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Personal Guidance
 
Isaiah writes, “Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.’” Each of us has the ability to hear God’s word and receive his guidance when we are quiet enough to listen. How is God “speaking” to you today?


Have a pleasant weekend everyone!

Manay Tess

I was thinking of how poor families can avail of health insurance. Simbako adunay ma-ospital ang mga tambal mahal jamo, serbisyo sa mga medical staff labaw na!
How to put emphasis on food sufficiency?  Ang mga bag-ong tubo mahadlok mahogaw ang kuko, o malagom ang panit sa init sa adlaw. Daghan kaajo ang nag-dagan sa akong ulo. May I propose DIY solar cooker?  There are templates on how to make it. It is used in Africa and Bangladesh, if we use local materials and maybe we sell the  raw stuff, people will not cut trees discriminately which contributes to global warming. We can make some brain storming, Lay.

thanks for your willingness to do something to help. Do you have some background in computer hardware? What if I deliver to you old pc ( towers) i-assemble for use in our baryo. Bentaha na lang kon makakat-ong ang mga bata ug pag upload sa mga basics, mag toon ug Words. Ang teklado dinhi lain kaysa atong natun-an sa eskwelahan.

anong say mo Lay?

If the time comes I wish to do some community work ( NGO). Pohon malooy ang Kahitaas-an. Mga lima pa ka tuig gikan karon.

Lay,

Magkita gani ta, mag-inom ta ug kanang siyete Viernes.  Ang lami lupigon ang Beaujolais! Honest, the first time I tried this dry red wine, I was just thinking of the good old days in Bohol, morag jud ug bahalina. Akoy taya apil somsoman.

Manay

Indayon,

Thanks for this postings.  Hinaut pa nga daghang maka-avail ning infos.  Bless you!

Manay Tess

Ikaw Lay, nalipat galing sila. Mga taga Manila ang naghimo. Ako walay kong hinungdan, nag tsinuwango lang gihapon.

The Most Important Miracle   

In the Kingdom, all will come to know God’s wisdom. Even those who “err in spirit” and “grumble” will accept God’s teaching, Isaiah says. Anyone who has been a parent or a teacher will appreciate what a miracle that will be! In your life, how has God taught you true wisdom?

Hello everyone!

Thanks for this sarcastic posting, our province will improve.

Manay Tess

Ondoy Calle,

Nasinati ka sa Butuan City?  I am a Board member of the Butuan Global Foundation ( the only Bol-anon). Our last President was Dr Cas Garcia, now replaced by Rey Seneres.
Carmelita Fesalboni Woitecki  and myself leads the Butuan Global Foundation European Chapter.

Manay Tess

For me the phrases are similar to Buddha´s teachings.  We are diverse yet we travel along on the same path towards oneness. The diversity preserves our entity but together as one brings nuance to our existence.

Alles gute zum Geburtstag, Hazelein!

Manay Tess

Happy wishes on your birthday Maricel!

Manay Tess

Our body is really fascinating.  Have you heared about the Bodyworlds of Prof Gunther van Hagens?  He dissected different parts of the human body through the process of plastinations.

http://www.bodyworlds.com/de.html

Sakto ka Inday!

Sa Koran ang pangulo sa balay ang lalaki, ang babaye mosunod siya sa pangulo sa panimalay.  Unsa man kon ang babaye intelehente kay sa lalaki?

So you could imagine the big discrepancy. Sexism in Koran?

Dear Indayon,

If you have your Eurorail tickets, you can go anywhere. 7-8 hours from Paris you will reach Brussels, Belgium, Amsterdam Holland, or Duesseldorf, Germany.
English is widely spoken especially in Benelux ( Belgium, Netherland and Luxembourg).  Most big cities are nearby like Cologne, Bonn and Aachen.
Good luck.

Manay Tess

Mike you are right!  Situation in Bangkok is even put in the sermon, included in our prayers for the faithful everyday.  They should cry foul also to the German government.  Why the bias?

Manay Tess

Building on the Rock  

We members of the Kingdom build our lives on the rock of Christ instead of the “sands” of the world’s values. Thus, we are able to withstand trouble and tragedy. In what ways has Jesus, the Rock, steadied you through the storms of life?

Lay,
Nganong wa man ka mag-boxer?

