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Do not give up yet

No matter how the world reacted against you
You will always be loved and understood by a LOVING HEART
The world, including me, may have always misjudged you
But the LOVE OF GOD will always see you through

Life is not only about us
Your failure does not determine who you really are
So, hold on tight, hold on tight, hold on very very tight
Give us time to love you and embrace you
Wait for us, wait for us, wait for us who could not follow and understand you
And let God be our interpreter, let God's love be our guide. denmar

On Peace

the encounter of God brings peace, not war
for humility is the fruit of all prayers
where wisdom teaches our hearts to LOVE
and to transcend cultures and barriers. Den Mar

Everyday

everyday would always be the same
unless... we make a difference TODAY. Den Mar

Concert for cause

ENJOY WATCHING JOSE MARI CHAN AND HELP OUR EUCHARISTIC MISSION!

Singer-songwriter artist, JOSE MARI CHAN will be performing live at Limketkai Mall, Cagayan de Oro City on June 29, 2013 at 7:00pm.
It's a once and lifetime event so watch him and listen to his timeless songs that will surely entertain you and your entire family. 
So come one, come all... bring with you all your friends and your loved ones. This will be a treat that you would never forget!

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to order your tickets now, you may visit Santuario Eucharistico, RER Subd., Cagayan de Oro City; tickets are also available at the lobby of Limketkai concert venue.

SEE YOU THERE!

PLEASE SHARE THIS MESSAGE and help our Life In The Eucharist Seminar (LITES) team in their Eucharistic Evangelization. for more info, you may text or call Isidro Obligado, at 09263838957. thanks a lot.




THE ARTIST: JOSE MARI CHAN
Jose Mari Chan (born March 11, 1945) is a Chinese Filipino singer, songwriter and businessman in the sugar industry. He was born in Iloilo City on March 11, 1945. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1967. He is married to Mary Ann Ansaldo  and has five children, Jose Antonio, Elizabeth Ann, Michael Philip Ciprian, Francisco Rafael and Marie Angelica. Chan also engage in business in addition to his musical career. He is currently Chairman and CEO of BISCOM, Inc. and A. Chan Sugar Corporation. He is also the Chairman and President of Signature Music Inc.
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from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Mari_Chan


like him on FB: https://www.facebook.com/josemarichan

Talk

i read a lot of books since last week just to deliver my talk in a conference held this morning. i already synthesized everything and put all the key ideas i needed to explain about my topic in the powerpoint; until i realized after some minutes of delivering my piece that they were 'hyfaluting' theology for the 'common tao.' i prayed to the Holy Spirit to use my mouth so that in every simple words that i will utter, God's love would be revealed. so, on that moment, with full trust in the Lord, I abandoned my prepared presentation, and let the Holy Spirit guide me through the entire session.
The Holy Spirit has taught me to talk from my heart where there is no human reasoning much more powerful than GOD'S LOVE. Den Mar

Even though I can not sing...

when i entered the session area, the people there seemed not to notice me. they were chatting. the area was filled with buzzing peoples that made me so nervous. then, i noticed a piano. since i still have an ample time, i opened it and hit the first few keys then sat and played a common church song, "how lovely is your dwelling place." little by little the noise faded and some started to hum the melody. since there's ten more minutes, i played another one, "i love the Lord," then some started to sing the lyrics of that song.
when the time came, they started to look for the speaker. most were amazed, when the emcee called me. in the long run of my talk, somebody asked me to sing for the crowd, since we were discussing about Psalms... i told her, "that's why i am playing piano because i have a very terrible low voice not meant for singing..." with their eyes bewildered, i added, "i could scare you if you want to." then, they all laughed. Den Mar

Healing

the most painful is the process of healing... 

it is giving birth to a new person who is forgiving.Den Mar

Kabalintunaan

“hindi ako hinahanap

hindi ako sinasaway

hindi ako pinagbabawalan

dahil ako pala ay hindi minamahal.”

Oo, ako ay ganap na malaya

dahil wala sa aking nagmamahal

kung kaya walang nag-aalala

at wala ring naghahanap...

Sacred Heart Parish (Santuario Eucharistico) Fiesta

June 7, 2013-- Sacred Heart Parish (also known as Santuario Eucharistico) Fiesta.

