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Good shepherd, Good Sheep

Jn. 10:27-30 Our Gospel today speaks of the relationship of the shepherd and his sheep. And I believe that this is the model that any relationship should emulate. every relationship , in some way or another has a reflection of sheep-shepherd model, there is always somebody who guides and been guided by. If Christ is our Good Shepherd, we as his sheep should also be like Him - good. How can we be. Jesus Christ clearly speak it up. There are three important factors that we should not forget. 1. Hearing. We should listen to our Good shepherd. faith comes first by hearing. God speaks to us in many ways, we must know how to listen. Last Sunday, I have announced of the candidates forum on the local level here in our town, simply because it will help you to listen to their political platforms. So that you might know who is the right person for the position. However, it was unfortunates that it was canceled. I canceled it through the recommendation of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsib...

PPCRV Volunters

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The Parish Pastoral Council have intensified its drive for the recruitment of volunters. We want to raise the volunters from the fifty persons to 141. The municipality has 141 precints to be watched during the election scattered among its villages. Some prospects are asking for a fee just like the watchers of political candidates. Sorry, but this one is free, a volunter. Others are afraid of the violatile situation of the local nominees. They do not want to be identified because other political parties are also recruiting them. Some political parties technique is to get as many poll watchers because it could secure them their votes. We are also in need of financial resources. We need to fed these volunters for a day's work, some even will stay more for the counting of ballots. We need also bottled waters. Late that afternoon, I also met the members of young professional who are in-charge of Marian devotion during may in offering flowers to Mary and asking for her intercession. One ...

PPCRV VOTER'S EDUCATION VIDEO

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Part I of III on PPCRV Voter's Education Video * Producer - Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) * Executive Producer - Ma. Esnestine Tamana * Director - Aleah Aliporo * Assistant Director - Tony Silvestre * Associate Producer - Dex Ravana * On-cam Talent - Niel de Mesa “dindo” * Voice Talent - Oliver Dy,SJ “coach” * Editors - Mac Eugenio * - Mari Bianca Orenciana * - Ernestine Tamana * - Jonathan Mabini * Graphics Artists - Dea Toribio * Ryan Ocampo * Scriptwriter - Divine Love Salvador * Cover La-Out and Design - Ryan Ocampo * Production House - Jesuit Communication Foundation, Inc people clamor for right information for the orderly and peaceful election. Here is the video that will help us to understand the meaning and process of this political exercise. Part I of III-Philippine Political Situation Part II of III-How To Vote Part III of III-How to Guard and Count the Vote The last two parts have taken me a lot o...

Benefits of a Senator in Philippines

A video taken from the correspondents as an investigative study on the work and benifits of a senator in the Philippines. How much is the monthly salary of a senator? What is pork barrel? How much does a senator receives in senatorial pork barrel? What is lobbying? Are all senators accepts their pork barrel? These are just some of the question which this video would like to answer on this segment. I just hope that all Filipinos will be politically mature enough to vote for public officials. I also pray that all public officials who will win this coming election will care enough for the Filipinos. To serve this country above self and family. This is a slide presentation of the profiles of the senatorial candidates. Additional information on their tract record.

You and I

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Attorney Realeza of Siniloan Laguna invited me to their gathering You and I, It is a group of composed of Siniloan residents of high standing in the community who wishes to come together for civility once a year. There presentations of the Filipino culture is superb. Some of the said presentation are Pandango sa Ilaw, Tinikling, Maranao Dance. It is a night remembering our cultural heritage because it is what we are. It was late when I arrive there, however, they have just started. I was ushered by Ruben Tuazon to the stage to company of those invited from Sta. maria, Laguna. Fr. Doy Bariring prayed the invocation. Fr. Albert San Jose just came right after me. Fr. Doy Nariring invited us in the presidential table because as all of us are, new to our respective assignments. I left the venue when they are dancing the quitillion. Blogs commenting Fr. Jessie's post

My Mother Turns 75

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Actually, her birthday was yesterday, however because of the schedule of her sibling, we decided to make it a day after. Grace, Josie, Marybe along with their respective husbands and wives have decided to treat her with a simple celebration. I brought lechon, buko pie, and sinukmani, the rest were shared by my brother and sisters. I brought the lechon from Laguna because the last time we had our lechon , it was not tasty at all and crispy. To be able to buy something which they will not forget, I brought it from a respected lechonista of pansol, Calamba, Laguna. I have also to buy a car carrier to bring it to Marikina. john was furious then when I told him of my plan to buy nanny a lechon as a present simply because it will leave a stain and odor to the car. So I decided to buy a carrier. Though it was not a part of the budget. I have to find some means to buy it before the said date. We drop at Binan which is famous in installing car accessories. I was hoping to find a carrier that ne...

