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Why men love big butts? They identify it with big breasts.

My next postings will about the Black Madonna;

The Black Madonna of CzÄ™stochowa (Czarna Madonna or Matka Boska CzÄ™stochowska in Polish, Imago thaumaturga Beatae Virginis Mariae Immaculatae Conceptae, in Claro Monte in Latin, ЧенсÑ,оÑ...овская икона Ð'ожией МаÑ,ери in Church Slavonic) is a holy icon of the Virgin Mary, that is both Poland's holiest relic and one of the country's national symbols.

Lucan origin
The icon of Our Lady of Częstochowa has been intimately associated with Poland for the past six hundred years. Its history prior to its arrival in Poland is shrouded in numerous legends which trace the icon's origin to St. Luke who painted it on a cypress table top from the house of the Holy Family.

[edit] Arrival in Częstochowa
One of the oldest documents from Jasna Góra states that the picture travelled from Jerusalem, via Constantinople and Belz,to finally reach CzÄ™stochowa in August 1382 by WÅ,adysÅ,aw Opolczyk, Duke of Opole.Wikipedia.

A  burial mass was held before we were allowed to come in, I was the first and I immediately took a shot to show how the people in this town preserved this old tradition, the dead man is holding a rosary, stampita and new pair of shoes.( May he rest in peace).

Some illiustrations about the church in Polish language

In almost every church is the late Pope John II always revered as the next saint from Poland


Altars of the Redemptorist Monks



Mao kini ang ilang ATM, take note this is a very small town.

Police station, I was spoken by a police who asked me why I take some photos and I replied I have to show this to my Tubag Bohol Forum members.

This is the town Bardo which is a part of Lower Silesian ( German Territory before WWII).


Bardo Church

BARDO

Bardo [ˈbardÉ"] (German: Wartha) is a town in ZÄ...bkowice ÅšlÄ...skie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Bardo.

The town lies on the Nysa KÅ,odzka river, approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of ZÄ...bkowice ÅšlÄ...skie, and 72 kilometres (45 mi) south of the regional capital WrocÅ,aw. As at 2006, the Bardo has a population of 2,860.

History
Bardo was founded in the 10th century as a defensive gord. The surrounding area was populated by Slavic peoples tribes and Bardo's castellans were Polish knights. Its chapel was built in the 10th century, and it was first mentioned in 1189 as being owned by the Knights Hospitaller. By 1290 the gord had lost its strategic importance and ceased to exist as a castellany. By 1299 the whole area had been bought by the Cistercian order and was owned by them until 1810. Along with most of Silesia, it passed from Germany to Poland at the end of World War II.

Bardo gained the status of a town in the early 14th century, but this was lost as the result of the destruction caused by World War II. It became the seat of a gmina in 1954, and was granted town status again in 1969.

Historic buildings still existing in Bardo include a Baroque church and a 15th-century stone bridge.
Will show some pics later, this church is under the hands of the Redemptorist priests and monks.

Minute Meditations
Accept the Challenges   

Lord God, Heavenly Father, may I accept the challenges of Jesus your prophet and put into practice his wise teachings. Amen. 

St. Elizabeth of Hungary
(1207-1231)

In her short life Elizabeth manifested such great love for the poor and suffering that she has become the patroness of Catholic charities and of the Secular Franciscan Order. The daughter of the King of Hungary, Elizabeth chose a life of penance and asceticism when a life of leisure and luxury could easily have been hers. This choice endeared her in the hearts of the common people throughout Europe.
At the age of 14 Elizabeth was married to Louis of Thuringia (a German principality), whom she deeply loved; she bore three children. Under the spiritual direction of a Franciscan friar, she led a life of prayer, sacrifice and service to the poor and sick. Seeking to become one with the poor, she wore simple clothing. Daily she would take bread to hundreds of the poorest in the land, who came to her gate.

After six years of marriage, her husband died in the Crusades, and she was grief-stricken. Her husband’s family looked upon her as squandering the royal purse, and mistreated her, finally throwing her out of the palace. The return of her husband’s allies from the Crusades resulted in her being reinstated, since her son was legal heir to the throne.

In 1228 Elizabeth joined the Secular Franciscan Order, spending the remaining few years of her life caring for the poor in a hospital which she founded in honor of St. Francis. Elizabeth’s health declined, and she died before her 24th birthday in 1231. Her great popularity resulted in her canonization four years later.



Comment:

Elizabeth understood well the lesson Jesus taught when he washed his disciples' feet at the Last Supper: The Christian must be one who serves the humblest needs of others, even if one serves from an exalted position. Of royal blood, Elizabeth could have lorded it over her subjects. Yet she served them with such a loving heart that her brief life won for her a special place in the hearts of many. Elizabeth is also an example to us in her following the guidance of a spiritual director. Growth in the spiritual life is a difficult process. We can play games very easily if we don't have someone to challenge us or to share experiences so as to help us avoid pitfalls.


Quote:

"Today, there is an inescapable duty to make ourselves the neighbor of every individual, without exception, and to take positive steps to help a neighbor whom we encounter, whether that neighbor be an elderly person, abandoned by everyone, a foreign worker who suffers the injustice of being despised, a refugee, an illegitimate child wrongly suffering for a sin of which the child is innocent, or a starving human being who awakens our conscience by calling to mind the words of Christ: 'As long as you did it for one of these, the least of my brethren, you did it for me' (Matthew 25:40)" (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, 27, Austin Flannery translation).


Patron Saint of:

Bakers

Poland has a special place in God´s heart!

Busfahrt Day good for 4 days, more pics to come,  I still have to sort out my thoughts since it was a very intensive spiritual renewal for me. I also met 4 Pinay nuns ( Franciscans) stationed in CzÄ™stochowa, Poland.
I lighted candles to the TB members who requested for some prayers, I did it in Częstochowa where the Black Madonna shrine lies. There is one who always comes into my mind, BNC! I place some prayer requests for all the members of TubagBohol Forum members.