Manay

Ngano man diay kon Mensa member, bilib lang ko kon mokaon si Ondoy Oliver ug bakal.

Manay

Gener,

Ngayon ko lang nabasa ito!  Wag kang mag-alala, itong mga sinulat mo ay hindi na bago.  Na ang lalaki ay madaling matuliro, permanente yan. Pag sex ang napapag-usapan, ang lahat ng laman ng utak ay bumaba sa inyong .....

At 3 bagay ang hindi nawawala sa focus; auto, computer at female breasts, it can be in different order.

Manay

ps
This posting is a great answer why priest are not allowed to marry.

Inday Grace,

If you feel happy after that, you will feel the joy which is hard to put into words. Ang imong kasing-kasing daku pag ayo ug pagmahal sa atong isig kaingon. Bless you ´Day!

Manay

I Saw Jesus Today

Vinita Wright

I saw Jesus on the train today. He had worked a long shift, his coveralls a patchwork of sweat and grime; yet he joked with a coworker in the adjacent seat. I saw Jesus awhile later, as the crowd filed onto the stairs to the street belowâ€"he was a young girl with two small children in tow, her nerves clearly frayed. And then, in the grocery store, there was Jesus again, a check-out clerk who smiled and wished me a good evening. The next time I saw him, he was stuck in traffic, his business suit rumpled and his eyes weary. And when I walked by my neighbor's house, Jesus sat on the front step, passing the time with a friend.

When Jesus came to share our human existence, he changed what it means to be ordinary people going through the day. Each one of us has a purpose and a place in the world. Each of us experiences pain, fatigue, humor, and hope. If we look more intently at the people we encounter on a typical day, we will see who they truly areâ€"persons loved by God. Regardless of appearance or situation, the woman, man, or child before you is brimming with holy possibility. Consider that you are gazing into the eyes of God. Understand that Jesus comes to you in many faces and places.

Bi-i Nong!

Could this project be a white elephant?

Corrupt people will be singing "Happy Days are Here Again"

The Feast of God   

Isaiah describes a great feast that will take place when Jesus returns. Jesus gave people a preview of that feast when he fed the four thousand. Feeding people is a sign of love and care. What are your favorite dishes? What “rich foods and wines” speak of celebration to you?

Redeemed Nature   

In the coming Kingdom, even nature is to be redeemed. The animals will not fight or bite or eat one another. “The earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.” What will it be like when even the animals are at peace?

Pirmi mag palahi ang UK, they still cling to their lost glory. They fear that joining Euro, will mean losing their uniqeness and identity

Lolong, akong gi-google kay wala nako masinati. Here are the results;

Fr. Granada is the Vice President for Administration, Director of Basic Education, and Property Administrator of SSC-R de Cavite; and Prior of the Local Community. He defended his dissertation of the “Quality of Education in San Sebastian College â€" Recoletos de Cavite High School Department: Proposal for Accreditation Blueprint” on March 1, and was conferred the Doctor of Management major in Human Resource Management (DMHRM) degree on March 15 during the 84th Commencement Exercises of the University of San Jose â€" Recoletos (USJ-R).

Humility
today´s Gospel:

When Jesus entered Capernaum,
a centurion approached him and appealed to him, saying,
“Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, suffering dreadfully.”
He said to him, “I will come and cure him.”
The centurion said in reply,
“Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof;
only say the word and my servant will be healed.
For I too am a man subject to authority,
with soldiers subject to me.
And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes;
and to another, ‘Come here,’ and he comes;
and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him,
“Amen, I say to you, in no one in Israel have I found such faith.
I say to you, many will come from the east and the west,
and will recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
at the banquet in the Kingdom of heaven.”

Best wishes on your birthday, Ben, may they all come true. God Bless!

Manay Tess

 There are 2 Besinga bros,Fr Jun Besinga and Fr Jude Besinga. Both served Taloto, they owned a house before, they sold it later. Fr Jun is in the USA now. He is the smaller one who is a well-known womanizer. Fr Jude studied law( I did´nt know if he finished). He was once assigned in Japan. Kami ra nga edara. Si Alayman ka edad ni Fr Jun, I think.  Mao kanang among mga sikat nga sunoy nong alaw!

Hallo Mr Nikon,
You are a nice looking  guy.

Manay Tess

ps

Lay, I am happy to see you and your apo.

