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Volume II Number 2 Wednesday, 27 February 2013 Page 1 Gamitin po natin itong Newsletter sa mga pagpupulong ng ating Turno/Section/Council. Salamat po! Meaning of Eucharist? Matthew 26:17-28:20. Centuries before Christ, God made a Covenant – first with Abraham, then with Moses. But, God’s people were disobedient and unfaithful thus presenting the need for another Covenant whose first effect would be the forgiveness of sins (Jeremiah 31:31). The family of God would now be iden- tified not as a certain race but as a peo- ple pardoned of their sins … a family of believers which is the Church … the Mystical Body and Blood of Christ. Jesus remembers the previous Cove- nants and He knows that His death ushers in a new Covenant when He spills His blood for many, for the forgiveness of sins (Matthew 26:28). Hebrews 8:7-8 says that if all had been perfect in the previous Covenants, there would have been no need for another one. Whenever we … Adorers … celebrate and/or adore … the Eucharist, we renew this new covenant with Jesus … and He makes Himself present … among us, Adorers … as we re- member His supreme sacrifice … and His new Covenant. At the Last Supper, Jesus celebrated the first Christian liturgy … the first Eucharistic Mass … where He announced the day when all of us will be as one with Him at the Banquet in His Kingdom. Alone, in Gethsemani, Jesus comforts death to over- come it … burdened by the wickedness of humanity … repeat- ing again and again … and expressing the perfect prayer: Fa- ther, Your Will be done! Jesus is accused and tried for blasphemy by the Sanhedrin – the Jewish Supreme Council – for transgressing the laws of the Torah, the Word of God [Who is Jesus Himself] and judged guilty for political agitation before the Roman governor of Judea, Pontius Pilate. Jesus was condemned to death because He claimed to be the Son of God. Jesus did not contest this unjust sentence by the religious leaders of His people who were the legal , though un- worthy , representatives of God This was His perfect obedience to the Will of His Father. A death in the family may cause division. But, Jesus’ death brought reconciliation to the family of humankind … with God. Now, all will be called to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. What is Eucharistic Adoration? From Jesus Living in Mary: Handbook of the Spirituality of St. Louis Marie de Montfort. Let us adore forever … the Lord in the good things He made. Let us adore forever … the Lord in all that is. Montfort adores Jesus in the poor … he acts from a perspec- tive of pure faith, without either visions or miracles. Throughout his ministry, Montfort notes the neglect of the Eucharist by priests and the faithful. Montfort’s adoration is not restricted to the Eucharist. The universe was for him a truly divine milieu, offering to adore God in a nearly constant state of adoration … so as to join exterior worship to that which he rendered unceasingly to the Supreme Being. He encounters God in the events of his daily life … on his daily Eucharistic journey. At the same time, he endeavors to know God’s designs through prayer: Let us pray that God may make His Holy Will clear to us. Through his own experience and together with the … spiritual … men and women … of his time, Montfort knew how to speak of adoration with authority or sing of it in his hymns … his songs. The Holy Spirit From Alliance of the Two Hearts: Hope of the World By Rev. Fr. Micahel O’Carroll, C.S. Sp. Courtesy of Assisi Development Foundation, Inc. Blessed Pope John Paul II writes: The first and greatest wonder accomplished by the Holy Spirit is Jesus Christ Himself. The Holy Spirit is present in the life and mission of Jesus Christ – in child- hood, in the inauguration of His public life through His Baptism … as Adorers’ lives are thus inaugurated … in His sojourn in the desert; in prayer, in preaching, in sacrifice and, finally, in resur- rection. The Gospel Truth is: What Christ was, and what He is for us, can- not be understood apart from the Holy Spirit. To penetrate Christ’s mystery, we need the light of the Holy Spirit. A deeper awareness of Christ demands also a deeper awareness of the Holy Spirit. To know who Christ is, we must know who the Spirit is. An Adorer’s relationship with Christ is integrally joined to his rela- tionship with the Holy Spirit. There can be no Christology without a theology of the Holy Spirit. Be reminded: God LENT us our time on Earth.

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Volume II Number 2 Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Page 1 Gamitin po natin itong Newsletter sa mga pagpupulong ng ating Turno/Section/Council. Salamat po!

Meaning of Eucharist?

Matthew 26:17-28:20. Centuries before Christ, God made a Covenant – first with Abraham, then with Moses. But, God’s people were disobedient and unfaithful thus presenting the need for another Covenant whose first effect would be the forgiveness of sins (Jeremiah 31:31).

The family of God would now be iden-tified not as a certain race but as a peo-ple pardoned of their sins … a family of believers which is the Church … the Mystical Body and Blood of Christ. Jesus remembers the previous Cove-nants and He knows that His death ushers in a new Covenant when He spills His blood for many, for the forgiveness of sins (Matthew 26:28).

Hebrews 8:7-8 says that if all had been perfect in the previous Covenants, there would have been no need for another one. Whenever we … Adorers … celebrate and/or adore … the Eucharist, we renew this new covenant with Jesus … and He makes Himself present … among us, Adorers … as we re-member His supreme sacrifice … and His new Covenant.

At the Last Supper, Jesus celebrated the first Christian liturgy … the first Eucharistic Mass … where He announced the day when all of us will be as one with Him at the Banquet in His Kingdom. Alone, in Gethsemani, Jesus comforts death to over-come it … burdened by the wickedness of humanity … repeat-ing again and again … and expressing the perfect prayer: Fa-ther, Your Will be done!

Jesus is accused and tried for blasphemy by the Sanhedrin – the Jewish Supreme Council – for transgressing the laws of the Torah, the Word of God [Who is Jesus Himself] and judged guilty for political agitation before the Roman governor of Judea, Pontius Pilate.

Jesus was condemned to death because He claimed to be the Son of God. Jesus did not contest this unjust sentence by the religious leaders of His people who were the legal, though un-worthy, representatives of God This was His perfect obedience to the Will of His Father.

A death in the family may cause division. But, Jesus’ death brought reconciliation to the family of humankind … with God. Now, all will be called to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

What is Eucharistic Adoration? From Jesus Living in Mary: Handbook of the Spirituality of St. Louis Marie de Montfort.

Let us adore forever … the Lord in the good things He made. Let us adore forever … the Lord in all that is. Montfort adores Jesus in the poor … he acts from a perspec-tive of pure faith, without either visions or miracles.

Throughout his ministry, Montfort notes the neglect of the Eucharist by priests and the faithful. Montfort’s adoration is not restricted to the Eucharist. The universe was for him a truly divine milieu, offering to adore God in a nearly constant state of adoration … so as to join exterior worship

to that which he rendered unceasingly to the Supreme Being.