Solod sa simbahan bawal ang mag picture with flash bulbs.



bear in mind that this church is more than 700 years old!

We took 14 hours by bus, sakit akong lobot ug nilingkod walay tolog kay kawas kada 3 ka oras. Duha mi ka bus, 8 ka Pinoy, 2 ka Italyano ug  80 ka German of Polish descendants



Among pamahaw alas onse na sa odto.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wambierzyce
The trip was tedious and this was our first church to be visited 12 November 2009

St. Albert the Great
(1206-1280)

Albert the Great was a 13th-century German Dominican who influenced decisively the Church's stance toward Aristotelian philosophy brought to Europe by the spread of Islam.
Students of philosophy know him as the master of Thomas Aquinas. Albert’s attempt to understand Aristotle’s writings established the climate in which Thomas Aquinas developed his synthesis of Greek wisdom and Christian theology. But Albert deserves recognition on his own merits as a curious, honest and diligent scholar.

He was the eldest son of a powerful and wealthy German lord of military rank. He was educated in the liberal arts. Despite fierce family opposition, he entered the Dominican novitiate.

His boundless interests prompted him to write a compendium of all knowledge: natural science, logic, rhetoric, mathematics, astronomy, ethics, economics, politics and metaphysics. His explanation of learning took 20 years to complete. "Our intention," he said, "is to make all the aforesaid parts of knowledge intelligible to the Latins."

He achieved his goal while serving as an educator at Paris and Cologne, as Dominican provincial and even as bishop of Regensburg for a short time. He defended the mendicant orders and preached the Crusade in Germany and Bohemia.

Albert, a Doctor of the Church, is the patron of scientists and philosophers.




Comment:

An information glut faces us Christians today in all branches of learning. One needs only to read current Catholic periodicals to experience the varied reactions to the findings of the social sciences, for example, in regard to Christian institutions, Christian life-styles and Christian theology. Ultimately, in canonizing Albert, the Church seems to point to his openness to truth, wherever it may be found, as his claim to holiness. His characteristic curiosity prompted Albert to mine deeply for wisdom within a philosophy his Church warmed to with great difficulty.


Quote:

"There are some who desire knowledge merely for its own sake; and that is shameful curiosity. And there are others who desire to know, in order that they may themselves be known; and that is vanity, disgraceful too. Others again desire knowledge in order to acquire money or preferment by it; that too is a discreditable quest. But there are also some who desire knowledge, that they may build up the souls of others with it; and that is charity. Others, again, desire it that they may themselves be built up thereby; and that is prudence. Of all these types, only the last two put knowledge to the right use" (St. Bernard, Sermon on the Canticle of Canticles).


Patron Saint of:

Medical technicians
Philosophers
Scientists

Do not Fear   

Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God. He will come with vengeance, with terrible recompense. He will come and save you. 

Security   

There may be occasions when our only source of stability and security is in the Lord. 

Great is the Lord    

Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure. 

Karon ka pa Gwargz?  Wala ka makamatikod nga ang atong mga topic pirmi ma saag! ha ha ha

I would respect the poster of this thread because in terms of money, he knows the topic so well! Greetings Ondoy Calle.

ambot kon unsa ang gigamit nga material kay ang feather morag danlog man, i could provide the material ang balhibo imo, bisan unsa nga balhibo! ha ha ha

Salamat mga igsoon sa inyong mga panghinaut.

I could vouch for Cocobank, you can approach the bank manager and tell my name Tessie Wilms is proud of you. Either Boy Saranza or Loy Glovasa.

The trip will start tonight, pag ka buntag Cracow na. I presume there will be a mass 10-11 in the morning, so please align your thoughts with me since I printed all the prayer requests and I will give it there on the altar. Sa Sabado sa gabii ang among larga, buntag ni-a nako pohon sa Germany. I will try my best to give the Minute meditations and Saints of the day. Please pray to the saints everyday kay maninaw sila kaayo nato.
I´m so excited because I have read that Cracow is one of the most beautiful city in Europe and it was not much damaged by the war. This place is very rich in Jewish heritage. God bless us all.

Manay

Aumentado is Konrad Adenauer awardee, I was asking myself what are the merits, does he deserved this? With this action from Aumentado kombinsido nako.

St. Martin of Tours
(316?-397)


A conscientious objector who wanted to be a monk; a monk who was maneuvered into being a bishop; a bishop who fought paganism as well as pleaded for mercy to hereticsâ€"such was Martin of Tours, one of the most popular of saints and one of the first not to be a martyr.
Born of pagan parents in what is now Hungary and raised in Italy, this son of a veteran was forced to serve in the army against his will at the age of 15. He became a Christian catechumen and was baptized at 18. It was said that he lived more like a monk than a soldier. At 23, he refused a war bonus and told his commander: "I have served you as a soldier; now let me serve Christ. Give the bounty to those who are going to fight. But I am a soldier of Christ and it is not lawful for me to fight." After great difficulties, he was discharged and went to be a disciple of Hilary of Poitiers (January 13).

On a bitterly cold day, a famous legend goes, Martin met a poor man, almost naked, trembling in the cold and begging from passersby at the city gate. Martin had nothing but his weapons and his clothes. He drew his sword, cut his cloak into two pieces, gave one to the beggar and wrapped himself in the other half. Some of the bystanders laughed at his now odd apearance; others were ashamed at not having relieved the man's misery. That night in his sleep Martin saw Christ dressed in the half of the garment he had given away, and heard him say, "Martin, still a catechumen, has covered me with is garment."

He was ordained an exorcist and worked with great zeal against the Arians. He became a monk, living first at Milan and later on a small island. When Hilary was restored to his see after exile, Martin returned to France and established what may have been the first French monastery near Poitiers. He lived there for 10 years, forming his disciples and preaching throughout the countryside.