Tess

Doy,

I assume you are well versed with transactional analysis.

Manay

Nibbling on this parts of your face is highly erotic!

I would prefer a person with great wisdom than an academician. My housekeeper has only reached elementary but she is full of wisdom, I always seek her advice.

All are welcome  

Although Jesus’ coming as Messiah was first to the nation of Israel, he is given for all of us, all nations, all people. Death, war and violence will not exist in the Kingdom. What will it be like to live in a world with no wars, where everyone gets along?

ps

that´s what we need now!

Likeness of Christ   

Every sister and brother ought to grow in the likeness of Christ so that Christ may live his life of compassion and humility in today’s world.

 Hemmingway is oozing with sex appeal, but sad to say he suffered depression, which runs in the family.

the following are notable Guindulmanons who excelled in their line of profession:


1.  DR. VAL BERNALES - Chiel Medico Legal NBI

2.  SAM PENASO - a viusal artist http://sampenaso.multiply.com/photos/album/40/keombae_galerie_astra

3.  JONAS AMPARO - a coronel in the Phil. police - SAF (special action force)

4.  KISMET BAND (Kokoy & Bitoy Peligrino, and Tats Bitancor). Kokoy & Bitoy are the bassist and drummer respectively of the Manila famous (4 girls) MOCHA BAND

5.  Atty. MERLIE AMORA LADRA (director of COMELEC)

6.  FR. JOSEPH "ondoy" GRANADA - one of the highest ranking Agustinian Recollect Priest

7.  FR. JUDE BESINGA - Phil. Navy Chaplain

8.  FR. ALBER PELLAZAR - an Agustinian Recollect Priest

9.  FR. JAMES NITOLLAMA - a Charismatic Priest

10.  PETER CADORNA - a self-made realtor

11.  DIOMIE OLANDRES - a self-made realtor

12.  RICO OLAER - successful businessman (brokerage) 

13.  VIRGILIO "ado" TAPE - a self-made contractor

14.  ANTHONY BERSALUNA - a self-made contractor

15.  MIMIE LIGTAS CUNADO - an accountant at LTO

Dear Bran,

You look really great with a beard, mature looking. Keep on posting the developments, I think it  enhances your  sex appeal.

Manay Tess

ps
basin sinyalan ka Ondoy kon adunay manorok nga laing kolor sa imong bigote.

hamis jamo ang imong kutis!

We celebrated the feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal last 28 November with a mass followed by a Christmas party.
Fr Cesar Ocho Tablon, MSP is the officiating priest.

Dear Bosoy,

Since you told me to hold this and ...iwiris-wiris nadgako ang akong kakulba, dili kaha kita masakpan?...apan kadto nanghilabay na mga panahon. Dili na mabanhaw.. gi abot na ug kabugnaw , na-ugah.
Ako manamilit sa dakong kamingaw,

desperate love

God Fills Our Hearts   

Riches, both material and spiritual, can choke you if you do not use them fairly. Let us remain as empty as possible so that God can fill us up. For not even God can put anything in a heart that is already full. God does not impose himself on us.

A New Pentecost   

O, Holy Spirit, blow on the embers of my soul and reignite your baptismal love in the fireplace of my being. May I become your fire in a cold, indifferent world. Impassion my spirit; enkindle my heart. 

Saksto ka Belle,   Kay kining si Alay modiskarte..., makalana og potot!

Bahong pasaw?

We can start a topic about coconuts, so other TB members could share their experiences. You have an excellent background and I will take time to look for important infos I could share with you. The Bol-anon group will host a mass for Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal 28 November  and follows Christmas party. I have no time at the moment but I want that this very important topic about cocomuts must not be forgotten. Can I rely on you, Ondoy Bolingits?

Manay

Ondoy Nikon,

You have a great posting assessing the importance of Internet cafe.  May I also add that this is an excellent venue for girls to find their future husbands.  They are daring nowadays. I was seated with a young girl chatting with Australian guy in yahoo, telling him to come over to Bohol...."come here over to Bohol and rape me!, we will have fun." 
asa ka ra?

