the nights in prayer, still helping the poor. Because of his work in the garden and the flowers he produced for the altar, he became known as "the gardener."

God favored John with the gift of prophecy and the ability to read hearts. Important persons, including princes, came to the humble, ever-obedient friar for advice. He was so loving towards all that he never wanted to take offense at anything. His advice was that to forgive offenses is an act of penance most pleasing to God.

He predicted the day of his own death: January 11, 1501.



Comment:

A monastery garden was tended well to feed the community, not to make the grounds pretty. John saw to it that the refectory table was well supplied. But he also added a bit of beauty, growing flowers to enhance the chapel. God is surely pleased when we add a bit of beauty to the worldâ€"especially when we warm it with an act of forgiveness. For, as John insisted, forgiveness is the loveliest thing in God’s eyes.

At Our Side   

Peter needed Jesus to pull him up when he tried walking on water. We may fall as we learn to walk in faith, but Jesus is there to help us up. 

I wish some people like you Ondoy Tald, kaay taas ka ug kaalam, self-made man, nasayud ka ug unsa ang paningkamot aron makalampos. Why not try?
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Lakas Kampi candidates

MAYOR: Piezas, MariaFe Anana "Fe"
VICE-MAYOR: Hohmann, Maria Edineth Bertumen "Eden"

COUNSILORS:
1. Besas, Miguel Betonio "Ekil"
2. Bonita, Catherine Jamila "Cathy"
3. Elorde, Vitaliana Timbal "Betty"
4. Laga, Eleno Bitancor "Lino"
5. Licayan, Ephraim Olarte "Prime"
6. Olaer, Rolando Peligrino "Lando"
7. Salada, Alejandro Amparo "Alex"
8. Tan, Felix Penaso  "Boy"

we should have more quality of life, enough babies now!

St. Hilary
(315?-368)
This staunch defender of the divinity of Christ was a gentle and courteous man, devoted to writing some of the greatest theology on the Trinity, and was like his Master in being labeled a “disturber of the peace.” In a very troubled period in the Church, his holiness was lived out in both scholarship and controversy.
Raised a pagan, he was converted to Christianity when he met his God of nature in the Scriptures. His wife was still living when he was chosen, against his will, to be the bishop of Poitiers in France. He was soon taken up with battling what became the scourge of the fourth century, Arianism, which denied the divinity of Christ.

The heresy spread rapidly. St. Jerome said “The world groaned and marveled to find that it was Arian.” When Emperor Constantius ordered all the bishops of the West to sign a condemnation of Athanasius, the great defender of the faith in the East, Hilary refused and was banished from France to far off Phrygia (in modern-day Turkey). Eventually he was called the “Athanasius of the West.” While writing in exile, he was invited by some semi-Arians (hoping for reconciliation) to a council the emperor called to counteract the Council of Nicea. But Hilary predictably defended the Church, and when he sought public debate with the heretical bishop who had exiled him, the Arians, dreading the meeting and its outcome, pleaded with the emperor to send this troublemaker back home. Hilary was welcomed by his people.




Comment:

Christ said his coming would bring not peace but a sword (see Matthew 10:34). The Gospels offer no support for us if we fantasize about a sunlit holiness that knows no problems. Christ did not escape at the last moment, though he did live happily ever afterâ€"after a life of controversy, problems, pain and frustration. Hilary, like all saints, simply had more of the same.

Be An Example   

Let me spend my waking hours seeking an example, finding an example, being an example. 

In principles of free market system , it is laissez faire (let do,go).

Miep Gies, the last surviving member of the group who helped protect Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis, has died in the Netherlands aged 100.

She and other employees of Anne Frank's father Otto supplied food to the family as they hid in a secret annex above the business premises in Amsterdam.

Anne's diary of their life in hiding, which ended in betrayal, is one of the most famous records of the Holocaust.

It was rescued by Mrs Gies, who kept it safe until after the war.

Miep Gies died in a nursing home after suffering a fall just before Christmas.

Telegraph.UK
She and her fellow employees kept Anne and the seven others supplied for two years, from 1942 to 1944.



Anne Frank died of typhus in a Nazi concentration camp in 1945
When the family were found by the authorities, they were deported, and Anne died of typhus in the German concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen.

It was Mrs Gies who collected up Anne's papers and locked them away, hoping that one day she would be able to give them back to the girl.

It went on to sell tens of millions of copies in dozens of languages.

Mrs Gies became a kind of ambassador for the diary, travelling to talk about Anne Frank and her experiences, campaigning against Holocaust denial and refuting allegations that the diary was a forgery.

For her efforts to protect the Franks and to preserve their memory, Mrs Gies won many accolades.

Her role was, she recalls, to fetch vegetables and meat while others supplied bread or books.

Her memory of Anne is of having the feeling she was "speaking to an adult".

"I'd say to myself, 'My goodness, child, so young and talking like that already'," she says in the interview.

She believes that she once came across Anne writing the diary.

"It was a very uncomfortable situation," she says.

"I tried to decide what to do. Should I walk away or go to her? At that moment she glanced at me, with a look that I'll never forget.

"This wasn't the Anne I knew, that friendly, charming child. She looked at me with anger, rage. Then Anne stood up, slammed her diary shut and glared at me with great condescension. 'Yes,' she said, 'I'm writing about you, too.'

Removing the pages, she did not read them immediately, telling herself at the time: "These may belong to a child, but even children have a right to privacy." BBC news

St. Marguerite Bourgeoys
(1620-1700)

“God closes a door and then opens a window,” people sometimes say when dealing with their own disappointment or someone else’s. That was certainly true in Marguerite’s case. Children from European as well as Native American backgrounds in seventeenth-century Canada benefited from her great zeal and unshakable trust in God’s providence.
Born the sixth of 12 children in Troyes, France, Marguerite at the age of 20 believed that she was called to religious life. Her applications to the Carmelites and Poor Clares were unsuccessful. A priest friend suggested that perhaps God had other plans for her.

In 1654, the governor of the French settlement in Canada visited his sister, an Augustinian canoness in Troyes. Marguerite belonged to a sodality connected to that convent. The governor invited her to come to Canada and start a school in Ville-Marie (eventually the city of Montreal). When she arrived, the colony numbered 200 people with a hospital and a Jesuit mission chapel.

Soon after starting a school, she realized her need for coworkers. Returning to Troyes, she recruited a friend, Catherine Crolo, and two other young women. In 1667 they added classes at their school for Indian children. A second trip to France three years later resulted in six more young women and a letter from King Louis XIV, authorizing the school. The Congregation of Notre Dame was established in 1676 but its members did not make formal religious profession until 1698 when their Rule and constitutions were approved.