He encounters God in the events of his daily life … on his daily Eucharistic journey. At the same time, he endeavors to know God’s designs through prayer: Let us pray that God may make His Holy Will clear to us.

Through his own experience and together with the … spiritual … men and women … of his time, Montfort knew how to speak of adoration with authority or sing of it in his hymns … his songs.

The Holy Spirit From Alliance of the Two Hearts: Hope of the World

By Rev. Fr. Micahel O’Carroll, C.S. Sp. Courtesy of Assisi Development Foundation, Inc.

Blessed Pope John Paul II writes: The first and greatest wonder accomplished by the Holy Spirit is Jesus Christ Himself. The Holy Spirit is present in the life and mission of Jesus Christ – in child-hood, in the inauguration of His public life through His Baptism … as Adorers’ lives are thus inaugurated … in His sojourn in the desert; in prayer, in preaching, in sacrifice and, finally, in resur-rection.

The Gospel Truth is: What Christ was, and what He is for us, can-not be understood apart from the Holy Spirit. To penetrate Christ’s mystery, we need the light of the Holy Spirit. A deeper awareness of Christ demands also a deeper awareness of the Holy Spirit.

To know who Christ is, we must know who the Spirit is. An Adorer’s relationship with Christ is integrally joined to his rela-tionship with the Holy Spirit. There can be no Christology without a theology of the Holy Spirit.

Be reminded: God LENT us our time on Earth.

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2 Please bring Light to the darkness. *Our Lady of the Eucharist*

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Jesus Living in Mary: Handbook of the Spiritu-ality of St. Louis Marie de Montfort (1994) Courtesy of Rev. Fr. Carmelo C. Esteban, SMM

Please open our spiritual blindness.

St. Louis Marie de Montfort is known primarily as the Apostle of Mary due to his principal work True Devotion to Mary. He is immediately connected to Our Lady and, in particular, to Total Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary or Holy Slavery.

Blessed Pope John Paul II calls St. Louis Marie de Montfort the master of Marian spirituality. Montfort focuses our attention on the fundamental role of Mary in salvation history and, therefore, on the solid basis of Marian devotion. It is impossible to deny the extra-ordinary impact of his Marian doctrine upon the Church.

Popes have lavishly praised True Devotion to Mary; it has become the springboard for numerous apos-tolic associations and entered in to the fabric of many religious orders. The fundamental principle of Montfort’s Marian doctrine is the life of Jesus Christ in souls, regenerated … refreshed by Holy Baptism.

Montfort’s motto is: Soli Deo! God Alone! Everything flows from God Alone; everything returns to God Alone – that is the skeleton of St. Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica.

(To be continued March 2013)

St. Joseph From Living the Beatitudes with St. Joseph

by Howard Joseph Q. Dee (2004)

2nd Mystery: The Annunciation of the Birth of Jesus. Gift of the Holy Spirit: Fear of the Lord. Beatitude: Blessed are the merciful, they will be shown mercy.

Luke 1:26-34. Mary said to the angel: How can this be, since I do not know man? The angel an-swered her: The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.

Meditation: At the moment of her assent, the Holy Trinity represented by the Holy Spirit conceives the Son of God in the immaculate womb of Mary. Mary becomes the Hand-maid and Daughter of the Father; Mother of the Son of God the Most High; Bride and Spouse of the Holy Spirit.

God will subject Jesus to the test. Likewise, Joseph’s forefa-ther Abraham was tested and so was Joseph. In strength, Joseph submits meekly and humbly, to the loving mercy of God – proving his fitness to be the surrogate of the Father on earth.

In this ... second joyful annunciation … to Joseph ... the Fa-ther sends His Archangel Gabriel to prevent him from act-ing on his decision to divorce Mary. Thus, Joseph becomes the human father of Divine Mercy.

(To be continued March 2013)

Angels and Archangels Commentary taken from the Christian Community Bible:

Catholic Pastoral Edition. 6th ed. (1990).

Hebrews 1:1-13. Christ, the Son of God, is far superior to angels just as the name He received sets Him apart from them …. For all the angels are only servants and God sends them to help those who shall be saved.

Mark 1:21-28, Jesus drives out an evil spirit. Wherever Jesus goes, He leaves an impression of strength and confi-dence because Jesus speaks with authority: In truth, I tell you!

With this same authority, Jesus drives out demons and the message is: Jesus delivers us from the influence of the fallen angel – the devil – who strives to destroy us … Adorers … who were created in the likeness of God.

The master of this world (John 14:30) is present in all as-pects of human life – in family and community, in parish and Church, in arts and sciences, in business, labor and gov-ernment – to deceive human purposes and to convert … con-trovert … any form of human progress into a new slavery.

Then and now … some persons are possessed by evil spirits. Jesus frees people from this great form of slavery and disease. But, physi-cal possession is not the usual way the devil operates … as is evident in daily life.

Far more dangerously, the devil blinds and confuses us … Adorers … in the moral fiber of our life … by disguising himself as the angel of light (2 Cor 11:14) … sub-verting the Turth of Jesus in us … Adorers … making us accessories of the fact of … greed, graft and corruption … pride, envy and jealousy … lies, gossip and innuendoes … homicide, geno-cide and killing love-for-each-other.

The causes of sin and the evil we … Adorers … do are the devil, the selfishness of our flesh and the lure of the fake promises of the world.

The enemy of God’s Kingdom – the devil – never rests. He always nurtures our temptations … visits on us the sins of our fathers … persuades us to give more importance to our own good purposes than to the teachings of the Church and the advice of our … brother/sister Adorers of Jesus … in Turno/Section and Council, particularly those of our Spiritual Directors, Co-Directors, Turno Chaplains and Parish Priests.

The devil notices … at once … those Adorers … who are capable of aiding Christ in weakening and destroying his empire in this world.

So, he awakens others … perhaps, Adorers too – the bad; the medio-cre, the lukewarm and slackers; the liars, the cheats and the slander-ers; the fool, the foolish and the ill-fated – against us … who strive to be patient, steadfast and faithful and prayerful.

Reflection: By going on mission to evangelize, Adorers aid Christ to hasten His Second Coming and usher a long period of peace. Are you aiding or preventing His Second Coming?

(To be continued March 2013)

Image of Lucifer.

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* On Prayer and On Silence * On Brotherhood * Apostolic Works of Mercy * On Prayer

Experiencing God: The Three Stages of Prayer by Rev. Fr. Thomas H. Green, SJ (2010).

