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Who were the Church Fathers?

Answer:


Look up Romans 6:7. All standard English translations render this verse as some variation on the statement "He who has died has been freed from sin." The topic here is one of sanctification, the making holy of the believer, or the freeing of him from sin.

What is significant about 6:7 is that when it says the one who has died has been freed from sin, the word for "freed" is actually the Greek word for "justified." What it literally said was "he who has died has been justified from sin," yet the context is so obviously sanctificational that all standard English translations of the Bible rendered "justified from sin" as "freed from sin." This shows that there is not a rigid wall between justification and sanctification in the apostle Paul's mind. The semantic ranges of the two terms overlap.


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The new Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that "justification includes the remission of sins, sanctification, and the renewal of the inner man" (CCC 2019)> Protestants deny that the last two of these are part of justification. What Bible verses can I use to show they are?

Answer:

As the Bible says, I am already saved (Rom. 8:24, Eph. 2:5-8), but I’m also being saved (1 Cor. 1:8, 2 Cor. 2:15, Phil. 2:12), and I have the hope that I will be saved (Rom. 5:9-10, 1 Cor. 3:12-15). Like the apostle Paul, I am working out my salvation in fear and trembling (Phil. 2:12), with hopeful confidence in the promises of Christ (Rom. 5:2, 2 Tim. 2:11-13).


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How should a Catholic reply to the question, "Have you been saved?"

the time is 9:56 am. i am getting ready for my lecture at 10 am. i'm doing a medical review lecture.

my day begins. wishing you all a wonderful and productive day.

Quote from: chicogon on December 18, 2012, 01:44:09 PM
Unless you learn to empty yourselves... and carry you cross... you can not enter the Kingdom of Heaven

This is important. The concept of carrying our "crosses". My confessor told me this the other time when I observed the sacrament of reconciliation. I was feeling quite guilty and he reassured me that all men have these crosses, a sinful nature. He told me that it is not our body that defines ourselves, but what we do with our body. Just because one is tempted does not necessarily mean we should follow through with said temptation. Carrying one's cross allows one to resist that temptation to sin, or what say you. The Good Lord will send forth good graces to strengthen us during these moments in our lives.

Yes, you're right, Fr. Roel. We all have our own crosses and we are all called to carry them....

I have a colleague at work, a general surgeon intern, who is an agnostic (a teeter totter, i would say). We had a discussion during our break regarding the soul and the existence of God. He stated, "its impossible to prove that there is a god, Lorenzo." I asked him, "what is your reasoning for that?"

"You can't see a god, seeing is believing," he said.

"Well, Jeffrey, let me ask you a question, can you see an atom?"

"No."

"Okay, then. But you and I know it exists right? Atoms exist because all things material are all composed of atoms, which in turn makes up elements, compounds, etc. So just because you cannot see an atom does not necessarily mean it does not exist. Just because you cannot see God does not mean he doesn't exist because all things are made possible through Him."

He smiled at me. We continued our lunch and went back to rounds.

Quote from: islander on December 18, 2012, 04:09:34 PM
looks like an agnostic hesitates while an atheist is sure.  the problem with the latter is that one is sure only of one's denial (that there is no god).  blazes.  the fact that one denies the existence of someone could only start from the premise that there is someone that one should deny.  how credible, then, is that denial?  what a trap.

You're right, Isles. It is impossible to empirically disprove the existence of God.

Quote from: chicogon on December 18, 2012, 01:44:09 PM
Unless you learn to empty yourselves... and carry you cross... you can not enter the Kingdom of Heaven

Quote from: chicogon on December 18, 2012, 01:44:36 PM
... daily!

Amen, Fr. Roel.

Such a beautiful, beautiful story. Isn't it amazing how the Birth of Christ can make even the staunchest of enemies make peace to celebrate that day? Truly, the Lord is Good.

Clinical paper work.

toxic kaayo today.

The Book of Mormon comprises 15 books, each allegedly written by an ancient American prophet. It professes to be a religious and secular history of Hebrews who fled Jerusalem and certain persecution in 600 B.C. Lehi, an alleged prophet and contemporary of Jeremiah, led his wife, children, and their spouses through the Arabian wilderness to the shores of "the large waters."

After much hardship and contention, the righteous son Nephi built a ship and the company sailed to a new "promised land," but not before having obtained a collection of brass plates on which was recorded not only the Pentateuch (or first five books of the Old Testament) but also a record of the Jews from the beginning down to that day. All the while, Nephi had been making metal plates of his own and engraving on them a record of his family’s labors.

Upon arriving in the Western Hemisphere, and after the death of Lehi, Nephi’s brothers Laman and Lemuel rebelled against Nephi, forcing him and his followers to separate from them. Because of their unbelief, the Lamanites (as the followers of Laman andLemuel were called) were cursed with a "skin of blackness"â€"which here means a darker, American Indian skin tone, not a Negro complexionâ€"and became persecutors of the Nephites. At Nephi’s death in the mid-sixth century B.C., his younger brother Jacob took up the story and the plates. Several other alleged prophets followed Jacob, maintaining written records of the Nephites or "American Hebrews."

