PANGAKO

“PANGAKO”

ni: sacredguy

Lagi niyong ibinibigay ang inyong mga kamay

Hirap at pagod niyo’y sa amin ibinibigay

Dugo at pawis ay handang ialay

Mabigyan lamang kami ng magandang buhay

Trabaho dito, trabaho doon

Turo dito, turo doon

Oras niyo’y sa trabaho lagi nakatuon

Sa bonding sana ay magkaroon ng pagkakataon

Aking ama, mahirap kapag wala ka

Ngiti mong kay ganda ay laging inaalala

Laging tumatawag upang pagmamahal ay maipadama

Nakaantabay hanggang sa paggising sa umaga

Aking ina sa iyo kami lagi umaasa

Hindi lamang ilaw ng tahanan kundi haligi pa

Laging takbuhan kapag may problema

Naggagabay sa amin sa tuwi-tuwina

Maraming salamat ang aming ganti

Sa inyong walang kapagurang pagsisilbi

Kaya’t pag-aaral namin ay ‘di maisasantabi

Pagka’t ito lamang ang kayamanang ‘di nabibili

Asahan niyong kami naman ang magsisilbi

Sa mga panahong kakailanganin niyo kami

Gagawin namin ito ng nakangiti

Hanggang sa kami ay lumaki

MAGBABALIK AKO

“MAGBABALIK AKO”

ni: sacredguy

“Mula ngayon kayo’y aking kaibigan, hinango sa dilim at kababaan. Ang kaibiga’y mag-aalay ng sarili niyang buhay, walang hihigit sa yaring pag-aalay.” Ito ay hango sa kantang “Pagkakaibigan” na isa sa mga paborito kong kanta. Ito rin ang kinanta ng aming grupo noong kami ay naglive-in orientation sa seminaryo. Masayang balikan ang mga ganitong karanasan na maaaring minsan lang mangyari sa buhay ng isang tao. Ito ay nagpapaalala sa akin na ang Panginoon ay laging gumagabay sa anumang desisyon na aking ginagawa. Gaya nitong mga desisyon na ginawa ko noong ako ay nagbalak pumasok ng seminaryo.

            Sampung taon na akong naglilingkod bilang isang sakristan sa aming parokya. At sa pagiging sakristan ko ay naging malapit ako sa Panginoon. Bata pa lamang kasi ako ay nakakitaan na ako ng aking mga magulang ng pagiging madasalin. Kaya’t napagdesisyunan ng aking magulang na ipasok ako bilang sakristan sa edad na sampu. At sa murang edad ko na iyon ay natuto na akong maglingkod sa hapag ng Panginoon. Mas lalo pang tumibay ang pundasyon ng aking pananampalataya sa Panginoon noong nag-aaral ako ng sekundarya sa St. Paul College San Rafael, isang katolikong paaralan. Mga madre ang nagpapalakad ng paaralang iyon kung kaya’t sa anumang gawain o aktibidad meron ang paaralan ay hindi nawawala ang pag-aalaala sa Panginoon. Araw-araw ay may mga panalangin, bago at pagkatapos ng bawat klase ay meron paring panalangin, at hinding-hindi mawawala ang misa na ginaganap sa loob at labas ng paaralan.

            Lalo kong napagtanto na marahil ay tinatawag ako ng Panginoon upang sumunod sa kanya bilang pari. Bago pa man ang graduation namin ay napagdesisyunan kong kumuha ng pagsusulit sa seminaryo. Ipinaalam ko ito sa Parochial Vicar ng aming parokya noon na siya ring propesor ng Teolohiya at isa sa mga tagapaghubog ng mga nagpapari sa seminaryo. Agad niya naman itong ikinatuwa at binigyan niya ako kaagad ng application form. Hindi ko maipaliwanag ang aking nararamdaman noon, may halong tuwa, kaba, at takot sa aking mga dibdib. Nang natapos kong sagutan ang anim na pahinang form ay ipinaabot ko ito sa aming Parochial Vicar at siyang magdadala nito sa seminaryo.

            Sa araw ng aming pagsusulit (kasama ko ang dalawa pang sakristan na kukuha din ng pagsusulit sa seminaryo), ay maaga kaming umalis dahil kailangan bago mag 8:00am ay naroon na kami. Bago kami umalis ay nagdasal muna kami sa harap ng blessed sacrament upang kami ay gabayan at tulungan sa aming pagsusulit. Medyo kinakabahan ako noong araw na iyon dahil mahaba-habang upuan iyon at hindi ko gaanong alam ang mga tanong na ihahain sa amin. May mga tanong naman tungkol sa Math, Science, English, Logic, at mga Personality Tests. Pag-uwi sa bahay ay muli akong nagdasal na sana ay maipasa ko ang pagsusulit na iyon.