Is the Department of Agrarian Reform Dying?/Feast of St. Mark

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Invocation Amang Makapangyarihan Diyos ng san nilikha Ikaw na may gawa ng langit at lupa Kami ay nagpapasalamat sa mga bagay Na iyong pinagkakaloob Na aming pinapakinabangan Naway'y ang lupa na iyong nilikha Ay lubos naming mabungkal at Magbigay sa amin ng kaligtasan Nagpapasalamat din kami sa iyong kagandahang loob Sa pagbibigay mo sa amin ng iyong bugtong na Anak Ang Panginoong Hesu Kristo. Siya na nagtuturo sa amin Na ang kahirapan ay pwedeng mapagtagumpayan Nawa'y ang kanyang pagsasakripisyo Para sa kaligtasan ng sangkatauhan Ay maging lakas namin at kanlungan Diyos ng Kasaysayan Ipadala mo sa amin Ang Espiritu Santo Upang kami'y gabayan sa pang araw-araw Na hamon nitong sanlibutan Nawa'y liwanangan ang aming mga isip Upang lubos nating malaman ang tamang kasagutan. Nawa'y patatagin ang aming mga puso Upang ang mga desisyong tama ay maisakatuparan Sa pagpupulong na ito ng Laguna Provincial Agrarian Reform Assessment and Planning workshop Ay magkaroon kami ng pag...

KOA Summer Camp/Balikatan/Prisoners/Page Loading

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Some members of the Knights of the Altar here popularly known as Lingkod ng Dambana will attend the KoA summer camp in the St. Peter's College Seminary as part of the yearly affair of the KoA and also a venue to recruit future seminarians and priests. There are ten representatives from the Parish. Here is the list of all the members of the KoA of the parish: Exequel Matthew C. Casapao Erren Evans C. Casapao Ephraim James C. Casapao Philip Arvin Andaya Lexter T. Alamag Marc Joseph Bondad John Carlo Comia Angelo Durgo Eduardo Encardques Reymart Guevarra John Paul Jaraplasan Conrad Rhoi Jaraplasan Noel Nino Lat Daniel Brandon Layog Dominique Brylle Layog John Joshue Loleng Robin Marasigan Ken Martinez Ramil Me-J Odero Pocholo Pareja Luther Sydney Ramos Jed Ivan Reyes Jiggs Nikko Reyes Kenneth Ace Sungcaya Jarol Villegas Mark Joseph Gulay Mario "Bobby" Pantas Jake Paulo Elomina Andrew Darantinao Christ John Sison Inactive members Arlon Noguera Reymart Reyes Alvin Jay Gelves J...

Pinoy Directory/Twitter/rico Sollorano

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Pinoy Directory I am painstakingly trying to include this site on Pinoy directory. I find some difficulty on the word verification section. Are my eyes no longer functioning well. Yes, I have to go to the optometrist to get my eyeglasses. I really do not know if my submission is successful because there is no message I received after I sent it for the last time instead the form re appers without the blog name and the description. While the other fields I have filled up remained. I would like to share also the advisory on Twitters. This was posted in one of my threads, I am following. Posted by Jim Ayson. Here it is: A note of caution to the Twitterholics out there. Remember that your public tweets are not as ephemeral as instant messages. They can be as permanent as blog posts - they are archived and can be retrieved by anybody, so be prepared to reap the consequences of what you might think are just inconsequential ramblings. Take the case of Steve Rubel, a PR guy for tech compan...