Throughout these centuries, and reflecting the same theme sketched for Israel by Old Testament authors, the Nephites enjoyed periods of material prosperity when they followed the Lord’s voice and languished in misery when they didn’t. Much of the book is a dull, repetitive recording of bloody battles waged between Nephites and Lamanites.

Evil kings, corrupt judges, "secret combinations" (or "gangs" of robbers), persecution of the righteous, their subsequent apostasy and restoration, massive genocideâ€"this is the stuff of the Book of Mormon. There are occasional discourses on religion, most of which remind the reader of the words of Old Testament prophets, the Sermon on the Mount, or the teachings of St. Paul, despite the chronological problems this poses.

Towards the end of the Nephite-Lamanite record we find inserted, out of chronological sequence, the "Book of Ether." These 15 chapters are said to be the record of yet another group of Hebrew émigrés, these dispersed at the Tower of Babel. Following the "brother of Jared," who had had a vision of the "spirit body" of Jesus Christ, these righteous ones built barges and sailed for the promised land of America.

The "Jaredites" soon split into factions, warring with one another throughout a succession of kings, prophets, murder, and intrigue. Some of their prophets predicted the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and the establishing in America of the New Jerusalem.

The forces of good and evil ultimately arrayed themselves in a final battle. Millions were killed; indeed, every single Jaredite but one was slain. The prophet Ether recorded the devastation on twenty-four metal plates that were later discovered by Nephites and appended to their own writings.

Without doubt, the high point of the Book of Mormon is recorded in Third Nephi. This book allegedly covers the period from A.D. 1-35. Raids, murders, government upheavals, tempests, earthquakes, and fires allegedly preceded the appearance of Jesus Christ on the American continent. According to Mormonism, Jesus Christ showed himself to the people of America in the year 34 and established a second church, paralleling the one in the Old World.

The Book of Mormon story ends early in the fifth century. By the fourth century war and carnage had consumed both the faithful Nephites and the reprobate Lamanites. After gathering hundreds of thousands of warriors to the Hill Cumorah (located in New York state), the Nephites were utterly massacred by the sword by an even greater army of "dark and filthy" Lamanites (Mormon 5:15; Mormons frequently identify contemporary Native Americans as descendants of these Lamanites).

The only survivor was Moroni, the son of the Nephite prophet Mormon, from whom the book takes its name. To him his father had entrusted the centuries-old records of God’s American prophets, to which Moroni himself added a few concluding chapters. Before dying in 421, Moroni allegedly placed the gold plates in a stone and cement box and buried it in a hillside near present-day Palmyra, east of Rochester, New York.

In Joseph Smith’s day, several burning theological issues occupied the attention of scholar and layman alike: the nature of religious authority and priesthood; the necessity of baptism; the validity of infant baptism; the administration of the flesh and blood of Christ. Smith found the 13 pages of the book of Moroni that just "happened" to resolve the theological disputes of the day.




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Mormon missionaries have been bugging me to read their Book of Mormon. I don't plan to do so since it is false scripture, but I would like to know what the book is about when I talk to them. Can you give me an overview?

There is definitely a difference between the two. Many people confuse the terms, and some people who are really agnostics mistakenly give themselves the label of atheist.

An agnostic is someone who believes he, or people in general, can never come to know anything about ultimate spiritual matters. His refrain might be, "I don’t know if there is a God."

An atheist, on the other hand, denies emphatically that there is a God. The atheist’s refrain would be, "I know there is no God."



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Is there a difference between atheists and agnostics?

I spent the entire weekend writing a paper with babycakes.On Saturday evening, tho, I attended a Filipino Christmas Party held in Highland Park, Illinois.

Answer:


In Matthew 28:19 Jesus explicitly commands his apostles to baptize in the name of the Trinity. This is where the Church received the Trinitarian formula. It wasn’t some pope’s idea. In Acts 2:38 the author is not presenting a liturgical formula. He is concerned with distinguishing Christ’s baptism from John the Baptist’s. The practice of the early Church was thoroughly Trinitarian.

For further information, go to www.catholic.com/library/Trinitarian_Baptism.asp.


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Question:


How can I explain the Trinity to a "Oneness" Pentecostal who says that Jesus is the only God and that the Father and the Holy Spirit are manifestations and not different persons of the Divinity? And how can I explain baptism in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost when this person insists on Acts 2:38, repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus? He claims the name of the three persons, or manifestations in his view, is Jesus.

Answer:


Jesus tells a rich young man who wants to know what he must do to gain eternal life: "Go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me" (Matt. 19:20). Then Jesus says of the rich: "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God" (Matt. 19:24).

Your friends are only kidding themselves. The Gospels are full of examples of God’s favor being focused on the poor, not the rich. Jesus enters the world in a stable and lives in a working-class family. St. Joseph was a laborer, not a worker with fine wood. Through the years there have been many who have preached the gospel of the full stomach. But it is not the gospel of Jesus. Most of the saints who were born into wealth renounced it sooner or later.


Answered by: Fr. Vincent Serpa O.P.

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Question:

I have been approached by some friends of mine who are part of a non-denominational Christian church who claim that God desires us all to be wealthy and that if we do not achieve wealth, it is due to a lack of faith. Does God want us to be wealthy?

