December 2011

CURE FOR CANCER: LEMON GRASS

This beneficial information has been circulating in the cyberspace
for quite sometime. I’m re-circulating this for the benefit of those who have not yet
received it yet and the importance and popularity of this particular fresh lemon grass
plant (Tanglad) amongst the Filipinos.
Fresh Lemon Grass Drink Causes Apoptosis to Cancer Cells
(apoptosis) noun: a type of cell death in […]

HOLY WEDNESDAY

MEA CULPA
“Surely it is not I, Rabbi?” He answered, “You have said so.” – Matthew 26:25
“It shook me so much — not that it was so hard, but that it was so easy.” The topic? Lying. Corrie ten Boom wrote similar words in her book The Hiding Place, her family’s World War II experience of […]

FEELING ALONE

“Will you lay down your life for me?” – John 13:38
When I was in my fourth grade, the teacher asked us to write down and submit to her the names of our top two best friends in class. After doing that she made a nice chart of how everybody linked up. Guess what? None of […]

The Lord’s Supper

The four accounts of the Last Supper are based on two traditions: the Pauline-Lukan deriving from Antioch (1 Corinthians 11:23 - 26; Luke 22:14-20) and the Markan-Matthean, deriving from Jerusalem (Mark 14:22-25; Matthew 26:26-29. The Lord’s Supper is central in almost all Christian denominations because it focuses sharply on the death of Jesus. The broken […]

MISSING YOUR STEP

“All those who were my friends are on the watch for any misstep of mine.” – Jeremiah 20:10b
The priest at the Sunday Mass was limping as he went to the altar and had to sit down to give his homily. He explained that he had missed a step on the way down the stairs of […]

GOD KNOWS BEST

“May it be done to me according to Your word.” – Luke 1:38
A young lady took up Nursing to fulfill her dream of going abroad. But try as she might, she flunked the board exams several times. Since she couldn’t apply for a nursing job, she applied in an airline company. Having the looks and […]

PERSONAL MISSION

I continue my pursuit toward the goal, the prize of God’s upward calling, in Jesus Christ.” – Philippians 3:14
When we hopped into the river raft, we knew there was something different with the boatman paddling our boat. He admitted he was not formally educated, yet there was eloquence in the tone of his voice when […]

WHAT YOU CAN HANDLE

“… where I am going you cannot come.” – John 8:21
Our son Jac loves playing with Lego toys. This is the toy which allows you to build cars, houses and other things by attaching plastic pieces to one another. A simple object like a car may require less than 20 pieces but the complex ones […]

Gift of Eternal Life

“…He poured out His life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.” Isaiah 53:12 (Transgressors are those who have sinned.)
Please pray for the people of Cote d’Ivoire in Africa. Cote d’Ivoire (the Ivory Coast in English) has 20 million people; […]

A TRUE GENTLEMAN

… he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame… – Matthew 1:19
My wife and I are friendly and outgoing as a couple. Our personality type enables us to connect with people and make friends quite easily. Once, there was a couple with whom we had become more than acquaintances. We traveled […]