Marguerite established a school for Indian girls in Montreal. At the age of 69, she walked from Montreal to Quebec in response to the bishop’s request to establish a community of her sisters in that city. By the time she died, she was referred to as the “Mother of the Colony.” Marguerite was canonized in 1982.




Comment:

It’s easy to become discouraged when plans that we think that God must endorse are frustrated. Marguerite was called not to be a cloistered nun but to be a foundress and an educator. God had not ignored her after all.


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In his homily at her canonization, Pope John Paul II said, “...in particular, she [Marguerite] contributed to building up that new country [Canada], realizing the determining role of women, and she diligently strove toward their formation in a deeply Christian spirit.” He noted that she watched over her students with affection and confidence “in order to prepare them to become wives and worthy mothers, Christians, cultured, hardworking, radiant mothers.”

I can´t believe this because this tantamount to violation of human rights.

Wuppertal Schwebebahn is a suspended monorail in Wuppertal, Germany. Its full name is the “Eugen Langen Monorail Suspension Railway” (Einschienige Hängebahn System Eugen Langen). Designed by Eugen Langen, who originally planned to build it in Berlin, it was built in 1900, opened in 1901 and is still in use today as a local transport system in the city. It is the oldest monorail system in the world.

The suspension railway travels along a route 13.3 kilometres long, about 12 metres (39 ft 4 in) above the surface of the river Wupper between Oberbarmen and Sonnborner Straße (10 km) and approximately 8 m above the city streets, between Sonnborner Straße and Vohwinkel (3.3 km).[1][2] At one point the railway crosses the A46 motorway. The entire trip takes about 30 minutes.[2] The Schwebebahn has 25 million passenger annually (2008).Wikipedia

Na disgrasya jud ni kas-a kay ang nag-ayo nakalimtan ang usa ka material na holog ang schwebebahn sa sapa, dihay namatay ug daghang na-angol, kapin na sa 10 ka tuig apan ang mga nadisgrasya wala katilaw ug danyos.


April 19, 1999

Blessed William Carter
(d. 1584)

Born in London, William Carter entered the printing business at an early age. For many years he served as apprentice to well-known Catholic printers, one of whom served a prison sentence for persisting in the Catholic faith. William himself served time in prison following his arrest for "printing lewd [i.e., Catholic] pamphlets" as well as possessing books upholding Catholicism.
But even more, he offended public officials by publishing works that aimed to keep Catholics firm in their faith. Officials who searched his house found various vestments and suspect books, and even managed to extract information from William's distraught wife. Over the next 18 months William remained in prison, suffering torture and learning of his wife's death.

He was eventually charged with printing and publishing the Treatise of Schisme, which allegedly incited violence by Catholics and which was said to have been written by a traitor and addressed to traitors. While William calmly placed his trust in God, the jury met for only 15 minutes before reaching a verdict of "guilty." William, who made his final confession to a priest who was being tried alongside him, was hanged, drawn and quartered the following day: January 11, 1584.

He was beatified in 1987.


Comment:

It didn’t pay to be Catholic in Elizabeth I’s realm. In an age when religious diversity did not yet seem possible, it was high treason, and practicing the faith was dangerous. William gave his life for his efforts to encourage his brothers and sisters to keep up the struggle. These days, our brothers and sisters also need encouragementâ€"not because their lives are at risk, but because many other factors besiege their faith. They look to us.

Don't Stop Praying   

Even when you try to pray and God doesn’t seem to show up, don’t stop praying

nauwahi ang iyang "personal statement" kalat na ang malicious news.

Stevia is also used in special toothpaste and oral hygiene liquid for its anti-plaque effectiveness.

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Wunderpflanze Stevia? 300 Mal süßer als Zucker - keine Kalorien.
Eine kleine Pflanze aus Paraguay könnte künftig Millionen Diabetikern und Übergewichtigen Hoffnung geben: Stevia. Sie senkt nachweislich den Blutzuckerspiegel, hat keine Kalorien, verhindert die Entstehung von Zahnbelag und ist dazu noch 300 Mal süßer als Zucker. Wo ist der Haken? Kritiker behaupten, die Einführung der Pflanze in der EU wird von der Zuckerindustrie unterwandert. Die setzt jährlich rund 60 Milliarden Euro in Europa um. Pro Kopf werden in Deutschland ca. 40 Kilo Zucker verbraucht. stern TV stellt die vermeintliche Wunderpflanze vor.
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Miracle plant Stevia?  300 times sweeter as sugar-no claories

A small plant from Paraguay gives a promising hope for diabetics and obese people: Stevia.  It has been proven that it could sink the sugar level, has no calories and prevents plaque and 300 times sweeter than sugar. Where is the rub? Critics presume that introducing the plant to European Union will tremendously affect the sugar industry which is 60 billion Euro worth in Europe per year. The Germans consume 40 kilos sugar per head/year. stern TV presents the allegations of the miracle plant...

A TALE OF INCREDIBLE SWEETNESS AND INTRIGUE

I have seen in the German TV about an herb from Paraguay which is now widely cultured which is an excellent sweetener since it is a lot sweeter than sugar and no calories at that!  This is not allowed to enter the European market since it will revolutionize the agricultural traditions, this might jeopardize sugar beet and sugar cane industry.

Stevia
If you've ever tasted stevia, you know it's extremely sweet. In fact, this remarkable noncaloric herb, native to Paraguay, has been used as a sweetener and flavor enhancer for centuries. But this innocuous-looking plant has also been a focal point of intrigue in the United States in recent years because of actions by the  U.S. Food and Drug Administration. 
     The subject of searches and seizures, trade complaints and embargoes on importation, stevia has been handled at times by the FDA as if it were an illegal drug. 

     Since the passage of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), stevia can be sold legally in the United States, but only as a "dietary supplement."  Even so, it can be found in many forms in most health-food stores, and is also incorporated into drinks, teas and other items (all labeled as "dietary supplements").  It cannot, however, be called a "sweetener" or even referred to as "sweet."  To do so would render the product "adulterated," according to the FDA, and make it again subject to seizure.

     The purpose of our Web site is to provide as much information about stevia as possible, from the scientific studies regarding its safety to the petitions submitted by the Lipton Tea Company and the American Herbal Products Association.
for more infos log to Stevia.net links

Could hot cocoa be the next "wonder drug" for high blood pressure?
Harvard researchers praise stunningly simple discovery!



According to recent estimates, nearly 1-in-3 American adults has high blood pressure. But for the Kuna Indians living on a group of islands off the Caribbean coast of Panama , hypertension doesn't even exist. In fact, after age 60, the average blood pressure for Kuna Indian islanders is a perfect 110/70.

