We can learn from the Saints!

[koralstratz]

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“It is not sinners, but the wicked who should despair; it is not the magnitude of one’s crime, but contempt of God that dashes one’s hopes.”


“Tell us, you unmanly and effeminate man, what do you seek in another male that you do not find in yourself?”



“For God’s sake, why do you damnable sodomites pursue the heights of ecclesiastical dignity with such fiery ambition?”


“Who can expect the flock to prosper when its shepherd has sunk so deep into the bowels of the devil?"

(St. Peter Damian)

[koralstratz]

"We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen away, and to bring home those who have lost their way. Many who seem to us to be children of the Devil will still become Christ's disciples."
(St. Francis of Assisi)

[petite fleur]

Ahahahaaaaaa....grabehag katawa nako nimo petite.....Buguya oi....Na imagine lang noun nako: YOU wearing the cloth and dancing / singing "Sister Act" (nakakita ka anang salidaha comedy sis? )

You Rock sista

Ahak! Hahaha tinood bitaw! ROCK jd to akong basa hahaha. hibung jd ko..kansa man jd na si St. Rock ha. hehhee
Murag akong auntie...ge pangutan-an nga wala ba daw silay problema sa sulod..ana pd siya....Ay naa pd uy taw ra baya gehapun me hehehe

Wala pako kita ana pero naay gamayng scene lang..
o bugoy kau ko sa tinod-anay lang. dali kau akong utok maka think og inamaw...diha ra pd ko maayu..may lang tas lawgaw ani hehehe
Karon pa ko kabantay bya honestly nga ang Dog ka dala diay og pan.


Pa preso na ku brad hopefully soon...suggest a possible crime na akong buhaton .hehe

[walker]

OT:

Mangutana unta ko ninyo ug unsay english sa SAN ROQUE?

[petite fleur]

OT:

Mangutana unta ko ninyo ug unsay english sa SAN ROQUE?

a.k.a Rocco/Roque/ Rock/ Roch or Roque pd.

[libraun]

OT:

Mangutana unta ko ninyo ug unsay english sa SAN ROQUE?

St. Roch (of Montpelier) The second most popular saint in Cebu (and probably in the Philippines) after St. Isidore (San Isidro Labrador).

[wenlove24]

"We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen away, and to bring home those who have lost their way. Many who seem to us to be children of the Devil will still become Christ's disciples."
(St. Francis of Assisi)

I was reading this while listening to this>>Kutless - Promise of a lifetime Lyrics - YouTube
I had to share it 'coZ this song's message touched my deepest core..
hope you like it too...

TOP COMMENT ON SITE:
i had a moment of hopelessness and i tried to kill myself. i called my friend and he said to listen to this song. i did and after i put my gun away and got help... thanks to my bf eryk and to kutless for this amazing song without them id be gone. god bless

[koralstratz]

St. Helena
mother of Constantine the Great
(Feast Day Aug 18 )



Empress mother of Constantine the Great. She was a native of Bithynia, who married the then Roman general Constantius I Chlorus about 270. Constantine was born soon after, and in 293, Constantius was made Caesar, or junior emperor. He divorced Helena to marry co Emperor Maximian’s stepdaughter. Constantine became emperor in 312 after the fateful victory at Milvian Bridge, and Helena was named Augusta, or empress. She converted to Christianity and performed many acts of charity, including building churches in Rome and in the Holy Land. On a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Helena discovered the True Cross.


How Saint Helen found the True Cross in Jerusalem

In order to squash Christian devotion to Christ in Jerusalem, the pagan Romanserected shrines over the Christian holy sites (in about AD 146). This is well documented both historically and archeologically.

Saint Helen came to Jerusalem in 326 after she had a dream about the true cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. She felt that she had been divinely appointed to find our Lord's life-giving cross.

When she arrived in Jerusalem, the Catholic bishop of Jerusalem, Macarius, told her that the holy sites had been covered by pagan Roman shrines for the previous 180 years. Christians did not visit the sites since they had become the shrines of idols.

Here is what she found:

* Over the cave in Bethlehem where Christ was born was an idol of Adonis.
* Over Calvary where Christ had been crucified was a large marble idol of Venus, the goddess of carnal lust.
* Over the Holy Sepulchre from which Christ had risen from the dead was an idol of Jupiter, king of the false gods.

Saint Helen, in the name of her son the Emperor Constantine, had these pagan monuments torn down and the ground cleared and made ready for Catholic churches. The Christians in Jerusalem rejoiced.

How did Saint Helen find the true cross?

Here's the official tradition:

Then she had thus cleansed the place {from the idol of Venus} where the Cross had stood, Helen caused deep excavations to be made, which resulted in the discovery of three crosses, and, apart from them, the writing which had been nailed on that of the Lord. But which of the crosses had been His was unknown, and was only manifested by a miracle. Macarius, Bishop of Jerusalem, after offering solemn prayers to God, touched with each of the three a woman who was afflicted with a grievous disease. The two first had no effect, but at the touch of the third she was immediately healed.

Since the third cross worked miracles, it became manifest that this cross was the true cross of Christ. And this is how Saint Helen found the true cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.

[MoonGlow]

OT: ^^ asa na man ang Holy Cross karon bro?

[koralstratz]

I was reading this while listening to this>>Kutless - Promise of a lifetime Lyrics - YouTube
I had to share it 'coZ this song's message touched my deepest core..
hope you like it too...

TOP COMMENT ON SITE:
i had a moment of hopelessness and i tried to kill myself. i called my friend and he said to listen to this song. i did and after i put my gun away and got help... thanks to my bf eryk and to kutless for this amazing song without them id be gone. god bless

Very nice share wen....I'm gonna add Kutless to my playlist of inspirational music & bands......My favorite is Casting Crowns

here are some samples of their songs:

Casting Crowns Praise You In The Storm - YouTube

Casting Crowns - Does Anybody Hear Her - YouTube

Casting crowns - Stained Glass Masquerade - YouTube