We had a very great day today. Our Parish, The Sacred Heart Parish, here in Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro, joined the entire Church in celebrating the feastday of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Many among mass goers wore red shirts to grace the occasion.

As I remember, some previous days ago, many volunteers-- spearheaded by the Parish Pastoral Council, were already busy preparing and decorating the entire parish church. From the facade of the church upto ceilings and pews, volunteers untirelessly exerted so much an effort to clean each of them. Linens and cloth were changed. Flowers were arranged. Until every details has been fitted perfectly in their places on the day of the celebration. All their contributions, like the Sacred Heart of Jesus, were labor of love.

From time to time, the office has been receiving calls of confirmation of their fiesta pledges. One example, the attending alumi of a nearby school, make their batch's homecoming more meaningful by sponsoring medical mission inside the parish. In cooperation with the Sacred Heart Parish Health Clinic, they provided free check-ups, medicines and they even gave counsellings with their patients.

You know, within our parish's vicinity, many people were also suffering poverty. They were scavenging with their bare hands for food and recyclable materials in a nearby garbage disposal area. The parish maintains a Parish Health Clinic  where through the generous sponsorship of our benefactors, the clinic has been able to give free medical check-ups and medicines to our parishioners who are in need. 

When I took this picture, the little children run toward me and asked me about tonight's fiesta celebration. I told them to attend (which they never miss each year). Tonight, the parish would treat all of us. We will be having a party for the young and the old; and for the rich and the poor.

We will aslo serve pancit tonight. We have been buying the ingredients since yesterday. Ate Susan, our cook, already prepared the necessary ingredients. She already peeled and chopped them this morning.

Some parish organisations members, already brought in the cans of pineapple which will be repacked later; and will be served tonight as dessert.

Outside, the youths with Sister Marge, started to decorate the venue.

We all had a very sumptous lunch together. We put onto our soiled hands plastic gloves and we started digging in.

It was 2:00 pm, Doydoy, one of our scholars, was already cooking the rice outside when a heavy rain poured in. It flooded our cooking area.

We transferred the entire cooking set-up into another place and hung a tarp over it. Now, the cooking spree went on.

Together, we attended the afternoon mass in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

The SSS priests-- Fr. Thonn, Fr. Marlon and Fr. Grogee concelebrated with Fr. Joel, our parish priest.

After the mass, we envited the parishioners to dine with us. The young and the old; and the rich and the poor ate together. It is our Congregation's Eucharistic charism.

It was a pleasure for all of our parish volunteers to organize with us and to serve their fellows.

Br. Ronald, from the Consolacion Parish also helped in. They chopped three lechon into bite size before they were served.

After eating, a funfilled program was held. The host announced winners of celfons and celfon loads from the raffle draws.

In between raffles, performances from different parish's organizations and chapels were showcased. Some entertained the crowd with their song number.

There were other contests like the immortal, 'Stop Dance.' This time they did it with a twist. Participants danced while the music was turned-off. We all laugh with this. Then after the game, another performers was called, this time, they danced into the grove.

We had all the fun. Prizes were given away. Talents were showcased. Everybody ate to the full.

Before the night grew older, Fr. Joel, our parish priest, gave his expression of gratitude for everybody's cooperation. This event was the fruit of the collaborative generosity of many a people.

Truly, the Spirit of God's grace radiating from the Sacred Heart of Jesus has painted a smile in each and everyone's heart. All of us was touched by the occasion. We all bid goodbye and has promised to return early tomorrow for the procession honoring the 'Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary' of the entire Philippines. Tomorrow will be another day. I'm sure, it will be another grace-filled day.

Br. Den Mar

Relationship

each one of us has his or her definition of relationship
mine is a relationship established on justice
since most of us can't be a loving person most of the time, at least, we can exercise justice as the minimum of love... if we cannot help, at least, we don't hurt others

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i leave friends who are biased... i may keep them on facebook
but i don't message, talk, like and laugh with them anymore... because i don't trust them anymore.

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i may be a forgiving person or a person who would easily say "sorry" for all the mess i did, it is because i'm a man of God.