We can learn from the Saints!

[koralstratz]

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prehas ra man ta korz weak man pud ko mao nga pirmi jud nako isud sa huna2x nga "God's power is made perfect in weakness."

You're absolutely right about this sis.....Let me share this to you:

I never was a good christian even before.. but because of God's grace He rescued me and gave me a fresh start. It all went well for quite sometime and I was so happy living with the Lord until so subtly and half knowingly I became a SELF RIGHTEOUS person and placed myself on pedestal over other people whom I thought are living a very sinful life. Oh yes I tried to bring them back to the Light (through words and deeds) and I was able to persuade some, but deep in my heart I feel spiritually superior and there was an intense rejection especially to the ones who relapse back to sin.....I was very choosy with my friends at that time, I only wanted to associate my self with the "so called" pious people (which is not a bad thing to do) BUT the awful thing is that I limited myself to that....I closed my self to the point of being SELF RIGHTEOUS instead of simply being righteous, in my mind I even thought myself a living saint..................(I don't know what came over me during those times and it always shames me whenever I recall it ) (Shit! what a real hypocrite I had become!)..

But God being God who works in mysterious and subtly ways intervened.. ..I won't go to the details of it, so to make the long story short, God pulled Himself away from me and He placed me on TREMENDOUS temptations and trials that finally I fell...I fell so low that I saw myself back again to where I started as a shameful sinner......Then, as if by grace I saw myself being cast away by my "so called"pious friends. And so I realized that God wanted me to experience all of this to eradicate the creeping sickness of my soul (SELF righteousness)..... I was made aware that I was suppose to be His simple tool and not to make myself my own master...He made His message clear that He is the captain of the ship and I am just a passenger and that from time to time can be His errand boy.

So now, in a way, I am glad that I relapse back to sin once in a while just so that I be reminded not to be self righteous, that I be reminded to be more forgiving of the faults of others just as He (God) is ever forgiving to me, that I be reminded that it is not because of me but because of Him that I am saved.

It is in my own weaknesses that I saw the power and love of God

[wenlove24]

@ korz: truly inspiring life experiences and one that I can relate to. In my own life there are times that I pull away from God bec. of sloth but mostly bec. of earthly things (hedonism, secularism). It's not that I don't think about Him. Sometimes it's funny though bec. the more I think about Him, the more I don't do something about it. I feel guilty always even in little things. There's always this relentless self-questioning of whether I'm doing it right without a selfish motive.
In the end the words of St. Augustine embrace my thoughts like a mother to a newborn baby, "My heart is restless until it rests in You."
Then I feel a sense of calm and clarity. I then get to listen to what He has to say, not what I wanna say to myself. Let's just take it one day at a time lang gud coz after all we are like pilgrims on a journey. The roads that we travel on are sometimes broken, sometimes shaky but we don't stop. Never. He will never leave us alone until the end of time. That's His promise. ^_^

[jinkazama92]

Indeeddddddd

[petite fleur]

@petite fluer: i'm glad to interact with you in this thread too.....pasensya na ha medya mingaw ni nga thread, kami ra ni wenlove ang sige permi diri. hehhee

I'm so thankful that wenlove had the guts to create this kind of thread. Ako, sauna pa unta ko ganahan maghimo aning klase sa thread pero NAWALA ako guts kay ako huna huna basin kataw-an ra ko. hehehe (see how weak a Christian am I?) maypa si wenlove

I am very happy to have met both of you here! Lage dghan man gud mag bugal2x, samuk2x but I hope for those mu sud dire mu respeto lang pd unta, (naa ramn gud ta sa gen. discussion, ma tempt jd ang uban labina ang walay lingaw na mag inamaw pd) also,for some nga ganahan sa mga post dire ,well they are also free to share and JOIN di ba wen? Karon pa jd ko ka enter og ing-ani hehe. Sa blog ra ko mag tambay, sa akong twitter (nga dile pd kau ko k inter-act og taman kay mga Foreign kasagaran Naa may catholic forum nga pirme naku adtoon but wala ko ni JOIN pa.

My spirituality more is on Carmelite but I do also read books like of St. Escriva, kato k St. Ignatius og uban ba. St. Louis de Montfort pd og uban pa.