Manay Tess

People's Alliance for Democracy
Protests cancel parliament session in Bangkok
(1)
24.November 2008, 08:23

Thailand's parliament postponed an important session on Monday after nearly 10,000 protesters surrounded the compound in their latest efforts to unseat the currently elected administration. The People's Alliance for Democracy called for the march after a grenade killed one activist and injured 23 during protests last week.
Anti-government protesters gather outside Thailand's parliament in Bangkok
Picture: REUTERS

At least 10,000 anti-government protesters from the People's Alliance for Democracy gather outside Thailand's parliament in Bangkok November 24, 2008. The protesters blocked access to the parliament compound, preventing lawmakers from entering to debate legislation for a regional summit in Thailand next month.


ps

Ondoy Mike, what is your personal comments on this?

Manay Tess

Panulis is abhorrable, but to kill someone, Dear God have Mercy!

Five tips for a woman....

1. It is important that a man helps you around the house and has a job.

2. It is important that a man makes you laugh.

3. It is important to find a man you can count on! And doesn't lie to you.

4. It is important that a man loves you and spoils you.

5. It is important that these four men don't know each other.

Fresh lemon grass - Herb Against Cancer

While I was undergoing chemotherapy for ovarian cancer, my
oncologist, Dr. Cecilia Llave, suggested that I try tanglad (lemon
grass) for a drink, a tip she got from one of her patients.

That's what I have been doing the past three years. I don't know if
tanglad has something to do with it but so far I'm okay.

A few weeks ago, an article on the medicinal powers of tanglad went
the rounds of internet. There's no harm trying this. A bunch of
tanglad is very cheap. Or you can plant it in your backyard for a
steady supply.

The article is by Allison Kaplan Sommer:

"At first, Benny Zabidov, an Israeli agriculturalist
who grows greenhouses full of lush spices on a pastoral farm in Kfar
Yedidya in the Sharon region, couldn't understand why so many cancer
patients from around the country were showing up on his doorstep
asking for fresh lemon grass.

"It turned out that their doctors had sent them.

"'They had been told to drink eight glasses of hot water with fresh
lemongrass steeped in it on the days that they went for their
radiation and chemotherapy treatments," Zabidov told ISRAEL21c. "And
this is the place you go to in Israel for fresh lemon grass.'

"It all began when researchers at Ben Gurion University of the Negev
discovered last year that the lemon aroma in herbs like lemon grass
kills cancer cells in vitro, while leaving healthy cells unharmed.

"The research team was led by Dr. Rivka Ofir and Prof. Yakov
Weinstein, incumbent of the Albert Katz Chair in Cell-
Differentiation and Malignant Diseases, from the Department of
Microbiology and Immunology at BGU.

"Citral is the key component that gives the lemony aroma and taste in
several herbal plants such as lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus),
melissa (Melissa officinalis) and verbena (Verbena officinalis. )

"According to Ofir, the study found that citral causes cancer cells
to 'commit suicide: using apoptosis, a mechanism called programmed
cell death.

"A drink with as little as one gram of lemon grass contains enough
citral to prompt the cancer cells to commit suicide in the test tube.

"The BGU investigators checked the influence of the citral on
cancerous cells by adding them to both cancerous cells and normal
cells that were grown in a petri dish. The quantity added in the
concentrate was equivalent to the amount contained in a cup of
regular tea using one gram of lemon herbs in hot water. While the
citral killed the cancerous cells,the normal cells remained unharmed.

"The findings were published in the scientific journal Planta
Medica, which highlights research on alternative and herbal
remedies. Shortly afterwards,the discovery was featured in the
popular Israeli press.

"Why does it work? Nobody knows for certain, but the BGU scientists
have a theory.

"'In each cell in our body, there is a genetic program which causes
programmed cell death. When something goes wrong, the cells divide
with no control and become cancer cells. In normal cells, when the
cell discovers that the control system is not operating correctly -
for example, when it recognizes that a cell contains faulty genetic
material following cell division - it triggers cell death," explains
Weinstein. "This research may explain the medical benefit of these
herbs.'

"The success of their research led them to the conclusion that herbs
containing citral may be consumed as a preventative measure against
certain cancerous cells.

"As they learned of the BGU findings in the press, many physicians
in Israel began to believe that while the research certainly needed
to be explored further, in the meantime it would be advisable for
their patients, who were looking for any possible tool to fight
their condition, to try to harness the cancer-destroying properties
of citral.

