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Feast of All Souls

The Church has encouraged prayer for the dead from the earliest times as an act of Christian charity. "If we had no care for the dead," Augustine noted, "we would not be in the habit of praying for them." Yet pre-Christian rites for the deceased retained such a strong hold on the superstitious imagination that a liturgical commemoration was not observed until the early Middle Ages, when monastic communities began to mark an annual day of prayer for the departed members.
In the middle of the 11th century, St. Odilo, abbot of Cluny (France), decreed that all Cluniac monasteries offer special prayers and sing the Office for the Dead on November 2, the day after the feast of All Saints. The custom spread from Cluny and was finally adopted throughout the Roman Church.

The theological underpinning of the feast is the acknowledgment of human frailty. Since few people achieve perfection in this life but, rather, go to the grave still scarred with traces of sinfulness, some period of purification seems necessary before a soul comes face-to-face with God. The Council of Trent affirmed this purgatory state and insisted that the prayers of the living can speed the process of purification.

Superstition easily clung to the observance. Medieval popular belief held that the souls in purgatory could appear on this day in the form of witches, toads or will-o’-the-wisps. Graveside food offerings supposedly eased the rest of the dead.

Observances of a more religious nature have survived. These include public processions or private visits to cemeteries and decorating graves with flowers and lights. This feast is observed with great fervor in Mexico.




Comment:

Whether or not one should pray for the dead is one of the great arguments which divide Christians. Appalled by the abuse of indulgences in the Church of his day, Martin Luther rejected the concept of purgatory. Yet prayer for a loved one is, for the believer, a way of erasing any distance, even death. In prayer we stand in God's presence in the company of someone we love, even if that person has gone before us into death.


Quote:

“We must not make purgatory into a flaming concentration camp on the brink of hellâ€"or even a ‘hell for a short time.’ It is blasphemous to think of it as a place where a petty God exacts the last poundâ€"or ounceâ€"of flesh.... St. Catherine of Genoa, a mystic of the 15th century, wrote that the ‘fire’ of purgatory is God’s love ‘burning’ the soul so that, at last, the soul is wholly aflame. It is the pain of wanting to be made totally worthy of One who is seen as infinitely lovable, the pain of desire for union that is now absolutely assured, but not yet fully tasted” (Leonard Foley, O.F.M., Believing in Jesus).

Infinite Knowledge   

What we know is of small amount; what we do not know is enormous. 

Nahikugang bitaw ko ni-aning balita-a, wala sab maghisgot akong manghod nga nibisita nako. Ulahi na ang tanan, igo nalang tang magsud-ya.

Circa 9 hours by car. Wala pa ko ka-anha diha.

I met him 2 years ago during the fiesta of Booy church Our lady of Guadalupe. I was told that he is one of the few priests in Bohol who is devoted to Mama Mary. He seemed to be doing his priestly duties well.

A question;

assuming you are a parent whose kids are actively working with Fr Skelton, having heared of his past just lately, how would you react?

The Pope acknowledges the sins of the pedophiles among the seculars of the catholic church. He tried to rectify the error by asking forgiveness to the victims and also paying a huge amount to pay the damages but the true damage will never be repaired.

TEXAS DEPUTY SHERIFF VS NEW YORK LAWYER


Only in Texas my friends... Only in Texas . Too bad......

A lawyer runs a stop sign and gets pulled over by a sheriff's deputy. He thinks that he is smarter than the deputy because he is a lawyer from New York and is certain that he has a better education then any cop from Houston , Texas . He decides to prove this to himself and have some fun at the Texas deputy's expense.

The deputy says,' License and registration, please.'

'What for?' says the lawyer..

The deputy says, 'You didn't come to a complete stop at the stop sign.'

Then the lawyer says, 'I slowed down, and no one was coming.'

'You still didn't come to a complete stop,' says the deputy. 'License and registration, please'

The lawyer says, 'What's the difference?'

'The difference is that you have to come to complete stop. That's the law. License and registration, please!' the Deputy says.

Lawyer says, 'If you can show me the legal difference between slow down and stop, I'll give you my license and registration and you give me the ticket. If not, you let me go and don't give me the ticket.'

'That sounds fair. Please exit your vehicle, sir,' the deputy says.

At this point, the deputy takes out his nightstick and starts beating the lawyer and says, 'Do you want me to stop or just slow down ?'

I am sure they got parental consent, otherwise there will be a big trouble.

Salamat Gener, saan ka mangangaluluwa ngayong araw na ito? Greetings from germany!

God is an ocean of Mercy. But Mistyeyed is right, what if he has changed and rededicated his life to serve Him?
It is also a common practice here in Germany to trace the whereabouts of juvenile offenders to keep watch of their movements.

Feast of All Saints
 
The earliest certain observance of a feast in honor of all the saints is an early fourth-century commemoration of "all the martyrs." In the early seventh century, after successive waves of invaders plundered the catacombs, Pope Boniface IV gathered up some 28 wagonloads of bones and reinterred them beneath the Pantheon, a Roman temple dedicated to all the gods. The pope rededicated the shrine as a Christian church. According to Venerable Bede, the pope intended "that the memory of all the saints might in the future be honored in the place which had formerly been dedicated to the worship not of gods but of demons" (On the Calculation of Time).
But the rededication of the Pantheon, like the earlier commemoration of all the martyrs, occurred in May. Many Eastern Churches still honor all the saints in the spring, either during the Easter season or immediately after Pentecost.