The people of Tours demanded that he become their bishop. He was drawn to that city by a ruseâ€"the need of a sick personâ€"and was brought to the church, where he reluctantly allowed himself to be consecrated bishop. Some of the consecrating bishops thought his rumpled appearance and unkempt hair indicated that he was not dignified enough for the office.

Along with St. Ambrose (December 7), Martin rejected Bishop Ithacius’s principle of putting heretics to deathâ€"as well as the intrusion of the emperor into such matters. He prevailed upon the emperor to spare the life of the heretic Priscillian. For his efforts, Martin was accused of the same heresy, and Priscillian was executed after all. Martin then pleaded for a cessation of the persecution of Priscillian’s followers in Spain. He still felt he could cooperate with Ithacius in other areas, but afterwards his conscience troubled him about this decision.

As death approached, his followers begged him not to leave them. He prayed, "Lord, if your people still need me, I do not refuse the work. Your will be done."




Comment:

Martin's worry about cooperation with evil reminds us that almost nothing is either all black or all white. The saints are not creatures of another world: They face the same perplexing decisions that we do. Any decision of conscience always involves some risk. If we choose to go north, we may never know what would have happened had we gone east, west or south. A hypercautious withdrawal from all perplexing situations is not the virtue of prudence; it is, in fact, a bad decision, for "not to decide is to decide."

Energizing Power   

Divine One, bringer of healing energy and light, let your power flow through me and energize me throughout my day. Keep me close to the source of your radiant being and open me to Wisdom’s presence and surprises. Amen. 

I was expecting to hear some personal intentions from you, aw kon generalize akong buhaton. Syempre akong i-ampo nga kita ipalayo sa mga katalagman, atong ipanglipoyo nga ang atong pamilya ug uban sa banay dili mahilayo sa iyang pag-mahal kay kini ma-o ang pinaka dako nga pag-ampo sa Kahitas-an.

Yes I will folks, if you want to have some prayer requests pls per email or pm me. I will pray the Divine Mercy chaplet for each request. Palihug lang kanang walay bugal-bugal kay kinasing-kasing kini nga pilgirmage nako.  I will bring your request there personally.

ps
see to it that your posting will reach me till tomorrow 11 AM, my time, bet 5-6 pm ninyo diha.

I will visit Cracow, Poland for 4 days starting 11 November 2009, by bus. This is a pilgrimage to the Divine Mercy with a German group and us 10 Pinoys. I hope I could get lots of pictures to share them with you.

Manay

These are mammary glands and if some men oggle at them with libidinal desires, they are simply sick.

I experienced this with Cocobank, so I transferred my savings deposit to time deposit. I like Cocobank, the manager Boy Saranza is from Anda.

LEFT OVER ONIONS IS POISONOUS

I  have used an onion which has been left in the
fridge, and sometimes I don't use a whole one at one
time, so save the other half for later.

Now with this info, I have changed my mind....will buy
smaller onions in the future. 

I had the wonderful privilege of touring Mullins Food
Products, Makers of mayonnaise.  Mullins is huge, and
is owned by 11 brothers and sisters in the Mullins family.
  My friend, Jeanne, is the CEO.

Questions about food poisoning came up, and I wanted to
share what I learned from a chemist. 

The guy who gave us our tour is named Ed. He's one of
the brothers Ed is a chemistry expert and is involved in
developing most of the sauce formula. He's even
developed sauce formula for McDonald's.

Keep in mind that Ed is a food chemistry whiz. During the
tour, someone asked if we really needed to worry about
  mayonnaise. People are always worried that mayonnaise will
spoil. Ed's answer will surprise you. Ed said that all
commercially- made Mayo is completely safe.. 

"It doesn't even have to be refrigerated. No harm
in refrigerating it, but it's not really> necessary."
He explained that the pH in mayonnaise is
set at a point that bacteria could not survive in that
environment. He then talked about the quaint essential
picnic, with the bowl of potato salad sitting on the table
and how everyone blames the mayonnaise when someone gets
sick. 

Ed says that when food poisoning is reported, the first
thing the officials look for is when the 'victim'
last ate ONIONS and where those onions came from (in the
potato salad?). Ed says it's not the mayonnaise (as long
as it's not homemade Mayo) that spoils in the outdoors.
It's probably the onions, and if not the onions,
it's the POTATOES.

He explained, onions are a huge magnet for
bacteria, especially uncooked onions. You should never
plan to keep a portion of a sliced onion. He says it's
not even safe if you put it in a zip-lock bag and put it in
your refrigerator. 

It's already contaminated enough just by being cut open
and out for a bit, that it can be a danger to you (and
doubly watch out for those onions you put in your hotdogs at
the baseball park!) 

Ed says if you take the leftover onion and cook it like
crazy you'll probably be okay, but if you slice that
leftover onion and put on your sandwich, you're asking
for trouble. Both the onions and the moist potato in a
potato salad, will attract and grow bacteria faster than any
commercial mayonnaise will even begin to break down.
  So, how's that for news? Take it for what you will. I
(the author) am going to be very careful about my onions
from now on. For some reason, I see a lot of credibility
coming from a chemist and a company that produces
millions of pounds of mayonnaise every year.'

Also, dogs should never eat onions. Their stomachs cannot
metabolize onions .Please remember it is dangerous to cut
onions and try to use it to cook the next day ,it becomes
highly poisonous for even a single night and creates Toxic
bacteria which may cause Adverse Stomach infections because
of excess Bile secretions and even Food poisoning.

Please pass it on to all you love and care.

This huge nation is starting to be a superpower, they should start to change. They can start with this issue to liberalize their views.

Teeth! A person with a nice set of teeth is very attractive to me, this heightens the smile.

Abundant Gifts   

Giver of Life, awaken me to the gifts you have planted in me. I promise to use them responsibly and well in the service of faith, hope and love. May the gifts you’ve entrusted with me grow to fullness so that they may nourish those who hunger for a taste of you. Amen. 