Answer:


Jesus died for the redemption of all mankind. The apostle Paul says, "For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe" (1 Tim. 4:10). God desires the salvation of all men (cf. 1 Tim. 2:3â€"4), thus he died to redeem mankind and offer salvation to all. His death redeemed mankind collectively, so we can say that even non-Christians are redeemed. Because each person has free will, he can choose to reject the salvation offered him as a gift. So, while all are redeemed, it is possible that not all will be saved. Christ’s death is sufficient for the salvation of all, but it is efficient for the salvation of those who choose to accept that gift.






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Did Jesus die for Christians only?

Quote from: islander on December 16, 2012, 07:44:34 PM

Principal Dawn Hochsprung, 47


Teacher Victoria Soto, 27


School psychologist Mary Sherlach, 56


Teacher Lauren Rousseau, 30


Teacher's aide Anne Marie Murphy, 52

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/

May the Good Lord bless them and reward them with eternal life in Heaven. May all the Saints in heaven, the Angels in heaven pray for them and meet them in Heaven.

Requiem In Pace. In Nominum Dominum Iesus Christos, et Fili et Spritu Sancti. Amen.

I cried at work when I found out about this shooting. I had just arrived at work when Dr. Maria, my boss, told me about the shooting. The entire day was depressing for me because I thought of them ..and the reaction of their family. How can a person decide to take the lives of young innocent babies during this festive season? The whole day yesterday i could not stop thinking of the families and the kids. Seeing the pictures of these little ones hurts me and pains me knowing the lives that were stolen. I pray that the Good Lord give strength and comfort to their family members and friends who are grieving now. Dearest Lord, accept the little ones into your Kingdom. In Jesus' Name. We Pray. Amen.

May the Lord Our God grant them entry into His Kingdom. Christ have Mercy....

Peace be with all of you, Brothers and Sisters in Christ.

God Bless you, Nong! May God Bless you more with your generosity and kindness to those who are in need.

Quote from: balong on December 14, 2012, 10:05:04 PM
basin natabonan si hubag ug apil. naay daghang natabonan sa diwalwal ug sa boringot. kinsa pa may mo koykoy. naa poy usa ka isla with all inhabitants wiped out. more than 1000 dedbol

Peace be with you, Nong! Kummusta naman ka dinha sa Florida? Advanced Merry Christmas !

My heart bleeds...please, please, dear friends, pray for the family of those who were lost today. Pray also for the souls of the children and adults who were taken today...

He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds Mercy.

-Proverbs 28:13

The Lord God of Israel said, "Even to your old age and gray hairs I Am He, I Am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you."

-Isaiah 46:4

Dearest Father God, our merciful and ever-loving Father, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and Author of my Salvation.
We present our prayers to you today for the mercy and love and consolation for the souls of the children who were taken today in the shooting in Connecticut today on December 14, 2012. Father God, My Heavenly Father, please grant clemency and mercy on the children, please grant them entrance into your Kingdom in Heaven. Father, console the families, friends of those who have been affected by this tragedy today. May you send forth the Holy Spirit to comfort them, strengthen them, and inebriate them during this most trying of times. We beg and pray in the Name of Our LORD JESUS CHRIST. AMEN.

Receive, Lord, your servant (handmaid) into the place of salvation, which
he (she) hopes to obtain through your mercy. Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) from all danger of hell;
and from all pain and sorrow. Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid), as you delivered Enoch
and Elias from the common death of the world (Genesis 5.21-24; 4 Kings
2.1-13). Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) as you delivered Noah
from the flood (Genesis 6.6-9.17). Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) as you delivered
Abraham from themidst of the Chaldeans (Genesis 12.1-9). Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) as you delivered Job
from all his afflictions (Job 42) . Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) as you delivered Isaac
from being sacrificed by his father (Genesis 22). Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) as you delivered Lot
from being destroyed in the flames of Sodom (Genesis 19). Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) as you delivered Moses
from the hands of Pharaoh, king of Egypt (Exodus 2; 5 to 15). Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) as you delivered Daniel
from the lions' den (Daniel 6). Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) as you delivered the
three children from the fiery furnace, and from the hands of an unmerciful
king (Daniel 3). Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) as you delivered
Susanna from her false accusers (Daniel 13). Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) as you delivered David
from the hands of Saul and Goliath (Kings 17 to 31). Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) as you delivered Peter
and Paul out of prison (Acts 12.1-19 >' 21 to 28). Amen

We commend you, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) N. We pray
you, Lord Jesus Christ, Saviour of the world, that as in mercy to him (her)
you became man, so now you would be pleased to admit him (her) to the
embrace of your Patriarchs.

Remember, Lord, he (she) is your creature, not made by strange gods, but
by you, the only living and true God. For there is no other but you. None
can equal your work. Let his (her) soul rejoice in your presence. Do not
remember his (her) former sins and excesses, which he (she) has fallen
into, through the violence of passion and the corruption of his (her)
nature. For although he (she) has sinned, yet he (she) has always firmly
believed in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. He (she) has had a zeal for
your honour. He (she) has faithfully served you as his (her) God and the
Creator of all things.