It all started with this book "the story of a soul" nga akong na palit sa Carmelites nga wla koy idea nga naa diay dito avialable hehe. Sa pirme nakung inage-age dito (years of passing by the Monastery) bagohay lang jd ko dito mag adto-an lang and I learned a lot from the their & Saints & the Carmelite Spirituality too.

Then nag sunod2x na.

Keep on posting. I love the posts here. Ngari na ang akong place sa istorya.
Love both of you.

Keep on sharing the Teachings of our Holy Saints.

Blessed be God in all His Saints!



Pax et Bonum

[koralstratz]

I am very happy to have met both of you here! Lage dghan man gud mag bugal2x, samuk2x but I hope for those mu sud dire mu respeto lang pd unta, (naa ramn gud ta sa gen. discussion, ma tempt jd ang uban labina ang walay lingaw na mag inamaw pd) also,for some nga ganahan sa mga post dire ,well they are also free to share and JOIN di ba wen? Karon pa jd ko ka enter og ing-ani hehe. Sa blog ra ko mag tambay, sa akong twitter (nga dile pd kau ko k inter-act og taman kay mga Foreign kasagaran Naa may catholic forum nga pirme naku adtoon but wala ko ni JOIN pa.

My spirituality more is on Carmelite but I do also read books like of St. Escriva, kato k St. Ignatius og uban ba. St. Louis de Montfort pd og uban pa.

It all started with this book "the story of a soul" nga akong na palit sa Carmelites nga wla koy idea nga naa diay dito avialable hehe. Sa pirme nakung inage-age dito (years of passing by the Monastery) bagohay lang jd ko dito mag adto-an lang and I learned a lot from the their & Saints & the Carmelite Spirituality too.

Then nag sunod2x na.

Keep on posting. I love the posts here. Ngari na ang akong place sa istorya.
Love both of you.

Keep on sharing the Teachings of our Holy Saints.

Blessed be God in all His Saints!



Pax et Bonum

hehe....makatawa man sab ta nimo petite fleur....ayaw lang gud kaayo dib diba ang mga bugal buga sa uban, dili man gyud na kalikayan diri sa forums Usa na sa mga spices nga nag add ug zest sa usa ka thread.

Nindut nang imong gina-read nga mga books particularly kang St. Jose Maria Escriva de Balaguer....He is the founder of Opus Dei diba?

Opus Dei ....mi samot kaayo ni sila ka active karong mga panahona. They are doing their job

[petite fleur]

Heheh o
hahah bitaw malingaw pd ko nila at the same time mag labad akong ulo hehe

Yep, I love Him.
BTW, I have a new post on my blog
It's all about Saint Elijah. Feast will be on the 20th of July. Ugma

Enfant de la Grâce ~ God's little flower: These are the days of Elijah

Thanks. Got to go. It's morning already. Blessed day to you!

[wenlove24]

St. Louis de Montfort

Pax et Bonum

ni bagting akong mata! hehe...do you happen to have his book "True Devotion to Mary?" pa kopyaha ko please...hehe...been wanting to have one but wala may baligya ngari sa cebu sa ebay ra man....

[htebiram]

just sharing..
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Question: "What are Christian saints according to the Bible?"

Answer: The word “saint” comes from the Greek word hagios, which means “consecrated to God, holy, sacred, pious." It is almost always used in the plural, “saints.” "…Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he did to Your saints at Jerusalem" (Acts 9:13). "Now as Peter was traveling through all those regions, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda" (Acts 9:32). "And this is just what I did in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons …“ (Acts 26:10). There is only one instance of the singular use, and that is "Greet every saint in Christ Jesus…" (Philippians 4:21). In Scripture there are 67 uses of the plural “saints” compared to only one use of the singular word “saint.” Even in that one instance, a plurality of saints is in view: “…every saint…” (Philippians 4:21).

The idea of the word “saints” is a group of people set apart for the Lord and His kingdom. There are three references referring to godly character of saints: "that you receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints …" (Romans 16:2). "For the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ" (Ephesians 4:12). "But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints" (Ephesians 5:3).

