OCTOBER MEMOIRS

OCTOBER MEMOIRS


- A friend of mine texted me in the middle of my study in GREEK…she had a big problem…she wanted to kill herself…because she got pregnant by her first cousin at the same time her boyfriend…they wanted to abort the baby…but I insisted…I hope she was listening to my advice…si Lord nay bahala sa ila..

- Defense of my research study with Fr. Dhems

- “BEING MAKULIT” insistence in praying until God hears it.

- As a seminarian I cannot be like the Pharisees who look good outside but are complete contradiction on the inside.

- DIPOPLOG EXCURSION: 1st day…lunch in Iligan City sa balay nilang Kuya Dhags…it was my first time to eat kinilaw na lahoy, ginataan nga lahoy, etc.basta lahoy man to tanan…hehehe…after lunch Ozamis is the next destination…first time naku sakay ug barge…heheheh…7:30pm abot name sa Dipolog..my first impression sa Dipolog kay peaceful and clean..tolog na daon me sa beach house nilang Montanyo…zzzzzzz

Second day: mass at Cathedral…went to Dapitan where Rizal was exiled..lunch sa Kamayan sponsored by Monyanyo Family napud…hehehehe…next destination was DAKAK…ligo hangtod mahurot ang tubig…hehehehe…dinner sa balay nilang Kuya Dagz…seafoods tanan amo sud-an haskang lamia…hehehehe…u gang mga taga Bukidnon nag hulat na ug bus kay mouli pa sa Malaybalay para sa ordination…abot name Bukidnon…amo batch toa pa sa dipolog nagpadayun ug outing..huhuhuhuhu…hehehehe…

- According to Pope John Paul II: “the family is the place where we discover who we are”

- U.S. Bishops define chastity as: “a virtue that allows us to do what is right, good and truly loving in the areas of relationship and sexuality.”

“chastity is a spiritual power which frees love from selfishness and aggression.”

- Holiness according to saints: “is not primarily a matter of external actions of piety or service but of the interior union of our will to God’s will.”

- According to St. Theresa of Avila: “holiness as wanting what God wants; loving what God loves;desiring what God desires.”

- If greed helped push us into this crisis, then generosity will be necessary to pulls us out.”

SEPTEMBER MEMOIRS

- From the Gospel of LK. 4:38-44
3 points that I learned in this gospel from the homily of the Jesuit provincial father. According, to him that this gospel is good for thanksgiving mass after the ordination.
1. This gospel tells us that priest to be should be a healer (spiritual). And in healing…..we can give hope to those who are ill.
2. JESUS PRAYS: as priest to be, all my accomplishments in my ministry should be dedicated it to God my master. I should pause for a moment to thank my Master always by praying.
3. JESUS GO TO OTHER TOWN: as priest to be I should go wherever my bishops wants me to go. I must not be attached in one place. I should not stay in a place where I am comfortable but I should be also go to the place where I am not comfortable.

These 3 points are the characteristics of the priest to be. AND I DARE MYSELF!

- INTRAMS: it was a happy and gay celebration. And these were some important quotes that I learned during the celebration.
1. “SPORTS DO NOT BUILD CHARACTER: THEY REVEAL IT”
2. “A WINNER KNOWS HOW MUCH HE STILL HAS TO LEARN, EVEN WHEN HE IS CONSIDERED AN EXPERT BY OTHERS. A LOSER WANTS TO BE CONSIDERED AN EXPERT BY OTHERS, BEFORE HE HAS LEARNED ENOUGH TO KNOW HOW LITTLE HE KNOWS”

- I should have the courage and confidence to express my identity what ever circumstances.

- OUTWARD/INWARD POWER
I was struck of this phrase during the class discussion with Fr. Manol. I realized that someday I can have this power. Maybe not the same power as the apostles have but in the other way around. As priest to be my homily should be one of my forms to express this outward power of mine. It may not heal them physically but maybe it might help them to change their lives to be a better one. To own these powers I must ask God’s grace for this. I know God will not reject what I am asking to Him because it is for His own glorification. If I have these powers I know I will become effective preacher someday.