How the Western Church came to celebrate this feast in November is a puzzle to historians. The Anglo-Saxon theologian Alcuin observed the feast on November 1 in 800, as did his friend Arno, Bishop of Salzburg. Rome finally adopted that date in the ninth century.



Comment:

This feast first honored martyrs. Later, when Christians were free to worship according to their conscience, the Church acknowledged other paths to sanctity. In the early centuries the only criterion was popular acclaim, even when the bishop's approval became the final step in placing a commemoration on the calendar. The first papal canonization occurred in 993; the lengthy process now required to prove extraordinary sanctity took form in the last 500 years. Today's feast honors the obscure as well as the famousâ€"the saints each of us have known.


Quote:

“After this I had a vision of a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people, and tongue. They stood before the throne and before the Lamb, wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.... [One of the elders] said to me, ‘These are the ones who have survived the time of great distress; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb’” (Revelation 7:9,14).


ps;

Happy All saints Day Folks!

Day Catalina, sulayi ang tanglad isip tea.

I love younger men they are full of temperament, pirmi away sa panimalay ug sa kama. Ang akong present karon, tinood may pasensya apan menos ug lahutay, kon adunay adventure sa kama morag moreklamo nga sakit ang itlog kay na-ipit, ambot unsay nakaipit! ha ha ha, but really older men are mellow like wine.

I think Demi Moore it did right, NIcole Smith too (pwera damgo).

Akong pagto-o adunay treatment sa acacia wood bag-o himoong furniture sama sa kawayan.

Dire na lang ko sa way klaro kay pirmi magyabag akong mga postings. 

Puntos man ka dayon Inday Raquel! Saksto kining imong tubag.

People are hungry, these minors earn money to feed the family, of course as a sport this is no joke.

Doy,  asa ko nga category?

I think there is an authority who should supervise this kind of match. Social welfare, maybe? Koddi, Doy unsa man ang imong ikasulti?

 
(People.com) -- Now that he's finally in the body he always felt he belonged in, Chaz Bono said he's enjoying something that took decades to accomplish.

"It's a long process going back almost a decade," Bono, formerly known as Chastity, told, Entertainment Tonight in an interview airing Thursday and Friday. "I got clean and sober in 2004 and I couldn't have done this before that."

Born the daughter of Cher and Sonny Bono, Chaz, 40, has been undergoing a female-to-male sex change since March, a process that has already had significant physical changes on his body.

"It lowered my voice," he said. "Fat redistributes, muscle growth, hair growth, sex drive increases."

One thing that didn't need changing: His mental and emotional concept of himself as fundamentally male.

People.com: Cher 'will support' Chaz's sex change

"I always felt like the male from the time I was a child," he said. "There wasn't much feminine about me."

"I believe that gender is something between your ears, not between your legs. That is something I discovered in the early '90s. It was just a long process of being comfortable enough to do something about it."

It was turning the milestone age of 40 that spurred him to action.

"I was turning 40 and I thought it's now or never. I want to still feel vibrant and be able to enjoy my life in a male body and not wait until I am an old man."CNN

It was reported that typhoon Santi was not really strong but the poor kababayans on this area are still suffering from the past devastations. Let us pray for them folks.

Sayon ra nako dinhi, kay kada Sabado man sila manoktok, mo-arte ko nga wala ko kasabot ug akong soltihan,  "nicht deutsch sprechen, auslaender",  ( don´t speak German, foreigner here). Magbagolgol sila ug mo-ingon, kami ra ang maluwas kay dili man mo maminaw!

What an opinion.

Yes Ondoy Felix, Vatican city is the smallest state with the pope as the head.

In Exchange for the Eternal    

To the world I bequeath all vanities, transitory things, worldly satisfactions, empty hopes, curiosities, even friends and relatives, so I may exchange what is passing for what is eternal, and all worldly curiosity for the true vision of the face of God. 

St. Wolfgang
Feastday: October 31
994


Wolfgang (d. 994) + Bishop and reformer. Born in Swabia, Germany, he studied at Reichenau under the Benedictines and at Wurzburg before serving as a teacher in the cathedral school of Trier. He soon entered the Benedictines at Einsiedeln (964) and was appointed head of the monastery school, receiving ordination in 971. He then set out with a group of monks to preach among the Magyars of Hungary, but the following year (972) was named bishop of Regensburg by Emperor Otto II (r. 973-983). As bishop, he distinguished himself brilliantly for his reforming zeal and his skills as a statesman. He brought the clergy of the diocese into his reforms, restored monasteries, promoted education, preached enthusiastically, and was renowned for his charity and aid to the poor, receiving the title Eleemosynarius Major (Grand Almoner). He also served as tutor to Emperor Henry II (r. 1014-1024) while he was still king. Wolfgang died at Puppingen near Linz, Austria. He was canonized in 1052 by Pope St. Leo IX (r. 1049-1054). Feast day: October 31.

Look Toward Heaven   

Let me look toward heaven rather than earth, so I can set my soul now on the way that will bring it to the Lord. 

have a nice weekend folks!

Sayang way Wal-mart sa Pinas!

BBC
The world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, now plans to hold on to customers even after they die - by selling coffins.

Prices range from a "Mom" or "Dad Remembered" steel coffin for $895 (£540), to a bronze model at $2,899.

The retailer is allowing customers to plan ahead by paying for the caskets over 12 months for no interest. They can be dispatched within 48 hours.

Catering for cradle-to-grave needs, Wal-Mart already sells everything from baby wear to engagement rings.

A spokesman for the supermarket giant, Ravi Jariwala, said the new coffin range was "a limited beta test to understand customer response".

The retailer is offering caskets at prices that undercut many funeral homes, say correspondents.