Therefore, scripturally speaking, the “saints” are the body of Christ, Christians, the church. All Christians are considered saints. All Christian are saints—and at the same time are called to be saints. First Corinthians 1:2 states it clearly: “To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy…” The words “sanctified” and “holy” come from the same Greek root as the word that is commonly translated “saints.” Christians are saints by virtue of their connection with Jesus Christ. Christians are called to be saints, to increasingly allow their daily life to more closely match their position in Christ. This is the biblical description and calling of the saints.

How does the Roman Catholic understanding of “saints” compare with the biblical teaching? Not very well. In Roman Catholic theology, the saints are in heaven. In the Bible, the saints are on earth. In Roman Catholic teaching, a person does not become a saint unless he/she is “beatified” or “canonized” by the Pope or prominent bishop. In the Bible, everyone who has received Jesus Christ by faith is a saint. In Roman Catholic practice, the saints are revered, prayed to, and in some instances, worshipped. In the Bible, saints are called to revere, worship, and pray to God alone.


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source:What are Christian saints according to the Bible?

[petite fleur]

ni bagting akong mata! hehe...do you happen to have his book "True Devotion to Mary?" pa kopyaha ko please...hehe...been wanting to have one but wala may baligya ngari sa cebu sa ebay ra man....

Dghan pa kau jd ko gepangita na wala jy available dire. Hinoon kay murag karaan na kau pd ning mga Libroha sa mga Santos og kana kung naay mag Re-publish ana. hehe Ang pinaka karaan nga book nga akong nakit-an ron sa National nga ge publish balik ang kay Thomas a Kempis (this is the book of St. Therese na ganahan kau xa mubasa). Pwerti pung mahala hehe pero worth it kay LAhi ra jd mag basa ka sa Libro kaysa PDF lang.

You try searching at (nalimut lage kos ngan) kana sa ayala gawas gani dile sa main ayala blgd. (terraces) nga sa sulod naay coffe shop?
Naay dghan dito nga wala jd sa Natio pero may kamahalan. dollars man dito wui hhehe. I purchased by Interior Castle ngadto.

Ako Auntie naa man ana nga copy ambut asa siya naka purchase ato. DUha to iyahang St Louis na book. Pero karaan na. Murag saunang panahon pato na palit hehe

NAA Koy PDF mam nahan ka?? PM me at FB sa imung e-mail para ma send naku

Ubay2x pd ni akong na collect.
St. Augustine
St. Teresa
St. John of the Cross
St. Bonaventure
Thomas A Kempis (Imitation of Christ)
St. Therese
St. Thomas (Summa theologica)
St. Ignatius

Name it...akong ukayun unsa pa hehe

Kuwang nalang tingale ...mag Long Exam .

[koralstratz]

St. Paul of Tarsus


"If I speak in human and angelic tongues but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal. And if I have the gift of prophesy and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge; if I have all faith so as to move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away everything I own, and if I hand my body over so that I may boast but do not have love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes in all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
(St. Paul)




Saint Paul is a Roman-Catholic saint who is widely regarded as a major figure in the Christian faith. At least 14 epistles in the New Testament including Romans, Second Corinthians, and Philippians are believed to have been written by Paul during his lifetime, and his thoughts on Christianity and faith influenced the opinions of many people who followed after him. Reflecting Saint Paul's elevated status in the Christian faith, numerous cities and schools all over the world are named after him.

The precise birth date of St. Paul is not known, although he appears to have died around 67 CE. He was a contemporary of Jesus, and wrote about the life of Jesus although he may not have personally met Him. Paul was born as Saul in the city of Tarsus in modern-day Turkey, to Roman parents. This entitled him to Roman citizenship, which turned out to be useful later in his life. Initially, Paul was a devout Jew, and until 34 CE, he actively persecuted Christians and rejected the Christian faith.

On a fateful journey to Damascus, however, Paul of Tarsus fell from his horse, was temporarily blinded, and had a vision which revealed Christ as the messiah. He continued to Damascus, and spent the next three years studying with the Christian community, becoming a devout convert. Conversion wasn't enough for Paul, however: he also became an apostle, taking three missionary journeys across the Middle East to spread the word of Christ.