"That's why Zabidov's farm - the only major grower of fresh lemon
grass in Israel - has become a pilgrimage destination for these
patients. Luckily, they found themselves in sympathetic hands.
Zabidov greets visitors with a large kettle of aromatic lemon grass
tea, a plate of cookies, and a supportive attitude.

"'My father died of cancer, and my wife's sister died young because
of cancer," said Zabidov. "So I understand what they are dealing
with. And I may not know anything about medicine, but I'm a good
listener. And so they tell me about their expensive painful
treatments and what they've been through. I would never tell them to
stop being treated, but it's great that they are exploring
alternatives and drinking the lemon grass tea as well."

"Zabidov knew from a young age that agriculture was his calling. At
age 14, he enrolled in the Kfar Hayarok Agricultural high school.
After his army service, he joined an idealistic group which headed
south, in the Arava desert region, to found a new moshav
(agricultural settlement) called Tsofar.

"'We were very successful; we raised fruits and vegetables, and," he
notes with a smile, "We raised some very nice children."

"On a trip to Europe in the mid-80s, he began to become interested
in herbs.

Israel , at the time, was nothing like the trend-conscious
cuisine-oriented country it is today, and the only spices being grown
commercially were basics like parsley, dill, and coriander.

"Wandering in the Paris market, looking at the variety of herbs and
spices, Zabidov realized that there was a great export potential in
this niche. He brought samples back home with him, "which was
technically illegal," he says with a guilty smile, to see how they
would grow in his desert greenhouses.

Soon, he was growing basil, oregano, tarragon, chives, sage,
marjoram and melissa, and mint just to name a few.

"His business began to outgrow his desert facilities, and so he
decided to move north, settling in the moshav of Kfar Yedidya, an
hour and a half north of Tel Aviv. He is now selling "several
hundred kilos" of lemon grass per week, and has signed with a
distributor to package and put it in health food
stores.

"Zabidov has taken it upon himself to learn more about the
properties of citral, and help his customers learn more, and has
invited medical experts to his farm to give lectures about how the
citral works and why.

"He also felt a responsibility to know what to tell his customers
about its see. 'When I realized what was happening, I picked up the
phone and called Dr. Weinstein at Ben-Gurion University , because
these people were asking me exactly the best way to consume the
citral. He said to put the loose grass in hot water, and drink
about eight glasses each day.'

"Zabidov is pleased by the findings, not simply because it means
business for his farm, but because it might influence his own
health. "Even before the news of its benefits were demonstrated, he
and his family had been drinking lemon grass in hot water for
years, 'just because it tastes good.'

Home at Last 

The Spirit leads us to the one stream that quenches our existential thirst, to the true home which fulfills all our desiresâ€"the kingdom of God.

Beauty is skin deep. I prefer a man who is intelligent and finely mannered.

Inday Angie,

Taas ni ug hunasan, sama sa Baclayon?

Manay

Bolingits, you have a fantastic posting, aduna kay background sa agrar-farming?
There are organizations here in Germany who supports coconut planters, sad to say they are more concentrated in Mindanao because of the vast  area.
Oil palm production is now passe´.  The world market is asking for more copras, coconut oil for cosmetics and food industries. Husks are uses for rugs and carpets, etc.
What is the function of Phil Coconut industry?  Is this still existent?

this is a wonderful photo, Liza. Thanks for sharing.
I have seen Lomo pics, but they are somewhat dreamlike. 
Para kang lasing or high sa grass.

Lay,

Just kidding I know that Bitancors in Guindulman are womanizers,kay pintas nga mga bujog!

Manay

Palm plantation is a monoculture form. Kosog ang gamit sa mga chemicals, and residue didto dayon sa ilawom sa yuta, this is ecologically detrimental in the long run. Since business are profit oriented, they don´t bother.
Ang makalolo-oy ang mga pobreng mamumoyo nga silingan ni-aning plantation.

Name your price, and make sure its worth my time.

Oliver, Bol-anons are hospitable by nature, but please mind your manners and choice of words.   Show some tenderness and cultivated attitude. 

Manay Tess

Sakto ka Ondoy Calle, it was the statement of Auma Obama. I got the impression that because of his intelligence and suave looks, he was really attractive to women.( ang senior Obama)

Inday Raquel,

If you happen to meet him please introduce Bohol. He might get curious and do some community work to our traditional farmers.

Manay Tess

Haaay! Tugnaw dinhi jamo, mag-sigi na lang ko ug awit, All by Myself!