AMEN.

C. Come to his (her) rescue, Saints of God; run out to meet him (her),
angels of the Lord.
A.Welcome his (her) soul. Lead him (her) into the presence of the Most
High.
C. May Christ, who called you, receive you. May the
angels lead you to Abraham's bosom.
A.Welcome his (her) soul. Lead him (her) into the presence of the Most
High.
C. Eternal rest grant to him (her) O Lord; and let perpetual light shine
upon him (her).
A. Lead him (her) into the presence of the Most High
C. Lord, have mercy
A. Christ, havemercy
C. Lord, have mercy. Our Father...
A. ...who art in heaven
C. Eternal rest grant to him (her), O Lord
A. And let perpetual light shine upon him (her)
C. From the gates of hell
A. Deliver his (her) soul, O Lord
C. May he (she) rest in peace
A. Amen
C. O Lord, hear my prayer
A. And let my cry come unto you

C. The Lord is with you
A. And with you also
C. Let us pray.
To you, Lord, we commend the soul of your servant (handmaid) N. Being
dead to this world, may he (she) live unto you. In your most merciful
goodness forgive whatever sins he (she) has committed in this life
through human weakness: through Christ our Lord
Amen
Grant O God, that while we lament the departure of your servant
(handmaid), we may always remember we aremost certainly to follow
him (her). Give us grace to prepare for that last hour by a good Life. May
we not be surprised by a sudden and unexpected death, but may we be
ever watching. May we thus, when you call, enter into eternal glory:
through Christ our Lord

Amen

Lord, havemercy on him (her)
Christ, havemercy onhim(her)
Lord,havemercyonhim(her)
Holy Mary,prayforhim(her)
All you holyAngels andArchangels, pray for him(her)
HolyAbel, pray for him(her)
All you choirs of the righteous, pray for him (her)
Holy Abraham, pray for him (her)
St John the Baptist, pray for him (her)
St Joseph, pray for him (her)
All you holy Patriarchs and Prophets, pray for him (her)
St Peter, pray for him (her)
St Paul, pray for him (her)
St Andrew, pray for him (her)
St John, pray for him (her)
All you holy Apostles and Evangelists, pray for him(her)
All you holy disciples of our Lord, pray for him (her)
All you holy Innocents, pray for him(her)
St Stephen, pray for him (her)
St Lawrence, pray for him (her)
All you holyMartyrs, pray for him(her)
St Sylvester, pray for him (her)
StGregory, pray for him(her)

St Augustine, pray for him (her)
All you holy Bishops and Confessors, pray for him(her)
St Benedict, pray for him(her)
St Francis, pray for him (her)
St Camillus, pray for him(her)
St John of God, pray for him (her)
All you holyMonks and Hermits, pray for him(her)
StMaryMagdalene, pray for him(her)
St Lucy, pray for him (her)
All you holy Virgins andWidows, pray for him(her)
All you Men andWomen, Saints of God, make intercession for him (her)
Bemerciful to him (her), spare him (her) O Lord
Bemerciful to him (her), set him (her) free O Lord
Bemerciful to him (her), deliver him (her) O Lord
From your wrath, deliver him (her) O Lord
From the danger of death, deliver him (her) O Lord
Froman evil death, deliver him(her) O Lord
From the pains of hell, deliver him (her) O Lord
Fromall evil, deliver him (her) O Lord
From the power of the devil, deliver him (her) O Lord
Through your Nativity, deliver him (her) O Lord
Through your Cross and Passion, deliver him(her) O Lord
Through your Death and Burial, deliver him(her) O Lord
Through your holy Resurrection, deliver him (her) O Lord
Through your wonderful Ascension, deliver him (her) O Lord
Through the grace of the Holy Spirit, the Comforter,
deliver him(her) O Lord
In the day of Judgment, deliver him (her) O Lord
We sinners,we beseech you to hear us
That you would spare him(her),we beseech you, hear us
Lord, havemercy on him(her)
Christ, havemercy onhim(her)
Lord, havemercy on him(her)

A gunman killed 26 people, 20 of them children between the ages of 5 and 10, in a shooting on Friday morning at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., about 65 miles northeast of New York City, the authorities said.

The gunman, who was believed to be in his 20s, walked into a classroom at Sandy Hook Elementary School where his mother was a teacher. He shot and killed her and then shot 18 students in the classroom. He also shot five other adults, and then killed himself inside the school. Various news outlets identified the shooter as Ryan Lanza. The shooting ranks among the worst in recent United States history.

“The marjority of those who died today were children, beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old,” a visibly distraught President Obama said during a nationally televised address.

After pausing to compose himself for perhaps five long seconds, Mr. Obama said, “They had their entire lives ahead of them: birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own.'’

Then the president wiped the corner of his eye.

Some witnesses described a harrowing scene inside the school with the sounds of gunfire followed by sounds of screams.

One 9-year-old student said he was in the gym when the shooting erupted.