But an industry spokesman said it was not gravely concerned about Wal-Mart's move because he said the firm could not offer bereaved families the human touch.

Pat Lynch, of the National Funeral Home Directors Association, told AP news agency: "There's no question in my mind as a funeral director for nearly 40 years that the most critical element is the human contact."

Mangita ta ug teklado nga ininsik o hinapon ba?

Have you ever seen a water bridge over a river? Here it is. Pretty cool!


Even after you see it, it's still hard to believe! What a feat! Six years to build, 500 million Euros and 918 meters long... now that's engineering! This is a channel bridge over the river Elbe that joins East and West Germany, as part of the unification project. Located in the city of Magdeburg, near Berlin, the photo was taken on the day of the inauguration a few years ago.


Here's a puzzle for you armchair engineers and physicists..


Question:
Did that bridge have to be designed to withstand the additional weight of the ship and barge traffic or just the weight of the water?


Answer:
It only needs to be designed to withstand the weight of the water. Why? A ship always displaces an amount of water that weighs the same as the ship, regardless of how heavily laden a ship may be.

Hallo Grace, I´m from Guindulman but residing here in Germany, welcome aboard.

Manay

Nag hoot akong dughan nagbasa nianing balita. Konsensya? Walay makatubag ni-ani kay ang mga politikong nagpaloyo karon, nag-isip lamang sa ilang kaugalingong kauswagan.

St. Alphonsus Rodriguez
(c. 1533-1617)

Tragedy and challenge beset today’s saint early in life, but Alphonsus Rodriguez found happiness and contentment through simple service and prayer.
Born in Spain in 1533, Alphonsus inherited the family textile business at 23. Within the space of three years, his wife, daughter and mother died; meanwhile, business was poor. Alphonsus stepped back and reassessed his life. He sold the business and, with his young son, moved into his sisters’ home. There he learned the discipline of prayer and meditation.

Years later, at the death of his son, Alphonsus, almost 40 by then, sought to join the Jesuits. He was not helped by his poor education. He applied twice before being admitted. For 45 years he served as doorkeeper at the Jesuits’ college in Majorca. When not at his post, he was almost always at prayer, though he often encountered difficulties and temptations.

His holiness and prayerfulness attracted many to him, including St. Peter Claver, then a Jesuit seminarian. Alphonsus’s life as doorkeeper may have been humdrum, but he caught the attention of poet and fellow-Jesuit Gerard Manley Hopkins, who made him the subject of one of his poems.

Alphonsus died in 1617. He is the patron saint of Majorca.



Comment:

We like to think that God rewards the good even in this life. But Alphonsus knew business losses, painful bereavement and periods when God seemed very distant. None of his suffering made him withdraw into a shell of self-pity or bitterness. Rather, he reached out to others who lived with pain, including enslaved blacks. Among the many notables at his funeral were the sick and poor people whose lives he had touched. May they find such a friend in us!

Inday Hazel, best wishes to you where ever you are and BNC may God give you strength and endurance to achieve your goal.

Imbitado kay Ondoy Calle?

A small person but with great achievements. An unforgettable anecdote;

n his career in the United Nations, Rómulo was a strong advocate of human rights, freedom and decolonization. During the selection of the UN's official seal, he looked over the seal-to-be and asked, "Where is the Philippines?" US Senator Warren Austin, head of the selection committee, explained, "It's too small to include. If we put the Philippines, it would be no more than a dot." "I want that dot!" insisted Romulo. Today, a tiny dot between the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea can be found on the UN seal. In 1948 in Paris, France, at the third UN General Assembly, he strongly disagreed with a proposal made by the Soviet delegation headed by Andrei Vishinsky, who challenged his credentials by insulting him with this quote: "You are just a little man from a little country." In return, Romulo replied, "It is the duty of the little Davids of this world to fling the pebbles of truth in the eyes of the blustering Goliaths and force them to behave!", leaving Vishinsky with nothing left to do but sit down. Wikipedia

Gratitude for Suffering    

At this grace-filled time of my life, as I experience suffering in union with Jesus Our Lord and Redeemer, I offer gratitude to Almighty God for giving me the opportunity to continue my apostolate on behalf of life. 

Syempre ang cola ibinti sa Tanduay!

These are painted on a small feather...6..5" or less in length 
Nindot no? Basin galabad na ang inyong ulo, God Bless.

God's Wings -

A little something to put things in perspective...

After a forest fire in  Yellowstone National Park , forest rangers
Began their trek up a mountain to assess the inferno's damage.

One ranger found a bird literally petrified in ashes, perched
Statuesquely on the ground at the base of a tree. Somewhat
Sickened by the eerie sight, he knocked over the bird with a stick.
When he gently struck it, three tiny chicks scurried from under
Their dead mother's wings. The loving mother, keenly aware of
Impending disaster, had carried her offspring to the base of the
Tree and had gathered them under her wings, instinctively knowing
That the toxic smoke would rise.

She could have flown to safety but had refused to abandon her
Babies. Then the blaze had arrived and the heat had scorched her
Small body, the mother had remained steadfast ...because she had
Been willing to die, so those under the cover of her wings would live...

'He will cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you will find refuge.'
(Psalm 91:4)

Being loved this much should make a difference in your life.
Remember the One who loves you, and then be different because of it.


Time waits for no one. Treasure every moment you have. You will
Treasure it even more when you can share it with someone special.
To realize the value of a friend ...lose one.