God profoundly honors us when He … in silence … listens to our prayers.

Mark 1:35-39. Jesus prays at night. As Jews … the apostles knew about God since

childhood … schooled as they were in the Torah … the Law handed down to Moses by God … but, they had not discov-ered God – that is, they had not yet allowed themselves to be caught … found … by God – within their own lives … though they prayed to God as if He were a distant stranger … as if God were listening to … watching … them from afar. But, when they followed Jesus, the apostles saw … His inti-mate and faithful union … encounter – an open mind and heart – with His Father. How did Jesus pray to His Father?

Fr. Thomas H. Green, SJ relates an example: Manny is court-ing Flor. Manny is rather shy and does not know what to say to Flor. So, he gets a copy of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and reads Romeo’s words to Juliet. What would Flor think? Romeo’s words are teasing to her ears but the words are not Manny’s. Flor says to Manny: Speak for yourself! I’d like to hear from you! Manny replies: Shakespeare speaks much better than I do! Flor responds: Fine! But I’m not marrying Shakespeare!

Prayer without thinking is useless. It is talking to God with-out thinking about what you are saying to Him as if there were magic in your words – that, in a serious way, is insulting to God. St. Teresa of Avila says that, if we think about what we are saying, vocal prayer leads us all the way to the heights of contemplation.

(To be continued March 2013)

On Silence From The Ragged Edge of Silence: Finding Peace

In a Noisy World by John Francis (2011)

My personal vision quest began on Christmas Day 1973. As I began writing and painting, I left behind my familiar life, to explore the

wordless silence of the inner self. I composed words to ex-press … journalize my inner journey … which was touched by Mother Nature in what I saw and heard … as She played, danced and sang around me.

Walking in … and painting the sights of … the forests and wild shores of the peninsula at Point Reyes National Sea-shore, north of San Francisco, a space inside of me began to balloon – ideas without words, begging to be expressed.

Painting, music and poetry became outlets for its expression. I had not eaten in three days, consuming only tea and water. I rolled out my sleeping bag under the strength, wisdom and protection of the redwood trees. In the morning, I broke my fast, filled with a deeper sense of silence and a deeper under-standing of myself. I found my vision quest: To discover who I am; To find my place in the world; and to understand that we are all … related … Relatives! See next column >>>

Lesson Five on Silence: Vision Quest. Objective: Plan your own Vision Quest.

Plan your Quest. Work on your Plan. A Vision Quest is the search for meaning in your life, through a 4-day practice of fasting, walk-ing, sitting and dreaming.

How to spend the hours of the day is an exercise of your creativity. Four is symbolic of the stages of life: Infancy (nurtured by parents in preparation for responsibilities); Youth (disciplined mastery of self in body, mind and spirit); Adulthood (persevering in your vi-sion quest); and Old Age (culminating with the realization of your vision). Be open to your vision. If you need more help, go online.

[BroDuffy: Heart Center, where I donate blood every three months, notified me that donations stop at age 65. Preparing for that event, I set my mind on Hebrews 12:1-2 … surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight … and run the race with endur-ance … looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith …. I aim to finish a triathlon in 2015 at age 62. That is my vision. I used to swim a two-kilometer stretch in the pool … a long time ago; rode a bike when I was young; jogged 3 kilometers 15 years ago! I will have shed weight … in excess of 35 pounds by 21 March 2013 … my next scheduled donation date … and am drawing up a training regimen. Please pray for me.] (To be continued March 2013)

Merton: A Biography By Monica Furlong (1980)

In The Collar (2006), Jonathan Englert writes: Acutely aware of the shortage of priests, I asked myself the universal question: Why would a man want to become a priest? What kind of man would embrace the rigors and sacrifice of religious life?

What was this calling that people spoke of? Or, was it a sense of obligation to family … to make a commitment that seemed to de-mand it?

Research for The Collar took place at the Sacred Heart School of Theology, under supervision by the religious order, Priests of the Sacred Heart, located at Hales Corner, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Its rector, Rev. Fr. James Brackin, SCJ – SCJ is French for Sacre Coeur de Jesus – gave unprecedented access to every scope of seminary life … allowed attendance to faculty/board meetings … and alerted me to unflattering issues and events … for which I would need twenty books to capture the seminary in its entirety.

Sacred Heart Seminary is the largest seminary in the United States for second-career, or delayed, vocations. Many of its seminarians have had careers and families. All of them have lived radically dif-ferent lives than the one they have currently chosen. There is no bar against married men entering the clergy, provided their marriage has been annulled; [BroDuffy – provided further, that no irregular-ity exists as set out in Canon 1040-1049].

Annulment is a process by which the Church, though not permitting divorce, dissolves a marriage by finding that, while a civil marriage did occur, a sacramental marriage did not.

Now, back to Merton. To what secret formula does Merton attribute the success of his writing? He writes: We can be ourselves or not, as we please. But the problem is: God Alone possesses the secret of my identity; See Page 8, Column 1 >>>

On Brotherhood

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4 Ezekiel 14:1-23. I will not allow them to consult Me. * On Leaders * On Virtues *

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On Leaders

Wisdom 12:1-4. Your immortal Spirit is in all. By degrees, you correct us who sin; you admonish us, reminding us of how we strayed so that turning away from evil we may trust in you, O Lord. You hated those who once lived in Your holy land … be-cause of their detestable practices … un-holy worship and adoration.

Hebrews 2:14-18. We are saved … if we help in the libera-tion of the world … if we courageously accept our depend-ence on, and work in solidarity with, others. Reflection: As Adorers, how do you lead your people?

On Virtue

Isaiah 40:31. Those who wait on God will find their strength renewed. They will soar as with eagle’s wings … run and not go weary … walk and never tire.

Psalm 37:7. Keep calm before the Lord, wait … in patience; do not fret if others suc-ceed when they carry out evil schemes.

In his book Patience: How We Wait upon the World (1997), David Baily Harned writes: Our second claim about Pa-tience is this: All virtues – both natural and theological – reside in Patience itself. There is no true Patience where one or more of the other virtues is absent from it. Patience re-quires all those virtues for its own health.

For example: If Patience does not know what justice teaches … to give others … Adorers … enough room for the expres-sion of their freedom … then Patience accepts the lack of opportunity … in Adorers … to better themselves. Thus, Patience isolates and deadens itself from the appeals of the defenseless; and Patience aids and becomes an accomplice of the unbridled exercise of power. Patience, then, is no bet-ter than indifference.

