Source: Manila Bulletin Online
Ebdane is LM 2010 bet
Former Public Works Secretary Hermogenes “Jun” Ebdane Jr. Sunday formalized his presidential bid in 2010 after he was officially chosen as the standardbearer of the Lapiang Manggagawa (LM).
New weather disturbance spotted
A potential weather disturbance was spotted Sunday east of Northern Mindanao but the PAGASA quickly downplayed the effects of the shallow low pressure area (SLPA).
Sesame Street turns 40
It has won over 100 Emmys, been shown in more than 125 countries and on Tuesday it will celebrate a rare achievement in an age of ever-shifting tastes: Sesame Street will be 40 years old Tuesday.
Housing units for Manilans vowed
Former Presidential Peace Adviser Avelino “Sonny” Razon, Jr. vowed Sunday that no Manila-owned lots will be sold if he would be elected mayor of the city in the May 2010 elections.
Police hold drills with mall guards
The National Capital Region Police Office Sunday announced that the public should expect stricter but better security measures and procedures in shopping malls and other commercial establishments.
NBI to DoH: Protect cosmetic doctors
The National Bureau of Investigation Sunday urged the Department of Health to draft measures that will shield surgeons practicing cosmetic surgery, amid reports that criminals have been resorting to plastic surgery to hide their identities.
Makati bares evidence on boundary dispute
The Makati City government said that it possesses a 1891 document that will serve as historical basis of its territorial jurisdiction over the seven barangays surrounding Fort Bonifacio.
Help sought as autism cases rise
A leading expert in developmental disorders recently disclosed the rise in autism in the Philippines and asked the government to institute appropriate programs that will cater to autism patients.
Showbiz Chika for the day
Source: GMA News.tv
PEP: Robin Padilla confirms he and wife Liezl have divorced
Kinumpirma umano ni Robin Padilla na sa isang veteran columnist na two years na silang divorced ng kanyang asawa na si Liezl Sicangco, at may asawa na ito sa Australia.
Suicide prevention groups protest `The Office'
NEW YORK – Some suicide prevention groups aren't laughing over a scene in "The Office" where Steve Carell's character tries to scare young children by struggling in a hangman's noose.
'Calle 13' wins 5 Latin Grammys in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS – Puerto Rican duo Calle 13 won all five awards it was nominated for Thursday at the Latin Grammys in Las Vegas, including two of the top awards of the night and honors in both urban and...
Rod Stewart realizes dream recording with Smokey
LOS ANGELES — Rod Stewart grew up idolizing soul singers like Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson and Otis Redding. On his new album, "Soulbook," he gets a chance to pay tribute to his childhood idols in song...
Rihanna: Going back to Brown after beating 'wrong'
NEW YORK – Rihanna said Thursday that she regrets returning to ex-boyfriend Chris Brown after he left her bruised and battered during a February assault, warning other women facing domestic...
Actress Angelica Jones joins Villar's camp
Saying she learned her lesson after her unsuccessful foray in politics in 2007, sexy comedienne Angelica Jones joined Senator Manny Villar's Nacionalista Party in preparation for next...
Male Survivor Philippines: Palau castoff plunges into showbiz
Dire-diretso na sa showbiz ang Survivor Philippines: Palau castoff na si Shaun Rodriguez. Si Shaun ang huling na-vote off sa naturang reality show ng GMA-7.
Chris Brown is unsure about his image
NEW YORK – Chris Brown says he is unsure about how the public perceives him since he attacked Rihanna.
PEP: Roderick Paulate's mom passes away at 86
Roderick Paulate's mom, Paz Mendenilla Paulate, died last November 1 at the age of 86.
Da who for today
Source: Wikipedia
Socrates Buenaventura Villegas, born in Manila, September 28, 1960, is a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. He is the Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan in Pangasinan, Philippines.
Biography
Socrates B. Villegas is the youngest of the three children of Norma Jacinta Buenaventura and the late Emiliano Villegas. He attended primary education in Pateros, Metro Manila, his hometown, and finished secondary education at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Manila. He studied for the priesthood and received his degree of Master of Arts in Theological Studies at San Carlos Seminary in Guadalupe, Makati City. Ordained to the priesthood by the late Jaime Cardinal Sin on October 5, 1985 at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Manila, he served as personal secretary of the Archbishop from his ordination until 2004. While keeping this post, he also served as rector of the EDSA Shrine and Vicar general of the archdiocese.
Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop of Manila on July 25, 2001. He received the episcopal ordination from the late Jaime Cardinal Sin on August 31 of the same year.
He was installed as the third Bishop of Balanga on July 3, 2004 and convoked the First Diocesan Synod in 2006. He also founded the St. Joseph's College of Balanga.
On September 8, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan.
Activity
Archbishop Villegas is currently the Chairman of the Episcopal Commission on Catechesis and Catholic Education of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines and President of the Asia-Oceania Mariological Society.
Pope Benedict XVI appointed him member of the Presidential Committee of the Pontifical Council for the Family on September 30, 2009.
He has written and published six books of homilies and spiritual reflections. He was awarded the 1994 Catholic Authors’ Award and the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) of the Philippines in the year 2000. The Bataan Peninsula State University bestowed on him the Degree of Doctor of Humanities honoris causa in recognition and appreciation of his work for the province of Bataan.
He is a member of the Secular Franciscan Order (SFO), the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. He was the Chief Executive Officer of the Tenth World Youth Day held in Manila in 1995 and the Fourth World Meeting of Families in 2002.
Gospel for the day
Source: The Daily Gospel Online
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 2:13-22.