St. Leo the Great
Feastday: November 10



St. Leo the Great
St. Leo the Great was born in Tuscany. As deacon, he was dispatched to Gaul as a mediator by Emperor Valentinian III. He reigned as Pope between 440 and 461. He persuaded Emperor Valentinian to recognize the primacy of the Bishop of Rome in an edict in 445. The doctrine of the Incarnation was formed by him in a letter to the Patriarch of Constantinople, who had already condemned Eutyches. At the Council of Chalcedon this same letter was confirmed as the expression of Catholic Faith concerning the Person of Christ.


All secular historical treatises eulogize his efforts during the upheaval of the fifth century barbarian invasion. His encounter with Attila the Hun, at the very gates of Rome persuading him to turn back, remains a historical memorial to his great eloquence. When the Vandals under Genseric occupied the city of Rome, he persuaded the invaders to desist from pillaging the city and harming its inhabitants. He died in 461, leaving many letters and writings of great historical value. His feast day is November 10th.

Doy kon wala kay movement sa imong account withdrawal or deposit ila kanang kuhaan ug 50 pesos monthly isip service charge. In-ana kamarama ang atong mga bangko.

di ba kaha daghang lamok ani

Dili maka breed ang mga lamok kon pirmi nagalihok ang tubig, ang stagnant water mao kini ang daghang lamok.

Time Magazine

Can a Mixed-Race Contestant Become a Chinese Idol?


Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1925589,00.html#ixzz0WM4PT8AL

Lou Jing

It would have been FAR WISER to quietly retire him from public duty long before now.

Dear Mabuhay, you must have known how and why a priest is ordained before posting this kind of  statement.

God's Vineyard   

God gave us everything we need to be free, whole, healthy and content. Everything we need to bring the kingdom about. Everything necessary to succeed, to grow into the people God hopes we will be. We are the choice vines planted in God’s vineyard! 

Dedication of St. John Lateran


Most Catholics think of St. Peter’s as the pope’s main church, but they are wrong. St. John Lateran is the pope’s church, the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome where the Bishop of Rome presides.
The first basilica on the site was built in the fourth century when Constantine donated land he had received from the wealthy Lateran family. That structure and its successors suffered fire, earthquake and the ravages of war, but the Lateran remained the church where popes were consecrated until the popes returned from Avignon in the 14th century to find the church and the adjoining palace in ruins.

Pope Innocent X commissioned the present structure in 1646. One of Rome’s most imposing churches, the Lateran’s towering facade is crowned with 15 colossal statues of Christ, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist and 12 doctors of the Church. Beneath its high altar rest the remains of the small wooden table on which tradition holds St. Peter himself celebrated Mass.




Comment:

Unlike the commemorations of other Roman churches (St. Mary Major, August 5; Sts. Peter and Paul, November 18), this anniversary is a feast. The dedication of a church is a feast for all its parishioners. In a sense, St. John Lateran is the parish church of all Catholics, because it is the pope's cathedral. This church is the spiritual home of the people who are the Church.


Quote:

"What was done here, as these walls were rising, is reproduced when we bring together those who believe in Christ. For, by believing they are hewn out, as it were, from mountains and forests, like stones and timber; but by catechizing, baptism and instruction they are, as it were, shaped, squared and planed by the hands of the workers and artisans. Nevertheless, they do not make a house for the Lord until they are fitted together through love" (St. Augustine, Sermon 36>).

Some people have talent!



WHERE  OLD PHONE CORDS GO
   
   
  Every one of these sheep is made from  telephones and cords .. . .. check out their feet!
( Museum of Communications in Frankfurt )

 

I might see this place sometime next year.

Blessed John Duns Scotus
(c. 1266-1308)

A humble man, John Duns Scotus has been one of the most influential Franciscans through the centuries.
Born at Duns in the county of Berwick, Scotland, John was descended from a wealthy farming family. In later years he was identified as John Duns Scotus to indicate the land of his birth; Scotia is the Latin name for Scotland.

John received the habit of the Friars Minor at Dumfries, where his uncle Elias Duns was superior. After novitiate John studied at Oxford and Paris and was ordained in 1291. More studies in Paris followed until 1297, when he returned to lecture at Oxford and Cambridge. Four years later he returned to Paris to teach and complete the requirements for the doctorate.

In an age when many people adopted whole systems of thought without qualification, John pointed out the richness of the Augustinian-Franciscan tradition, appreciated the wisdom of Aquinas, Aristotle and the Muslim philosophersâ€"and still managed to be an independent thinker. That quality was proven in 1303 when King Philip the Fair tried to enlist the University of Paris on his side in a dispute with Pope Boniface VIII. John Duns Scotus dissented and was given three days to leave France.

In Scotus’s time, some philosophers held that people are basically determined by forces outside themselves. Free will is an illusion, they argued. An ever practical man, Scotus said that if he started beating someone who denied free will, the person would immediately tell him to stop. But if Scotus didn’t really have a free will, how could he stop? John had a knack for finding illustrations his students could remember!

After a short stay in Oxford he returned to Paris, where he received the doctorate in 1305. He continued teaching there and in 1307 so ably defended the Immaculate Conception of Mary that the university officially adopted his position. That same year the minister general assigned him to the Franciscan school in Cologne where John died in 1308. He is buried in the Franciscan church near the famous Cologne cathedral.

Drawing on the work of John Duns Scotus, Pope Pius IX solemnly defined the Immaculate Conception of Mary in 1854. John Duns Scotus, the "Subtle Doctor," was beatified in 1993.



Comment:

Father Charles Balic, O.F.M., the foremost 20th-century authority on Scotus, has written: "The whole of Scotus's theology is dominated by the notion of love. The characteristic note of this love is its absolute freedom. As love becomes more perfect and intense, freedom becomes more noble and integral both in God and in man" (New Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 1105).


