tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77322954843374414072024-03-06T02:54:20.059-05:00ImmaryGabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956798975166294802noreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732295484337441407.post-17653598053340057152023-03-06T22:13:00.002-05:002023-03-06T22:13:43.493-05:00<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">There will be blood!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Water – two
hydrogen atoms hooked up with an atom of oxygen, then some miracles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">God
commanded Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over
the waters of Egypt – over the streams and canals, over the ponds and all the
reservoirs – and they will turn to blood.’ Blood will be everywhere in Egypt,
even in vessels of wood and stone.” (Ex. 8:19)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Moses and
Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">all
the water was changed into blood</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. (Ex. 8:20)<o:p></o:p></span></p>Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956798975166294802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732295484337441407.post-3639273279862546082011-03-17T19:56:00.004-04:002011-03-17T20:03:08.068-04:00Pray, pray, pray and pray for Japan!Catholics all around the world, pray, pray for Japan!<br />Let us all pray for Japan, that God may be merciful<br />and pull Japan out of its misery.Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956798975166294802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732295484337441407.post-21999396248098848482010-07-25T14:30:00.003-04:002010-07-25T14:34:35.995-04:00Promote Same Sex Marriage!If homosexuality is truly genetic in origin, then by promoting the same sex marriage, the responsible gene should be eradicated from the population, in due course of time, of course!Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956798975166294802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732295484337441407.post-70284928522711775722010-06-26T21:30:00.002-04:002010-06-26T21:33:00.808-04:00It is true God lives!God is God unbound by limits of man's ideas, philosophy and theology.<br />It is true God lives. So, stop worrying, and instead rise and shine for His glory!Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956798975166294802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732295484337441407.post-39848071241600571602010-06-03T21:57:00.002-04:002010-06-03T21:59:10.608-04:00Just Wondering WhyWhen a pregnant woman is murdered, the murderer gets sentenced for double homicide and yet abortion is legal!Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956798975166294802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732295484337441407.post-79743144936536571672010-05-15T22:29:00.004-04:002010-05-15T22:35:50.290-04:00Where is Christianity heading today?Someday, we will have to confront en enemy who is already at the gate. We can do this only as one body of Christ. Unite us and lead us all as one flock!Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956798975166294802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732295484337441407.post-70314000982055841062010-03-27T11:46:00.006-04:002010-04-11T19:02:50.319-04:00Of Priests and Pedophilia( with apologies to all the noble priests)- Clergy pedophilia is no longer a local problem because of a few problem priests but has taken a global scale<br />- Pedophilia must have been going on for centuries in the Roman Church. Only that the Church was effective in containing it through suppression and intimidation of the victims. These tactics worked once but no longer<br />- It is time the Bishop of Rome wear sack cloth and do penance<br />- it is time the Vatican takes its own pill - Serious Examination of Conscience<br />- The Vatican should put in place a zero tolerance policy with respect to clergy abuse of children<br />- Sexual abuse of children is a crime. Individuals who perpetrate such acts are criminals and individuals who protect them are criminals by association. And no one is above the law<br />- The Vatican has a very rich collections of arts. To pay for all financial settlements that may arise out of these sex scandal lawsuits, it should sell all these valuable art pieces<br />to raise the required funds.It should feel the pain and the bankruptcy<br />- Tell-tale sign of a priest with problem of pedophilia is when the church authorities move him frequently from parish to parish for no apparent reason<br />- Parents who let their children serve as altar boys and girls must instruct their children to report any inappropriate behavior of priests without fear. Avoid overreaction, give the priest benefits of the doubt. Be fair. If the evidence is strong, act before much damage is done. Report to the police and the Church officials. However, with sadness I add this that the church officials are not to be trusted here.You cannot expect fair treatment from church officials. Evidence shows that in all these children sex abuse cases church authorities have always taken "It is us against them" line. The Church has always defended the culprit priests and turn its<br />back on the victims<br />- The Church is sick. Something nasty has hit the fan, the ceiling, the walls and it shows.