tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671532156075987332024-03-13T18:44:03.194+08:00Random Thoughts and Musings on the Narrow RoadWillyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12887272682669742570noreply@blogger.comBlogger601125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267153215607598733.post-2474409256995341662016-02-26T19:52:00.000+08:002016-02-26T19:57:54.167+08:00Math teacher makes addition mistake. Hilarity ensuesHere is a funny (?) story my Grade-5 son related to me the other day.
So they had this live math contest in their classroom presided over by the math teacher. The teacher was adding up the points on the board and was adding 10 and 4, and inadvertently (or so) she wrote 17 as the result. Huh?
10+4 = 17 ?!?
As the pupils were glued to the results being written on the board - by their math WillyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12887272682669742570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267153215607598733.post-430868630749566272015-01-20T19:23:00.001+08:002015-01-20T19:23:50.917+08:00A question for which there is no answerIn the Old Testament we find Job asking the same quintessential question: "Why do His faithful never see His justice?"(Jb 24:1). The Psalmist likewise finds himself in a dejected state as he pleads: "Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and our oppression?" (Ps 44:24). In both cases there are no answers, and neither does Pope Francis have one when a 12-year old ex-street kid WillyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12887272682669742570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267153215607598733.post-20097664616116724572013-08-31T08:10:00.000+08:002013-09-01T22:22:32.473+08:00To space and beyond!OMGosh! Have you heard of this?
Mankind must abandon earth or face extinction!
LONDON—Mankind's only chance of long-term survival lies in colonizing space, as humans drain Earth of resources and face a terrifying array of new threats, warned British scientist Stephen Hawking on Monday…
"Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with ourWillyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12887272682669742570noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267153215607598733.post-71103796329148983032013-07-24T08:59:00.002+08:002013-07-25T12:30:38.983+08:00Dante's inferno in the year 2102<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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WillyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12887272682669742570noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267153215607598733.post-43299150901849104132013-05-05T17:02:00.001+08:002013-05-05T17:02:06.393+08:00Kay Mitos Magsaysay na!WillyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12887272682669742570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267153215607598733.post-54700372599468085082013-04-14T20:34:00.002+08:002013-04-14T20:34:55.075+08:00Kung gusto ng pagbabago, dapat bago!WillyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12887272682669742570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267153215607598733.post-78691526394095690522012-08-30T21:36:00.000+08:002012-08-31T07:54:36.789+08:00Bullying the bearer"gracious madam, I that do bring the news made not the match"
- messenger to Cleopatra in Henry IV, part 2 by William Shakespeare
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Sotto: Online critics can’t answer issues vs RH bill
MANILA, August 29, 2012–Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III on Wednesday hit back at his rabid online critics, saying they would rather do a demolition job on him than answer questions raised on theWillyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12887272682669742570noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267153215607598733.post-17919856306510940172012-02-25T20:00:00.003+08:002012-02-25T20:05:24.325+08:00Seeking JusticeSeeking Justice(real names withheld)Juancho is a man who has 3 daughters, aged 10, 5 and 3. He works as an IT staff at a large firm while his wife Dina stays home to mind the household. They have a house helper named Carla. He is also a leader in a Catholic Charismatic community, where their family's lives are centered upon. He is cheerful, always there to help others, a God-fearing person.He wasWillyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12887272682669742570noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267153215607598733.post-38355156419380002842012-01-23T18:49:00.001+08:002012-01-23T18:51:28.387+08:00“What do you mean by that word, ‘choice’”?LINKWillyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12887272682669742570noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267153215607598733.post-56816059883871865372011-12-19T21:47:00.005+08:002011-12-19T22:03:24.649+08:00Hitler Nabuang sa Hindi Pagpasa ng RH Bill Ngayong TaonRH Bill won't be passed this year: Hitler goes into a tantrum. LoL.Fact References:1. 