Quote:

Intelligence hardly guarantees holiness. But John Duns Scotus was not only brilliant, he was also humble and prayerfulâ€"the exact combination St. Francis wanted in any friar who studied. In a day when French nationalism threatened the rights of the pope, Scotus sided with the papacy and paid the price. He also defended human freedom against those who would compromise it by determinism.
Ideas are important. John Duns Scotus placed his best thinking at the service of the human family and of the Church.

Abundance of God's Gifts   

Generous and abundant God, stretch me into becoming dangerously unselfish. Let my family, friends, neighbors and even my enemies find you in me. Give me opportunities to share the abundance you have given me. Teach me to rely on you for all my needs. Amen. 

Inday Lee, inga si David nga imbitaron ka kay dool ra kini niya.

They should learn from Boracay, it is so congested and the enviroment suffered so much. We should stop this kind of commercialization at the expense of nature, the effects can be irreversible.

gi e-mail ni nako, nakorat jud ko sa iyang nutritional benefits, that´s why I´m sharing this with you.

I wanted kids, I wanted to send them to school, to a big  university, that they will be academically well situated. Nakahoman na ang usa, ang akong bonsoy na lang ang sonod. Kon sa Pinas pa kini, walay pagla-om.

Kidding aside some postings have given the correct answer, that the size is not important, it is how you wield your gun. Cunnilingus is terribly exciting but no compare to the real thing,  but a big one brings a joyous ha ha ha ha!

The  Amazing Cucumber

This information was in The New York Times  several weeks ago as part of their "Spotlight on the Home" series that  highlighted creative and fanciful ways to solve common  problems.

1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need  every day, just one cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin  B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron,  Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and  Zinc.
 
2. Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down  the caffeinated soda and pick up a cucumber.  Cucumbers are a  good source of B Vitamins and Carbohydrates that can provide that  quick pick-me-up that can last for hours.

3. Tired of your bathroom mirror  fogging up after a shower?  Try rubbing a cucumber slice along  the mirror, it will eliminate the fog and provide a soothing, spa-like  fragrance.

4. Are grubs and slugs ruining your planting  beds?  Place a few slices in a small pie tin and your garden will  be free of pests all season long.  The chemicals in the cucumber  react with the aluminum to give off a scent undetectable to humans but  drive garden pests crazy and make them flee the area.

5. Looking for a fast and  easy way to remove cellulite before going out or to the pool?   Try rubbing a slice or two of cucumbers along your problem area for a  few minutes, the phytochemicals in the cucumber cause the collagen in  your skin to tighten, firming up the outer layer and reducing the  visibility of cellulite.  Works great on wrinkles  too!!!

6. Want to avoid a hangover or terrible headache?   Eat a few cucumber slices before going to bed and wake up refreshed  and headache free.  Cucumbers contain enough sugar, B vitamins  and electrolytes to replenish essential nutrients the body lost,  keeping everything in equilibrium, avoiding both a hangover and  headache!!

7. Looking to fight off that afternoon or evening  snacking binge?  Cucumbers have been used for centuries and often  used by European trappers, traders and explores for quick meals to  thwart off starvation.

8. Have an important  meeting or job interview and you realize that you don't have enough  time to polish your shoes?  Rub a freshly cut cucumber over the  shoe, its chemicals will provide a quick and durable shine that not  only looks great but also repels water.

9. Out of WD 40 and need  to fix a squeaky hinge?  Take a cucumber slice and rub it along  the problematic hinge, and voila, the squeak is gone!

10.  Stressed out and don't have time for massage, facial or visit to the  spa?  Cut up an entire cucumber and place it in a boiling pot of  water, the chemicals and nutrients from the cucumber with react with  the boiling water and be released in the steam, creating a soothing,  relaxing aroma that has been shown the reduce stress in new mothers  and college students during final exams.

11. Just finish a  business lunch and realize you don't have gum or mints?  Take a  slice of cucumber and press it to the roof of your mouth with your  tongue for 30 seconds to eliminate bad breath, the phytochemcials will  kill the bacteria in your mouth responsible for causing bad  breath.

12.  Looking for a 'green' way to clean your faucets, sinks or stainless  steel?  Take a slice of cucumber and rub it on the surface you  want to clean, not only will it remove years of tarnish and bring back  the shine, but is won't leave streaks and won't harm you fingers or  fingernails while you clean.

13. Using a pen and made a  mistake?  Take the outside of the cucumber and slowly use it to  erase the pen writing, also works great on crayons and markers that  the kids have used to decorate the walls!!

A Village in Holland with no roads...
Giethoorn is located in the province of Overijssel.
Transportations are done by boat.

Kining makahimamat ka ug gamay, makakanta ka ug " Saan, Saan ako nagkamali", samtang ang daku jamoo, mokanta ka ug" Haleluya, Haleluyaaaaaaaaaaaah"

Ang ilong ang tan-awon! Mas maayo akoy tan-aw ..dili ang ilong ha?

St. Didacus
(1400-1463)

Didacus is living proof that God "chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong" (1 Corinthians 1:27).
As a young man in Spain, Didacus joined the Secular Franciscan Order and lived for some time as a hermit. After Didacus became a Franciscan brother, he developed a reputation for great insight into God’s ways. His penances were heroic. He was so generous with the poor that the friars sometimes grew uneasy about his charity.

Didacus volunteered for the missions in the Canary Islands and labored there energetically and profitably. He was also the superior of a friary there.

In 1450 he was sent to Rome to attend the canonization of St. Bernardine of Siena. When many friars gathered for that celebration fell sick, Didacus stayed in Rome for three months to nurse them. After he returned to Spain, he pursued a life of contemplation full-time. He showed the friars the wisdom of God’s ways.

As he was dying, Didacus looked at a crucifix and said: "O faithful wood, O precious nails! You have borne an exceedingly sweet burden, for you have been judged worthy to bear the Lord and King of heaven" (Marion A. Habig, O.F.M., The Franciscan Book of Saints, p. 834).

San Diego, California, is named for this Franciscan, who was canonized in 1588.



