Archive for April, 2010

San Marcos Ebangelista, Patron ng Balian

“Write down for the coming generation what the Lord has done, so that people not yet born will praise Him.”  Psalm 102:18   Article reposted from:  http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=305 The second Gospel was written by St. Mark, who, in the New Testament, is sometimes called John Mark. Both he and his mother, Mary, were highly esteemed in the [...]

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why hurry? (choosing life over death)

“For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to [...]

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roobee doo bee doo

“And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.” John 16:22 over dinner last night, bhoy and i wondered if people would still know each other in heaven.  we  also wondered how we would look like. if the same as when we [...]

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some kind of light

“Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you girded yourself and walked where you would; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go.” John 21:18 my daughter megan was compared by my mom with Christmas [...]

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things are not always what they seem

“When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat.  They were frightened but he said to them, ‘It is I; do not be afraid.’ Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which [...]

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Easter Sunday: The Risen Jesus is Our Hope

By Fr. James Farfaglia 4/3/2010 reposted from Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) Because Jesus is physically alive, his Church is visible.  Because Jesus is corporeal, the sacraments are visible aqueducts of his divine life.  Because Jesus physically transcends time and space, he remains with us in the Eucharist as the “medicine of immortality” (cf. Catechism of the [...]

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the carrying of the Cross

“Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.  So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. Carrrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha).”  John 19:16-17 most people have moles.  some have only a few, others have too many.  a mole is a pigment or [...]

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