So sinulat ko ito in behalf ng mga asawang nandito sa abroad na nagpapaka-martir dahil sa pamilya. Ika nga, everything we do, we do it for you... so please help us.

so be it, so it maybe. God bless.

Baje isabak dili laptop!

St. Narcissus of Jerusalem
(d. 215)


Life in second- and third-century Jerusalem couldn’t have been easy, but St. Narcissus managed to live well beyond 100. Some even speculate he lived to 160.
Details of his life are sketchy, but there are many reports of his miracles. The miracle for which he is most remembered was turning water into oil for use in the church lamps on Holy Saturday when the deacons had forgotten to provide any.

We do know that Narcissus became bishop of Jerusalem in the late second century. He was known for his holiness, but there are hints that many people found him harsh and rigid in his efforts to impose church discipline. One of his many detractors accused Narcissus of a serious crime at one point. Though the charges against him did not hold up, he used the occasion to retire from his role as bishop and live in solitude. His disappearance was so sudden and convincing that many people assumed he had actually died.

Several successors were appointed during his years in isolation. Finally, Narcissus reappeared in Jerusalem and was persuaded to resume his duties. By then, he had reached an advanced age, so a younger bishop was brought in to assist him until his death.

The Process of Holiness: Sometimes it Hurts to Let Yourself be Loved ‘for Real’
By Jennifer Hartline
10/27/2009
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)

St. Francis de Sales emphasized that every person can learn devotion, practice it and live it, and so make great strides toward holiness


(Icon of St. Francis DeSales) 'Let us be who we are, and be that well, so as to honor the Master Worker, whose handiwork we are'.
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (Catholic Online) - “Does it hurt?” asked the Rabbit.

“Sometimes,” said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. “When you are Real you don’t mind being hurt.”
“Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,” he asked, “or bit by bit?”

“It doesn’t happen all at once,” said the Skin Horse. “You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.”

I don’t know whether Margery Williams intended to teach us all a great spiritual lesson through her beloved children’s story, but she certainly did. Sometimes it hurts to let yourself be loved for real. It takes a long time, and you won’t look the same anymore. But once you’ve been loved that way, you don’t mind being hurt or looking shabby.

Such is the process of holiness for us. We’re not supposed to be satisfied to merely believe; we are to pursue holiness. We were never meant to hold private beliefs that are for our own good only. If we will begin to practice devotion, we’ll soon find out what it means to be loved and to be real.

Over four hundred years ago, a very gentle, very wise priest gifted the world with the radical and liberating knowledge that a devout life is for every person, in every state of life. Holiness is not only for those in religious life, he said, but for the married, the king or queen, the servant, the worker, the single person, the politician, the doctor, and so on. St. Francis de Sales opened the door for every soul to learn devotion, to practice it and live it, and so make great strides toward holiness, whatever the vocation.

It begins with love, because love, of course, is the heart of devotion. Love for God and for His will above our own. To freely love God, to be free to follow Jesus in humble obedience, there is first the matter of God’s love for us. As the wise old Skin Horse said, sometimes real love hurts. Jesus simply refuses to love me or you in any way other than for real, and this consuming love warms and burns and purifies; it comes with pain.

The first stab we must endure is the pain of being completely revealed. With no more pretense of hiding anything, we lock eyes with Him and know that He sees all and knows all. A rather intimidating thought, yes? The idea of having no secrets at all, not the smallest bit of knowledge about your self that’s yours alone would be downright terrifying; it would be unbearable if not for the way He loves us.

Yet with everything laid bare before Him, listen to what He says: “I have loved you with an everlasting love… I have called you by name and you are Mine.”
Immediately the anguish of being revealed dissolves in merciful love and a spot of fear is rubbed away. He loved us first, last and always. Despite our weakness and sinfulness, God loves us so much He became one of us and died for us. Settle the matter in your heart once and for all and then firmly resolve to live a holy life. Now it’s time, as they say, to get real.

One of my favorite lessons from St. Francis is this beautifully simple directive: “Let us be who we are, and be that well, so as to honor the Master Worker, whose handiwork we are.” Devotion to God will lead me to my real self, the “me” that God has always intended me to become. The Skin Horse was right about that part, too. We do become. It takes a long time.

Every day that I give myself intentionally to His service out of love, I become more myself. Each time I choose to act quickly to do that thing God asks of me, my devotion grows. Each time I get up after I have failed and do not wallow in discouragement, fear diminishes and love increases. When I decide to practice patience, humility, honesty, gentleness and mercy, my soul makes progress in holiness.

It’s not great or extraordinary things that push us on toward holiness. It is the ordinary, unseen, simple acts of our normal, everyday lives that accomplish this when we perform them willingly, eagerly, simply because He asks. And make no mistake â€" those everyday actions particular to our state in life, our vocation today, are exactly what He asks of you and me. I can stop looking for a more glamorous or grandiose way of serving Him, because what He asks is that I care for my family and keep my house in order.

St. Francis also reminds us that the pursuit of holiness must be practical. It must transform our thoughts, our attitudes, our actions, and our attributes. Love must change us. It’s the way we become real… and it hurts a little. But once again, the old Skin Horse was right. You don’t mind being hurt when Love is making you real. The hurt becomes sweet to us because as our devotion grows, we only desire more of Him, more of what He wills for us. And spots begin to fade, stitches come loose, sharp edges are softened, and we who would have been easily broken are made strong by Love.