            Hindi naman ako binigo ng Panginoon sa aking panalangin na makapasa ako sa nasabing pagsusulit. Dumating sa akin ang isang liham na ganito ang nakasaad:

“I am happy to inform you that the results of your mental ability and psychological tests have satisfied the standards of the Immaculate Conception Major Seminary. Having passed the required written examination, you are now qualified for the formal interviews and a 3-day stay-in wherein your actual suitability to seminary life will be determined by the Formators. This activity is set on March 31 (8:00am) – April 2 (after lunch), 2008. Please see to it that these important dates will find a place in your schedule.

We join our hopes and prayers to yours that you may persevere in this preparation to minister to Christ’s Church and at His altar with holiness, wisdom and commitment.”

            Tuwang tuwa ako ng malaman kong nakapasa ako at nasabi ko nalang sa aking sarili na pinagpapala talaga ako ng Panginoon. Bago pa man dumating ang March 31 ay inihahanda ko na ang aking sarili at ang mga gamit na kailangang dalhin. Inihahanda ko narin ang mga dokumento na kakailanganin ko sa pagpasok sa seminaryo.

            Dalawa naman kaming nagpunta para sa live-in orientation sa seminaryo. Bago umalis ay nagdasal kami sa loob ng simbahan upang manalangin muli sa Panginoon. Pagdating namin sa seminaryo ay maraming tao, mga kasamahan din namin sa orientation. Sa tatlong araw naming pamamalagi doon ay natuto kaming makisalamuha, kumain ng sabay-sabay (brotherhood), at ipinaliwanag din sa amin ang mga gawain at mga alituntunin sa loob ng seminaryo. Pati na ang mga bayarin at mga tuition fees sa pagpasok namin. Nagsisimula ang araw namin sa panalanging pang-umaga kasunod nito ang agahan. Naglilinis din kami ng mga hardin, nagwawalis, naghuhugas ng mga plato, at naglalaro pa. Nagkaron din ng mga interviews na pinangunahan ng mga tagapaghubog na pari, advisers/propesor, at syempre ng rektor ng ICMAS. Ang mga kadalasang tanong nila ay yung mga tanong na nasa mismong application form din. Sa gabi naman ay meron ulit panalangin at pagkatapos syempre ay ang hapunan. Meron ding film viewing na ginagawa sa AVR (Audio-Visual Room) at pagkatapos ay nagkakaron ng reflections tungkol sa napanood. Hindi ko rin makakalimutan ang mga “takutan moments” sa loob ng seminaryo na mga seminarista pa mismo ang nagkukwento sa amin. Medyo kinatakutan ko rin iyon ngunit mas nangibabaw parin sa akin ang pananampalataya ko sa Panginoon. Nagkaroon din ng tinatawag na “Family Night” na kung saan ay magkakasama ang lahat ng mga seminarista at mga pari, upang maipakita ang mga galing at talento ng bawat isa. Dito ginanap ang pinaghandaan at pinag-isipan namin na palabas. Mula sa tema, sa mga dekorasyon, imbitasyon, at sa mga performances na gagawin ng bawat grupo ay kami lahat ang nagplano. Sa aming grupo natapat ang pagkanta kaya napili namin ang kantang “Pagkakaibigan” dahil sa pagkakaibigan nagsisimula ang mabubuting samahan.

            Sa huling araw namin doon ay malalaman na namin ang resulta ng aming live-in orientation. Lahat kami ay kinakabahan kung kami ay makakapasa o hindi. Sa pagtanggap ko ng aking sobre ay napapikit ako. Nang buksan ko ito ay ganito ang nakasulat:

“After considering the merits and demerits of the results of your mental ability and psychological tests and interviews together with the evaluation from your live-in seminar, the Board of Admissions has arrived at a positive decision on your application. It is therefore, my pleasure to formally inform you that you have been admitted to the Propaedeutic Year of the Immaculate Conception Major Seminary for the School Year 2008-2009.”

            Masayang masaya ako dahil nakapasa ako. Hindi ko maipaliwanag ang tuwa at saya na aking nararamdaman sa aking puso. Umuwi ako sa amin na may magandang balita at muli akong nagdasal at nagpasalamat sa Panginoon.