Inday Belle, abi ko tingdakop ug gwapa, busa nawala ka!  Ni-a naka, I feel okay.

ps
I miss you and your witty postings.
ingat,
Manay Tess

Dr Auma Obama, half sister of the newly elected US president Barack Obama, studied German languages in Heidelberg and she has  a doctorate degree in German languages from Bayreuth University. She is back in Kenya and works with CARE organization to help the social conditions in her country.

This poor guy happens to work as a humble technician. Can you imagine if he was a German? Of course he would be treated differently. Why this discrepancy?  The Arabs has very low respect to us as Asians.  If the government names OFW as the modern hero who brings circa 14 billion dollars in remittances annually , why can´t there be no concrete help in cases like these?
This issue has been brought over and over again, but to no avail. It pains me to the heart to hear cases like this, abused kababayans who work hard to sustain family at home.

Ondoy Bran,

Your  intelligence, perseverance and tenacity, is awesome, that´s why I always pray for your success everyday.

Manay

   

    This is a translation of the Hebrew text accompanying the photo, for those who do not read Hebrew:

    This photo was taken with the aid of NASA telescope, and it only happens every 3000 years. It is called the eye of God. A lot of miracles happened to those that have gazed upon this.

 Mga higala ug Mr president sa Dajung, palihug pag-amping sa inyong tilapia ug bangos consumption  kay daghang chemicals( China products) nga gi-tuwa  sa fishpond. There are lots of toxic residues which is taxing to the liver.

Unsaon man Ondoy Mike, nga kining bajik-jik, hele hele bago quere.  Women loved to be chased, this lady wants to assail the present situation or compare her to his wife. Hinaut pa nga dili sila matintal.

This is wonderful, it bouys up my spirit especially in this winter morning!

Mapogos ka ug kiay-kiay. ni-a nag ngisi ang akong bunsoy, si Chris. He is playing guitar hero.

Salamat jamo Lorenzo

Hello Georgia,

What is in the past is bygones. This woman must be wanting  some adventure so you tell your brod to keep the pants closed! This will keep the family intact. They must stop contacting each other and play with fire. After the thrill, there might be a never ending remorse.

Manay Tess

Letting Go   

O freeing God, open my hands and, with your gentle guidance, teach me to dismantle the bricks that wall me in and patiently form them into a path that leads to generosity and inner freedom. Amen.

Hello to people who are going to Candijay!

Bohol in general is a peaceful place. Candijay is far from the capital city but it has some things to offer.  There are Germans who never speaks english or tagalog yet they are enjoying their stay. So why bother yourself with unnecessary troubles. Put your trust in the Divine Providence. In emergency cases towns have a hospitals.
Water from the faucet is not safe, eat real cooked foods and don´t stay so much in the sun.
Enjoy your stay and welcome to Bohol.

Manay Tess

ps
my son has gotten a bad case of diarrhea, he was treated well in Basdio hospital owned by Lim.
Hallo Kabayan,  malapit yan sa Basdio at Anda, magaganda ang mga beaches comparable to Panglao.

Felix,

Most of the Europeans are pisot! Only jews and moslems are circumcised. They wonder why Pinoy males are tuli. I have my son circumcised.
I met my husband in Davao City, after two years of letter exchange ( he converted to Catholicsm) we got married in Guindulman.

Angie,

Kining pangita ug bana, sakto gajud ka, ang kahitas-an ra ang mag-igo.

I have read in a German magazine that a child´s inelligence comes 60% from the mother and recessive genes ( which brings the negative hereditary traits) comes from the father. Is this true, Ondoy Lorenzo?

Bantug ra nga , pirmi nako mag luya, I´m missing something. ha ha ha!

I do agree with you Gener, what a sacrifice an OFW has to do, just  to see to it that the material needs of the  siblings/family  are met! God bless us all and , especially the children who are missing a parent who is working abroad.

ps.
Hey at last, you´re nice good looking guy, Gener!

Simplify your life by Werner Tiki Kuestenmacher.  It guides us how to live a simple and happy life.

This holds true for women?
Aray!