- From the Gospel of LK. 6:20-26 “THE BEATITUDES”
• Blessed those who are poor because they seek Jesus. Woe to those who are rich because they do not seek Jesus rather they seek money, power and they not be contented enough. but for those who are poor JESUS is enough.

- From the gospel of LK. 6:27-38 “LOVE YOUR ENEMIES”
• We should love our enemies because Jesus presence is hidden from these things/persons we hate. Like what the prayer of St. Francis, “MAKE ME A CHANNEL OF YOUR PEACE, WHERE HATRED LET ME BRING YOUR LOVE.”

- Accepting who you are, where you from can help you to become good shepherd and a happy priest.

- God doesn’t call people who are qualified. He calls people who are willing and then He qualifies them (Richard parker)

- From the gospel of MK. 8:27-35 “PETER’S CONFESSION ABOUT JESUS”
• Believing in Jesus and living what he teaches us is our challenge. Who is Jesus to us must be heard in what we say and be seen in what we do.

- Life is gained by losing it. Life is lost by saving it. Jesus demonstrates this on the cross.

- SD with Fr. Vir: lesson I got from my SD was that. No one can force man to grow. Like planting a tree you cannot force it to grow rather you can only abide and guide it to be straight and firm. And that’s forming a human person.

- I got a new levi’s jean from the generous heart of my best friend Ariel Quintero.

- I finished reading the whole chapter of Genesis. And starting reading the book of Exodus.

- From the gospel of JN. 3:13-17 “THE EXALTATION OF THE CROSS”
• God’s purpose in giving Jesus to the world and lifting Him up in glory was not to condemn the world. Jesus purpose was to save everyone who would believe in Him; everyone who looks upon the cross is healed.

- Ang di mag-antos di ma santos. Ang dim aka-antos pamutos.

- Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. Since my mother’s name is also Mary that’s whay it came up into my mind to text her and ask her what are her sorrows in life as mother. Then she replied.
1. A good future for my children is my great concern as mother.
2. One present sorrows I am facing today is our financial debts incurred during school time and it is still unpaid.
3. A new debts/loan created to solve the problem. A continual utang.
4. Causes sleepless night, stress, depression that even affects my health.
5. Worried how to pay; no source of income.
6. Health-sickly body needs money
7. I want to witness your success and that is my great happiness.

- This is what I learned from the class with Fr. MAnol:
• PAGTOO- pag ‘oo’ sa +(cross)
• I was enlightened about the book of revelation. The main thought of this book is to give hope.
• Religious experience is not just a feeling. God’s revelation in ordinary days and man’s response of that experience.
• Christianity is a religion of personal encounter with God.

- MK. 9:30-37: who is the greatest? Whether you are a prince or a pauper, president or a farmer as long as you serve in truth, in love and humility, you are great.

- Only when there is faith does it finally become the truth.(dragon heat movie)

- MK. 9:38-48…Christ’s measures of goodness. 1. Real goodness goes with charity for all. 2. The value of goodness is not in the act, but from the heart. 3. Goodness edifies. 4. Eternal good is above all.

AUGUST MEMOIRS

• The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

• I was installed as LECTOR and the mass was presided by Bishop Pueblos of Butuan.

• Burial of former Pres. Corazon Aquino the beacon of the democracy of our motherland Philippines.

• Knowing the past we will know the present conditions better.

• Feast of St. John Vianney one of my patron saint in my journey as seminarian and priest to be

• From the class of Fr. Boy: if the business man tries to do everything just to sell his business. Priest should try also his best in giving homily. Because sometimes people will come to the church for homily.

• From the class of Fr. Boy:

o Formula of Homily: 1. Have something to say 2. Say it! 3. Stop!

• Recollection by Fr. Eric: ST. FRANCIS XAVIER ALSO HIT BY A CANNONBALL.

- What I realized during the duration of the recollection was that, if you are searching something and you can’t find it in this world. Listen to the inner voice it might be that God is calling you.