Comment:

We cannot be neutral about genuinely holy people. We either admire them or we consider them foolish. Didacus is a saint because he used his life to serve God and God’s people. Can we say the same for ourselves?


Quote:

"He was born in Spain with no outstanding reputation for learning, but like our first teachers and leaders unlettered as men count wisdom, an unschooled person, a humble lay brother in religious life. [God chose Didacus] to show in him the abundant riches of his grace to lead many on the way of salvation by the holiness of his life and by his example and to prove over and over to a weary old world almost decrepit with age that God's folly is wiser than men, and his weakness is more powerful than men" (Bull of Canonization).

Transform Yourself   

Transformation is the purpose of our livesâ€"to change and be changed until the Christ consciousness is fully developed and the ego sufficiently starved so that it becomes too weak to influence our behavior and choices. 

Rihanna was interviewed and willingly admitted the mistakes she made. She went public to warn women to learn from her mistakes. Chris was the love of her life, but she was often beaten 8-9x.  She had had enough and although it was hard to separate from him, she did it.

St. Leo the Great
Feastday: November 10
461


St. Leo the Great
St. Leo the Great was born in Tuscany. As deacon, he was dispatched to Gaul as a mediator by Emperor Valentinian III. He reigned as Pope between 440 and 461. He persuaded Emperor Valentinian to recognize the primacy of the Bishop of Rome in an edict in 445. The doctrine of the Incarnation was formed by him in a letter to the Patriarch of Constantinople, who had already condemned Eutyches. At the Council of Chalcedon this same letter was confirmed as the expression of Catholic Faith concerning the Person of Christ.


All secular historical treatises eulogize his efforts during the upheaval of the fifth century barbarian invasion. His encounter with Attila the Hun, at the very gates of Rome persuading him to turn back, remains a historical memorial to his great eloquence. When the Vandals under Genseric occupied the city of Rome, he persuaded the invaders to desist from pillaging the city and harming its inhabitants. He died in 461, leaving many letters and writings of great historical value. His feast day is November 10th.

Kaila ko personally ni Loy Glovasa younger brod ni Oca who works in Cocobank. He is a very good guy but I had not met Attorney Glovasa in person.

Ex Chancellor  Willy Schmidt made sound political decisions inspite of his being an alcoholic.

Akong gidamgo ang akong ugangang lalaki, siya batan-on tan-awon ug puti kaayo iyang nawong.

St. Nicholas Tavelic and Companions
(d. 1391)

Nicholas and his three companions are among the 158 Franciscans who have been martyred in the Holy Land since the friars became custodians of the shrines in 1335.
Nicholas was born in 1340 to a wealthy and noble family in Croatia. He joined the Franciscans and was sent with Deodat of Rodez to preach in Bosnia. In 1384 they volunteered for the Holy Land missions and were sent there. They looked after the holy places, cared for the Christian pilgrims and studied Arabic.

In 1391 Nicholas, Deodat, Peter of Narbonne and Stephen of Cuneo decided to take a direct approach to converting the Muslims. On November 11, 1391, they went to the huge Mosque of Omar in Jerusalem and asked to see the Qadi (Muslim official). Reading from a prepared statement, they said that all people must accept the gospel of Jesus. When they were ordered to retract their statement, they refused. After beatings and imprisonment, they were beheaded before a large crowd.

Nicholas and his companions were canonized in 1970. They are the only Franciscans martyred in the Holy Land to be canonized.



Comment:

Francis presented two missionary approaches for his friars. Nicholas and his companions followed the first approach (live quietly and give witness to Christ) for several years. Then they felt called to take the second approach of preaching openly. Their Franciscan confreres in the Holy Land are still working by example to make Jesus better known.


Quote:

In the Rule of 1221, Francis wrote that the friars going to the Saracens (Muslims) "can conduct themselves among them spiritually in two ways. One way is to avoid quarrels or disputes and 'be subject to every human creature for God's sake' (1 Peter 2:13), so bearing witness to the fact that they are Christians. Another way is to proclaim the word of God openly, when they see that is God's will, calling on their hearers to believe in God almighty, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, the Creator of all, and in the Son, the Redeemer and Savior, that they may be baptized and become true and spiritual Christians" (Ch. 16).

God Surrounds Us   

When we pray, we make ourselves aware of God’s presence and express the intimacy we share with one who knows us completely. We acknowledge that we, of all nature and the cosmos are hemmed, in by God. God surrounds us on all sides. 

With their fantastic IQs,  are they happy?

Basin ikaw ang topnotcher TT!

This is the most intelligent answer to your question Inday Misty, thanks Inday Carmen.

A&J, sugdi hinay hinay pagsay-say kay taas-taas man kaha.

Venerable Solanus Casey
(1870-1957)
 
Barney Casey became one of Detroit’s best-known priests even though he was not allowed to preach formally or to hear confessions!
Barney came from a large family in Oak Grove, Wisconsin. At the age of 21, and after he had worked as a logger, a hospital orderly, a streetcar operator and a prison guard, he entered St. Francis Seminary in Milwaukeeâ€"where he found the studies difficult. He left there and, in 1896, joined the Capuchins in Detroit, taking the name Solanus. His studies for the priesthood were again arduous.

On July 24, 1904, he was ordained, but because his knowledge of theology was judged to be weak, Father Solanus was not given permission to hear confessions or to preach. A Franciscan Capuchin who knew him well said this annoying restriction "brought forth in him a greatness and a holiness that might never have been realized in any other way." During his 14 years as porter and sacristan in Yonkers, New York, the people there recognized him as a fine speaker. "For, though he was forbidden to deliver doctrinal sermons," writes his biographer, James Derum, "he could give inspirational talks, or feverinos, as the Capuchins termed them" (18:96). His spiritual fire deeply impressed his listeners.