“We were in the gym, and I heard really loud bangs,'’ said the boy, as he stood shivering and weeping outside the school with his father’s arms draped around him. “We thought that someone was knocking something over. And we heard yelling, and we heard gunshots. We heard lots of gunshots. We heard someone say, ‘Put your hands up.’ I heard, ‘Don’t shoot.’ We had to go into the closet in the gym. Then someone came and told us to run down the hallway. There were police at every door. There were lots of people crying and screaming.'’

Another student at the school told an NBC affiliate in Connecticut: “I was in the gym and I heard like seven loud booms, and the gym teachers told us to go in the corner and we huddled. We all heard these booming noises, and we started crying. So the gym teachers told us to go into the office where no one could find us. Then a police officer told us to run outside.”

State police said the Newtown police called them shortly after 9:30 a.m., according to Lt. J. Paul Vance of the Connecticut State Police. “On- and off-duty troopers responded to the school, and with Newtown police immediately upon arrival entered the school and began an active shooter search,” Lieutenant Vance said.

Eighteen of the students were pronounced dead at the school and two others were taken to hospitals where they were declared dead.

Meredith Artley, the managing editor of CNN.com, said that someone who works at the school told her the shooting happened in the hallway. “She described it as a ‘Pop, pop, pop,'” Ms. Artley said. “She said three people went out into the hall and only one person came back, the vice principal, she said, who was shot in the leg or the foot, who came crawling back. She cowered under the table and called 911. She never saw the shooting. There must have been a hundred rounds.”

Mr. Obama was briefed on the shooting at 10:30 a.m., the White House said.

“We’ve endured too many of these tragedies in these past few years and each time I learn the news I react not as a president but as anyone else would as a parent and that was especially true today,'’ Mr. Obama said on Friday afternoon. “I know there’s not a parent in America who doesn’t feel the same overwhelming grief that i do.”

One nearby hospital, Danbury Hospital, said it was treating three patients from the shooting scene. At the hospital, stunned-looking personnel in white coats looked shaken as they gathered in small groups talking about the shooting. In a corner near the gift shop, one woman comforted a weeping colleague.

In the coffee shop, a few customers finished their sandwiches at the lunch counter and the cashier wiped tears from her eyes as she rang up customers.

A nurse at the hospital, Maureen Kerins, lives close to the school and after learning of the shooting from the television hurried to the school to see if she could help. “I stood outside waiting to go in, but a police officer came out and said they didn't need any nurses so I knew it wasn’t good,'’ Ms. Kerins said.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy arrived at the scene of the shooting on Friday afternoon.

The school, located among wooded hills and suburban tracts in Fairfield County, 12 miles east of Danbury, serves kindergarten through fourth grade. The school has about 700 students.

“It’s just a little country school,'’ said Robert Place, 65, as he stood near the scene. “The look is very ‘50s or ‘60s. One floor. It’s always had a good reputation. People come to Newtown for the schools.'’

The school’s principal, Dawn Hochsprung, was reportedly one of those shot. But at the home of her daughter Cristina Hassinger, in Oakville, Conn., the family was still awaiting any news of her fate.

“We’re looking for any hope,” said Ryan Hassinger, the son-in-law of the principal. “If she’s in the hospital, any chance is better.”

He said that his wife, Cristina, 28, and “her sister are there now,” with Connecticut state troopers, and that he and other relatives were awaiting word on any news.

“I looked on Twitter and it says that she is passed,” said Mr. Hassinger. But, he added, the family was “just waiting.”

A photograph published by a local newspaper, The Newtown Bee, showed a line of children being escorted out of the school with some of the children crying.

In front of a senior center next door to the school, a 20-year-old woman was with her 4-year-old sister, who was in the school at the time of the shooting. The older woman came to pick up her younger sister along with their mother. The girl had her arms and legs wrapped around her older sister.

When a reporter asked the woman what the little girl knew of what had happened, the woman said, “Absolutely nothing, and we don’t plan to tell her anything.”

Ah, the movie comes out today.

Fourth Major Octave: The Fiat of Jesus, Our Savior


Pray 1 Our Father.

In Praise I Love Your Father and give myself to You!
In Thanksgiving I Love You Father and give myself to You!
In Offering I Love You Father and give myself to You!
In Repentance I Love You Father and give myself to You!
In my Inheritance I Love You Father and give myself to You!
In Saying my "Fiat" I Love You Father and give myself to You!
In Fidelity I Love You Father and give myself to You!
In Consecration I Love You Father and give myself to You!

Third Major Octave: The Fiat of Mary, our Mother.



Pray 1 Our Father.

In Praise I Love Your Father and give myself to You!
In Thanksgiving I Love You Father and give myself to You!
In Offering I Love You Father and give myself to You!
In Repentance I Love You Father and give myself to You!
In my Inheritance I Love You Father and give myself to You!
In Saying my "Fiat" I Love You Father and give myself to You!
In Fidelity I Love You Father and give myself to You!
In Consecration I Love You Father and give myself to You!

Quote from: islander on December 13, 2012, 08:56:32 PM

Its surreal to know that these boys are all gone now. Life is so short...

Quote from: jorgeanna on December 13, 2012, 06:46:48 PM
changing religion is not the reason why he lost ... basig tiguwang na cya, basig kuwang sa practice, basig dha cyay gibati .... i dont believe in religion and luck as the reason for your success. it is always hard work!

ang napildi, katong dagku og pusta!

correct. He's doing too much as it is. He needs to refocus and ponder on what he wants to do in his life. He's doing too much.