If Patience does not understand what Courage involves, Adorers … will never persevere in exploring the whole spectrum of their potential or committing themselves to val-ues which transcend self-interest. Without Prudence, Ador-ers … will not know when Patience is warranted and when it is not, and whether perseverance in a certain task is appro-priate or beyond our strength.

Without Hope in Patience, Adorers … will have no real jus-tification for their willingness to wait and endure … thus losing their reasons for perseverance. Without Faith, memo-ries of betrayal and unfairness will sap an Adorer’s … will-ingness to forgive. Without Love, Adorers … will attempt nothing beyond self and its own defense and security.

No longer able to discern the workings of Divine Provi-dence, Patience … in Adorers … will be no more than ac-quiescence … mute resignation … as the silence of certain Christians when Jews were being exterminated Hitler.

(March 2013: When is Impatience a virtue? Patience a vice?)

Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 No-vember 1963). Commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis and known to friends and family as Jack. A novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, and Christian apologist from Belfast, Ireland. Known for both fictional work –The Screw-tape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Trilogy– and non-fiction –Mere Christianity, Surprised by Joy, Miracles and The Problem of

Pain.

Lewis and fellow novelist J. R. R. Tolkien were close friends; both served on the English faculty at Oxford University. In his memoir Surprised by Joy, Lewis was baptised in the Anglican Church of Ire-land at birth, but became an atheist at age 15 because he was very angry at God. Due to influence of Tolkien and friends, at age 32, Lewis returned to the Anglican Communion – a very ordinary lay-man of the Church of England.

Media coverage of his death was minimal; he died on 22 November 1963—the same day that U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assas-sinated, and the same day another famous author, Aldous Huxley, died. His works have been translated into more than 30 languages and have sold millions of copies.

Jacob Koppel Javits. Born to Jewish parents Morris Javits and Ida Littman on 18 May 1904; died on 07 March 1986. Liberal Republican Served as U.S. Senator from New York from 1957 to 1981.

Jack Javits helped his mother hawk dry goods from a push-cart in the streets. Graduated from George Washington High School as president of his class;

attended night school at Columbia University then New York Uni-versity Law School. Admitted to the bar in June 1927 and formed Javits and Javits Law Firm with his older brother Benjamin, special-izing in bankruptcy and minority stockholder suits.

Member of the freshman class of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1947 along with John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon of Cali-fornia, he resigned his seat in 1954 to take office as New York State Attorney General, handily winning against a well-known and well-funded opponent, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.

In 1956, he won a seat in the U.S. Senate with a margin of nearly half a million votes. Throughout his career in Congress – in the House and in the Senate, Javits was part of a small group of liberal Republicans who were isolated ideologically from their mainstream Republican colleagues, maintaining that a healthy political party tolerates diverse opinions among its members and rejecting the idea that a political party must reflect only one point of view.

Few pieces of legislation bear his name, yet along with Dwight D. Eisenhower (another unusual Republican), he was among the first statesmen to pass legislation promoting the cause of education for gifted individuals, and many know his name from the federal Jacob Javits Grants established for this purpose.

Javits was unseated in the U.S. Senate in 1981 and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1983. He died of Lou Gehrig’s disease at the age of eighty-one.

The Good Shepherd.

Moses

C. S. Lewis

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5 On Mission and the ANF Commission On Mission

Hebrews 10:19-39. Be confident in God. To encourage those … who have become inactive Adorers … who doubt … the Word of God, it is necessary to awaken their confi-dence on God … with visitations of Turno/Section/Council. Sometimes, God shakes us awake with an earth-quake. You want that done to you?

Do not abandon the assembly. To abandon Sunday celebration … or the assembly of the community to which you belong … vigils, meet-ings, apostolate, retreats … is a seri-ous fault. The Christian community falls apart when its members only

appear … once in a while … when they please.

We, Adorers … being not angels, have trouble remaining united … in Christ, when we do not belong to a community. When we lose contact with our brothers and sisters in the Church … in the Adoracion Nocturna Filipina … we run the risk of losing the meaning of our mission … evangelization … to help Christ accelerate His Second Coming.

Jeremiah 1:4-19. A prophet to the nations, I have appointed you … stand up and tell them all that I command you … against the whole land … against kings and princes … against priests and people. They will not prevail over you, for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.

In Sambuhay of 03 February, Rev. Fr. James H. Kroeger, MM writes Courageously Speaking God’s Word: We are baptized for mission … for evangelization. We all are called to speak of … be witness to … preach and act as prophets of … Jesus Christ in our contemporary world – as children and parents, students and teachers, in business and in govern-ment; as employees and employers; as artists and audience.

Prophets are gifted with several characteristics: (1) They are faith-ful in following God’s Word and commands; (2) They accept suffering to fulfill their mission; (3) They bravely face opposition from people of little faith and weak love; (4) They speak the truth even when unpopular; (5) They accept their inadequacies for fulfilling their mission; and (6) They fulfill their mission out of love for people they are sent to.

The ANF Constitution: Part I Chapter IV

Articles 19-21, on ANF Symbols, Spirit – Piety, Unity and Charity; Signs – Hands in Venia, the Badge and the Flag.

Reminder: While pins, badges, flags, certificates, uniforms, identification cards and other outward signs and symbols are important to identify Adorers from other Church mandated organizations/members, these signs are not the end-all and be-all of an Adorer. Direct action in the social and economic upliftment of people is the more important consideration. See next Column >>>>

[BroDuffy: Ang butihing Kristiyano ay liwanag sa mundo … taga-pagdala ng liwanag ni Kristo. Isang simbolo ng isang Adorer na itinatak sa aking kaisi-pan ay ito: Ang Adorer ay patagong nagsasamba kay Hesus sa gabi … kung kaya’t karamihan ng tao ay walang kaalaman tungkol sa mga gawain ng Adoracion Nocturna Filipina.]

Let us reflect on Matthew 10:26-27 and Mark 4:21-25, on the Parable of the Lamp. Pay attention to

what you hear … and read. Jesus warns us: You waste your time if you only listen to me but do not allow My Words to bear fruit in you. If you act in accordance with what you have learned from Me, you will receive from God new knowledge … and new strength. If you do nothing, even your religious beliefs … about the Adoracion Noc-turna Filipina … will be of no value to you – particularly, when you present yourself before God. So, to you who read my Gospel: Ask yourselves before you follow Me any further.

Read again the article on Perfection by C. S. Lewis featured in The Real Presence – January 2013.

