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Saturday, December 31, 2005
Aaarf! arf! arf! arf! Here, dogie, dogie! Come here boy! As we know it already, this coming year 2006 is dedicated to man's best friend, the ... Dog! What a mighty year it would surely be!
Dogs are nice and cuddly and kind and... romantic in some ways. But honestly speaking, i can't keep any dog inside the house. Outside, perhaps! Afterall, they are out with watchful eyes if any intruder comes breaking in, right? I hope this coming year would give us new beginnings and more aspirations to live a better, more meaningful and friutful life! With this thought please allow me to say a prayer:
May this coming year lead all of us
to rekindle our spirit with true LOVE
clear our minds with HAPPINESS
be bestowed with more WISDOM
and be given new HOPE;
May the good LORD grant us PEACE
in our hearts to share it with the rest of the family;
And may we i be renewed with HUMILITY
and PERSEVERANCE
AMEN.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Friday, December 30, 2005
Dr. José Protacio Mercado Rizal y Alonzo Realonda …Universal Hero; Messiah of the Revolution; Great Malayan; Pride of the Malay Race; Messiah of the Redemption; First Filipino; He was an eye surgeon, and so on…Imagine how many names have been given to this man. Born on June 19, 1861, he was the “guy”. He had curly black hair, kind of “pogi” (handsome) in a way. Actually, if we trace back his ancestors, we would come up with six (6) different races happily mixed together within his blood namely: Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, Malay, Sngley Meztizo and our very own- Negrito family.
With all these colors intertwined inside him, one should not wonder why he has become a multi-laurelled individual. He has learned too many languages totalling twenty two (22) of them including: Catalan, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Latin, Malay, Sanskrit, Spanish, Tagalog, Cebuano and other Philippine languages.
Furthermore, Dr. Jose P. Rizal also became an expert in his own right on other branches of Arts and Sciences as: architect, artist, educator, economist, ethnologist, scientific farmer, historian, inventor, journalist, musician, mythologist, internationalist, naturalist, novelist, ophthalmologist, physician, poet, propagandist, sculptor, and sociologist.
Trully, he was “The Man”. Our inspiration, our collegue, our pride! Our national hero. And today, It’s the 109th anniversary of his death in Bagumbayan (now Luneta), when he was shot at gunpoint from his back for reasons he knew beforehand would kill him. But he didn’t die in vain, instead, he died with dignity and honor for our country. I love his grin, don't you ;-)
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
December 28th marks a simple yet holy celebration. I admit I’m not an authority on matters of the Bible, but according to St. Matthew’s Gospel, “King Herod murdered all the infants in Bethlehem region.” It was a massacre of great magnitude. But earlier than that, scriptures revealed that a Pharaoh in Egypt also committed infanticide. How sad, isn’t it?
Children are the future! They must be cared for and loved, for without them no one would continue the cycle of life given to us as a gift. I pray those sad unforgotten past in Bethlehem and in Egypt would remain an epitaph in our consciousness and be reminded always that our children’s children and the children after them must live on and on in order to continue to serve and become fruitful thereby unceasingly enjoy life’s bounties given to us from up there.
Here is a prayer dedicated to this day. I took it from an Oxford Church site. Here goes:
Children are the future! They must be cared for and loved, for without them no one would continue the cycle of life given to us as a gift. I pray those sad unforgotten past in Bethlehem and in Egypt would remain an epitaph in our consciousness and be reminded always that our children’s children and the children after them must live on and on in order to continue to serve and become fruitful thereby unceasingly enjoy life’s bounties given to us from up there.
Here is a prayer dedicated to this day. I took it from an Oxford Church site. Here goes:
THE HOLY INNOCENTS
For vulnerable children and adults.
For all statutory and voluntary agencies
that relieve the pressures of families in distress.
We pray for more workers in the fields of practical care,
especially those who seek to avert infant victims of famine,
thirst, disease, violence,
neglect and cold.
We remember children and parents who cannot be together during the Christmas celebrations.
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Did you know that trees decorated inside homes dates back to ancient times? Yes they do, according to some historians from the western part of the world. One said that “…the Egyptians were part of a long line of cultures that treasured and worshiped evergreens…” These people welcome the winter solstice by bringing forth “…green date palm leaves to symbolize life’s triumph over death.”Notice the resemblance to our Christmas tree tradition? As I’ve read in some manuscripts, a kind of tree called:Firs, were long been associated with Christianity and locally in Germany at that. It was told that St. Boniface angered by the acts of the pagans worshipping the oak tree cut down the entire oak tree but was amazed when a new Fir tree came sprouting atop the old cut oak tree. He considered it a sign of Christian faith thereby giving specific due to Fir trees.
Well, whatever the angle of the story was, i admit bringing trees inside our homes on Christmas season, warm our hearts more with love, ease our minds with peace and cleanse our soul with hope.
Today, we are awed to the ways people treat trees for Christmas. Some are true ones while others aren’t. Either way, I find it an avid sign of true faith as a Catholic believer. Don’t you?
Saturday, December 03, 2005
A time for giving, and surely a time for forgiving and for loving as well. Christmas season has come! For me it is the best time of the year. Even better than my natal day!
Indeed, the Lord's birthday is the most precious of them all! As an avid believer of the Catholic faith, i consider these season very Holy. And this is the best time to forgive and forget. Let us just be happy and contended, can't we? With this thought please allow me to share with you a message from one of my priest friend. He sent it to me very early this morning which opened my mind and spirit in welcoming the Holidays truthfully. Here goes:
Sometimes we wish we were small
wish we were somewhere
wish we had something
but sometimes
we wish too much
that we miss to enjoy
who we are
where we are
what we have.
And may i say: May this year's Yuletide season brings forth more new excitements, adventures, achievements, inspirations, blessings, lots and lots of new friends! Yes, new acquaintances and friendships who would enrich our hearts with joy and love. True pals are treasures. They are our wealth, without whom one would be so poor, in spirit. We must welcome newbies pleasantly with open hearts but keep our most revered and cherished ones close by . As i've read in one of the passages: Friends are hard to find but they are much harder to forget!
Merry Christmas Everyone! May your hearts be filled with kindness and gladness you never have felt- ever. As the song chants: "...the joyous season has begun...".
From 667 blog entries we are now down to 52 blog sites !
Yes, I am now a finalist! I can't believe my eyes when i opened the The Phillippine Blog awards page and my blog site is included!. You can open to this page for more details. Oh, my site is named: logbet.blogspot.com but it's popularly known as Sweet Moments. I'm almost speechless but THANKS to whoever made these possible! Here is the list:
PINOY BLOGGER OF THE YEAR
BEST PHOTOBLOG OF THE YEAR
:: ironwulf.net
:: byahilo.com
:: annalyn.net
MOST INFORMATIVE BLOG SITE OF THE YEAR
BEST BLOG SITE OF THE YEAR
:: chinito.org
:: ironwulf.net
Good luck to all finalists!
Friday, December 02, 2005
A day of reckoning dedicated to the million of individuals who are inflicted with the ailment.For sure it won't be just a day of being fearful. Let this dedicated day be an everyday warning to all of us. For however fast we are in trying to stop its pace, it 's just isn't fast enough the way it is spreading and contaminating even our very minds in the way it consumes our dignity and pride as a sane human being.
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