Is it because they eat less salt? No. Kuna Indians eat as much, if not moresalt, than people in the U.S.
Is it due to their genes? No. Kuna Indians who move away from the islands are just as likely to suffer from high blood pressure as anyone else!
So what makes these folks practically "immune" to hypertension -- and lets them enjoy much lower death rates from heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, and cancer?

Harvard researchers were stunned to discover it's because they drink about 5 cups of cocoa each day. That's right, cocoa!
Studies show the flavonols in cocoa stimulate your body's production ofnitric oxide -- boosting blood flow to your heart, brain, and other organs. In fact, one study found cocoa thins your blood just as well as low-dose aspirin!
But that's not all. A Harvard Medical School professor claims cocoa can also treat blocked arteries, congestive heart failure, stroke, dementia, even impotence

Painless cholesterol cure works in just 7 days -- and drives the "food police" crazy!
Want to lower your cholesterol so fast it'll make your head spin? It's a breeze, just eat guacamole -- or any dish containing avocados!


Most health experts and nutritionists will tell you this rich, delicious Mexican dish is BANNED from any cholesterol- watcher's menu. But not Dr. Steven Pratt. That's because new research shows eating avocados can lower your cholesterol even faster than drugs.... without the side effects!
One study found after just 7 days on a diet including avocados, LDL ("bad") cholesterol and triglyceride levels dropped by 22 percent. Meanwhile, HDL ("good") cholesterol shot up 11 percent -- something most cholesterol- lowering drugs won't do!

The cinnamon cure for high blood sugar


Sprinkle a little cinnamon on your toast, cereal, oatmeal, or sliced apples. It not only tastes good, it lowers your blood sugar!

In a recent study, people reduced their blood sugar levels by as much as 29 percent in just 40 days. That's with NO drugs, NO diet changes -- just plain old cinnamon!


The fat that blasts away cancer ,olive oil!

You've been told cancer runs in families. You've been told what to eat and what NOT to eat -- including LESS fat.

Yet Dr. Steven Pratt says there'sone fat you should eat MORE of. It's the monounsaturated fat called oleic acid, found in olive oil! It should come as no surprise. After all, olive oil is a staple of the Mediterranean diet. And people inSpain and Greece are far less likely to develop cancer than in the U.S.
But what's really interesting is how olive oil not only prevents cancer, it blasts away cancer cells that already exist! So if you're even the slightest bit worried about cancer, this is oneSuperFood you don't want to be without!


NEW prostate-protecting champ trumps tomatoes!

Unless you've been asleep under a rock for the past decade, you've heard the news about tomatoes. They contain a potent antioxidant calledlycopene that's been proven to reduce the risk of certain cancers -- in particular, prostate cancer.

A famous Harvard study back in 1995 found that out of 48,000 men surveyed, those who ate 10 or more servings of tomatoes a week reduced their risk of prostate cancer by more thanone-third. What's more, they lowered their risk of aggressive prostate tumors (the kind that are really tough to treat) byHALF!
But before you reach for that slice of pizza or bottle of ketchup, listen up. What if I told you about a sweet, refreshing food Dr. Steven Pratt recommends that's even better for your prostate than tomatoes?
This NEW prostate protecting champ is watermelon! Ounce for ounce, watermelon is even richer in lycopene than tomatoes. And since you probably eat more watermelon in one sitting than you do tomatoes, you don't have to gorge on it 10 times a week in order to slash your cancer risk! Just a few times a week should do it.

Knock out an ulcer with broccoli?!

About 25 million Americans will suffer from a peptic ulcer at some point in their lives. To get rid of their ulcers, most will take an antibiotic likeamoxicillin.
Pretty tame stuff, right? Wrong! Amoxicillin can bring with it unwanted side effects like fever, nausea, stomach pain, diarrhea, headache, even a yucky condition called "hairy tongue"!
And if you think that's bad, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the cost of treating an ulcer with antibiotics over an average 17-day period can run upward of $1,000!

Fortunately, there's oneunconventional treatment with NO side effects Dr. Pratt swears by. "Eat broccoli!" he says. Why?
Broccoli contains a remarkably potent compound called sulforaphane, that kills off the H. pylori bacteria that cause most ulcers. Not only can it knock out an ulcer, eating one serving a day for a month might run you 20 bucks... a fraction of the cost of drugs.

St. Gregory of Nyssa
(c. 330-395)

The son of two saints, Basil and Emmilia, young Gregory was raised by his older brother, St. Basil the Great, and his sister, Macrina, in modern-day Turkey. Gregory's success in his studies suggested great things were ahead for him. After becoming a professor of rhetoric, he was persuaded to devote his learning and efforts to the Church. By then married, Gregory went on to study for the priesthood and become ordained (this at a time when celibacy was not a matter of law for priests).
He was elected Bishop of Nyssa (in Lower Armenia) in 372, a period of great tension over the Arian heresy, which denied the divinity of Christ. Briefly arrested after being falsely accused of embezzling Church funds, Gregory was restored to his see in 378, an act met with great joy by his people.

It was after the death of his beloved brother, Basil, that Gregory really came into his own. He wrote with great effectiveness against Arianism and other questionable doctrines, gaining a reputation as a defender of orthodoxy. He was sent on missions to counter other heresies and held a position of prominence at the Council of Constantinople. His fine reputation stayed with him for the remainder of his life, but over the centuries it gradually declined as the authorship of his writings became less and less certain. But, thanks to the work of scholars in the 20th century, his stature is once again appreciated. Indeed, St. Gregory of Nyssa is seen not simply as a pillar of orthodoxy but as one of the great contributors to the mystical tradition in Christian spirituality and to monasticism itself.



Comment:

Orthodoxy is a word that raises red flags in our minds. It connotes rigid attitudes that make no room for honest differences of opinion. But it might just as well suggest something else: faith that has settled deep in one’s bones. Gregory’s faith was like that. So deeply imbedded was his faith in Jesus that he knew the divinity that Arianism denied. When we resist something offered as truth without knowing exactly why, it may be because our faith has settled in our bones.

Count on God   

There is very little in prayer that depends on me. All of that depends on God. 

Pray Always   

If you want to know who you are and why you’re here, start praying every day. 

St. Adrian of Canterbury
(d. 710)

Though St. Adrian turned down a papal request to become Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Pope St. Vitalian accepted the rejection on the condition that Adrian serve as the Holy Father’s assistant and adviser. Adrian accepted, but ended up spending most of his life and doing most of his work in Canterbury.
Born in Africa, Adrian was serving as an abbot in Italy when the new Archbishop of Canterbury appointed him abbot of the monastery of Sts. Peter and Paul in Canterbury. Thanks to his leadership skills, the facility became one of the most important centers of learning. The school attracted many outstanding scholars from far and wide and produced numerous future bishops and archbishops. Students reportedly learned Greek and Latin and spoke Latin as well as their own native languages.