What is hidden … the invisible. The Word of God – Jesus – works secretly within the heart and when we discover the transformation at work in our life, we readily … joyfully … proclaim Christ and make known to others … the secret that has made us happy.

(March 2013 — Part I Chapter IV)

Proclaim the Coded Message! Spread the Word!

Decode the message. Each number corresponds to a letter in the English alphabet; same number, same letter. Whoever first emails broDuffy the message and its correct Bible source receives P500.00 via the nearest LBC Pera Padala branch. Clue: 9 = I. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 8 11 12 8 6 1 9 3

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__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __? __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 2 18 3 23 8 7 5 16 4 5 6 9 23 8 14 12 16 5 7 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 19 20 3 8 15 16 3 8 13 8 18 12 1 5 17 3 2 18 6 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __. 22 1 6 6 9 6 18 5 12 22 5 7 3 1 9 14 21 2 2 15 – Letter of Saint Paul to the ______ chapter/verse numbers _____. Only entries from Adorers/Tarcisians emailed to aglomuntad@ya hoo.com are qualified to join. National Council officers may join but greater consideration is given to entries from the Regional Council down to Turno level. BroDuffy admits to any mistake which eluded his review. But, he stands as sole judge; his decision is inappealable.

Competence is Confidence.

The China Mission: Jesus is at the upper center with St. Francis Xavier and St. Igna-tius of Loyola, kneeling. Standing: Xu Guangqi and Matteo Ricci.

Matt 13:38. The Mission Field is the World.

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* Tarcisian Adorers * Eucharistic Adorers: Sinners and Saints * Tarcisian Challenge:

Lead the Youth Closer to Christ

Night Eucharistic Adoration Objective: Youth will learn how to grow in their faithful thanksgiving to God in Ado-ration before the Blessed Sacrament.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) teaches that the Eucharist is a sacri-fice of thanksgiving to the Father, a bless-

ing by which the Church expresses her gratitude to God for all his benefits, for all that he has accomplished through creation, redemption and sanctification. Eucharist means first of all “thanksgiving” (CCC 1360).

As Catholics, we are blessed to be able to receive the true presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist each time we go to Mass. The sacrifice of the Mass is one of true thanksgiving. We also have the opportunity to offer our homage and thanksgiving to The Real Presence of Christ in Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament.

Because Christ himself is present in the sacrament of the altar, he is to be honored with the worship of Adoration. “To visit the Blessed Sacrament is… a proof of gratitude, an ex-pression of love, and a duty of Adoration toward Christ our Lord (CCC 1418).

Adoration is a distinct form of prayer separate from prayers of petition, confession or intercession. It is a form of prayer that allows us to take time in reverent silence before our Lord. Adoration is derived from the Greek word adorare, which means to do homage or to worship. It is perhaps the highest type of worship we can offer our Lord. Through time spent in Adoration we are able to develop a more intimate relationship with Christ, by allowing Him to speak to our hearts and by thanking Him for not only our lives, but for giving His life for our sake.

In his Eucharistic presence he remains mysteriously in our midst as the one who loved us and gave himself up for us, and he remains under signs that express and communicate this love: The Church and the world have a great need for Eucharistic worship. Jesus awaits us in this sacrament of love. Let us not refuse the time to go meet him in Adoration, in contemplation full of faith, and open to making amends for the serious offenses and crimes of the world. Let our Adoration never cease (CCC 1380).

Beloved Tarcisian Adorer: In your own small way, how would you respond to these challenges?

Fr. Robert Kennedy SJ is a Jesuit priest and Zen master (roshi); for the Morning Star Zen-do, Kennedy’s vision is to foster an environ-ment for interfaith dialogue – where people of all religion meet and respect one another's points of view – as expected of a Jesuit and be immersed in a theological dialogue of life, action and religious experience.

Alberto Capellan Zuazo. Declared Venerable on 06 April 1998 by Pope John Paul II. For beatifica-tion, do pray: O God, You granted Your servant, Alberto Capellan Zuazo, a great love for the mys-teries of Your Body and Blood, and the charism of finding and serving You in the poor: make me also able to pass through this life intimately united to You, serving You in the neediest of our brothers and sisters. Deign to glorify Your servant, Alberto,

and grant me through his intercession this favor that I ask of You (state request). Amen. (Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be)

Adorer Profile Josito Boy C. Cambarijan. Born at Matanao, Davao del Sur on 15 December 1952. Married to sister-wife, Nicaridad Cuñado. Chil-dren: Myla C. Carpio, Jonie C. Fidellaga and Ariel C. Cambarijan. Sons-in-law: Patrick Fidellaga and Fernando Carpio. Grandchildren: Juliana Patrice C. Fidellaga, Francisca Monique C. Carpio, Matthew C. Carpio and Zachary C. Fidellaga.

Accepted as Active Adorer on 07 January 1996 at Turno 438 San Pedro Cathedral Parish, San Pedro, Davao City. In 1999, appointed Jefe de Turno 438 San Pedro Cathedral, San Pedro, Davao City. In 2000, appointed as Promoter at Section 31 South. Installed as Presi-dent of the Archdiocesan Council of Davao on 11 April 2010.

Pictures of children and grand-children shown below.

Photo on left — Sitting: Sis. Nicaridad and Bro. Josito Cambarijan. Back, left to right: Jonie, Myla & Ariel.

Photo Below — SeaBro. Josito C. Cambarijan and sister-wife, Cari-dad with grandchildren Juliana Patrice, Francisca Monique, Zach-ary & Matthew.

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7 On Leaders and On Virtues <(-: JokeS only :-)>

Seeing the last stretch of his life on Earth before him, and with a sec-ond surgery required to correct a post-operative infection which had set in after the replacement of his other knee, granddaughter, Beth-any, went to the hospital to visit Moishe Rosen – also known as Martin Meyer Rosen, founder of Jews for Jesus. He said to her: Come here, where I can see you better. Your smile is like medicine to me. Bethany smiled at him and he smiled back, saying jokingly: Okay, that’s enough! I don’t want to over dose!

[Wisdom of the Ancients]

Hebrews 6:1-3 on Formation. Therefore, let us leave elementary teaching about Christ and move to more advanced knowledge: Turning away dead works; renew our baptismal and confirmational promises; await the resurrection of the dead; and the final judgment. This is what we … Adorers … shall do, God permitting.

Canon 921.1 and 921.2. Christ’s faithful who are in danger of death, from whatever cause, are to be strengthened by Holy Com-munion as Viaticum. Even if they have already received Holy Com-munion that same day, it is nevertheless strongly suggested that, in danger of death, they should communicate again.

