TO THE GOD OF GODS, LORD OF LORDS BE THE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN.
KADOSH, KADOSH, KADOSH, ADONAI ELOHIM TZEVAOT ASHER HAYAH VEHOVEH VEYAVOH
PRAYER, WORSHIP, THANKS AND PRAISE TO THE GOD OF GODS, LORD OF LORDS.
Luke 10:27 He answered: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"
THANKING OUR GOD FOR EVERYTHING.
THANKING OUR BRETHREN WHO ARE ONE WITH US IN OUR MISSION WORKS- TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED.
MAY GOD BLESS US ABUNDANTLY, THAT WE MAY CONTINUE ON HELPING THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED.
REPORTING THE MISSION WORKS DONE.
MARCH 28, 2013- HOLY THURSDAY
GAVE FINANCIAL HELP TO POOR FAMILIES IN NEED.
GAVE ALMS TO THE POOR ON SEVERAL LOCATIONS.
MARCH 29, 2013- GOOD FRIDAY
GAVE FINANCIAL HELP TO POOR FAMILIES WE ARE HELPING.
GAVE ALMS TO THE POOR AND THE NEEDY OF THE STREETS.
OUTREACH TO THE POOR EVEN AT NIGHT TIME.
MATTHEW 25:40
And the King shall answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you have done it to one of the least of these my brothers, you have done it to me.
GLORY BE TO THE GOD OF GODS, LORD OF LORDS
AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM
UT IN OMNIBUS GLORIUS DEUS
ALPHA ET OMEGA
EXTRA PICTURES TAKEN ON GOOD FRIDAY:
WENT TO THE CHURCH LOCATED INSIDE A CEMETERY TO MEDITATE.
MEDITATION 1: REMEMBER THIS: AS SURE AS WE LIVE, ONE DAY, WE WILL SURELY DIE.
MEDITATION 2: WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF OUR LIVES?
MEDITATION 3: WHAT CAN WE BRING WITH US WHEN WE DIE?
MEDITATION 4: WE WILL DIE FOR SURE.... WHAT DO WE DO WITH OUR REMAINING LIFE?
MEDITATION 5: WHAT IS THE MEANING OF OUR EXISTENCE?
MEDITATION 6: CHANGE IS CERTAIN- AND WE WILL CHANGE FROM LIFE TO DEATH.
MEDITATION 7: HOW DO WE WISH TO BE REMEMBERED WHEN WE DIE?
MEDITATION 8: GOOD SEEDS WILL BEAR GOOD FRUITS... PLANT BETTER SEEDS.
MEDITATION 9: AS SURE AS THE WIND BLOWS, THE ACTIONS WE DO TODAY WILL AFFECT OUR FUTURE.
MEDITATION 10: TREES DO NOT GROW AT AN INSTANT- IT TAKES TIME TO BECOME A TREE FROM BEING A SEED.... BE PATIENT.....
MEDITATION 11: EVEN IN THE CEMETERY, THERE CAN BE PLANTS THAT BEAR FLOWERS.... THEREFORE, EVEN IN THE WORST PLACES, WE CAN FIND HOPE....
WHEN WE ARE GOING TO ANOTHER LOCATION, THE ROAD WAS CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE PROCESSION THIS GOOD FRIDAY.
WHAT IS THE ESSENCE OF THE RITUAL OF PROCESSION?
REMEMBER THE ESSENCE OF THE MESSAGE THAT EACH DEPICTION THAT IS PRESENT IN THE PROCESSION.
REMEMBER THE EVENTS OF THE LIFE OF THE PERSON WHO SACRIFICED HIS LIFE FOR US.
REMEMBER THOSE WHO ARE BEFORE US WHO HAVE SACRIFICED FOR OUR SAKE.
LET US REMEMBER THE ESSENCE OF THE MESSAGE OF EACH DEPICTION IN THE PROCESSION- DO NOT LOOK IN THE EXTERNALS ONLY.
AS WE SEE THEM, REMEMBER THE ESSENCE OF THE MESSAGE OF EACH OF THEM.
LEARN FROM EVERY EXPERIENCE AS IT UNFOLDS IN OUR LIFE.
AS PEOPLE WALK WITH THE PROCESSION, REMEMBER THAT IT IS NOT THE EXTERNALS THAT COUNT THE MOST, BUT THE INTERNAL MESSAGE: LET US WALK THE PATH OF GOODNESS IN OUR LIVES, EVEN THOUGH IT IS HARD TO DO, IT IS WORTHWHILE TO DO.
IN OUR LIVES, WE LOOK UP TO ROLE MODELS....
LET US FIND IN OUR ROLE MODELS THE ESSENTIAL VIRTUES THAT MADE THEM OUR ROLE MODELS...
LET US THEN LIVE THESE VIRTUES.
REMEMBER THE MESSAGE OF LOVE IN ALL THINGS....
THOUGH IT IS HIDDEN AT TIMES, IT IS THERE.
AT TIMES, THE IMPORTANT LESSONS IN LIFE ARE HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT.
THEREFORE, INWARD MEDITATION AND CONTEMPLATION IS NECESSARY TO BRING THESE LESSONS OUT IN THE OPEN.
PATHS MAY VARY, BUT DO NOT LET THIS SEPARATE US FROM ONE ANOTHER.
CONCENTRATE ON THE ESSENTIAL TEACHINGS INSTEAD, AND WORK TOWARDS UNITY THROUGH THE ESSENCE.