St. Paul and Prayer 

We can see from St. Paul’s letters that prayer was an important part of his life. He prayed because God was the center of his universe. “For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.” (Romans 11:36) “Pray without ceasing,” he told the Thessalonians, “In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.” (1 Thessalonians 5:17â€"18)

Paul addresses his prayer to God the Father, in the name of Jesus, and by the power of the Holy Spirit: “In the same way, the Spirit too comes to the aid of our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes with inexpressible groanings.” (Romans 8:26) Paul rarely prays for worldly things like health, prosperity, or healing. These things don’t last. He says that “we look not to what is seen but to what is unseen; for what is seen is transitory, but what is unseen is eternal.” (2 Corinthians 4:18)

Ephesians offers a good summary of Pauline prayer,

“. . . that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the holy ones what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” (Ephesians 3:17â€"19)

This postings of yours  was put to sermon a couple of weeks ago about the importance of St Paul, it has inspired me to bring this topic to this Forum.

Mabuhay ka Lorenzo!

Keep on doing the good work.

Manay

Lay,

To which category you belong, the last? Just asking!
There was a medical report that masturbation ( regularly) is advised to prevent prostrate cancer.

Everytime I enter an internet cafe in Cogon it is full of kids. I was wondering if they are cutting classes. I ask some of them and they just glare at me. School officials must do something and I think regulating children´s or youth access to internet cafe is a must.

Unchained   

The fruit of generosity breaks the chains of selfishness and greed that fear wraps around our hearts. It emboldens our faith, making us confident that today’s table will be adequate.

Akong mga ginikanan taga Guindulman, bisan kaming mga mga-igsoon nag daku sa Manila ang among kagikan Guindulaman gihapon.  Ang akong mga manghod na-a  na nagpoyo diha.
Si Layman parehas mi og baryo, baryo Bulawan! Sano kamusta namo diha?
Apan sa karon ani-a nako nagpoyo sa Germany, kon ako moretiro mouli ko sa akong gamay nga payag sa Booy, Tagbilaran (Bohol lang gihapon!)

How to remove the middleman?  Organize a cooperative.  This is very practical and it helps the fisherman to get the most of their catch.  Life is not really easy for them, I know they sell the bigger ones and the rest smaller catch are consumed.  There are authorities who must help them. TB members who are in our province please try and see some possibilities.
I am not updated of our government agencies, I think we can do some urgent letters to them to get their attention.

St. Paul on Making Moral Choices


You and your family may visit a fast food restaurant once or twice a week. As you look at the menu on the wall above, you see a variety of meals to choose from. You may order the same thing every time, but if you are in the mood for something else, there are plenty of options. It’s easy to take all these choices for granted.

People who lived in New Testament times did not have these options. They had no refrigeration, so food spoiled quickly. When early Christians prayed for their daily bread, at times they did not even know if any food was available in the city. Since it was expensive and spoiled so fast, meat was scarce. One of the best sources for meat was at one of the local temples.

Like all Greek cities, Corinth had many temples dedicated to a variety of pagan gods. Each temple had a staff of priests for that particular cult. When a person wanted to offer a sacrifice to a particular god, he or she would bring an animal for the priests to kill. After the sacrifice, the slaughtered animal would remain at the temple as partial payment for the offering. The priests would clean the animal and use the meat as food. When they had too much meat for their own needs, the temple priests would sell the extra meat at the local meat market. If you went to a dinner where meat was served, it was likely that it came from an animal that had been offered in sacrifice earlier that day.

This raised an issue that St. Paul needed to address with the church in Corinth. Some church members were upset that other members were eating meat that had been offered to pagan gods. Paul addressed this issue in 1 Corinthians 8.


Eating the Meat of Idols

Paul recognizes that some of the Christians in Corinth would have no problems eating meat from the temples. Nor should they do so.

So about the eating of meat sacrificed to idols: we know that "there is no idol in the world," and that "there is no God but one." Indeed, even though there are so-called gods in heaven and on earth (there are, to be sure, many "gods" and many "lords"), yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom all things are and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things are and through whom we exist. (1Corinthians 8: 4â€"6)

The Christians in Corinth who realized that there is one God and that Jesus was the Son of God were not troubled by eating the meat that had once been offered to idols. Some Christians would even have meals in the temples with the temple priests. Meat was meat, and those gods did not exist.

