We can learn from the Saints!

[petite fleur]

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ARDUA NON TIMEO
"I fear no hardships"

[libraun]

guys, naa na moy link sa There be dragons movie? murag nindot jud ni tan-awon da

[petite fleur]

guys, naa na moy link sa There be dragons movie? murag nindot jud ni tan-awon da

bago lang na human akong DL weeee hahaha

[libraun]

bago lang na human akong DL weeee hahaha

pwede isend sa email? haha buak-buaka lang para dili bug-at..

[petite fleur]

dili ko kabaw ana. PM me nalng hehe sa FB kay murag OL ka! haha

[wenlove24]

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"You're bored? That's because you keep your senses awake and your soul asleep."
— St. Josemaría Escrivá

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[koralstratz]

St. Giles, Abbot
Patron of Cripples
(Feast Day Sept 1 )




Giles first lived in retreats near the mouth of the Rhône and by the River Gard, in Septimania, today's southern France. The story that he was the son of King Theodore and Queen Pelagia of Athens is probably an embellishment of his early hagiographers; it was given wide currency in the Legenda Aurea. The two main incidents in his life were often depicted in art. Giles ate a vegetarian diet.

His early history, as given in Legenda Aurea (Golden Legend), links him with Arles, but finally he withdrew deep into the forest near Nîmes, where in the greatest solitude he spent many years, his sole companion being a deer, or Red Deer, who in some stories sustained him on her milk. This last retreat was finally discovered by the king's hunters, who had pursued the hind to its place of refuge. An arrow shot at the deer wounded the saint instead, who afterwards became a patron of cripples. The king, who by legend was Wamba, an anachronistic Visigoth, but who must have been (at least in the original story) a Frank due to the historical setting, conceived a high esteem for the hermit, whose humility rejected all honors save some disciples, and built him a monastery in his valley, Saint-Gilles-du-Gard, which he placed under the Benedictine rule. Here Giles died in the early part of the eighth century, with the highest repute for sanctity and miracles.

[koralstratz]

Guys I'm not sure if this is OT or not but I'm sharing it anywayz



ANGEL ENCOUNTERS

Dr. Frank Oski's Angel Encounter

In Dr. Melvin Morse's book, Parting Visions, the following angel encounter is documented:

In my own research I have found angels to be an integral part of visions of all kinds. At least 50 percent of the children in my studies see "guardian angels" as a part of their near-death experience. I have also found that guardian angels lend their help at other times of crisis, when a person needs answers to bolster his or her flagging spirit.

Angels are reported under a variety of circumstances. Another report comes from Dr. Frank Oski, a professor of pediatrics under whom I trained at Johns Hopkins University. Oski is not a new-age guru. Rather he is a demanding pediatrician with an encyclopedic knowledge of medicine who insisted that his students come to the hospital having read the latest medical-journal articles. Yet to my great surprise Dr. Oski has been touched by the same mystical light described by people down through the ages who have had visions, including near-death experiences.

As a medical student Oski was enthusiastic about the potential of modern medicine, but frustrated by the fact that children die of congenital defects that are beyond anyone's control. One night he went to bed pondering the fate of a dying patient. Although he was doing his best, the child was not improving. He felt powerless to help and went to sleep wondering why this child had to die. About an hour after falling asleep Oski was awakened by a bright light, one that shone in his room like a private sun. Oski could make out the form of a woman in the glow of the intense light. She had wings on her back and was approximately twenty years old.

In a quiet and reassuring voice the woman explained to the speechless Oski why it was that children had to die.

"The angel (I don't know what else to call her) said that life is an endless cycle of improvements and that humans are not perfect yet. She said that most people have this secret revealed to them when they die, but that handicapped children often know this and endure their problems without complaining because they know that their burdens will pass. Some of these children, she said, have even been given the challenge of teaching the rest of us how to love. It stretches our own humanity to love a child who is less than perfect," said the angel. "And that is an important lesson for us."

Oski has been courageous enough to talk freely about his experience. He has even written about it for a major pediatric journal. In that article he wrote, "I will make no attempt to convince you as to the reality of my story. But I would merely ask that you keep an open mind on the mysteries of life which occur to you on a daily basis."

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

I firmly believed in ANGELS . Not that I am Catholic , not that they are found and mentioned in the bible a lot of times but because there are instances that I feel their presence both on my good and bad times .

[libraun]

I firmly believed in ANGELS . Not that I am Catholic , not that they are found and mentioned in the bible a lot of times but because there are instances that I feel their presence both on my good and bad times .

sakto gyud sir!