I’ll leave you with these words from St. Francis: “Don’t waste your time dreaming of being someone else. Don’t try to be someone else. Work and pray at being yourself. Be who you are, where you are. Concentrate on the little everyday problems and pains that beset you. Reserve your best efforts; expend your spiritual energy on what is right before you. This is what God asks of you. Listen closely. This is very important â€" and very misunderstood â€" for we all prefer to do what is to our personal liking. Very few of us choose duty first, or the will of God. Don’t cultivate someone else’s garden. Grow where you are planted.”

I think St. Francis would have loved The Velveteen Rabbit.

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St. Narcissus
Feastday: October 29


St. Narcissus Bishop of Jerusalem October 29 Second Century     St. Narcissus was born towards the close of the first century, and was almost fourscore years old when he was placed at the head of the church of Jerusalem, being the thirtieth bishop of that see. In 195, he and Theophilus, bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, presided in a council of the bishops of Palestine held at Caesarea, about the time of celebrating Easter; in which it was decreed that this feast is to be kept always on a Sunday, and not with the Jewish passover. Eusebius assures us, that the Christians of Jerusalem preserved in his time the remembrance of several miracles which God had wrought by this holy bishop; one of which he relates as follows. One year on Easter-eve the deacons were unprovided with oil for the lamps in the church, necessary at the solemn divine office that day. Narcissus ordered those who had care of the lamps to bring him some water from the neighboring wells. This being done, he pronounced a devout prayer over the water; then bade them pour it into the lamps; which they did, and it was immediately converted into oil, to the great surprise of the faithful. Some of this miraculous oil was kept there as a memorial at the time when Eusebius wrote his history. The veneration of all good men for this holy bishop could not shelter him from the malice of the wicked. Three incorrigible sinners, fearing his inflexible severity in the observance of ecclesiastical discipline, laid to his charge a detestable crime, which Eusebius does not specify. They confirmed their atrocious calumny by dreadful oaths and imprecations; one wishing he might perish by fire, another, that he might be struck with a leprosy, and the third, that he might lose his sight, if what they alleged was not the truth. Notwithstanding these protestations, their accusation did not find credit; and, some time after, the divine vengeance pursued the calumniators. The first was burnt in his house, with his whole family, by an accidental fire in the night; the second was struck with a universal leprosy; and the third, terrified by these examples, confessed the conspiracy and slander, and by the abundance of tears which he continually shed for his sins, lost his sight before his death.     Narcissus, notwithstanding the slander had made no impression on the people to his disadvantage, could not stand the shock of the bold calumny, or rather made it an excuse for leaving Jerusalem, and spending some time in solitude, which had long been his wish. He spent several years undiscovered in his retreat, where he enjoyed all the happiness and advantage which a close conversation with God can bestow. That his church might not remain destitute of a pastor, the neighboring bishops of the province, after some time, placed in it Pius, and after him Germanion, who, dying in a short time, was succeeded by Gordius. While this last held the see, Narcissus appeared again like one from the dead. The whole body of the faithful, transported at the recovery of their holy pastor, whose innocence had been most authentically vindicated, conjured him to reassume the administration of the diocese. He acquiesced; but afterwards, bending under the weight of extreme old age, made St. Alexander his coadjutor. This primitive example authorizes the practice of coadjutorships; which, nevertheless, are not allowable by the canons except in cases of the perpetual inability of a bishop through age, incurable infirmity, or other impediment as Marianus Victorius observes in his notes upon St. Jerome. St. Narcissus continued to serve his flock, and even other churches, by his assiduous prayers and his earnest exhortations to unity and concord, as St. Alexander testifies in his letter to the Arsinoites in Egypt, where he says that Narcisus was at that time about one hundred and sixteen years old. The Roman Martyrology honors his memory on the 29th of October.     

I´m using Flickr, got no problem folks.

Maayo tingali kini pasayon sa kawali!

Adunay Bordell flatrate, mobayad ka ug one-time, ikaw na ang mag-igo kon hangtod ka makapila ug bisita sa usa ka bulan.
The condition is you pay monthly, the contract is good for 6/12 months.

Ang nasud kinahanglan jud ang unahon infrastructure aron maka-seguro ug progreso, dili kurakot.

Padal-an tika ug email, naglisod ko ug post kay ang text colored. There was analysis of the swine flu the impotent vaccine and the people behind the whole business is non other than Rumsfeld.

Unfinished Work    

I’m not afraid to die. I’m not afraid to meet my God now. But what I do regret is that there is so damned much left to be done here on earth! 

Wa pa galing Inday, apan kon moepekto na magkapoliki  jud ka!

BBC

An extract found in the bright yellow curry spice turmeric can kill off cancer cells, scientists have shown.

The chemical - curcumin - has long been thought to have healing powers and is already being tested as a treatment for arthritis and even dementia.

Now tests by a team at the Cork Cancer Research Centre show it can destroy gullet cancer cells in the lab.

Cancer experts said the findings in the British Journal of Cancer could help doctors find new treatments.

Dr Sharon McKenna and her team found that curcumin started to kill cancer cells within 24 hours.

'Natural' remedy

The cells also began to digest themselves, after the curcumin triggered lethal cell death signals.

Dr McKenna said: "Scientists have known for a long time that natural compounds have the potential to treat faulty cells that have become cancerous and we suspected that curcumin might have therapeutic value."  BBC

Aduna tay talagsahon nga taytayan sa Pinas? Please share.

Madato ug samot si Rumsfeld!

Inday Statesville, salamat sa tambag, lami jud ni kon apilan ug lain nga prutas ug sweet cream.

Ondoy Ryard wala kiniy hidden agenda?

The JK Bridge in Brasilia is a lesson in elegant bridge design.  The three huge diagonal arches over the deck of the bridge give the structure an amazing visual fluidity.