Free Medical and Dental Clinic

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One of the Program of the Parish is the quarterly, dental and medical check up. Today it was handled by the Lectors and Commentator's Guild to facilitate the said program. It was been discussed in the previous meeting that to familiarized with the work on the matters of social concern. It should be the work of only one group who will specialized on that field because rotating it on all the existing organization will require a lot of work from all. All organization will start from the scratch, and before they could handle the same project they might not be around to do it. Since we have 30 organizations. So it is better that one group will host the said event with the cooperation all the members of the Parish Pastoral Council. I have asked the Catholics Womens' League if they have enough strength do undertake the said project. They have responded positively which is also very in alignment with the thrust of their apostolate, social action. We would like to thank all those concer...

50th Birthday

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I was been invited by Mr. R estituto Alip , the founder and chairman of Card in his 50 th birthday that he celebrated in Tranca , Bay Laguna today. We celebrated the Mass for the said intention. It is just coincidence that my homily focus on good governance as Peter has given the instruction to feed the lambs of our Jesus Christ after Christ's resurrection. The challenge lies on feeding the lambs as part of the responsibility. In doing so we have to cast our nets in the right side of the boat as the instruction the apostles received. To become good leader we have to take note the pronouncement of the church particularly of CBCP concerning the Ten Commandments of Rigth Voting and recently the 6 Criteria of a Good leader, we have to chose especially this coming election. * A person who loves and fears God * One who is guided by a well-formed conscience, always sensitive to the choice of what is good * One who lives and serves consistently with moral principles * One who i...

Voter's Education Video

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As part of the role of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting to educate the people concerning the importance of one of our rights, the right to vote and to be able to quide the voters on the coming May midterm election 2007. It has three parts which responds to different issues on election in the Philippine situation PART I OF III The Present political situation of the beloved country - Philippines PART II OF III Instruction on how to vote. PART III OF III Instruction on how to guard the ballot. Blogs commenting Fr. Jessie's post

Archbishop Antonio Ledesma on the Role of the Church on Politics

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a video clip of the talk of Archbishop Antonio Ledesma during the 7th National Convention of the Knights of Columbus in Cagayan de Oro City Blogs commenting Fr. Jessie's post title="Technorati Cosmos: other blogs commenting on this post"> alt="Technorati icon" />

Fr. Ed Panlilio for Governor!

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Fr. Ed Panlilio left indifinitely the service of the Church to run for governorship in Pampanga hoping to make a difference on Pampanga situation. Blogs commenting Fr. Jessie's post

Politicians and Religion in Mindanao

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PROBE 05.02.2007. An investigative look at how politicians used religion in Mindanao, particular in Lanao. Blogs commenting Fr. Jessie's post title="Technorati Cosmos: other blogs commenting on this post"> alt="Technorati icon" />

Candidates Attended the Celebration of the Eucharist

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The United opposition slate headed by candidate for governor along with his followers and fellow candidates of the same party asked for the celebration of the Mass for the success of their campaign and for the peaceful May election. many also attended the celebration, but the church was not full packed. They have not even been able to secure all the pews of the Church. Some have asked me if it is possible to hold a Eucharistic Celebration with the success of election result in the favor of a party. Presumable the one who asked the question belongs to the contender candidate. I replied, yes, of course because anybody could ask God to be the winner of the election. I aslo told the inquirer that the other party could also offer the celebration of the Eucharist. And since it is this party that asked for prayers, I will attend to their need. However it is to God who will grant the said petition. Going back to the celebration of the Mass. During the homily I told the faithful that in the Gos...

On Church Construction

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Fr, Jun Olaso came to visit me to inform me that the Diocesan Commission on Church Construction of which he is a member and the former director decided that the Parish of St. Augustine will be the venue for the first ever forum of Church Architecture and design to be held on May 16 2007, From 8:00 in the morning to 5:00 in the afternoon. I am happy to the idea that the diocesan commissions are working already on this matter especially now that the controversial renovation of Cathedral altar has cause an uproar from different sectors. The controversy is based on the letter sent to all parish priest before the reshuffle of assignments sign by Fr. Marasigan , the Director of Diocesan Church Construction and of the bishop of San Pablo, Bishop Leo Drona. The Summary of the content of the letter are two: 1. Moratorium of all major church construction for the period of six months the reshuffle of assignments 2. If there was an undergoing construction that has started before the reshuffle is...