WHEN EXTERNALS SEPARATE US, LET THE INTERNALS BIND US CLOSER.
LOOK FOR THE ESSENCE OF THINGS, NOT JUST THE EXTERNAL APPEARANCE.
THERE IS A LANGUAGE CALLED SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE.....
LEARN THE LESSONS BEHIND SYMBOLS.
EVERYTHING HAS A REASON- FIND THE REASON AND EXPLANATIONS ON THINGS....
IN FINDING THEM, WE WILL UNDERSTAND.
HOPE YOU ENJOY THESE PICTURES.
IT IS A CHANCE ENCOUNTER THAT WE MANAGE TO TAKE THESE PICTURES.
MAY WE LEARN FROM THEM- IN A POSITIVE WAY.
THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE LESSONS WE LEARN ARE ALL NECESSARY IN CHANGING US FROM WITHIN.
THE MORE WE LEARN, THE MORE WE SUFFER.
YET, THE SUFFERING FROM LEARNING LEADS TO THE TRUTH.
REMEMBER: THERE ARE LESSONS THAT ARE SHROUDED IN SYMBOLS, AND THESE HAVE BEEN USED BY THE LEARNED FOR CENTURIES, TO EXPRESS AND HIDE THE TRUTH IN PLAIN SIGHT.
I WISH YOU ALL A BETTER LIFE- FULL OF MEANING AND LEADING TOWARDS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
MAY RIGHTEOUSNESS TAKE HEART NOT ON THE EXTERNALS, BUT FROM LOVE.
AS THERE IS LOVE, MAY THERE BE RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER.
MAY THERE COME A TIME THAT PEOPLE WILL LIVE BY THE ESSENCE OF THE TEACHINGS.
ALL THE SACRIFICES UNDERTAKEN BY THE SAINTS FOCUSED ON LOVE.
WHAT MAKES A SAINT? IT IS BY LIVING A VIRTUE THAT STEMS FROM LOVE.
IN ALL OF THE SAINTS, THEY BECOME WHAT THEY ARE THROUGH THE TEST OF LOVE.
LET US LEARN FROM THE LIFE OF THESE SAINTS.
SUFFERING IS NECESSARY TO OPEN OUR HEARTS TO THE SUFFERINGS OF OTHERS.
THERE IS BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF SUFFERING OF OTHERS WHEN WE HAVE EXPERIENCED HOW IT IS TO SUFFER.
THEREFORE, AS WE SUFFER, MAY WE LEARN THE IMPORTANT LESSONS OF SUFFERING.
WE ENCOUNTERED A POOR ON THE WAY. REMEMBERED THE POOR.
THE POOR SUFFERED MUCH IN LIFE.
EVEN A LITTLE HELP WE GIVE THEM HELPS TO ALLEVIATE A PART OF THEIR SUFFERING, EVEN FOR JUST A WHILE.
REMEMBER THE MASTER OF SUFFERING- HE ENDURED THROUGH IT ALL, EVEN UNTO DEATH.
MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD SUFFER TODAY.
WE SEE SUFFERING EVERYDAY.
THE LORD SUFFERED INJUSTICE IN HIS TIME.
LET US PRAY FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO SUFFERED FROM INJUSTICE DAY TO DAY.
REMEMBER THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TIED UP IN THEIR OWN SITUATIONS IN LIFE, THAT THEY CANNOT ESCAPE THE CALAMITIES PRESENTED TO THEM IN THEIR LIFE.
LET US PRAY FOR THEM.
AS THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IS NAILED ON THE CROSS, MANY OF US ARE NAILED TO THE CROSS BECAUSE OF SINFUL SITUATIONS THAT HAS MADE US HELPLESS.
MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ARE NAILED TO POVERTY, AND IT SEEMS NO END TO IT.
THEREFORE, LET US PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE NAILED TO THEIR OWN CROSSES, THAT THEY MAY BEAR THESE SUFFERINGS AS CHRIST BEAR THE SUFFERINGS OF OTHERS.
MANY PEOPLE DIE EVERYDAY.
CHRIST HAVE EXPERIENCED DEATH ON THE CROSS.
LET US COMMEMORATE THOSE WHO HAVE DIED FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING FUTURE GENERATIONS A BETTER FUTURE.
LET US PRAY FOR ALL THE MOTHERS WHO WEEP FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
LET US COMMEMORATE THE SUFFERING OF MARY IN THE DEATH OF JESUS.
WHEN WE ARE DEPRIVED OF SOMETHING IMPORTANT FOR US, WE EXPERIENCE DEPRESSION, FRUSTRATION, ANGER, AND THERE ARE TIMES WE EVEN CRIED BECAUSE OF THIS.
LET US PRAY FOR EACH OTHER, FOR THE LOSS OF THOSE THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR US.
LET US REMEMBER TO LOOK ON THE LESSONS BEHIND THINGS, EXPERIENCES, PERSONS WE MEET.
MAY WE NOT LOSE THE IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM THEM EVERY DAY.
REMEMBER DEATH.... DEATH IS CERTAIN.....
WHAT DO WE DO WITH OUR LIVES TO LIVE IT WITH MEANING?
REMEMBER THIS: ALL EFFORTS END WITH DEATH....
BUT THERE ARE DEATHS THAT BEAR MORE FRUIT UPON DEATH.
John 10:11 "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
1 John 3:16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends.
Romans 5:6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