[BroDuffy: In Called To Controversy (2012), Martin Meyer Rosen or Moishe Rosen re-counts his conversion from Judaism to Chris-tianity. Soon, we will share accounts of his struggle towards conversion, the difficulties he experienced with family members, the

Jewish community, in particular, and their associates within their spheres of influence, in general. We aim to uplift our brother and sister … Adorers … who are weak and lukewarm in their faith … have slackened and become comfortable with mediocrity in the dis-charge of their duties and responsibilities.]

Competence is Confidence.

Health Tips From Hydrogen Peroxide: Medical Miracle (1992)

By William Campbell Douglass, MD Hydrogen Peroxide – H2O2 – boils at 152oFahrenheit or 67o-

Celsius. Less heat is needed to make it boil as you would water – H2O. Surprisingly, after distillation, considerable oxygen is left in it. Hydrogen peroxide contains 94% oxygen; chlorine peroxide contains 47% oxygen. Excellent clinical research has been done on the medical uses of hydrogen peroxide since 1914. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy, where oxygen is forced into the blood under pressure, saves lives in cases of carbon monoxide/cyanide poisoning and smoke inhalation. But, HBO therapy costs upward of P100,000.00; hydrogen peroxide costs only a few pesos. Getting oxygen into the blood safely may effectively treat cancer, emphysema, AIDS and many other diseases. Intravenous H2O2 rapidly relieves allergic reactions, flu symptoms and acute viral infections. Tumor cells, bacteria and unwanted foreign elements in the blood are usually destroyed with H2O2 treatment. No one expects to live forever. But we all would like to finish well. For the food appropriate for the body which God has de-signed (Genesis 1:29): I have given you every seed-bearing plant which is on the face of all the Earth and every tree that bears fruit with seed. That will be food for you.

(To be continued March 2013)

Jeremiah

Called by God around 626 BC. Kings and generals are busy on the political scene; priests and charlatans provide the people with the kind of truth they want to hear; wars and famine abound. Who will carry forward the mission … as instrument … of God to the world?

God looks for someone to whom He may give authority not over Israel but over all nations and He entrusts him, not with the mission to speak but to uproot and destroy in order to build and to plant. God gives him … an Adorer … the mis-sion to speed up … accelerate … history … sacred history.

What matters is not that … an Adorer … Jeremiah … spoke discourses but rather that he cooperated … collaborated … with God in his sovereign decisions in ruling over history.

God is at work in history … sacred history … through the works, words, writings and prayers of many people. But, He also stirs up more profound forces that shake up … lifeless hearts of Adorers … and strengthen the yearning for justice in the world. Reflection: As an Adorer, are you cooperating with God to-day … in the Adoracion Nocturna Filipina … in speeding up sacred history … for the Second Coming of Christ? How?

Be a man of virtue.

Prayer Requests:

1. Rev. Fr. Carmelo C. Esteban, SMM – For the recovery of body, mind and spirit of Sis. Adoracion Magararu, mother of Rev. Fr. Richard J. Magararu, SMM, former Montfort Fathers Provincial. She suffered a stroke and is now comatose.

2. Bro. Rodrigo B. Fermin – For the recovery of body, mind and spirit of Rev. Msgr. Jaime M. Zurbano, Jr. – Director of Section 146 Mandaluyong – who is afflicted with cancer.

3. Bro. Manuel I. Granados – For the recovery of body, mind and spirit of Bro. National Promoter, Lazaro L. Katigbak, for intesti-nal bleeding.

4. Sis. Nolina D. Cayabyab of Section 59 Santa Ana, Pampanga – For the recovery of body, mind and spirit of Bro. Louie Pangil-inan of San Diego, California, who is afflicted with a very se-vere kidney condition.

5. Bro. Duffy G. Lomuntad – Let us include in our personal prayers and vigils, and the intentions of our group vigils that the Holy Spirit inspire the voting Cardinals to obey His Will in choosing the next Catholic Pope and that the Pope be, His Eminence Luis Antonio G. Cardinal Tagle, D.D..

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Competence is Confidence. *P*B*A* On Brotherhood … God Alone can make me who I will be when I, at last, fully begin to be … who I am. To be-come myself, I must cease to be what I always thought I wanted to be. To find myself, I must go out of myself … and be found … by God. To live I have to die.

In September 1946, Merton finished his autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain – the title taken from the mountain of Purgatory in Dante’s Divine Comedy – some 700 pages long. In December 1946, his friend, Naomi Burton, wrote to say how much she liked the book and proposed Harcourt Brace as publisher. She would later convert from Judaism to Catholicism.

With fairly heavy editing in February 1947, just about when Merton made his will renouncing all earthly things, the con-tract between Merton and Harcourt Brace was perfected – all royalties were assigned to the monastery.

In April 1947, one of the Censors of the Order objected to the publication of the book, not on theological grounds, but with the implication that it was unripe for publication … that Merton was incapable of writing an autobiography, con-sidering his present literary ability … and advised Merton to take a correspondence course in English grammar.

At the point of obeying the Censor’s advice, but at the insis-tence of his Abbot, Merton sent back a 3-page defense and, at this, the Censor relented. Even before publication, Har-court Brace suspected that the book would be a success – but, not THAT successful! Original plans to print an initial 5,000 copies were changed to 12,000 copies with better-than-expected pre-publication orders. Then, three Catholic book clubs placed orders for it – an unprecedented response.

On 04 October 1948, the book was published at US$3.00, carrying warm recommendations from Graham Greene, Eve-lyn Waugh and Clare Booth Luce. Without much promotion and reviews – New York Times refused to list it as a best-seller because it was a religious book – the book began to sell … and sell … and sell. On one day alone, five thousand copies were ordered and the book had a high weekly rate of sale.

The original cloth-bound edition of The Seven Storey Moun-tain sold 600,000 copies in its first twelve months – an aver-age of 50,000 copies per month. Nancy Klein Maguire in her book An Infinity of Little Hours: Five Young Men and Their Trial of Faith in the Western World’s Most Austere Monas-tic Order – the Carthusians wrote: The Seven Storey Moun-tain, in all editions, has since sold many millions. Merton has been translated into twenty-seven languages. Two of the translations were first published in 2003.

Merton’s secret? He evangelizes … telling the story of his conversion … of God finding him … in his wickedness … and transforming him into His goodness. Merton, at first hand, tells of a medieval way of life set in twentieth-century America … about the clothes, the diet, the work and the pen-ances; the prayer and inner-most thoughts of today’s Trap-pist monk … in America. See next column >>>>

Apart from his book, many young men were pro-foundly influenced by his example, following him into Gethsemani. Many war veterans filled up other monasteries – a hunger seeking substance.