Thomas Heatherwick's award-winning rolling bridge is an ingenious addition to the grand union canal system in London and is unique.  Unlike regular movable canal bridges, the rolling bridge curls up to form an octagon by way of hydraulic jacks to let ships pass.


This bridge supports two pipelines; one gas, the other oil, across the extremely deep gap in Papua New Guinea.  If this were to be officially recognized as a vehicular or pedestrian bridge it would rocket to the top of the 'world's highest bridge-span' with the pipelines at an impressive height of 1,290 ft above the bottom of the gorge.  By comparison, the current highest bridge span belongs to the Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado, hanging a mere 1,053 ft above ground level


This incredible vertical lift bridge is in Rouen, France, whose spans weigh 1,200 tons each but can be hoisted 180 ft vertically in an impressive 12 minutes.  The angular lift structures at the top of each tower weigh 450 tons each.  The huge vertical lift allows even the largest cruise liners to sail through.



'Henderson Waves' is Singapore's highest pedestrian bridge and is at the 'Southern Ridges,' a beautiful 9 km (six miles) stretch of gardens and parks.  The deck of the bridge is made from thousands of Balau wood slats, perfectly cut and arranged, and along the length of the deck a snaking, undulating shell forms sheltered seating areas on every upward curve.


Beipanjiang River Railroad Bridge in Guizhou is an enormous railway bridge that was built as part of the 'Guizhou-Shuibai Railway Project'.  Connecting two mountains over a deep ravine, at its highest point the bridge's deck sits 918 ft above the ground.  Parenthetically the bridge connects two of the country's poorest areas.

Belle, this is really nostalgic since I was raised in Manila and these are the photos I could really remember. Our country was well ahead and was considered a dark horse after Japan, ahead before Singapore, Hongkong, Malaysia and Thailand. Thanks for this posting.

St. Jude Thaddaeus
Feastday: October 28
Patron of Desperate Cases


St. Jude, known as Thaddaeus, was a brother of St. James the Less, and a relative of Our Saviour. St. Jude was one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus.

Ancient writers tell us that he preached the Gospel in Judea, Samaria, Idumaea, Syria, Mesopotamia, and Lybia. According to Eusebius, he returned to Jerusalem in the year 62, and assisted at the election of his brother, St. Simeon, as Bishop of Jerusalem.

He is an author of an epistle (letter) to the Churches of the East, particularly the Jewish converts, directed against the heresies of the Simonians, Nicolaites, and Gnostics. This Apostle is said to have suffered martyrdom in Armenia, which was then subject to Persia. The final conversion of the Armenian nation to Christianity did not take place until the third century of our era.

Jude was the one who asked Jesus at the Last Supper why He would not manifest Himself to the whole world after His resurrection. Little else is known of his life. Legend claims that he visited Beirut and Edessa; possibly martyred with St. Simon in Persia.

Jude is invoked in desperate situations because his New Testament letter stresses that the faithful should persevere in the environment of harsh, difficult circumstances, just as their forefathers had done before them. Therefore, he is the patron saint of desperate cases and his feast day is October 28. Saint Jude is not the same person as Judas Iscariot who betrayed Our Lord and despaired because of his great sin and lack of trust in God's mercy.

Love Alone   

Everything passes. In the evening of life, love alone remains.

I can see we are all enrolled in the School of Hard Knocks

This is true, this has made us all good survivors and well-mold.

wonderful song Padre!

Gaandam ko sa mga readings ug kanta para sa among misa sa Nov. 1 with the Bol-anon sa germany, apilan nako og binisaya mga awit. Lipay ko kay magkita na pod ming mga lon-lon Bol-anon.

Sa sonod tuig Loy, mga Hulyo kay morag taas pa kining akong langoyon!

In the course of our Christian life, we are enabled to pass from one beginning to another beginning. But this process burns out if it does not draw its energy from an underlying continuityâ€"the invisible presence of the Holy Spirit in us

Angin sa pangsugal sa akong amahan, nabaligya ang among balay, nalobong kami sa utang, ang kwarta gikan sa iyang compulsory retirement nahorot. Hapit wala ko makahoman sa high-school. Kami napogos panguli sa Guindulman, kay kami nag too nga mabentaha ang among kahimtang, apan ang kawad-on ug kakabos nisamot.
Ang akong mga ginikanan poro manigarilyo, sayo pa sa buntag mag-away sila. Parehas silang namatay sa cancer sa baga.
Mao kini ang akong panglantaw bahin ni-ani nga bisyo.

Blessed Bartholomew of Vicenza
(c. 1200-1271)


Dominicans honor one of their own today, Blessed Bartholomew of Vicenza. This was a man who used his skills as a preacher to challenge the heresies of his day.
Bartholomew was born in Vicenza around 1200. At 20 he entered the Dominicans. Following his ordination he served in various leadership positions. As a young priest he founded a military order whose purpose was to keep civil peace in towns throughout Italy.

In 1248, Bartholomew was appointed a bishop. For most men, such an appointment is an honor and a tribute to their holiness and their demonstrated leadership skills. But for Bartholomew, it was a form of exile that had been urged by an antipapal group that was only too happy to see him leave for Cyprus. Not many years later, however, Bartholomew was transferred back to Vicenza. Despite the antipapal feelings that were still evident, he worked diligentlyâ€"especially through his preachingâ€"to rebuild his diocese and strengthen the people’s loyalty to Rome.

During his years as bishop in Cyprus, Bartholomew befriended King Louis the Ninth of France, who is said to have given the holy bishop a relic of Christ’s Crown of Thorns.