I think his mother blaming his religious change is unnecessary and is more harmful to his son. She needs to comfort her son and provide a source of love and support (emotional) rather than putting the blame on a religious philosophy or what have you.

That is my view.

Quote from: BolBuhol on December 14, 2012, 11:44:11 PM
sinugbang isda pinobre ra mangita lang gid ako sang bokong pangsodnod

Ayhan! Come to my house, Bai Bols, and I will eat with you. You will eat whatever I have.

Quote from: maryhazel on December 15, 2012, 12:54:51 AM
Doc Lorenz lamian pod na imo gihisgutan. ug Bai Bolbohol lami sad ng sinugba samot nga presko kay tam is haba jud unja sawsaw sa sukang tuba nga pure unja naa sili ug asin. hehhehe  Ako guro maghanda pod ug mga inatong sud an pod like Dinuguan, beef staek, caldereta, kare-kare, spaghetti, roast pork, roast beef, kalamaris, shrimp,fist patties,  spring roll ug fresh veg salad dayon sa sweets, pavlova, leche flan, fruit salad, ube jam, maja blanca, puto, puto maya, biko,gulaman,ref.cake chocolate fudge cake, chiffon cake, devils cake then will try cinammon roll sa bread maker( hopefully mahuman ug basa before christmas unsaon pag operate), ready made garlic bread not sure if will have a lag ham magdepende pas budget, ang lechon dire mahal man kay ang 20kg kay 350$ mao maajo pa kinilo nalang ang e roast mura man pod ug lechon. So dominggo 23.12.12 pohon sugod na ug himo sa sweets, oi naa pa diay cookies hehheheheh kumbati ug trabaho nindot sa atoa kay daghan manabang o katabang dire aw pamilya ra jud also with the help of MamaSita for karekare and caldereta hehhehhe. Kini ako lotoon mga dali dali ra ni kay lisud na ug dili ko kahibaw doul sa palpak unja maajo ug ako ray mokaon naa haba pod mamasko. Cge good luck sa mga cook sa Pasko ug Maayong pasko sa tanan! God bless us!

Mao lageh, Mary. I only expect the best eh. Hahahahahaha!

Oh, Mary, I'm getting hungry now after reading your post and after thinking of my mom's home cooking.

Ayyychit na chit!

Wa lagi ge include si botoy.

Quote from: BolBuhol on December 14, 2012, 11:38:02 PM
lorenz santos

Musta na bai bols! Ari diri sang akon opisina, tagaan ka nako'g pree exam

Quote from: islander on December 14, 2012, 01:40:25 PM
mora lagi kang santos aning piktyura.

he he he, dili Santos, kuan ra.. Doctor.

I told mommy that i want the following to be served for dinner when my sister and I arrive to our home in new jersey this coming 21st:

1. pancit bihon
2. adobo manok
3. lechon kawali
4. humba
5. kare kare
6. ginamos (kanang taga Valencia kai pinakalami kaajo..he he he!)
7. Lechon
8. fried rice, regular rice
9. Adobong nokos
10. Ginisang Nanka
11. Sinigang
12. Mixed Veggies
13. Fried Bangus
14. Leche Flan
15. Kasava Cake
16. Bicco Cake (kanang valencianhon style kai ayyychitt ka lami jyud....)


Ingon si mommy, "Hoyyy Doy! Daghana kaajo!"

Ingon pod ko, "Mommy palihug!!"

"Aww, o sige, Doy!"


      

What are you planning to cook during Christmas?

The question is: were the deaths of said foreigners drug-related? sex activity-related? or was it of natural cause?

i am crying now after listening to this song. gimingaw ko sa ahoang baby cakes...    

Quote from: JellyBean on December 14, 2012, 03:10:52 AM
I also heard from foreign expats that Norwegian representatives were coming to Bohol to examine the body themselves....since there were two Norwegians in separate incidents who ended up dead here......

As is the common practice. The first thing you should ask is if this was a homocide or of natural /accidental cause. There are over 1.3 million Boholanos living in Bohol. People die every day in our large province. Be they Filipino or foreign in origin, does not matter, life is life.

People die every day. In Chicago alone, over 100 people die everyday due to drug-related, gang-related, traffic-related causes. I should know, being a Medical Doctor, we have a lot of patients coming in due to gun shot wounds due to the rampancy of the gang activity here in Chicago and other major cities in the United States.

Quote from: islander on December 13, 2012, 09:50:10 AM

It is good to see that Cebu is conservative in her response.

Even Roman Catholic Philippines is being influenced by the powers of this world. May God have mercy...

Quote from: islander on December 13, 2012, 07:32:41 PM
what's that black blob for?

Security code and clearance number na, ha ha ha.