Adrian taught at the school for 40 years. He died there, probably in the year 710, and was buried in the monastery. Several hundred years later, when reconstruction was being done, Adrian’s body was discovered in an incorrupt state. As word spread, people flocked to his tomb, which became famous for miracles. Rumor had it that young schoolboys in trouble with their masters made regular visits there.

Ang akong paborito kay Love me Tender ug Are you lonesome tonight.

He would have been 75 years old, today.
Things you don´t know about him, for example;

-  He was blond! He dyed his hair black.
-  He had a twin brother named Jesse Garon, who came half an hour before him, dead at birth.
-  He had had  only 3 concerts outside the USA. There were in the cities of Ottawa, Vancouver &Toronto.
-  He had sung 600 songs, he had not written not even one of it.
-  He won 3 Grammies for his gospel songs, but non from his rock music.
-  He stood 1'80 meter, and wore 45 shoes
-  Under the late  President  Richard Nixon, he worked as an undercover narcotics agent.
-  He was a karate black-belter.
-  His first job was a truck driver.
-  For 2 years he only ate meatballs,  mashed potatoes and tomatoes.
-  In Switzerland, it is a felony to mow the lawn in Elvis costume.
-  Elvis married Priscilla who was barely 14 years old.
-  the last film he saw before he died was the Bond film, The Spy Who love Me.
-  Upon meeting the rockgroup of Led Zeppelin, Elvis Presly swap his 5,000 US $ golden wristwatch, with the  Mickey mouse wrist watch of Bass guitar player John Paul Jones. aol.de

He will always be in my memory because we were born on the same month and day.

sa akong panagsusi niiingon sila dili jud angayan iya batasan, dugay siya manueldo! Sila mismo misulti Dili sila muboto Nya! 

Doy Alpspider, kining atong gihisgotan ang proyekto ni Eden Hohmann, kon ugaling sa imong pag susi lain iyang batasan, lain na kini nga topic, kon unsa pa man galing ang imong post dinhi tin-awa palihug ang kamatooran kay adunay kalagmitay nga kini magamit nga ebidensya basin maka-pasaka kita ug sumbong nga calumny (1. a false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something: The speech was considered a calumny of the administration. 
2. the act of uttering calumnies; slander; defamation. ) This could be used to bring you to court and be sure to have a good lawyer.

Blessed Angela of Foligno
(1248-1309)

Some saints show marks of holiness very early. Not Angela! Born of a leading family in Foligno, she became immersed in the quest for wealth and social position. As a wife and mother, she continued this life of distraction.
Around the age of 40 she recognized the emptiness of her life and sought God’s help in the Sacrament of Penance. Her Franciscan confessor helped Angela to seek God’s pardon for her previous life and to dedicate herself to prayer and the works of charity.

Shortly after her conversion, her husband and children died. Selling most of her possessions, she entered the Secular Franciscan Order. She was alternately absorbed by meditating on the crucified Christ and by serving the poor of Foligno as a nurse and beggar for their needs. Other women joined her in a religious community.

At her confessor’s advice, Angela wrote her Book of Visions and Instructions. In it she recalls some of the temptations she suffered after her conversion; she also expresses her thanks to God for the Incarnation of Jesus. This book and her life earned for Angela the title "Teacher of Theologians." She was beatified in 1693.



Comment:

People who live in the United States today can understand Blessed Angela’s temptation to increase her sense of self-worth by accumulating money, fame or power. Striving to possess more and more, she became more and more self-centered. When she realized she was priceless because she was created and loved by God, she became very penitential and very charitable to the poor. What had seemed foolish early in her life now became very important. The path of self-emptying she followed is the path all holy men and women must follow.


Quote:

Pope John Paul II writes: “Christ the Redeemer of the World is the one who penetrated in a unique, unrepeatable way into the mystery of the human person and entered our ‘hearts.’ Rightly therefore does the Second Vatican Council teach: ‘The truth is that only in the mystery of the Incarnate Word does the mystery of the human person take on light.... Christ the New Adam, in the very revelation of the mystery of the Father and his love, fully reveals human beings to themselves and brings to light their most high calling’” (Redemptor Hominis, .

Time With Jesus   

Spending time with Jesus can only help me come to a greater understanding of myself. 

instead they will be dumping lots of aggregates in the seabed.

Dennish Ondoy, I want to hear your point and please give details of this idea.

Schwebebahn ( suspended monorail) the only one in the world, Wuppertal , Germany.

legal or illegal ania;

I have a question about ejaculation. Can anyone female ejaculate or just some women? How can you tell if you are an ejaculator or not?

From Felice Newman, author of the Whole Lesbian Sex Book:

How can you tell if you ejaculate? You might notice a gush of wetness right before orgasm. Or you might experience a nice big spray of come at orgasm. Potentially, all women can ejaculate and if you'd like, you can learn how.

You can explore your urethral sponge (or G-spot) with a firm, curved dildo or your fingers. Insert your fingers or dildo, aiming for the front wall of the vagina. Stroke this area with a "come hither" motion. If you use your fingers, you'll feel the difference in texture between this area, which is rough, and the rest of the vaginal walls, which are smooth. Some women like to stimulate the opening of the vagina just below the urethra. You can also press down on your pelvis with your free hand, applying pressure just above the pubic bone. Stimulate your G-spot until you feel intensely turned on and like you're about to pee. As you approach orgasm, push out, as if urinating. The stream you produce is ejaculate.

Felice Newman

Publisher, Cleis Press

Author, The Whole Lesbian Sex Book
ps
if a partner is wearing an eyeglass, it is adviasable to install a wiper like a car when it rains! ha ha ha

Dili kini matukod, ka gamay sa Panglao.

This is a serious topic and I hope nobody is juvenile among us. If a stable partner is available and you want to better the quality of your life, this thread in my opinion is valid.
Funny to say, the lesbians are more adept on this and they have an article  about this topic. Are you interested if I go on?

Unsay background Doy? Home for the aged!

Tiguwang nga model,pwede ko?

akong ma-imagine, darling come here and help me find out my G-spot, please?