Bartholomew died in 1271. He was beatified in 1793.

HAVE A PURPOSEFUL DAY!
"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer." Romans 12:12

 

Dear Sir,

Are you from Bohol? It seems you are not,  so it is difficult for you to understand.
You posting gives a clear view on how to see the whole situation but we mostly behave like a typical Bol-anon.

truly yours,
hofelina

Hajo ni jamo, plus daghang mga hobog. Dili sab ko tig-inom ug beer.

Padre, the fact is we Bol-anons are hospitable, and we treat our visitors with utmost care, sama ba sa fiesta mag paka na-a bisan pordoy na. Mao nga korat jamo kon adunay bisita nga wala ma-atiman pag-ayo. We personally identify ourself in this situation.

It is impossible to rectify the error but we learn from the error and try not to let it happen again.

Sogot pag-ajo, ako ang polotan.

PELVIC MUSCLE EXERCISE TECHNIQUE


The first step is to identify the correct muscles to contract. Women can do this by placing a finger in the vagina and squeezing the vaginal muscles around their finger. The muscles of the buttocks, abdomen, and thighs should not be used.
Another way is for a woman to imagine that she is sitting on a marble. Imagine using the vaginal muscles to gently lift the marble off the chair.

Some clinicians teach this exercise by having the patient stop the urine stream during urinating, but this is NOT recommended.

Second, hold the pelvic muscle contraction approximately 8 to 10 seconds, and then relax the muscles; adequate relaxation is as important as contraction. In the beginning, it may not be possible to hold the contraction for more than one second.
Perform 8 to 12 contractions followed by relaxation three times. Try to do this every day, but no less than three or four times a week The exercise regimen should be continued for at least 15 to 20 weeks.
Linda Brubaker.

The pelvic muscles work to control the release of urine. Like other muscles, they can become weakened over time as a result of childbirth, surgery, and aging. People with bladder control problems can improve urinary control through pelvic muscle exercises (also called Kegel exercises).

natagak ko sa bangko ug kinatawa kegel og kigol, anggid!

pls take note;
Pelvic floor contraction is a squeeze of the muscles of the bottom of your seat in an inward and upward direction. This is the action we all perform when we are controlling our bowels and bladder, including stopping the flow of urine.
It is not advisable to practice pelvic floor strengthening exercises while you are emptying your bladder. Therefore, do not use stopping the flow of urine as a strengthening exercise for the pelvic floor muscles. Use it only as a way of finding and assessing the muscles (as described in the next section).

The  complexities of a functioning bladder go beyond the muscular control offered by the pelvic floor (or any) muscles. While the pelvic floor muscles are a decided influence on bladder control, they are not in charge of the entire workings of the bladder; therefore, stopping the flow of urine as a regular practice may alter the function of your bladder for the worse.

Hour of Judgement   

If you only knew how differently things are judged at the hour of death, how vain certain things appear to which we give such importance in the world! 

Inday Blue Angel, aduna pod kay Dirndl?

Like elevated cholesterol, elevated triglycerides are
closely linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular
disease, including heart attack, stroke, coronary
artery diseases, and atherosclerosis. Therefore it is
important that your triglycerides must also be checked.
It is important to note that some medicines used to
lower cholesterol do not work as effectively on trigly-
cerides.
Things that you should know about triglyceride to
safeguard to heart health. There are 5 things to know:
1. You can have high triglycerides even if your cholesterol
level is normal. Usually it is being done fasting and it is
being called lipid panel which includes the good and
bad cholesterol and triglycerides.
2.High triglycerides are more dangerous for women than
men. She's high risk for heart disease.
3.You can be slim and still have high triglycerides ( and
cholesterol) levels. Being slim is not a guarantee of having
a healthy blood lipid levels. However, having a larger waist-
line---- being shaped more like an apple -- is associated
with having  high triglyceride levels and a higher than average
risk of heart disease.
4. Triglycerides can damage more than just your heart.
Elevated triglycerides can also lead to liver damage and
pancreatitis ( inflammation of the pancreas).
Hypothyroidism ( too little thyroid hormone) can lead to
high triglycerides. The  reason for this are 2 things. First,
all of these disorders are related to a reduction in blood
supply to those organs. Second, in people with high trigly-
cerides, fats gets deposited in the internal organs, including
the liver, pancreas, thyroid gland and the heart.
5. There's plenty that you can do to lower your triglycerides.
Things you can do to make your good HDL (good cholesterol)
go up are the same thing you can do to make your triglycerides
and bad cholesterol go down. elevated triglycerides levels should
be treated early and agressively with diet, exercise, and any other
therapy your Doctor may recommend. Try to lose some weight
if you are overweight. Losing 10 lbs can bring down triglycerides
and cholesterol significantly. to get rid of that 10 lbs excess weight,
avoid junk food, watch portion sizes ( I love to eat- I don't watch
my portion which I should), and make sure you;'re getting adequate
calcium and omega 3 fatty acids ( fish oils). Since it's difficult to
get these nutrients in food, ask your Doctor whether you should
consider supplements. Also, limit alcohol consumption as this has
been known to elevate triglycerides.
alice

Hello Ryard, how do you define weekend fellowship?