Father Solanus served at parishes in Manhattan and Harlem before returning to Detroit, where he was porter and sacristan for 20 years at St. Bonaventure Monastery. Every Wednesday afternoon he conducted well-attended services for the sick. A co-worker estimates that on the average day 150 to 200 people came to see Father Solanus in the front office. Most of them came to receive his blessing; 40 to 50 came for consultation. Many people considered him instrumental in cures and other blessings they received.

Father Solanus’ sense of God’s providence inspired many of his visitors. "Blessed be God in all his designs" was one of his favorite expressions.

The many friends of Father Solanus helped the Capuchins begin a soup kitchen during the Depression. Capuchins are still feeding the hungry there today.

In 1946 in failing health, he was transferred to the Capuchin novitiate in Huntington, Indiana, where he lived until 1956 when he was hospitalized in Detroit. He died on July 31, 1957. An estimated 20,000 people passed by his coffin before his burial in St. Bonaventure Church in Detroit.

At the funeral Mass, Father Gerald, the provincial, said: "His was a life of service and love for people like me and you. When he was not himself sick, he nevertheless suffered with and for you that were sick. When he was not physically hungry, he hungere with people like you. He had a divine love for people. He loved people for what he could do for them â€"and for God, through them."

In 1960 a Father Solanus Guild was formed in Detroit to aid Capuchin seminarians. By 1967 the guild had 5,000 membersâ€"many of them grateful recipients of his practical advice and his comforting assurance that God would not abandon them in their trials. He was declared Venerable in 1995.



Comment:

James Patrick Derum, his biographer, writes that eventually Father Solanus was weary from bearing the burdens of the people who visited him. "Long since, he had come to know the Christ-taught truth that pure love of God and one’s fellowmen as children of God are in the final event all that matter. Living this truth ardently and continuously had made him, spiritually, a free manâ€"free from slavery to passions, from self-seeking, from self-indulgence, from self-pityâ€"free to serve wholly both God and man" (The Porter of St. Bonaventure’s, page 199).


Quote:

Father Maurice Casey, a brother of Father Solanus, was once in a sanitarium near Baltimore and was annoyed at the priest-chaplain there. Father Solanus wrote his brother: "God could have established his Church under supervision of angels that have no faults or weaknesses. But who can doubt that as it stands today, consisting of and under the supervision of poor sinnersâ€"successors to the ‘poor fishermen of Galilee’ #151;the Church is a more outstanding miracle than any other way?"

Relationship with God   

God alone is our constant companion, our beloved and our friend. This is the relationship that must be primary in our lives if we truly desire to discover lasting contentment, purpose and meaning. 

Mao jud hubag bohol, I was expecting some legitimate reasons, because I know some good politicians who are not lawyers or degree holders.

this is history but it doesn´t count for good governance.

Is he worth voting?

St. Elizabeth
Feastday: November 5


Not much information is known about Elizabeth, but she has the distinction of being one of the first to know about Mary's great blessing as the Mother of God.

Zachary was a priest in Jerusalem whose wife, Elizabeth, Mary's cousin, was beyond child-bearing age. He was told by an angel in a vision that they would have a son and should name him John. When he doubted this, he was struck dumb. Elizabeth was visited by Mary, at which time Mary spoke the hymn of praise now known at the Magnificat, and after John's birth, Zachary's speech was restored. This is all that is known of Elizabeth and Zachary, and is found in the New Testament in Luke, Chapter 1. An unvarifiable tradition has Zachary murdered in the Temple when he refused to tell Herod where his son John was to be found. Their feast day is November 5th.

Unity of Life   

Loving God, open my heart, mind and being to the unity of all life. Help me to see and hear your Word in myself, my neighbor, in all my relationships and all of creation. Amen. 

A&J is right, ang motor mo run down ang yuta magpabilin ang value.

A Pinay married a rich, old German. The man was so sickly and the children from first marriage are squabbling over the properties since they assume when their father dies it will go to the new mother in-law.
Then one day the man died and he bequeth everything to his Pinay wife. The woman anticipating the big trouble, deposited the money in his deceased man´s account and gave the ATM card in the coffin which was seen by the children during the wake. Now, may I hear your opinion.

I won´t trust this kind of business, the price might still go high and knowing the business is volatile in our country. By the way it  would be pleasant if Ferdie looked straight to the camera, it will give a positive impression.

Who is in the position to ask the Bishop in Bohol regarding this matter? Koddi, doy palihug or Mike.

Priests are humans they have their sexuality, but they are priests since they are chosen and they undergo schooling on this matter plus they are spiritually guided. People also pray pray for them for added strength,
they should/must  walk the line.

May I ask what is your hidden agenda for bringing this kind of website?

The posting of Catalina is wonderful, butangi jud!

In a bad mood? Don't worry - according to research, it's good for you.

An Australian psychology expert who has been studying emotions has found being grumpy makes us think more clearly.

In contrast to those annoying happy types, miserable people are better at decision-making and less gullible, his experiments showed.

While cheerfulness fosters creativity, gloominess breeds attentiveness and careful thinking, Professor Joe Forgas told Australian Science Magazine.

'Eeyore days'

The University of New South Wales researcher says a grumpy person can cope with more demanding situations than a happy one because of the way the brain "promotes information processing strategies".

Negative moods trigger more attentive, careful thinking, paying greater attention to the external world

He asked volunteers to watch different films and dwell on positive or negative events in their life, designed to put them in either a good or bad mood.

Next he asked them to take part in a series of tasks, including judging the truth of urban myths and providing eyewitness accounts of events.

Those in a bad mood outperformed those who were jolly - they made fewer mistakes and were better communicators.

Professor Forgas said: "Whereas positive mood seems to promote creativity, flexibility, co-operation and reliance on mental shortcuts, negative moods trigger more attentive, careful thinking, paying greater attention to the external world."

The study also found that sad people were better at stating their case through written arguments, which Forgas said showed that a "mildly negative mood may actually promote a more concrete, accommodative and ultimately more successful communication style".