St. Raymond of Peñafort
(1175-1275)


Since Raymond lived into his hundredth year, he had a chance to do many things. As a member of the Spanish nobility, he had the resources and the education to get a good start in life.
By the time he was 20, he was teaching philosophy. In his early 30s he earned a doctorate in both canon and civil law. At 41 he became a Dominican. Pope Gregory IX called him to Rome to work for him and to be his confessor. One of the things the pope asked him to do was to gather together all the decrees of popes and councils that had been made in 80 years since a similar collection by Gratian. Raymond compiled five books called the Decretals. They were looked upon as one of the best organized collections of Church law until the 1917 codification of canon law.

Earlier, Raymond had written for confessors a book of cases. It was called Summa de casibus poenitentiae. More than just a list of sins and penances, it discussed pertinent doctrines and laws of the Church that pertained to the problem or case brought to the confessor.

At the age of 60, Raymond was appointed archbishop of Tarragona, the capital of Aragon. He didn’t like the honor at all and ended up getting sick and resigning in two years.

He didn’t get to enjoy his peace long, however, because when he was 63 he was elected by his fellow Dominicans to be the head of the whole Order, the successor of St. Dominic. Raymond worked hard, visited on foot all the Dominicans, reorganized their constitutions and managed to put through a provision that a master general be allowed to resign. When the new constitutions were accepted, Raymond, then 65, resigned.

He still had 35 years to oppose heresy and work for the conversion of the Moors in Spain. He convinced St. Thomas Aquinas to write his work Against the Gentiles.

In his100th year the Lord let Raymond retire.




Comment:

Raymond was a lawyer, a canonist. Legalism can suck the life out of genuine religion if it becomes too great a preoccupation with the letter of the law to the neglect of the spirit and purpose of the law. The law can become an end in itself, so that the value the law was intended to promote is overlooked. But we must guard against going to the opposite extreme and seeing law as useless or something to be lightly regarded. Laws ideally state those things that are for the best interests of everyone and make sure the rights of all are safeguarded. From Raymond, we can learn a respect for law as a means of serving the common good.


Quote:

“He who hates the law is without wisdom,/and is tossed about like a boat in a storm” (Sirach 33:2).


Patron Saint of:

Attorneys
Lawyers

you know Dr Ruth Weissmeier, a sex expert (USA) she knows it well ( me too) ha ha ha
Kon adunay higayon nga completo ang kalipay sa babaye, nganong dili man himoon. Sex pleasure is not a monopoly of men.
Belle ajaw gamit ug teleskopyo!

Prayer   

By its very nature, prayer informs and inspires my core identity. 

Di-a ang mga aleman, dili mosogot sa kalaki ni Barry, kanang body scanner, makit-an ang tanan nga buho sa imong lawas.

Yes, Inday. Si Bambi tua dapit sa Munich (Bayern) ako sa Wuppertal (North Rhine-Wesphalia). Tugnaw karon jamo, ang snow walay hunong, morag Siberia.

Ni-a,   nag-agwanta sa kinabuhing gwapa!

Doy, kining dagwaya, noong alaw pa!

Herzlich Wilkommen! Inday Bambi, wir sind fast wie im Siberien.

Doy, new year naman, igawas na palihug ang  imong hulagway!

There is a secret pleasure somewhere in the intimate interiors of a woman´s body. They call it G-spot after the famous German gynecologist who find it as big as (American) nickel.
This area is suppose to give a woman ultimate pleasure to reach an orgasm.
A present UK study denies it´s existence.

According to CNN;
Researchers at King's College London in the United Kingdom have brought the elusive G-spot to the forefront with a study of more than 1,800 female twins. The study suggests that there is no genetic basis for the G-spot and that environmental or psychological factors may contribute to whether a woman believes that she has a G-spot. The new study is published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
But a recent study that adds credence to the G-spot concept. French researchers Odile Buisson and Pierre Foldès did ultrasounds of a small number of women having intercourse with men. By looking at the changes in the vagina, the researchers found physiological evidence of the G-spot. This study is under review at the Journal of Sexual Medicine, Goldstein said.

The G-spot is named after Dr. Ernst Grafenberg, a gynecologist known for his research on female genitalia. He described this pleasure zone of the vagina in a 1950 paper.

I saw a documentary film in a German tv, where two men, explained with the use of their fingers to arouse and bring a woman to orgasm, by stimulating her G-spot.

Does men possess also this so called G-spot?

BBC

1: Area in which G-spot said to be, although its location and existence is questioned
2: Uterus
3: Vagina
4: Clitoris

lisod bitaw mag-adjust sa German nga batasan, kalma sila, ako kay mobotho ang temper, mogawas ang akong German nga Binol-anon, ha ha ha

Okay lang Day Belle, sugod napod sa sinugdanan!

Jan.6.2010

Blessed André Bessette
(1845-1937)

Brother André expressed a saint’s faith by a lifelong devotion to St. Joseph.
Sickness and weakness dogged André from birth. He was the eighth of 12 children born to a French Canadian couple near Montreal. Adopted at 12, when both parents had died, he became a farmhand. Various trades followed: shoemaker, baker, blacksmithâ€"all failures. He was a factory worker in the United States during the boom times of the Civil War.

At 25, he applied for entrance into the Congregation of the Holy Cross. After a year’s novitiate, he was not admitted because of his weak health. But with an extension and the urging of Bishop Bourget (see Marie-Rose Durocher, October 6), he was finally received. He was given the humble job of doorkeeper at Notre Dame College in Montreal, with additional duties as sacristan, laundry worker and messenger. “When I joined this community, the superiors showed me the door, and I remained 40 years.”

In his little room near the door, he spent much of the night on his knees. On his windowsill, facing Mount Royal, was a small statue of St. Joseph, to whom he had been devoted since childhood. When asked about it he said, “Some day, St. Joseph is going to be honored in a very special way on Mount Royal!”

When he heard someone was ill, he visited to bring cheer and to pray with the sick person. He would rub the sick person lightly with oil taken from a lamp burning in the college chapel. Word of healing powers began to spread.

When an epidemic broke out at a nearby college, André volunteered to nurse. Not one person died. The trickle of sick people to his door became a flood. His superiors were uneasy; diocesan authorities were suspicious; doctors called him a quack. “I do not cure,” he said again and again. “St. Joseph cures.” In the end he needed four secretaries to handle the 80,000 letters he received each year.

For many years the Holy Cross authorities had tried to buy land on Mount Royal. Brother André and others climbed the steep hill and planted medals of St. Joseph. Suddenly, the owners yielded. André collected 200 dollars to build a small chapel and began receiving visitors thereâ€"smiling through long hours of listening, applying St. Joseph’s oil. Some were cured, some not. The pile of crutches, canes and braces grew.

The chapel also grew. By 1931 there were gleaming walls, but money ran out. “Put a statue of St. Joseph in the middle. If he wants a roof over his head, he’ll get it.” The magnificent Oratory on Mount Royal took 50 years to build. The sickly boy who could not hold a job died at 92.