350 pesos per hakot -- see Inquirer article: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/103857/no-delay-but-rh-bill-won%E2%80%99t-be-pas... -- The group scheduled the "peak" of its pro-RH rally for September and set aside P1,750,000 to organize a rally of "at least 5,000 people." Each participant was supposed to receive P350.WillyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12887272682669742570noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267153215607598733.post-44066069222901289552011-12-05T09:36:00.006+08:002011-12-05T11:59:34.578+08:00FOREIGN FUNDING TO PUSH RH BILL: No surprise here(Reposted from The Catholic Position on the RH Bill)What we've been saying all along: foreign money funds pro-RH activities A pro-lifer's speculation on what the people in this anti-Catholic protest might actually have been thinking.An article published on December 2 of this year by Philippine Daily Inquirer brought to a wider audience some of the details of a WillyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12887272682669742570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267153215607598733.post-38987303096267130782011-11-15T13:19:00.002+08:002011-11-15T19:43:36.262+08:00More on NFP-BOMFrom an upskill NFP-Billings Ovulation Method seminar I attended last Sunday, some bullet points:Correlating the signs and symptoms of fertility-new CYCLE commences-HYPOTHALAMUS produces GnRH, tells PITUITARY to produce FSH-reaching THRESHOLD for a few of the most sensitive FOLLICLES-these follicles begin their RAPID GROWTH PHASE-OESTROGEN is produced-FSH rises to INTERMEDIATE level, follicles WillyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12887272682669742570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267153215607598733.post-58798999475562442212011-10-27T10:10:00.003+08:002011-10-28T14:31:23.520+08:00The 2 o'clock duwende(A Halloween story)My wife and I were sleeping quite soundly one night and as usual our 2 year-old child Raphael lies sleeping between us on the bed as he used to. All of a sudden my child sits upright from bed, he was screaming in apparent fright. My wife and I were startled and realized Raphael was having a bad dream. He had this terrified look in his eyes. We hug him tight and reassured him WillyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12887272682669742570noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267153215607598733.post-19282471887803834532011-10-18T13:42:00.002+08:002011-10-18T13:45:23.516+08:00Porta Fidei[link]1. The “door of faith” (Acts 14:27) is always open for us, ushering us into the life of communion with God and offering entry into his Church. It is possible to cross that threshold when the word of God is proclaimed and the heart allows itself to be shaped by transforming grace. To enter through that door is to set out on a journey that lasts a lifetime. It begins with baptism (cf. Rom 6:4WillyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12887272682669742570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267153215607598733.post-35479203696884420852011-09-26T08:01:00.010+08:002011-09-26T11:38:03.756+08:00PNoy on same-sex marriages this timeDoes he understand?If one still has any doubts that the current sitting President, Benigno Aquino III Jr, has firmly decided to alienate himself from his Catholic identity, then his recent pronouncement should leave no more doubts. His defiant attitude towards the Church by his unabashed support of the RH bill is now firmly reinforced by his recent pronouncement in apparent support of same-sex WillyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12887272682669742570noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267153215607598733.post-64167272843793569362011-09-20T13:32:00.007+08:002011-09-20T13:46:55.948+08:00Family and Life Ministry Articles(draft articles for Q4 2011 Family and Life Ministry Newsletter)NFPRenato Manzano (brother Along to his many friends), once gave an NFP seminar on the Standard Days Method (SDM) to Family and Life Ministry coordinators at the Cubao Diocese formation center. Brother Along spiced his NFP lecture with many interesting and humorous anecdotes that made the short seminar entertaining as well as very WillyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12887272682669742570noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267153215607598733.post-12726725198498441982011-09-11T21:44:00.003+08:002011-09-11T21:49:56.239+08:00The ultimate Pro-RH Bill Combox Guide against ProlifersI LOL'ed at Matthew Archbold's post in NCR entitled "The Anti-Catholic's Guide to Catholic Comboxes". It gave me an idea to come up with a Top 10 List to guide Pro-RH Bill advocates in haranguing prolifers in the comboxes. Here goesThe ultimate Pro-RH Bill Combox Guide against Prolifers10. Let the women decide for their own bodies, don't worry we are indoctrinating them.9. What outdated views youWillyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12887272682669742570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267153215607598733.post-9917424903205764992011-08-25T21:39:00.007+08:002011-08-25T22:49:08.094+08:00F4L: Akbayan’s tirade vs. Sotto unfair, out of context, narrow-mindedMaybe Senator Tito Sotto just wants to echo Mark Twain, but that is just my hunch.