Quote from: maryhazel on December 13, 2012, 11:54:49 AM
On Christmas day will be at home ug mag host pod ug party kay birthday man sad sa akoa Daddy and his here with us while naka online sad ang skype aron makakita sa Bohol sa mga namasko. Nindot gyud magkauban ang pamilya samot pa kun tuas Bohol perteng lamia gyud. Then pagka ugma Boxing day mao ni panahon nga daghan sale ang mga tawo maga linya, maghuwat pag abre sa tindahan, pero cguro mo pass sa ko basin mangasag na haman mi hinaut daghan makuha kay perteng tam isa hinoon kining imong dinakop unja lutoon, then the 28 back to work.

Para nako, I'm leaving on the 20th, and I'm planning to drive back on the 27th. Then, back to clinical duties on the 28th sa hospital. Mo trabaho pod ka sa New Years, Mary? Ako on-call na pod ko, doing a 36 hour on-call from 31st of December till 2nd of Jan. Pasalamat lang ko tagaan ko off sa Christmas.

I'm not done yet. I still have more to do.

Quote from: islander on December 13, 2012, 08:22:01 PM
a roller-coaster year but with everything to be thankful for-- fears and disappointments, yes, but so were there laughter and victories.  losses i have had too, but there were more interesting discoveries.  prayers offered, prayers answered, it's a great and happy year, a great and happy life. 

And may the Good Lord Bless you this coming year with more Graces and Blessings!

Quote from: Lollapalooza on December 13, 2012, 12:00:34 PM
I'm thankful for the challenges and trials that came to me.. without them, my life is boring hehehehe bitaw.. i'm thankful to God for everything.. nakasurvive ko sa mga problema nako, happy ko with my friends and family, na stressed ko sa work pero happy gihapon ko...ug thankful ko kay gidungagan ni God akong life hahahah I love this crazy thing called LIFE!!!

Sister in Christ, its good to know that God gives us the Grace to bear with all of life's challenges - expected and unexpected. One is reminded that despite the ups and downs, the Good Lord is there with you through it all. May the Good Lord Bless you this coming year, Jenneth. He is there with you...always gayod na.

The Annunciation of the Virgin Mary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7xkA8xoQn0#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIjPycRNxKs#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G6_4_wkNtY#

As this year comes to an end, what are the things you are thankful for?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtjazS-LGmk#

He he he , hapit na raba ang pasko, Jenneth.

I will be travelling back home to New Jersey with my sister -- to our family. I can't wait to behold my dearest mommy liza, daddy rico, my beloved ondoy don and ondoy andre. I also cannot wait to kiss and embrace my beloved auntie beth , uncle steve and my dearest cousin stephen.

Beautiful and Wonderful Hymnal of Praise....

Veni, veni Emmanuel;
Captivum solve Israel,
Qui gemit in exilio,
Privatus Dei Filio.

Refrain
Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel,
Nascetur pro te, Israel!

Veni, veni, O Oriens;
Solare nos adveniens,
Noctis depelle nebulas,
Dirasque noctis tenebras.
Refrain

Veni, Clavis Davidica!
Regna reclude caelica;
Fac iter tutum superum,
Et claude vias inferum.
Refrain

Veni, veni Adonai!
Qui populo in Sinai,
Legem dedisti vertice,
In maiestate gloriae.
Refrain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1ubueuQI1E#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK5AohCMX0U#ws

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emd3H5AfNuw#

Kyrie, eleison (Kyrie, eleison.)
Christe, eleison (Christe, eleison.)
Kyrie, eleison (Kyrie, eleison.)

Christe, audi nos (Christe, audi nos.)
Christe, exaudi nos. (Christe, exaudi nos.)

Pater de caelis, Deus, (miserere nobis.)
Fili, Redemptor mundi, Deus, (miserere nobis.)
Spiritus Sancte, Deus, (miserere nobis.)
Sancta Trinitas, unus Deus, (miserere nobis.)
Sancta Maria,
Sancta Dei Genetrix,
Sancta Virgo virginum,

Sancte Michael,
Sancte Gabriel,
Sancte Raphael,
Omnes sancti Angeli et Archangeli,
Omnes sancti beatorum Spirituum ordines,

Sancte Ioannes Baptista,
Sancte Ioseph,
Omnes sancti Patriarchae et Prophetae,

Sancte Petre,
Sancte Paule,
Sancte Andrea,
Sancte Iacobe,
Sancte Ioannes,
Sancte Thoma,
Sancte Iacobe,
Sancte Philippe,
Sancte Bartolomaee,
Sancte Matthaee,
Sancte Simon,
Sancte Thaddaee,
Sancte Matthia,
Sancte Barnaba,
Sancte Luca,
Sancte Marce,
Omnes sancti Apostoli et Evangelistae,
Omnes sancti discipuli Domini,

Omnes sancti Innocentes,
Sancte Stephane,
Sancte Laurenti,
Sancte Vincenti,
Sancti Fabiane et Sebastiane,
Sancti Iohannes et Paule,
Sancti Cosma et Damiane,
Sancti Gervasi et Protasi,
Omnes sancti martyres,

Sancte Sylvester,
Sancte Gregori,
Sancte Ambrosi,
Sancte Augustine,
Sancte Hieronyme,
Sancte Martine,
Sancte Nicolae,
Omnes sancti Pontifices et Confessores,
Omnes sancti Doctores,