He is buried at the Oratory and was beatified in 1982.




Comment:

Rubbing ailing limbs with oil or a medal? Planting a medal to buy land? Isn’t this superstition? Aren’t we long past that?
Superstitious people rely only on the “magic” of a word or action. Brother André’s oil and medals were authentic sacramentals of a simple, total faith in the Father who lets his saints help him bless his children.

Jan.6,2010

Take Time   

There’s nothing more important I can do in my day than take some time to be with my Lord. 

kulba-a nako Mike kay kadabuntag akong i-post ang minute meditations ug saints of the day, nasipyat man, akong gitawagan ang among server ug akong gibalikas,matod pa nila kon na-abrihan nako ang Firefox nia sa website ang problema.

ingat lagi,
Manay

St. Basil the Great
and Gregory Nazianzen
(329-379)


Basil was on his way to becoming a famous teacher when he decided to begin a religious life of gospel poverty. After studying various modes of religious life, he founded what was probably the first monastery in Asia Minor. He is to monks of the East what St. Benedict is to the West, and his principles influence Eastern monasticism today.
He was ordained a priest, assisted the archbishop of Caesarea (now southeastern Turkey), and ultimately became archbishop himself, in spite of opposition from some of his suffragan bishops, probably because they foresaw coming reforms.

One of the most damaging heresies in the history of the Church, Arianism, which denied the divinity of Christ, was at its height. Emperor Valens persecuted orthodox believers, and put great pressure on Basil to remain silent and admit the heretics to communion. Basil remained firm, and Valens backed down. But trouble remained. When the great St. Athanasius (May 2) died, the mantle of defender of the faith against Arianism fell upon Basil. He strove mightily to unite and rally his fellow Catholics who were crushed by tyranny and torn by internal dissension. He was misunderstood, misrepresented, accused of heresy and ambition. Even appeals to the pope brought no response. “For my sins I seem to be unsuccessful in everything.”

He was tireless in pastoral care. He preached twice a day to huge crowds, built a hospital that was called a wonder of the world (as a youth he had organized famine relief and worked in a soup kitchen himself) and fought the prostitution business.

Basil was best known as an orator. His writings, though not recognized greatly in his lifetime, rightly place him among the great teachers of the Church. Seventy-two years after his death, the Council of Chalcedon described him as “the great Basil, minister of grace who has expounded the truth to the whole earth.”




Comment:

As the French say, “The more things change, the more they remain the same.” Basil faced the same problems as modern Christians. Sainthood meant trying to preserve the spirit of Christ in such perplexing and painful problems as reform, organization, fighting for the poor, maintaining balance and peace in misunderstanding.


Quote:


St. Basil said: “The bread which you do not use is the bread of the hungry; the garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of him who is naked; the shoes that you do not wear are the shoes of the one who is barefoot; the money that you keep locked away is the money of the poor; the acts of charity that you do not perform are so many injustices that you commit.”

Gregory Nazianzen (329-390). After his baptism at 30, Gregory gladly accepted his friend Basil’s invitation to join him in a newly founded monastery. The solitude was broken when Gregory’s father, a bishop, needed help in his diocese and estate. It seems that Gregory was ordained a priest practically by force, and only reluctantly accepted the responsibility. He skillfully avoided a schism that threatened when his own father made compromises with Arianism. At 41, Gregory was chosen as bishop of a diocese near Caesarea and at once came into conflict with Valens, the emperor, who supported the Arians. An unfortunate by-product of the battle was the cooling of the friendship of two saints. Basil, his archbishop, sent him to a miserable and unhealthy town on the border of unjustly created divisions in his diocese. Basil reproached Gregory for not going to his see.

When protection for Arianism ended with the death of Valens, Gregory was called to rebuild the faith in the great see of Constantinople, which had been under Arian teachers for three decades. Retiring and sensitive, he dreaded being drawn into the whirlpool of corruption and violence. He first stayed at a friend’s home, which became the only orthodox church in the city. In such surroundings, he began giving the great sermons on the Trinity for which he is famous. In time, Gregory did rebuild the faith in the city, but at the cost of great suffering, slander, insults and even personal violence. An interloper even tried to take over his archdiocese.

His last days were spent in solitude and austerity. He wrote religious poetry, some of it autobiographical, of great depth and beauty. He was acclaimed simply as “the Theologian.”

COMMENT: It may be small comfort, but turmoil in the Church today is a mild storm compared to the devastation caused by the Arian heresy, a trauma the Church has never forgotten. Christ did not promise the kind of peace we would love to haveâ€"no problems, no opposition, no pain. In one way or another, holiness is always the way of the cross.

QUOTE: “God accepts our desires as though they were a great value. He longs ardently for us to desire and love him. He accepts our petitions for benefits as though we were doing him a favor. His joy in giving is greater than ours in receiving. So let us not be apathetic in our asking, nor set too narrow bounds to our requests; nor ask for frivolous things unworthy of God’s greatness.”






Patron Saint of:

Russia

mahimo mag overnight sa Sagbayan peak?

“Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.”

George Bernard Shaw
*

*Irish dramatist, literary critic, and socialist. During his career Shaw wrote more than sixty plays. He was uniquely honoured by being awarded both a Nobel Prize (1925) for his contribution to literature and an Oscar (1938) for Pygmalion. He was a strong advocate for socialism and women’s rights, a vegetarian and teetotaller, and a harsh critic of formal education.

Compassionate Care   

In marriage you model for your children the kind of compassionate care and sacrificial service you long for them to imitate

These party group is an honest presentation. They have nothing to be afraid of. They deserve to be trusted.

unsa man kini siya; Ampatuan sa Bohol?  nag-supply ug armas sa NPA? may armas museum? Bol-anon Jango?

dinhe sa Alemanya akong nahibal-an sa akong silingan nga dili magbilin ug hinay-hay. Aduna miy kwarto nga para labhanan (tapok ang mga washing machines for each apartment unit) ug hay-hayan. Ang tinoohan, madala sa bag-ong tuig ang imong mga problema ug malas.
I do keep my laundry all intact before New Year for some sort of orderliness, this is more a valid reason.

On Mama Mary ps;

As the model of Christian trust we turn to our Blessed Mother. We can only speculate as to how much she did or did not understand of the mysterious and wondrous life she was to lead as the Mother of God. Of this we are certain: Mary understood the meanings of suffering, trust, and Providence. From that moment the angel Gabriel announced "Hail, favored one!" (Lk. 1:28), to that eve in the cave at Bethlehem, to that heart-piercing agony she experienced at the foot of the Cross, the Virgin Mary was and is the exemplar of trust. She never attempted to remove herself from whatever God presented. Rather, her answer was: "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word" (Lk. 1:38).