His earlier work shows the weather has a similar impact on us - wet, dreary days sharpened memory, while bright sunny spells make people forgetful. BBC

St. Charles Borromeo
Feastday: November 4
Patron of learning and the arts.
1584


St. Charles Borromeo
Charles was the son of Count Gilbert Borromeo and Margaret Medici, sister of Pope Pius IV. He was born at the family castle of Arona on Lake Maggiore, Italy on October 2. He received the clerical tonsure when he was twelve and was sent to the Benedictine abbey of SS. Gratian and Felinus at Arona for his education.

In 1559 his uncle was elected Pope Pius IV and the following year, named him his Secretary of State and created him a cardinal and administrator of the see of Milan. He served as Pius' legate on numerous diplomatic missions and in 1562, was instrumental in having Pius reconvene the Council of Trent, which had been suspended in 1552. Charles played a leading role in guiding and in fashioning the decrees of the third and last group of sessions. He refused the headship of the Borromeo family on the death of Count Frederick Borromeo, was ordained a priest in 1563, and was consecrated bishop of Milan the same year. Before being allowed to take possession of his see, he oversaw the catechism, missal, and breviary called for by the Council of Trent. When he finally did arrive at Trent (which had been without a resident bishop for eighty years) in 1556, he instituted radical reforms despite great opposition, with such effectiveness that it became a model see. He put into effect, measures to improve the morals and manners of the clergy and laity, raised the effectiveness of the diocesan operation, established seminaries for the education of the clergy, founded a Confraternity of Christian Doctrine for the religious instruction of children and encouraged the Jesuits in his see. He increased the systems to the poor and the needy, was most generous in his help to the English college at Douai, and during his bishopric held eleven diocesan synods and six provincial councils. He founded a society of secular priests, Oblates of St. Ambrose (now Oblates of St. Charles) in 1578, and was active in preaching, resisting the inroads of protestantism, and bringing back lapsed Catholics to the Church. He encountered opposition from many sources in his efforts to reform people and institutions.

He died at Milan on the night of November 3-4, and was canonized in 1610. He was one of the towering figures of the Catholic Reformation, a patron of learning and the arts, and though he achieved a position of great power, he used it with humility, personal sanctity, and unselfishness to reform the Church, of the evils and abuses so prevalent among the clergy and the nobles of the times. His feast day is November 4th.

Ahong pakpakan nga buhi unja isugba angdawonggan inig kahuman ahong ipakaon ni Ate Misty.

Ang pinakaunang dugo nga moawas ahong ikuros sa ijahang (Te Misty's) agtang ug tijan.

Ug buhi pa gajud, pabukalan aron maimpas!

Di man gud ko brutal mao nang mao ra nay ahong buhaton. Grin

Delikado kini, style sa taga Siquijor!

Tigs, imong patyon sa kusi!

Thanks for your honest answer, now I know how to size you up. Is he willing to marry you? Can marriage as an institution guaranty a succesful relationship?
If you answer yes, please settle down now.

ps
I read a posting from Gener awhile ago, this sounds good,     
Protecting Your Marriage from Its Greatest Threat

pila imong edad karon? may plano ka nga manganak? What if ikaw ang laayan sa iyaha? What if he is not a good partner for you?
You won´t feel love if you won´t give your heart away. Ayaw pag minyo. Pa anak ug kas-a.

Inday MIsty, kining gi-ingon sa tagalog, kung uukol bubukol.
Why not try trusting Him? You are so preoccupied with what ifs, nobody knows what lies ahead since we are here present. Bisan unsa natong paningkamot, may kasipyatan man jod.
I marry my husband, nibalhin pagka katoliko kay aron lagi tul-id ang agi, sipyat gihapon kay palahubog man. Nagbuwag mi after 2 years.

ha ha ha ganahan jud ko nimo Misty.

See the pyramids around the Nile
Watch the sun rise
From the tropic isle
Just remember darling

next:darling

Kanang Booy, ilado jamo sa mga shabu pushers.

Steadfast Prayer   

By developing a steadfast practice of prayer and contemplation, we can be cleansed of our egotistical impulses and selfish desire and begin again to align ourselves with God’s desire for us. 

St. Martin de Porres
Feastday: November 3
Patron of Barbers
1639

St. Martin de Porres was born at Lima, Peru, in 1579. His father was a Spanish gentleman and his mother a coloured freed-woman from Panama. At fifteen, he became a lay brother at the Dominican Friary at Lima and spent his whole life there-as a barber, farm laborer, almoner, and infirmarian among other things.

Martin had a great desire to go off to some foreign mission and thus earn the palm of martyrdom. However, since this was not possible, he made a martyr out of his body, devoting himself to ceaseless and severe penances. In turn, God endowed him with many graces and wondrous gifts, such as, aerial flights and bilocation.

St. Martin's love was all-embracing, shown equally to humans and to animals, including vermin, and he maintained a cats and dogs hospital at his sister's house. He also possessed spiritual wisdom, demonstrated in his solving his sister's marriage problems, raising a dowry for his niece inside of three day's time, and resolving theological problems for the learned of his Order and for bishops. A close friend of St. Rose of Lima, this saintly man died on November 3, 1639 and was canonized on May 6, 1962. His feast day is November 3.

Steadfast Prayer   

By developing a steadfast practice of prayer and contemplation, we can be cleansed of our egotistical impulses and selfish desire and begin again to align ourselves with God’s desire for us. 

If you are curious, it was a position I want to try, I was ecstatic but he was in pain. Da oroy akong gibuwagan, basin matepok taliwa sa kalami.

It is understood that men are penis-driven and they really wanted to see huge boobs, totally normal!

Dinhi sa Europe, if you could present a certificate from your psychiatrist that a transe operation is necessary so you will function as a normal person, the health insurance will shoulder the expenses.

sexual predation nga gihimo sa mga nakasotana nilang sakop sa mga buhi ug inosente kaayong batan-on.

Mao kini ang kuyaw, youngters are exposed. We should find ways that he will not do it again, but how?