Anyway...
ProLife advocacy group FilipinosForLife reacts (rightly so) by assailing the vitriol directed at Senator Tito Sotto for his interpellation of the sponsors of the RH bill in the Senate. Here goes...
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FILIPINOS FOR LIFE OFFICIAL STATEMENT:
Akbayan’s tirade vs. Sotto unfair, out of context, narrow-mindedWillyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12887272682669742570noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267153215607598733.post-957374199494570262011-08-23T21:45:00.005+08:002011-08-23T21:54:12.634+08:00Senators argue inconclusively over when and where life beginsSenators argue inconclusively over when and where life begins
At least the tone has been set in the first session of the Senate interpellation on the RH bill. Senators Sotto, Enrile, Recto amd even Senator Lacson emphasized the primary importance of determining when life begins as a crucial point in the deliberation of the bill. Needless to say, the fate of the RH bill in the Senate rests on WillyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12887272682669742570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267153215607598733.post-47205593418458727522011-08-18T14:20:00.013+08:002011-08-19T23:39:46.207+08:00Senator Santiago's "constitutional" follow-up to her "encyclical"Miriam's "constitutional" follow-up to her "encyclical"
The Reproductive Health Act (Sponsorship speech part 2)
The meat of Senator Miriam Santiago's RH Sponsorship speech (Parts 2 and 3) rests in claiming that the enactment of the RH bill will enjoy a presumption of constitutionality. According to her since there is no clear constitutional prohibition, the passage of the bill would amount to aWillyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12887272682669742570noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267153215607598733.post-10878266810495267382011-08-12T09:38:00.009+08:002011-08-12T11:08:15.008+08:00Complaint vs CCP filed by Ang Kapatiran Party ChairComplaint vs CCP filed by Ang Kapatiran Party Chair Manuel Dayrit
...for violation of Article 201 of the Revised Penal Code, among others...
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(PILGRIM BROTHERS OF ST. FRANCIS)
THE MODERATOR GENERAL
REFLECTION REGARDING THE CONTROVERSIAL EXHIBIT “KULO”AT THE CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES
I am writing this reflection as a response to Dr. Florangel Braid’s observations on the forum which occurred shortly after the CCP Executive Board Meeting on Friday, August 5, 2011, convened by Dr. WillyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12887272682669742570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267153215607598733.post-78026944922461113362011-08-09T08:23:00.004+08:002011-08-09T09:20:31.559+08:00"filthy rich Church" ???Or is it filthy rich imagination?
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More on the myth of the "filthy rich Church"
(reposted from The Catholic Position on the RH Bill)
Several weeks ago, the blog Adbokasiya published an interesting email thread / discussion regarding Elizabeth Angsioco's notorious screed on the Church's supposed wealth:
On the Church of the Poor Issue - further comments on the Church of the poor.
The thread WillyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12887272682669742570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267153215607598733.post-71130453885939808302011-08-08T11:24:00.012+08:002011-08-08T14:43:46.058+08:00Artists defend controversial exhibition, Palace refuses to commentThe Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP) has rallied behind artist Mideo Cruz, whose work Poleteismo has become the subject of criticism by Catholic groups. According to the group the condemnation of art exhibit of Jesus mixed with symbols of pop culture "smacks of religious fascism".
“We believe … that this demand to suppress the show smacks of the religious fascism of the friars … and isWillyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12887272682669742570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267153215607598733.post-29478762647017533502011-08-02T12:24:00.022+08:002011-08-02T16:50:41.475+08:00Miriam's "encyclical": The primacy of conscience says the RH bill is great and all the Popes were wrong after allSenator Miriam Santiago delivers Part 1 of her sponsorship speech of the Senate version of the RH bill.In so many words, Santiago attempts here to justify her dissent of a key teaching of the Catholic Church. Mainly, she cites the primacy of conscience as the primary justification for her support of artificial contraceptives.She hinges her dissent on a "historically conditioned", "liberal WillyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12887272682669742570noreply@blogger.com3