Merton initiated a new tradition in the monastery… that of writing: When a man becomes an author in the world outside, he adapts himself comfortably to the situation by imitating the other authors he meets

at parties. An author in a Trappist monastery is like a duck in a chicken house. He would give anything to be a chicken than a duck.

Fan mail arrived in vast quantities. Merton discovered how deeply he had moved his readers and felt responsible toward them. There were also abusive and anti-Catholic letters. Even Catholics were bit-ter about the book, perhaps recognizing in it a deep authenticity that made them feel threatened or exposed.

Absorbing criticism, Merton describes Gethsemani in the glaring of colors: Outside, in the world, are holy men who consciously … think of all the possible situations they could to show their love of God. In the monastery, other men come close to God … hidden … that they no longer see anyone but Him …. transformed into Him … by the pure and absolute humility of their hearts … making them children – old men with limbs like the roots of trees but with eyes of children.

On his success, Merton relates a conversation with God in a dream: When you have been praised … and loved … a little, I will take away … your gifts, your love, your praise … and be utterly forgotten and abandoned. On that day, you begin to possess … the solitude … you have so long desired. Your solitude will bear immense fruit in the souls of men … you will never meet … and never see. Do not ask when … or where. I will not tell you. You will not know until you are in it. Then, you shall taste … of My anguish and My poverty … I shall lead you into the high places of My joy … and you shall die in Me and find all things in My mercy which has created you to be who you are … the brother of God. (To be continued March 2013)

On Apostolic Works of Mercy From In the Heart of the World (1997)

by Mother Teresa. Edited by Becky Benenate.

One day, a man made a substantial donation of money and said: Now, I want to give something of myself. He has become a regular at our house of the dying – shaving the sick men and conversing with them – giving away his money and his time.

Time and money … he could have spent on himself, but he wants to give of himself. There are so many other things one can give away … gifts which have nothing to do with money. Your presence … your touch … smile … words … attentiveness … all these are mean-ingful for those people … in our house of the dying.

Join us … bring your love and offer the sacrifice of your hands. When you encounter people in need, your first move is to do some-thing. At the second time, you will feel committed. After some more time, you feel you belong to the poor and are filled with the need to love. You discover who you are and what you can give. Attachment to the world makes you poor. Put your self to serve others then in deed … indeed … you will be rich … very rich!!!

(To be continued March 2013)

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Constantinopole … western dialect Aramaic – the mother tongue of Jesus Christ, spoken by Mel Gibson in The Passion of the Christ. By the time of Jesus Christ, Hebrew had died out as an everyday language – surviving in its writ-ten form as the language of Jewish religious scripture and, to a certain extent, as a literary language.

On 01 March 1881, Alexander II – Tsar of Russia and grandfather of Nicholas II, the last of the Romanov ruling class – was assassinated by a revolutionary group but blame was placed on the Jews, sparking pogroms (Russian for vio-lent attacks) against Jews in the Pale of Settlement. The Pale was a 386,000-square mile area stretching from the Baltic Sea in the north covering present-day Lithuania, Byelorus-sia, much of Poland and the Ukraine to its seaport Odessa at the Black Sea in the south … an area more than three times the size of the Philippines (with an area of 115,831 square miles) … into which the Jews were settled but were prohibited to exit from, into mainland Russia. These po-groms created a tidal wave of migration of Russian Jews into the countries of Eastern Europe, Israel and the United States. A small number reached the Philippines.

The First Aliyah – return of Jews of whatever nationality to Israel – required, as Lithuanian Jew Eliezer Ben-Yehuda put it, a language with which to conduct the business of life. His work resulted to a 17-volume Hebrew lexicon or dictionary (millon in Hebrew) which is the foundation of the modern-day Hebrew language – the official language of modern-day Israel, with Arabic – effectively reviving a dead language.

Without writing, dead languages are forgotten once the last speaker of the language dies. Since the dawn of human lan-guage, untold number of languages were lost in this way … or assimilated into modern-day English.

(To be continued March 2013)

From Bro. Juanito Cayapan, Turno 673 ICP Section 54 Marikina Diocesan Council of Antipolo –

Our ANF Constitution & By-Laws suggest the reading of the Imitation of Christ, wherein Thomas à Kempis chal-lenges the believer to look intently upon the life of Christ and live in the pattern He established.

This spiritual manual begins with the proper outward ex-pressions of faith, moving quickly to the instruction of the reader's spiritual formation. All the while insisting that true imitation of Christ can only occur when the heart and mind are united to Christ.

For more than 500 years. The Imitation of Christ by Thomas À Kempis has been the most popular spiritual book second only to the Sacred Scriptures. It presents the fundamental principles of the spiritual life.

The Christian soul is invited to follow Christ Who is the Way, the Truth and the Life. As we study its contents we are convinced that without that Way there is no going, without that Truth there is no knowing, without that Life there is no real living.

His Excellency Most Rev. Jose S. Palma, D.D. Archbishop of Cebu

Born 19 March 1950 at Dingle, Iloilo. Sacerdotal Ordination: 21 August 1976 at Jaro. Episcopal Ordination: 13 January 1998. Elevated to Archbishop of Palo: 18 March 2006.

His Excellency Most Rev. Roberto C. Mallari, D.D. Bishop of San Jose

Born 27 March 1958 at Masantol, Pampanga. Sacerdotal Ordination: 27 November 1982 at Jaro. Episcopal Ordination: 27 March 2006.

His Excellency Most Rev. Jesse E. Mercado, D.D. Bishop of Paranaque

Born 06 June 1951 at Sta. Cruz, Manila. Sacerdotal Ordination: 19 March 1977 at Manila Cathedral. Episcopal Ordination: 31 March 1997 at Manila Cathedral. Errata – January 2013 Issue:

Page 2, Column 1 – On the Alliance, paragraph 2: The Father adopt- ed her, in a special manner ….

Page 4, Column 2 – On Perfection, paragraph 4: … full treatment is what you are in for – nothing less.

Page 5, Column 2 – First line: Promotion of Priestly Vocations. The Adorers’ duty … to sponsor scholars

Page 7, Column 2 – On Wisdom of the Ancients, Genesis 12, second -to-the-last sentence: And God says that that is not going to bring ….

Page 7, Column 2 – On Prayer Requests, item 2: … due to bronchitis … Bro. Bong Dayap’s mother ….