Carbohydrates        18.59 g
- Sugars  12.53 g
- Dietary fiber  3.6 g 
Fat    .19 g
- saturated  .02 g
Protein    .58 g
Riboflavin (Vit. B2)  2.5 mg      167%
Folate (Vit. B9)  8 μg     2%
Vitamin C  7.5 mg    13%
Calcium  8 mg    1%
Iron  .15 mg    1%
Sodium  1 mg    0%

Mao kini ang nutritional facts over persimmon fruit which is called Sharon or Kaki here in Europe. This is sometimes called korean mango. This is really delicious fruit.
Medical precautions:
Unripened persimmons contain the soluble tannin shibuol, which, upon contact with a weak acid, polymerizes in the stomach and forms a gluey coagulum that can affix with other stomach matter.The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy notes that consumption of persimmons has been known to cause bezoars that require surgery in over 90% of cases. More than 85% phytobezoars are caused by ingestion of unripened persimmons. Persimmon bezoars often occur in epidemics in regions where the fruit is grown.
Horses may develop a taste for the fruit growing on a tree in their pasture and overindulge also, making them quite ill. It is often advised that persimmons should not be eaten with crab meat, nor should they be eaten on an empty stomach.

Mogaya jud ning ing-ani nga thread kay poro berde ang mga utok sa TubagBohol, tabang Mike!

Tag-pila man Day? I might avail of this kay luag na jamo!

Blessed Contardo Ferrini
(1859-1902)

Contardo Ferrini was the son of a teacher who went on to become a learned man himself, one acquainted with some dozen languages. Today he is known as the patron of universities.
Born in Milan, he received a doctorate in law in Italy and then earned a scholarship that enabled him to study Roman-Byzantine law in Berlin. As a renowned legal expert, he taught in various schools of higher education until he joined the faculty of the University of Pavia, where he was considered an outstanding authority on Roman law.

Contardo was learned about the faith he lived and loved. "Our life," he said, "must reach out toward the Infinite, and from that source we must draw whatever we can expect of merit and dignity." As a scholar he studied the ancient biblical languages and read the Scriptures in them. His speeches and papers show his understanding of the relationship of faith and science. He attended daily Mass and became a lay Franciscan, faithfully observing the Third Order rule of life. He also served through membership in the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

His death in 1902 at the age of 43 occasioned letters from his fellow professors that praised him as a saint; the people of Suna where he lived insisted that he be declared a saint. Pope Pius XII beatified Contardo in 1947.



Comment:

Thanks to people like Contardo, our Church long ago laid to rest the idea that science and faith are incompatible. We thank God for the many ways science has made our lives better. All that remains to us is to help ensure that the rest of the world, especially impoverished nations, gets to enjoy the fruits of scientific advance.


Patron Saint of:

Universities

Prayer Strengthens   

Prayer helps us draw on God’s strength so that we do not enter spiritual conflict relying on ourselves.

First of all thanks to Zecurb for putting an action. it is clear that the organizers are amateurs, why they did not ask for some professional help?
Hinaut pa nga dili na kini mausab.

Si Senyor Calle, syempre VIP ang tagad kay talahoron man nga pagkatawo!

I went to Aachen, a famous city in North-rhine Wephalia, to see the famous Aachen Dom (see the Charlemagne era) and talked to a chestnut vendor. He told me that he visited Thailand and China and it could be found there. Roasted chestnut is really delicious.

Thought of the Day

Prayer is a serene force; it keeps us from growing unfeeling in the face of the turmoil experienced by whole sectors of the human family. From it are drawn vital energies of compassion.  http://www.taize.fr/

Gwapa lagi imong mga models!

St. Antônio de Sant’Anna Galvão
(1739-1822)


God’s plan in a person’s life often takes unexpected turns which become life-giving through cooperation with God’s grace.
Born in Guarantingueta near São Paulo (Brazil), Antônio attended the Jesuit seminary in Belem but later decided to become a Franciscan friar. Invested in 1760, he made final profession the following year and was ordained in 1762.

In São Paulo, he served as preacher, confessor and porter. Within a few years he was appointed confessor to the Recollects of St. Teresa, a group of nuns in that city. He and Sister Helena Maria of the Holy Spirit founded a new community of sisters under the patronage of Our Lady of the Conception of Divine Providence. Sister Helena Maria’s premature death the next year left Father Antônio responsible for the new congregation, especially for building a convent and church adequate for their growing numbers.

He served as novice master for the friars in Macacu and as guardian of St. Francis Friary in São Paulo. He founded St. Clare Friary in Sorocaba. With the permission of his provincial and the bishop, he spent his last days at the "Recolhimento de Nossa Senhora da Luz," the convent of the sisters’ congregation he had helped establish.

He was beatified in Rome on October 25, 1998, and canonized in 2007.




Comment:

Holy women and men cannot help calling our attention to God, to God’s creation and to all the people whom God loves. The lives of holy people are so oriented toward God that this has become their definition of "normal." Do people see my life or yours as a living sign of God’s steadfast love? What might have to change for that to happen?


Quote:

During the beatification homily, Pope John Paul II quoted from the Second Letter to Timothy (4:17), "The Lord stood by me and gave me strength to proclaim the word fully," and then said that Antônio "fulfilled his religious consecration by dedicating himself with love and devotion to the afflicted, the suffering and the slaves of his era in Brazil." The pope continued, "His authentically Franciscan faith, evangelically lived and apostolically spent in serving his neighbor, will be an encouragement to imitate this ‘man of peace and charity.’"

United Love for God    

When you share your spiritual journey with your children, they not only witness your individual love for God but also your united love for him. 

it is still in the planning, so they are making a scheme how to make money out of this plan? Kwarta na naman.

Day, maantigo ko mopili sa maayo ug dili maayo nga wild mushroom?

Bisan unsa pa ang palosot, guba na ang reputation as host.

Congratulations to the organizers, pahingi nga ng balato!