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St. Expeditus: Patron Saint of Speedy Causes The venerated image of St. Expeditus in the Lipa Cathedral In the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Sebastian in Lipa City is a venerated image of a young Roman Centurion saint named Expeditus. Every month of April, a nine day novena in his honor is held in the cathedral that culminates in the celebration of his feast day on the 19th of the month. Who is this saint whose intercession was also invoked in the Oratio Imperata to avert a catastrophic eruption of Taal Volcano prepared by the Archdiocese of Lipa when the volcano exhibited extra-ordinary activity early in January, 2020? St. Expeditus could have found affinity with the Lipenos since the martyr shares a lot of commonality with St. Sebastian, the city’s patron. St. Expeditus, like St. Sebastian was also a young Roman soldier who converted to Christianity and was also martyred as a consequence, during the period of Diocletian persecution. Hence, a devotion to him has developed amo
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Episode 3. Masarap Maglakbay kung may Baon Kang Cheetos!
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Maging Akin Muli (Song)
Repost (from 2012)
Kapag ako'y naglalakbay (jetsetter oh! haha) lalu na't sa bus (ngek, bus lang pala eh) pabalik sa probinsya galing sa Maynila, kinaugalian ko nang bumili ng chichirya (di na mahalaga kung ano mang brand yan - pero cheetos talaga paborito ko - hehe). Dahil sa kinakain kong cheetos, na sasabayan ko pa ng lag-ok ng paborito kong mountain dew o minute made (ung isang litro, repa, promise!) eh parang bumibilis at mas nagiging kaaya-aya ang biyahe (kahit di kaayaaya ang tanawin sa tabi o sa harap ko paminsan-minsan hehe).
Kagaya ng paborito kong chichiryang cheetos (panuorin mo muna ang commercial ng paborito kong chichirya kung may oras ka haha)
at panulak na mountain dew, pinagagaan din ng kantang 'to ang aking biyahe tungo sa paglilingkod kay Kristo (nag-segue, haha). Kinilabutan talaga ako (gapang sa buong katawan ko ih) nang una kong napakinggan at di ko talaga napigil ang pagpatak ng luha sa mga mata ko (kasama na ang sipon na sympre sa ilong ko naman tumulo, alangan namang sa mata din? haha). Ang kantang "Maging Akin Muli" ganun din ang pelikulang may ganito ring pamagat (ang mga footage sa videong ito ay galing sa pelikulang iyon ni Marilou Diaz-Abaya starring Marvin Agustin).
Nagsasalita dito ang Diyos, inaanyayahan ako, na magbalik sa kanya. Sapagkat ako naman ay talagang kanya. Kaso mo, dahil sa mga pagpili ko sa buhay, nakalimutan ko yoong katotohanan na iyon. May mga pagkakataon talaga na nagtampo, natakot at lumayo ako sa kanya. Pero sa kabila nito, may isang Diyosp a rin na walang sawang naghihintay, nanabik at nagagalak sa aking pagbabalik. Kaya ang sabi nya manahimik ako at makinig, at doon ko tunay na maririnig ang kanyang pagtawag at imbitisyon na ako ay magbalik sa kanya na tunay na may ari sa akin.
Pinalakas lalo nito ang aking intensyon na maglingkod sa Kanya. Sana maibigan mo rin ito. At dahil nasabi ko na ang gusto kong sabihin, tatanungin naman kita ngayon kaibigan. Ikaw na kagaya kong naglalakbay (may reflection pa? haha) Ano ang "baon" mo sa biyahe? Sana makatulong din ang "baon" kong ito sa iyong discernment. God bless, repa!
P.S. pwede rin pala ito sa mga kumare, di lang sa mga kumpare ko. hihi.
Lipa Cathedral interior I was born and grew up in a city where it is not uncommon to see nuns garbed in habits of various shades of blue, grey, brown and white and seminarians and religious brothers garbed in their cassocks, clerical shirts or religious habit, in any given day, attending church services in the different churches, shrines and monasteries in the city and its outskirts. On Sundays, all churches are full to capacity of people coming from all walks of life fulfilling their Sunday obligation. On a typical Wednesday, the Redemptorist shrine of Divino Amor welcomes throngs of devotees of Our Lady of Perpetual Help coming from different places. Every 12th of the month, there is a penitential procession from the Cathedral going to Carmel and there are also liturgical activities in Carmel every first Saturday of the month dedicated to the Blessed Mother. Welcome to the city of my birth, Lipa City, the "Little Rome of the Philippines." With its elevation of 1,025 feet ab
Laureana "Ka Luring" Franco: The Holy Catechist of Manila Ka Luring Franco (1936 - 2011) God indeed reveals Himself to the humble in the lowliest of disguises. And Ka Luring was sensitive to that fact - she found God and recognized Him revealing Himself in the faces of the the little children she so loved catechizing and the poor she so selflessly helped and served; that she herself became a reflection of that God she found among God's poor, which she so perfectly radiated with stunning simplicity and overflowing joy. Laureana Franco gave up her job in a government office in order to pursue her true calling and first love, the teaching of catechism to children. From then on, Ka Luring spent the rest of her years pursuing in what for her, was her real vocation and mission in life – that of being a catechist. She has earned the title, "The Legendary Catechist of the Archdiocese of Manila” because of her commitment to the ministry of catechizing children. She knew so
Lipa: A Historical Sketch I wrote this short history of the city for a primer prepared by the City Government of Lipa City years ago. It also appeared in the website of Wow Batangas. Portions of this article were also extracted from the book I wrote "Take and Receive: The Life and Legacy of Madre Laura Mendoza"... Photographs appearing in this article are not the author's, credit is given to their respective owners. Early Beginnings The wonderful, almost epical saga of a people in search of a permanent settlement where they could live secure and peaceful lives began in the panoramic lake shores that surround the stunningly beautiful yet dangerous Taal Volcano. Aerial view of the Cathedral and the poblacion Tradition has it that the early settlements of Tagbakin in the southeastern region of Bombon Lake were inhabited by the war-like descendants of the two Bornean Datus Dumangsil and Balkasusa. From these pre-colonial settlements evolved the ancestry of Lipa. It is said
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