When some cross presents itself in our life, let us not fear; for the All-Powerful Child has plans for those whom he loves; plans of such unfathomable beauty and wonder that we would die of joy should we experience them too soon. Look beyond the surface. Gaze into eternity. See the Christ Child. Give yourself to him entirely that you may see what he is doing for you.

palihug litratohi Doy aron makatan-aw pod ko nga di-a sa layo. KInsa man ang tag-iya?

Sayo ko nisimba karon, niabot ko ug usa ka oras sayo. Tugnaw jamo. The first reading is very wonderful, I would like to share it with you;

Reading 1, Nm 6:22-27
22 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
23 'Speak to Aaron and his sons and say: "This is how you must bless the Israelites. You will say:
24 May Yahweh bless you and keep you.
25 May Yahweh let his face shine on you and be gracious to you.
26 May Yahweh show you his face and bring you peace."
27 This is how they must call down my name on the Israelites, and then I shall bless them.'

Applying this to our present times, we got the blessings this way also.

This is a big step for the American citizenry!  Imagine a world power with no health insurance for its population. There are lots of well todo americans but the majority are still coping to shoulder their health expenses. Daghang mga taga Guindulman gamay ug pension, kon masakit mangoli kay mangita ug doktor laway.

good Christian Work Ethic

Well said jud Doy Bran, pila nalang sa mga industrial warlords ang mo-practice ni-ani. The very good example is  Bill Gates and wife.

Please light a candle for her today!

Mary, Mother of God


 
Mary’s divine motherhood broadens the Christmas spotlight. Mary has an important role to play in the Incarnation of the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity. She consents to God’s invitation conveyed by the angel (Luke 1:26-38). Elizabeth proclaims: “Most blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?” (Luke 1:42-43, emphasis added). Mary’s role as mother of God places her in a unique position in God’s redemptive plan.
Without naming Mary, Paul asserts that “God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law” (Galatians 4:4). Paul’s further statement that “God sent the spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying out ‘Abba, Father!’“ helps us realize that Mary is mother to all the brothers and sisters of Jesus.

Some theologians also insist that Mary’s motherhood of Jesus is an important element in God’s creative plan. God’s “first” thought in creating was Jesus. Jesus, the incarnate Word, is the one who could give God perfect love and worship on behalf of all creation. As Jesus was “first” in God’s mind, Mary was “second” insofar as she was chosen from all eternity to be his mother.

The precise title “Mother of God” goes back at least to the third or fourth century. In the Greek form Theotokos (God-bearer), it became the touchstone of the Church’s teaching about the Incarnation. The Council of Ephesus in 431 insisted that the holy Fathers were right in calling the holy virgin Theotokos. At the end of this particular session, crowds of people marched through the street shouting: “Praised be the Theotokos!” The tradition reaches to our own day. In its chapter on Mary’s role in the Church, Vatican II’s Dogmatic Constitution on the Church calls Mary “Mother of God” 12 times.




Comment:

Other themes come together at today’s celebration. It is the Octave of Christmas: Our remembrance of Mary’s divine motherhood injects a further note of Christmas joy. It is a day of prayer for world peace: Mary is the mother of the Prince of Peace. It is the first day of a new year: Mary continues to bring new life to her childrenâ€"who are also God’s children.


Quote:

“The Blessed Virgin was eternally predestined, in conjunction with the incarnation of the divine Word, to be the Mother of God. By decree of divine Providence, she served on earth as the loving mother of the divine Redeemer, an associate of unique nobility, and the Lord’s humble handmaid. She conceived, brought forth, and nourished Christ” (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, 61).

Parental Love   

The greatest need of your children is to experience the love of their parents for each other. 

Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.
Fulton J. Sheen

there is nothing so wacky as your sense of humor Inday Belle, Happy Birthday!

2010 Year of the Tiger
Tigers may not be the king of the jungle, but these striped cats are no softies! Magnetic and self-possessed, Tigers are born leaders. They have an air of authority that prompts others to fall in line, which is exactly how they like it. Although they are magnetically charming and fun to be around, Tigers like to go it alone sometimes too. A Tiger's main interest is in following its ambitions -- and maintaining control.

Tigers are courageous beyond compare and generally come out ahead in battle, be it in the boardroom or the bedroom. Seduction is one area where the Tiger is definitely king! Noble and warm-hearted, Tigers have a natural, raw appeal that's extremely attractive to other Signs. They're not just about attraction, though; ever on the side of right, Tigers will fight the good fight to the bitter end if the cause is worthy. Opponents are wise to fear this feline.

A bit of caution is a good thing around Tigers, since they can pounce without warning. They experience mood swings and often feel things more intensely than others, the latter quality being both good and bad. They can react poorly under stress and are prone to emotional outbursts. This Sign's bristling sensitivity can send friend and foe running for cover.

A lesson that Tigers would be well-served to learn is moderation in all things. Once these cats can find their center and direct their considerable energies toward worthwhile endeavors (as opposed to racing through life), they will accomplish much.

Pirmi magpabilin nga mala-umon!

Salamat sa inyong mga pang-hinaut! May we stay together under the mantel of His protection.

The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.

Eric Berne *


*
Eric Berne (May 10, 1910 â€" July 15, 1970) was a Canadian-born psychiatrist best known as the creator of transactional analysis and the author of Games People Play.

7 reasons why we get hurt
Marge C. Enriquez
Philippine Daily Inquirer

December 01, 2009

PROTECTION IS OFTEN equated with physical meansâ€"vaccines, security
guards, martial arts or amulets. But majority of us would never think
about protecting ourselves from being emotionally scarred by others.
Says London-based author and motivational speaker Mike George, “We
will never need to worry about being hurt by others as our average day
carries very little physical threat. However, if we move to the mental
and emotional level, there appears to be a different kind of
possibility that we may get hurt. Our symptoms of hurt emerge as a
result of blaming, complaining and accusing others for ‘making me feel
this way.’ Is that because, like physical hurt, we are not strong
enough or not powerful enough to protect ourselves, or is it because
we feel we are at the mercy of other people and circumstances ... Do
we need some kind of ‘bouncer system’ standing guard at the windows of
our minds and at the doors of our heart?”

Here are seven reasons why we might feel hurt.

Insulted. “How dare you say that to me!” We can easily feel
disrespected or sullied when somebody makes derogatory or unflattering
remarks about our work or our personality.