• NO CROSS, NO CROWN

• When bad things happen to me, God has a positive answer.

I say: I am afraid….God says: I have not given you a spirit of fear

• Text message from Zoila:

- Heated gold becomes an ornament, beaten copper becomes wire, depleted stone becomes statue; so, the more pain you get in life, the more you become “VALUABLE”

• CURIOSITY LEADS TO CALL

• W.A.L.A.(Willing, Able, Lovable, Available)

• The Word of life must be transmitted in its purity and its fullness, for the life of the world.

• The more one understands God the more mysterious God becomes. The more you know, the more you know you don’t know.

• Me and my best friend ariel met again for almost 9 months.

• One’s commitment is not a once-for-all decision; rather it has to be renewed and reaffirmed daily.

• I’m not the director of my life nor the writer…I am just an ACTOR!

• Jesus is the bread of life that can heal and fill us.

• From the class of Fr.Boy: it is not our prayer, the mass, kneeling, doing good deeds, etc. that makes as holy. It is only God that can make as HOLY.

• FAITHFULNESS OF CHRIST IS FAITHFULNESS OF PRIESTS

• From the speech of Bishop Bacani:

- We are meant for blessing

- Priesthood is not only a gift to us but also we are gift to others

- Pastoral charity means loving the SHEPHERD

- Ang binibilang sa langit hindi yaong tinatangap natin kundi yung binibigay natin

- There is something in me that is more than my humanity

- The glorious duty of man is to love Jesus and prayers

- It is not only our presence matters but the presence of Christ in us

- Common denominator of priest is the closeness of God

- We are all meant to be saint

• Feast of ST. Augustine one of my patron saint in my journey as seminarian and priest to be.

• My first spiritual direction with Fr. Vir. These are some lines that strucked me most

- Hesitant person is a good leader

- Hate the sin; love the person that is the formula of forgiveness

• That’s all folks!heheeh

MEMOIRS OF THE MONTH JULY

- Mt. 8:28-34 (the devil recognize the presence of the Lord) Do I recognize the presence of the Lord in my life?

- I realize that what if there are no sinners in this world? priesthood then is useless.

- House of Joy: my first assignment for my Pastoral Formation

- SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO STAND UP...WHEN STANDING ISN'T EASY.

- score or grades doesn't defines me of who I am.

-If you hate your life: LOVE GOD AND YOU WILL ENJOY LIFE

- the greatest enemy of yours is yourself

-the strongest weapon is a smile and the best power is to love

-I have come to you not to make you love me. But rather to make you realize that you're worth loving...JESUS

-from the 3rd encyclical of POPE..."profit is useful if it serves as means toward and end."

- 3 years of my FIAT

-P-PRAY

U-UNTIL

S-SOMETHING

H-HAPPENS

- by the virtue of being a seminarian I am no longer a "private man" but a "public individual."

-D-decent

U-unworldly

D-dignified

E-edifying

I am a DUDE seminarian..

-be patient in listening...listening is part of my ministry someday

-the subcommunity of ST. Francis Xavier watched Ice Age 3

- I was angry to God...because I was ill...

- GOD INSPIRES US WHEN WE ARE DOWN; NOT WHEN WE ARE ON TOP." e.g. Moses. paul, St. Ignatius

- Global Warning: Priestly Vocation is Waning

- I am officially member of the BUKID MAJORS

- text message that inspires me:

" whatever lige gives you even if it hurts, just be strong and act like the way you always do. bacause strong walls will shake...but never collapse..

- i realized that everytime i got sick i am not faithful in my prayer life.

-GOD DESCENDS-MAN ASCENDS

-PRIESTHOOD is not power but SERVICE

-I was able to write a song dedicated to my favorite saints(Vianney & Augustine) entitled WISH TO BE LIKE YOU

- I was able to watched and listened the SONA of Pres. Gloria...it was my first time...

- the community of SJVTS attended the funeral mass of the late madame Rosales

-IRON CHEF COMPETITION...3RD PLACE

- feast of St.Ignatius...