Since the Passover of the Jews was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, as well as the money-changers seated there.
He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables, and to those who sold doves he said, "Take these out of here, and stop making my Father's house a marketplace."
His disciples recalled the words of scripture, "Zeal for your house will consume me."At this the Jews answered and said to him, "What sign can you show us for doing this?" Jesus answered and said to them, "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up."The Jews said, "This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?"
But he was speaking about the temple of his body. Therefore, when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they came to believe the scripture and the word Jesus had spoken.
Word for the day
Source: Merriam Webster Online
sacerdotal • \sass-er-DOH-tul\ • adjective
*1 : of or relating to priests or a priesthood : priestly
2 : of, relating to, or suggesting religious belief emphasizing the powers of priests as essential mediators between God and mankind
Example Sentence:
It surprised Jim whenever Father Thomas would shed his sacerdotal role to take up a secular topic of conversation such as contemporary rock music.
Did you know?
"Sacerdotal" is one of a host of English words derived from the Latin adjective "sacer," meaning "sacred." Other words derived from "sacer" include "desecrate," "sacrifice," "sacrilege," "consecrate," "sacrament," and even "execrable" (developed from the Latin word "exsecrari," meaning "to put under a curse"). One unlikely "sacer" descendant is "sacrum," referring to the series of five vertebrae in the lower back connected to the pelvis. In Latin this bone was called the "os sacrum," or "holy bone," a translation of the Greek "hieron osteon."
Lesson for the day
Source: Ruel Reyes from Al AIn, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
The Praying Hands
Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen! In order merely to keep food on the table for this mob, the father and head of the household, a goldsmith by profession, worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade and any other paying chore he could find in the neighborhood. Despite their seemingly hopeless condition, two of Albrecht Durer the Elder's children had a dream. They both wanted to pursue their talent for art, but they knew full well that their father would never be financially able to send either of them to Nuremberg to study at the Academy.
After many long discussions at night in their crowded bed, the two boys finally worked out a pact. They would toss a coin. The loser would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings, support his brother while he attended the academy. Then, when that brother who won the toss completed his studies, in four years, he would support the other brother at the academy, either with sales of his artwork or, if necessary, also by laboring in the mines.
They tossed a coin on a Sunday morning after church. Albrecht Durer won the toss and went off to Nuremberg. Albert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years, financed his brother, whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation. Albrecht's etchings, his woodcuts, and his oils were far better than those of most of his professors, and by the time he graduated, he was beginning to earn considerable fees for his commissioned works.
When the young artist returned to his village, the Durer family held a festive dinner on their lawn to celebrate Albrecht's triumphant homecoming. After a long and memorable meal, punctuated with music and laughter, Albrecht rose from his honored position at the head of the table to drink a toast to his beloved brother for the years of sacrifice that had enabled Albrecht to fulfill his ambition. His closing words were, "And now, Albert, blessed brother of mine, now it is your turn. Now you can go to Nuremberg to pursue your dream, and I will take care of you."
All heads turned in eager expectation to the far end of the table where Albert sat, tears streaming down his pale face, shaking his lowered head from side to side while he sobbed and repeated, over and over, "No ...no ...no ...no."
Finally, Albert rose and wiped the tears from his cheeks. He glanced down the long table at the faces he loved, and then, holding his hands close to his right cheek, he said softly, "No, brother. I cannot go to Nuremberg. It is too late for me. Look ... look what four years in the mines have done to my hands! The bones in every finger have been smashed at least once, and lately I have been suffering from arthritis so badly in my right hand that I cannot even hold a glass to return your toast, much less make delicate lines on parchment or canvas with a pen or a brush. No, brother ...
for me it is too late."
More than 450 years have passed. By now, Albrecht Durer's hundreds of masterful portraits, pen and silver-point sketches, watercolors, charcoals, woodcuts, and copper engravings hang in every great museum in the world, but the odds are great that you, like most people, are familiar with only one of Albrecht Durer's works. More than merely being familiar with it, you very well may have a reproduction hanging in your home or office.
One day, to pay homage to Albert for all that he had sacrificed, Albrecht Durer painstakingly drew his brother's abused hands with palms together and thin fingers stretched skyward. He called his powerful drawing simply "Hands," but the entire world almost immediately opened their hearts to his great masterpiece and renamed his tribute of love "The Praying Hands."
The next time you see a copy of that touching creation, take a second look. Let it be your reminder, if you still need one, that no one - no one - - ever makes it alone!
Joke for the day
Source: Art’s Funbox
THE POPE AND ERAP
During his visit to the Vatican, Erap met with the Pope.
Instead of just an hour as scheduled, the meeting went on for two days.
Finally, a weary Erap emerged to face the waiting news media.
The President was smiling and announced the summit was a resounding success.
He said he and the Pope agreed on 80% of the matters they discussed. Then Erap declared he was going home to the Philippines to be with his family.
A few minutes later the Pope came out to make his statement. He looked tired, and discouraged, and was practically in tears. Sadly he announced his meeting with the President was a failure.
Incredulous, one reporter asked, "But your Holiness, Erap just announced the summit was a great success and the two of you agreed on 80% of the items discussed."
Exasperated, the Pope answered, "Yes, but we were talking about the Ten Commandments."
Winner
Eraps walks into a casino where he see's a coke vending machine.
He puts in some money and a coke falls out.
He smiles and keeps putting in more and more money, and getting heaps of cokes.
He does this for about an hour or so until an aide comes up to him and says
"Havent you had enough, Sir?" and he says back, "No! Cant you see I'm winning!"
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