There were other members of the church, however, whose understanding of Christian teaching was not as clear. They were unsure of the relationship between pagan gods and the one God. These Christians were uncomfortable being served meat that had been used in temple sacrifices. As Paul notes:

But not all have this knowledge. There are some who have been so used to idolatry up until now that, when they eat meat sacrificed to idols, their conscience, which is weak, is defiled. (1Corinthians 8:7)

The problem for Paul is that those Christians who rightly did not have problems eating the meat from idols would too many times criticize those who were having problems. The Christians who ate the meat thought that they had greater insight into the freedom won by Jesus Christ because they were not worried about pagan gods.

Paul was critical of those Christians who thought they knew better than their fellow Christians. He agreed with them in principle that meat was meat, and so they were technically correct in eating it. However these Christians had to make sure that their sense of being right did not become a stumbling block for their weaker fellow Christians.

Thus through your knowledge, the weak person is brought to destruction, the brother for whom Christ died. When you sin in this way against your brothers and wound their consciences, weak as they are, you are sinning against Christ. (1Corinthians 8: 11â€"12)

Making a Moral Choice

We can look at the situation Paul was addressing in terms of the process of making a moral decision. Moral decisions are made by people who are free and take responsibility for their actions. The morality of any act has three dimensionsâ€"the act chosen, the intention behind the act, and the circumstances that surround the act.

In this case the act chosen is the good of feeding oneself and others. We need to eat to live, and offering hospitality to others is a Christian obligation. So those Christians who served the meat or who were dining with friends in the temple were acting in a morally good way. The meat helped fulfill their need for food.

The second issue is the intention behind their act. Here things get a little more complicated. If the intention of the Christians who were serving meat offered to idols was to give themselves and their guests a good meal, this was a morally good thing to do. But suppose they knew that serving meat that had been part of a pagan sacrifice would make their guests uncomfortable.  But they served it anyway because they wanted to watch their guests squirm or they wanted to show off their own “superior” understanding of Christian teaching. In either case, the act would be morally wrong because their intent was to embarrass their fellow Christians.

When you sin in this way against your brothers and wound their consciences, weak as they are, you are sinning against Christ. (1Corinthians 8:12)

The third issue is the circumstances surrounding the act. As we have seen, in ancient times food was scarce and people had to eat what they received or what they could find. The food supply for the next day was uncertain. A Christian might serve meat from a pagan temple to his or her guests because that was the only food available to serve. There might not have been fruits, vegetables, or fish in the market that day. If meat from a pagan temple was all there was to eat, it would lessen the moral issue of whether the host was offending the conscience of his guest. In the same way today, a person’s responsibility is lessened if he or she is forced or tricked into committing an immoral act. It is important to recognize that it is never a good moral choice to do an immoral act for the sake of some imagined positive result.

Paul wrote that his own choice in the situation he described was to act in such a way that he would not be the source of scandal against his fellow Christians.

Therefore, if food causes my brother to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause my brother to sin. (1 Corinthians 8:13)

Paul emphasized throughout his writings the need for Christians to support one another and love one another. This is especially true because   

Now you are Christ's body, and individually parts of it. (1 Corinthians 12: 27)

Paul is urged his fellow Christians to understand that with the freedom won through Jesus Christ is the responsibility that the individual has towards the community. Decisions that we make that we might think are our own private business in fact have social consequences. There is no such thing as a sin that hurts no one. Paul emphasizes that rather than think of our choices as simply our own business we have to recognize our responsibility to others as well.

New Life 

To be guided by the Spirit is to be lifted over the brick wall of fear and planted in the land of freedom. We begin to live life the way God intends.

A big no, this is not good for the environment, greenpeace had already critizes this project.

notebook, what do expect gamay gajud ug screen!  949 US dollars diay, mahal gihapon sa aton kwarta.

If Peace of Mind is Your Goal

If being right is your goal,
you may find error in the world,
and seek to change it to match your expectations.
But don't expect peace of mind.

If peace of mind is your goal,
look for errors in your expectations;
seek to change them, not the world.
And always be prepared to be wrong.

Have a nice weekend everyone!

Folks,

Sad to say there are great projects. Once the funds are released they became white elephants. Busa daghang na-bolilyaso ug ang na apektohan ang locals. I pity the farmers who are displaced and manipulated.  They don´t have  anyone who could lobby their cause. Asa ang hustisya?

Manay Tess

Go and meditate, dear.  This kind of song will put you in confusion.