            Linggo ng umaga ay ipinatawag ako ng aming Kura Paroko. Tinanong niya ako kung bakit gusto kong maging pari. Medyo napaiyak ako dahil sa tono ng kanyang boses. Sinagot ko siya ng may paninindigan, sabi ko “simple lang po, gusto kong paglingkuran ang aking kapwa.” Marami siyang ipinaliwanag sa akin at nagbigay ng maraming advice. Kumuha daw muna ako ng kurso sa kolehiyo bago pumasok ng seminaryo. Pinakukuha niya muna ako ng ibang kurso hindi dahil ayaw niya akong maging pari kundi para mas lalo pang madevelop ang sarili ko, lalung-lalo na ang social skills ko. Muli kong pinag-isipan ang kaniyang sinabi nung gabing iyon. Napagdesisyunan ko sa sarili ko na tama ang sinabi niya tungkol sa akin. Kaya’t nagpasya akong mag-enrol sa kolehiyo.

            Sa ngayon ay kumukuha ako ng kursong BSBA (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration)sa Baliuag University. Ipinangako ko sa sarili ko na kapag nakatapos ako ay muli akong babalik sa seminaryo. Gagayahin ko ang motto ng yumaong Santo Papa Juan Pablo II, ang sabi niya “Totus Tuus” sa tagalog ay “Iyong-iyo.” Iaalay ko ang sarili ko sa Panginoon kaya’t ang masasabi ko lang ay “Iyong – iyo ako Panginoon.”

have faith in God. :)

VERY INTERESTING CONVERSATION

An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to his Class on the Problem Science has

with GOD, the ALMIGHTY. He asked one of his New Christian Students to stand and . . .

Professor : You are a Christian, aren't you, son ?

Student : Yes, sir.

Professor: So, you Believe in GOD ?

Student : Absolutely, sir.

ProfessorIs GOD Good ?

Student : Sure.

Professor: Is GOD ALL - POWERFUL ?

Student : Yes.

Professor: My Brother died of Cancer even though he Prayed to GOD to Heal him.

Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill.

But GOD didn't. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?

(Student was silent )

Professor: You can't answer, can you ? Let's start again, Young Fella.

Is GOD Good?

Student : Yes.

Professor: Is Satan good ?

Student : No.

Professor: Where does Satan come from ?

Student : From . . . GOD . . .

Professor: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this World?

Student : Yes.

Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn't it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?

Student : Yes.

Professor: So who created evil ?

(Student did not answer)

Professor: Is there Sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness?

All these terrible things exist in the World, don't they?

Student : Yes, sir.

Professor: So, who Created them ?

(Student had no answer)

Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to Identify and Observe the World around you.

Tell me, son . . . Have you ever Seen GOD?

Student : No, sir.

Professor: Tell us if you have ever Heard your GOD?

Student : No , sir.

Professor: Have you ever Felt your GOD, Tasted your GOD, Smelt your GOD?

Have you ever had any Sensory Perception of GOD for that matter?

Student : No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.

Professor: Yet you still Believe in HIM?

Student : Yes.

Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol,

Science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?

Student : Nothing. I only have my Faith.

Professor: Yes,Faith. And that is the Problem Science has.

Student : Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?

Professor: Yes.

Student : And is there such a thing as Cold?

Professor: Yes.

Student : No, sir. There isn't.

(The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events )

Student : Sir, you can have Lots of Heat, even More Heat, Superheat, Mega Heat, White Heat,

a Little Heat or No Heat.

But we don't have anything called Cold.

We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is No Heat, but we can't go any further after that.

There is no such thing as Cold.

Cold is only a Word we use to describe the Absence of Heat.

We cannot Measure Cold.

Heat is Energy.

Cold is Not the Opposite of Heat, sir, just the Absence of it.

(There was Pin-Drop Silence in the Lecture Theatre )

Student : What about Darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as Darkness?

Professor: Yes. What is Night if there isn't Darkness?

Student : You're wrong again, sir.

Darkness is the Absence of Something

You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light . . .

But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and its called Darkness, isn't it?

In reality, Darkness isn't.

If it is, were you would be able to make Darkness Darker, wouldn't you?

Professor: So what is the point you are making, Young Man ?

Student : Sir, my point is your Philosophical Premise is flawed.

Professor: Flawed ? Can you explain how?

Student : Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality.

You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a Good GOD and a Bad GOD.

You are viewing the Concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure.

Sir, Science can't even explain a Thought.

It uses Electricity and Magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one.

To view Death as the Opposite of Life is to be ignorant of the fact that

Death cannot exist as a Substantive Thing.

Death is Not the Opposite of Life: just the Absence of it.

Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your Students that they evolved from a Monkey?

Professor: If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes, of course, I do.

Student : Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shook his head with a Smile, beginning to realize where the Argument was going )

Student : Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and

Cannot even prove that this Process is an On-Going Endeavor,

Are you not teaching your Opinion, sir?

Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?

(The Class was in Uproar )

Student : Is there anyone in the Class who has ever seen the Professor's Brain?

(The Class broke out into Laughter )

Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's Brain, Felt it, touched or Smelt it? . . .

No one appears to have done so.

So, according to the Established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol,

Science says that You have No Brain, sir.

With all due respect, sir, how do we then Trust your Lectures, sir?

(The Room was Silent. The Professor stared at the Student, his face unfathomable)

Professor: I guess you'll have to take them on Faith, son.

Student : That is it sir . . . Exactly !

The Link between Man & GOD is FAITH.

That is all that Keeps Things Alive and Moving.

NB:

I believe you have enjoyed the Conversation . . . and if so . . .

You'll probably want your Friends / Colleagues to enjoy the same . . . won't you?

Forward them to Increase their Knowledge . . . or FAITH.

That student was Einstein.

Kaya ako'y naniniwala sa Diyos. :)

"HOW TO LOVE?"

When you say the words "I Love You"
it is simply to show someone that you love them
When you say the words "I Love You"
make sure you are willing to do anything for them

Put yourself in someone else's shoes
rather than impose your own expectations
to understand how they feel
where they come from and who they are
Realize how they could also love you back just as well

If you cannot love another person without attaching stipulations
then it is not love at all but deep-seated opportunism
If your interest is not in the other person as such
but rather in how that person can enhance your experience of life
then it is not unconditional
If you have no intention of improving that person’s life
or allowing that person to be themselves and accepting them as they are
then you are not striving to love them unconditionally.

That doesn't mean you should allow someone to mistreat or undervalue you
It means that giving love does not guarantee receiving love
Realize that someone may have a different way of showing his or her love for you
do not expect to be loved back in exactly the same way

If you realize that you can lose the one you love
then you have a greater appreciation of what you have
Think how lucky you are to have someone to love
Don't make an idol of the person you love
This will place them under undue pressure and will likely result in you losing them.

And lastly, never stop loving
Even if you have been hurt before you should not stop giving love.

Unemployed Graduate

An unemployed graduate woke up one morning and checked his pocket. All he had left was $10.. He decided to use it to buy food and then wait for death as he was too proud to go begging. He was frustrated as he could find no job, and nobody was ready to help him.

He bought food and as he sat down to eat, an old man and two little children came along and asked him to help them with food as they had not eaten for almost a week. He looked at them. They were so lean that he could see their bones coming out. Their eyes had gone into the socket. With the last bit of compassion he had, he gave them the food.. The old man and children prayed that God would bless and prosper him and then gave him a very old coin. The young graduate said to them 'you need the prayer more than I do'.

With no money, no job, no food, the young graduate went under the bridge to rest and wait for death. As he was about to sleep, he saw an old newspaper on the ground. He picked it up, and suddenly he saw an advertisement for people with old coins to come to a certain address.

He decided to go there with the old coin the old man gave him. On getting to the place, he gave the proprietor the coin. The proprietor screamed, brought out a big book and showed the young graduate a photograph. This same old coin was worth 3 million dollars. The young graduate was overjoyed as the proprietor gave him a bank draft for 3 million dollars within an hour. He collected the Bank Draft and went in search of the old man and little children.

By the time he got to where he left them eating, they had gone. He asked the owner of the canteen if he knew them. He said no but they left a note for you. He quickly opened the note thinking it would lead him to find them.

This is what the note said: 'You gave us your all and we have rewarded you back with the coin,' signed God the Father, The Son and The Holy Ghost. 1 Kings 17:10-16; Matthew 11:28-30 <span>

PRAYER: Here is your financial blessing! It's a simple prayer, you've got 30 seconds. If you need a financial blessing, continue reading this e-mail.

Heavenly Father, most Gracious and Loving God, I pray to you that you abundantly Bless my family and me. I know that you recognize, that a family is more than just a mother, father, sister, brother husband and wife, but all Who believe and trust in you.

Father, I send up a prayer request for financial blessing for not only the person who sent this to me, but for Me and all that I have forwarded this message on to. And that the power of joined prayer by those who believe and trust in you is more powerful than anything.

I thank you in advance for your blessings. Father God, deliver the person reading this right now and those who will read it in the near future from debt and debt burdens. Release your Godly wisdom that I may be a good steward over all that You have given me Father, for I know how wonderful and mighty You are and how if we just obey You and walk in Your word and have the faith of a Mustard seed that You will pour out blessings. I thank You now Lord for the recent blessings I have received and for the blessings yet to come Because I know You are not done with me yet. In His name, I pray, Amen

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