Offended. “Can you believe what they just said about ‘my’ religion,
beliefs, ideas, etc.” The feeling is similar to being offended after
someone makes disparaging comments of another person’s appearance,
actions or speech. In our “conclusion” of the other, we see them doing
or saying something against our own values or beliefs.

Let down. “I’m so disappointed in you because you’ve let me down.”
Getting upset or disappointed comes from the perception that someone
has not met our expectations. Whether they showed up late or failed to
do what they said, we take it personally. Once our sorrow has waned,
we hold on to a negative impression of them.

Betrayed. “How could you tell them what I said, how can I ever trust
you again?” In truth, people don’t have the power to merge especially
when they are asked to keep a secret. The hurt comes when we expect
people not to pass on what we said.

Robbed. “They took everything from me.” We feel violated when
something precious is taken away from us. It’s not just theft; even
businesses are out to mooch us they can for their product and service.

Broken promise. “But you promised me...” It’s a personal hurt when
someone does not keep his word, whether it’s the parent who fails to
purchase the toy for Christmas, the boss who fails to deliver a
promotion, or a friend who fails to pay a debt.

Excluded. “You didn’t invite me...” You feel insecure when you’re not
included to an event or group that you aspired to be part of. The
sensitive feelings are heightened when there’s the thought, “What’s
wrong with me?”

It feels as if life offers many opportunities to feel hurt and
powerless in the face of other people’s behavior or the prevailing
situation. That’s just a matter of perception. George points out that
these responses are actually habits of creating our own suffering.

Self-empowerment

Here are his suggestions for self-empowerment.

1. Accept responsibility. The main responsibility in life is the
ability to respond. Any hurt reactions are self-created and not caused
by another person or event. That’s easier said than done. George says
it takes time for the situation or the reaction to die down. By then,
we see things more objectively and realize that we feel hurt because
“the world is not dancing to our tune.”

2. End controlling. Majority of the hurts stem from the fact that
people are not behaving the way we want them to behave. “Our emotional
reaction is a sign that we are trying to control what we cannot
control,” says George.

3. Be happy anyway. The media and social conditioning have led us to
believe that we can’t be happy unless we’ve got this or that. But as
long as our contentment is based on another human being or situation,
our emotions will vacillate and we will be unable to be centered
inside and be genuinely nice to others.

4. Letting go. The cause of all sorrow is holding on to ideas, belief
systems, possessions, people and, more significantly, attachment to
images of how others should behave. Letting go means not expending our
energy on these attachments and instead responding positively to the
situation.

5. Self-awareness. Take a few minutes each day and note down the times
you felt hurt by someone or by a situation, and see why it was caused
by your reaction and not them. This exercise will remind us that we
create our own feelings regardless of other people’s behavior. George
points out that we could even be guilty of doing what hurts others and
we may not be aware of it.

Once we’ve taken up the cudgels for change, here are the signs of
self-empowerment:

1. Whatever insults are hurled to you are just words, not sticks and stones.

2. You are not offended when you are no longer holding on to a belief
system about how people should speak or behave or dress up.

3. You don’t feel hurt when someone lets you down because you’ve
learned not to make your happiness dependent on your expectations of
others.

4. You don’t feel betrayed when a person divulges confidential
information which you shared. “You know that you cannot control what
others will do with what you share,” says George.

5. You can’t be robbed of anything because the real treasures are
spiritual. Everything else that is material is ephemeral.

6. You can’t be hurt by broken promises because you accept that people
can’t always be relied upon to conform with what they’ve said, and
your happiness is not dependent on a fulfilled promised.

7. You don’t feel bad if you’ve been ignored or even blackballed.
Self-esteem is not dependent on acceptance from others. “You no longer
need to be involved in anything to be content within yourself. You
know there is nothing wrong with you. You are a free spirit,” says
George.

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--
It is not about what you do or who you are, it is about what you are
becoming. No se trata de lo que tu ereso lo que tu haces, se trata de
lo que tu te estas convirtiendo.

Manay:
Ang babaeng full of wisdom.Respected.I'm sure proud sa yo ang mga anak mo..Happy New Year Manay...Expect the reward of the goodness that you did..
Misty Smiley

Happy ko Day Misty, adonay nakadayeg, kay akong pagtoo, akong kinabuhi akong  gipaagi sa katawa. Akong mga kasipyatan, pag-kapobre, mga kahuyang akong lang gikataw-an. Life is good to me, truly God is love. Gasahan kita sa kanunay sa IYANG pag-pangga.

here a joke for you today;

Two Ladies Talking in heaven
1st woman: Hi! My name is Sherry.
2nd woman: Hi! I'm Sylvia. How'd you die?
1st woman: I froze to death.
2nd woman: How horrible!

1st woman: It wasn't so bad. After I quit shaking from the cold, I began to get warm & sleepy, & finally died a peaceful death. What about you?

2nd woman: I died of a massive heart attack. I suspected that my husband was cheating, so I came home early to catch him in the act. But instead, I found him all by himself in the den watching TV.

1st woman: So, what happened?
2nd woman: I was so sure there was another woman there somewhere that I started running all over the house looking. I ran up into the attic & searched, & down into the basement. Th en I went through every closet & checked under all the beds. I kept this up until I had looked everywhere, & finally I became so exhausted that I just keeled over with a heart attack & died.
1st woman: Too bad you didn't look in the freezer---we'd both still be alive.

St. Sylvester I
(d. 335)

When you think of this pope, you think of the Edict of Milan, the emergence of the Church from the catacombs, the building of the great basilicas, Saint John Lateran, Saint Peter’s and others, the Council of Nicaea and other critical events. But for the most part, these events were planned or brought about by Emperor Constantine.
A great store of legends has grown up around the man who was pope at this most important time, but very little can be established historically. We know for sure that his papacy lasted from 314 until his death in 335. Reading between the lines of history, we are assured that only a very strong and wise man could have preserved the essential independence of the Church in the face of the overpowering figure of the Emperor Constantine. The bishops in general remained loyal to the Holy See and at times expressed apologies to Sylvester for undertaking important ecclesiastical projects at the urging of Constantine.



Comment:

It takes deep humility and courage in the face of criticism for a leader to stand aside and let events take their course, when asserting one’s authority would only lead to useless tension and strife. Sylvester teaches a valuable lesson for Church leaders, politicians, parents and others in authority.


Quote:

To emphasize the continuity of Holy Orders, the recent Roman breviary in its biographies of popes ends with important statistics. On the feast of Saint Sylvester it recounts: "He presided at seven December ordinations at which he created 42 priests, 25 deacons and 65 bishops for various sees." The Holy Father is indeed the heart of the Church's sacramental system, an essential element of its unity.

Wellspring   

The love of husband and wife is the wellspring of love for the entire family.