Page 8, Column 2 – On Merton, paragraph 3, line 4: On and off since Easter …. Line 9: …. the amount of sleep you are missing.

Page 9, Column 1 – Cardinal Newman’s Prayer, line 3: Let them look up and see no long me – but only You, O Lord. Stay with me, then I shall begin to shine as You are; to shine as light to others.

Page 10, Column 1 – On Anniversaries: 44th Year – Tarcisian Turno 27 Manuguit, Tondo;

Page 10, Column 2 – On Constantinopole, paragraph 8, second sen tence: …. we do know that language among early peoples existed.

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ANNIVERSARIES To Jesus, through Mary – with a smile!

Constantinopole — Legacy From First Crusader by Geoffrey Regan.

Legacy – Language. Surprisingly, these invading barbarians … instead of imposing their own language on the subjugated peoples … decided to ditch their own and used the Roman alphabet … with some improvements. Why? The answer is: Christianity.

Monica Furlong on Merton A Biography (1980) writes: An interest-ing effect of publication – one well known to writ-ers – is that the act of writing thoughts down … journalizing … seems to allow the writer free to change his thoughts … and way of thinking.

Nancy Klein Maguire writes on the Carthusians: The second most important building in any Car-thusian monastery is the library; Carthusians cherish books. Twenty-five years after the death on 06 October 1101 of St, Bruno, its founder, Pe-ter the Venerable notes that the monks’ manual

labor consists chiefly of transcribing books. The early Carthusians built up their library by borrowing and copying books.

In 1436, Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. As early as 1477, the Carthusians were set on printing its books and, at least, fifteen monasteries owned printing equipment. The Carthu-sians wrote and printed their own books with as many as eight hun-dred Carthusian authors.

In Spellbound, published in 2006, James Englert writes: Language … any language … fades the instant it is spoken. Within a fraction of a second, the spoken sounds we heard have expired. Technology now allows sound to be recorded on a medium. Three thousand years ago, the only other kind of recording medium was writing.

If spoken language can be written down, it can be remembered for as long as the writing medium continues to exist. Writing not only preserves language. In a very real sense, it also cheats death. An Egyptian named Qenherkhepshef wrote a poem thus titled Eulogy to Dead Authors circa 1200 BC: Be a scribe! Put it in your heart that your name should exist like theirs! A man has perished; his corpse is dust and his people have passed from the land. It is a book which makes him remembered in the mouth of a speaker.

Writing preserves language … preserves human thought … enables reason, emotion and experience to overcome what would otherwise be the insurmountable barrier of forgetfulness … brought about by death. Writing confers a sense of immortality on a writer or on the person or thing written about.

Living more than three thousand years ago, Qenherkhepshef be-queathed on himself examples of poetry and handwriting. His name may not be easy to spell nor pronounce, but it is now immortal.

Language and writing are important inventions … gradually evolved by humankind. Language and writing are intimately … in-tricately … linked. Writing preserves language and relies heavily on language for its existence, though not entirely. A case in point is where writing resurrected a dead language.

Hebrew, the language of the ancient Jews, was spoken until the third century BC, when it gradually was replaced by its … See Page 9, Column 1 <<<<<

Rev. Fr. Manuel M. Flores, SJ National Director Adoracion Nocturna Filipina and Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology San Jose Seminary

Born 19 August 1953. Sacerdotal Ordination: 27 March 1987.

His Excellency Most Rev. Paciano B. Aniceto, D.D. Archbishop of San Fernando, Pampanga

Born 09 March 1937 at Santa Ana, Pampanga. Sacerdotal Ordination: 23 December 1962 Manila Metropolitan Cathedral. Episcopal Ordination: 27 May 1979 at St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City.

— ANNIVERSARIES — Episcopal Ordination – March 2013: Archbishop Paciano B. Aniceto of San Fernando; Archbishop Sergio L. Utleg of Tuguegarao; Bishop Joel Z. Baylon of Legazpi; Bishop Antonieto D. Cabajog of Surigao; Bishop Leonardo Y. Medroso of Tagbilaran; Bishop Romulo T. dela Cruz of Kidapawan; Bishop Marlo M. Peralta of Alaminos; Bishop Roberto C. Mallari of San Jose; Bishop Jose T. Oliveros of Malolos; Bishop Jesse E. Mercado of Paranaque; Bishop Leopoldo S. Jaucian of Bangued; Bishop Camilo D. Gregorio of Batanes; Bishop Leopoldo S. Tumulak of the Military Ordinariate; Bishop Emeritus Prospero N. Arellano of Libmanan; Bishop Emeritus Miguel C. Cinches of Surigao; Bishop Emeritus Ireneo A. Amantillo of Tan-dag; Bishop Emeritus Honesto C. Pacana of Malaybalay; Bishop Emeritus Raul Q. Martirez of San Jose de Antique and Bishop Emeritus Angel T. Hobayen of Catarman.

Sacerdotal Ordination – 27 March 1987: Rev. Fr. Manuel M. Flores, S.J. – ANF National Director.

Foundation Anniversaries: 75th Year – Turno 130 Bamban, Tarlac (24 March 1938); 60th Year – Turno 255 Fabrica, Negros Occ. (07 March); 55th Year – Turno 595 Antipolo, Rizal (15 March 1958); Turno 596 Novaliches, QC (22 March 1958); Turno 629 Buenavista, Bohol (22 March 1958); 50th Year – Turno 834 Ragay, Camarines Sur (13 March); 40th Year – Turno 1090 Concepcion, Naga (17 March); 35th Year – Turno1173 Lemery, Batangas (04 March); and 30th Year – Turno1256 Payo, Panganiban, Catanduanes.

35th Year – TarcisianTurno 96 Laur, NE (04 March); 30th Year – TarcisianTurno132 Calaguiman, Samal; 20th Year – TarcisianTurno 230 Inaon, Pulilan (20 March); 55th Year – TarcisianTurno 240 Cabanatuan (07 March) and 5th Year – TarcisianTurno 255 Dila-Dila, Sta. Rita.

Birthdays: Archbishop Antonio J. Ledesma of Cagayan de Oro; Archbishop Jose S. Palma of Cebu; Archbishop Or-lando B. Quevedo of Cotabato; Archbishop Paciano B. Ani-ceto of San Fernando; Bishop Roberto C. Mallari of San Jose; Bishop Florentino G. Lavarias of Iba; Bishop Floren-tino F. Cinense of Tarlac; and Auxiliary Bishop Pablo Vir-gilio S. David of San Fernando.