Sancte Antoni,
Sancte Benedicte,
Sancte Bernarde,
Sancte Dominice,
Sancte Francisce,
Omnes sancti Sacerdotes et Levitae,
Omnes sancti Monachi et Eremitae,

Sancta Maria Magdalena,
Sancta Agatha,
Sancta Lucia,
Sancta Agnes,
Sancta Caecilia,
Sancta Catharina,
Sancta Anastasia,
Omnes sanctae Virgines et Viduae

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Omnes Sancti et Sanctae Dei, (intercedite pro nobis.)
Propitius esto, (parce nos, Domine.)
Propitius esto, (exaudi nos, Domine.)
Ab omni malo,
Ab omni peccato,
Ab ira tua,
A subitanea et improvisa morte,
Ab insidiis diaboli,
Ab ira et odio et omni mala voluntate,
A spiritu fornicationis,
A fulgure et tempestate,
A flagello terraemotus,
A peste, fame et bello,
A morte perpetua,
Per mysterium sanctae Incarnationis tuae,
Per adventum tuum,
Per nativitatem tuam,
Per baptismum et sanctum ieiunium tuum,
Per crucem et passionem tuam,
Per mortem et sepulturam tuam,
Per sanctam resurrectionem tuam,
Per admirabilem ascensionem tuam,
Per adventum Spiritus Sancti Paracliti,
In die iudicii,
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Peccatores,

Ut nobis parcas,

Ut nobis indulgeas,

Ut ad veram paenitentiam nos perducere digneris,

Ut Ecclesiam tuam sanctam regere et conservare digneris,

Ut domum Apostolicum et omnes ecclesiasticos ordines in sancta religione conservare digneris,
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Ut inimicos sanctae Ecclesiae humiliare digneris,

Ut regibus et principibus christianis pacem et veram concordiam donare digneris,

Ut cuncto populo christiano pacem et unitatem largiri digneris,

Ut omnes errantes ad unitatem Ecclesiae revocare, et infideles universos ad Evangelii lumen perducere digneris,

Ut nosmetipsos in tuo sancto servitio confortare et conservare digneris,

Ut mentes nostras ad caelestia desideria erigas,

Ut omnibus benefactoribus nostris sempiterna bona retribuas,

Ut animas nostras, fratrum, propinquorum et benefactorum nostrorum ab aeterna damnatione eripias,

Ut fructus terrae dare et conservare digneris,

Ut omnibus fidelibus defunctis requiem aeternam donare digneris,

Ut nos exaudire digneris,

Fili Dei.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKWRuFjIRFo#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcs6WPjZi0k#

Are you traveling this Christmas season?

Are you done with your Christmas shopping?

Work Picture:

I bet you are a proud father, Bai Vistabel.

Interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrQQZuLru9s#ws

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ogQ0uge06o#

The animal-friendly version:

English, French and German soldiers cease fighting and smile in front of a camera during Christmas Day, 1914. During the height of World War I.

British and German troops hold a temporary truce on Christmas Day 1914 during World War One.

 Through the week leading up to Christmas, parties of German and British soldiers began to exchange seasonal greetings and songs between their trenches; on occasion, the tension was reduced to the point that individuals would walk across to talk to their opposite numbers bearing gifts. On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, many soldiers from both sides â€" as well as, to a lesser degree, from French units â€" independently ventured into "no man's land", where they mingled, exchanging food and souvenirs. As well as joint burial ceremonies, several meetings ended in carol-singing. Troops from both sides were also friendly enough to play games of football with one another.

Source: Wikipedia

Army Santa? What do you think?

Most Holy and Adorable Trinity, one God in three Persons, I firmly believe that You are here present; I adore You with the most profound humility; I praise You and give You thanks with all my heart for the favors You have bestowed on me. Your Goodness has brought me safely to the beginning of this day. Behold, O Lord, I offer You my whole being and in particular all my thoughts, words and actions, together with such crosses and contradictions as I may meet with in the course of this day. Give them, O Lord, Your blessing; may Your divine Love animate them and may they tend to the greater honor and glory of Your Sovereign Majesty. Amen.

For the woman who is a wee bit critical of their man, remember these wise words from Bob Marley:


“He’s not perfect. You aren’t either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can. He isn’t going to quote poetry, he’s not thinking about you every moment, but he will give you a part of him that he knows you could break. Don’t hurt him, don’t change him, and don’t expect for more than he can give. Don’t analyze. Smile when he makes you happy, yell when he makes you mad, and miss him when he’s not there. Love hard when there is love to be had. Because perfect guys don’t exist, but there’s always one guy that is perfect for you.”

Quote from: Lorenzo on December 12, 2012, 10:39:23 PM
"You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do. Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon. You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that’s so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life.”

― Bob Marley

Na igo ko da...

"You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do. Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon. You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that’s so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life.”

― Bob Marley

Getting ready for work.

Quote from: taga tigbao on December 07, 2012, 01:59:47 PM
Unsa kahay gihuna huna ni Mr. Han ani? Did he pray? Nahadlok kaha sija?

May his soul rest in peace!

Requiem In Pace , Amen.

I am still confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the Lord.

-Psalm 27: 13, 14