<br />- It is time ordinary catholic men and women act to save the Church before pedophilia destroys itGabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956798975166294802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732295484337441407.post-57405363932398318542010-02-27T22:43:00.001-05:002010-02-27T22:44:32.549-05:00Jesus, be my life's obsessionGabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956798975166294802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732295484337441407.post-49546558346294125352010-01-09T22:22:00.002-05:002010-01-09T22:22:44.814-05:00Smiling to yourselfI saw you under the yellowing poplar tree,<br />all by yourself, smiling to yourself,perhaps,<br />Realizing for the first time that life is free<br />and meaningless and love is transient at best.<br />Your eyes are green like my dreams!Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956798975166294802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732295484337441407.post-65179929052185008542009-12-26T16:35:00.002-05:002009-12-26T16:36:33.425-05:00O Lord, let us, let us!Can our "beauty" capture the beauty that is in you?<br />Can our "truth" do justice to the truth of you?<br />Can our reason reason out the reason in you?<br />Can one man's theology lead another to you?<br />Is there one among us who knows the way to you better than you yourself do?<br />O Lord, have mercy on us, help us never to let our theology replace you!<br />O Lord, let not your light shine upon us in vain!<br />O Lord, let us, let us!Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956798975166294802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732295484337441407.post-66112691085601280842009-12-26T15:47:00.002-05:002009-12-26T15:47:57.391-05:00O Lord, let not your light shine upon us in vain!Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956798975166294802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732295484337441407.post-53113730793922279302009-12-24T20:40:00.002-05:002009-12-24T20:42:31.452-05:00Merry Christmas to all, believers and nonbelievers.Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956798975166294802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732295484337441407.post-84428720927701241692009-12-19T10:52:00.004-05:002009-12-19T10:56:50.386-05:00A 27 secs street sceneBeggar: Brother, Can you spare a penny?<br />Passer-by: Here! (he gives him a penny)<br /> Beggar: Thanks and God bless you!(so that he may continue to give)<br />Passer-by: Thanks and God bless you too!(so that he does not have to beg)Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956798975166294802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732295484337441407.post-82555523149470055992009-12-13T15:36:00.005-05:002009-12-13T16:07:14.573-05:00What's in a name, Bishop?"The Bishop of Breda, Tiny Muskens, wants people to start calling God Allah. He says the Netherlands should look to Indonesia, where the Christian churches already pray to Allah. It is also common in the Arab world: Christian and Muslim Arabs use the words God and Allah interchangeably."<br />Christian Arabs use the word Allah because it means God in their language.Christianity being older religion than Islam, it is obvious that Christian Arab used that word long before the Muslims. However, that does not make the word "allah" more appropriate name for God than the word "god". Bishop Musken,if you want to call Him Allah or Ishwar or Bhagwan or Laininghtou,or whatever, that's fine by me.Just don't expect me to follow your lead. And don't you be coming around with a proposal like "let's all celebrate mass in Arabic". I like to pray to God in a language that I speak. I like to listen to sermon preached in a language that I understand. I believe that God is the giver of all tongues. So, naturally,He speaks all languages. But I, on the other hand, understand and speak only one or two. So, when I call upon His holy name "God" He can surely hear me just as well as He can hear you call upon Him in Arabic. By the way, I, at times, feel that Islam is a vehicle for Arab hegemony.Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956798975166294802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732295484337441407.post-85175172816571405132009-12-05T08:29:00.003-05:002009-12-05T08:39:13.928-05:00The blinds also see!Blind #1: God does not play hide-and-seek with man.<br />Blind #2: On the contrary, not only does God play the game of <br /> hide-and-seek with man but also hides in places where He <br /> cannot be found.<br />Blind #3: No need to get bogged down with any debates and dialogues!<br /> Just plant your faith, and He will give it its fruits. <br />Blind #4: We are all blind and God is thinner than air!Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956798975166294802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732295484337441407.post-90028790860479728422009-11-14T18:05:00.003-05:002009-11-14T18:08:50.479-05:00BecauseBecause I cannot speak<br /> I try to write;<br />Because I cannot write<br /> I try to feel;<br />Because I cannot feel<br /> I am silent<br />Having turned into stone.Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956798975166294802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732295484337441407.post-50209912968793505512009-11-07T22:50:00.002-05:002009-11-07T22:51:30.577-05:00Origin of species via natural selectionCatholics ought to embrace Charles Darwin's theory on the origin of species by means of natural selection. After all, it is a process operating at every levels of animate and inanimate world and is as obvious as the back of one's own hand. Also, it surprises me when a Christian fundamentalist while vehemently denouncing evolution as an agent of creation of life and everything else, conveniently forgets that Gregor Mendel, the "father of genetics" was an Augustinian monk. In addition, a Jesuit priest by the name Georges Maitre was responsible for what is known today as "Big Bang theory" of the origin of the universe. Interestingly, both these contributions strike at the very roots of origin of life and the universe we live in. These men ought to be elevated to the status of prophet, for, indeed, it is to them that God revealed the wonders of His magnificent creation.Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956798975166294802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732295484337441407.post-17214764923248374082009-10-23T22:17:00.003-04:002009-10-23T22:18:42.927-04:00Thus<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CHP_ADM%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:relyonvml/> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CHP_ADM%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" 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big town.<br />My beloved city of vicious gunfights and brilliant poppy!<br />I will not forget of the days you nursed me to life<br />with water dripping from your festering wounds<br />You were once a city that rose from a field of dream, morning after morning,<br />Now you lay massacred in my arms.<br />Your drunken walls are falling over the bullet riddled streets<br />Every rundown street leads to the edge of some blown up field <br />And graphics of spilled blood left uncleaned for lasting effects.<br />So much bloodshed in the street, every time the traffic light turns red<br />I run for cover to hide my unknown face behind a wall of glass.<br /><br />Be not angry with me, my maternal city, born of the rays of morning star.<br />I got to lay you down some place and I got to get me out o’here to some place,<br />Way beyond that untouchable space, if possible.<br />All I got is a bagful of cheap tricks learned in your whore houses<br />But not much education.<br />They take me so far, so far as the end of the street and not much beyond.<br />“Why walk when you can fly” is what others say. Too bad, I cannot fly!<br />I was born a fish with a pair of fins that for a while won’t be becoming wings .<br />Days of my life are numbered, although I do not know how many there are.<br />I believe Death will come soon knocking at my window.<br />I got to think up something before it is too late to worry about.<br />But when you got no education and the brain has no regulations,<br />It always dreams what it wants to dream.<br />And it often dreams of spilled blood in a blown up field of poppy.<br />And soon, I too start to bloom like a poppy without petals<br />at the bottom of a ditch which was once a city.<br /><br />I like a bit of drama but this is much more than I can handle.<br />Time goes by and no amount of drama can stop it.<br />I am thinking of long and dry summer landscape<br />filled with stones in the dust<br />Wondering how not to find myself<br />at the foot of a busted rainbow.Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956798975166294802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732295484337441407.post-60266874987238042792009-03-29T09:25:00.002-04:002009-03-29T18:11:07.008-04:00Building Balance SheetLines - struck out, words - highlighted<br />For emphasis,<br />Faces - erased from memory,<br />Strange words bringing life to my voice,<br />All daylong I edit in and I edit out the hours.<br />What I added to the morning,<br />I canceled it out in the evening.<br />See, how I play tricks with life, and it lets me<br />Get away with them, time and again.<br />But in the profit and loss analysis<br />My days look like one messed up balance sheet<br />Restated many times over for clarity.<br />A scheming being getting lost<br />In the labyrinth of his own design!Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956798975166294802noreply@blogger.com0