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Guidelines for Prayer God wants you to be holy Prayer: Since you are Gods dear children, you

u must try to be like Him. our life must be controlled by lo!e, "ust as #hrist lo!ed us and $a!e His life for us as a sweet%smellin$ offerin$ and sacrifice that &leases God. '&h (:) *aayon$ $abii sa tanan. +umusta naman mo, +umusta an$ - rd .ational 'ncounter sa /a$aytay sa m$a nan$adto, 'n"oy ba mo, 0 am 1uite sure you en"oyed because you were fed with the 2ord of God. /his 2ord of God which we belie!e in na maoy $atulod kanato &ara ma$san$yaw. 2e belie!e, therefore we s&oke. 3ast week, si +hem na$too therefore na$storya sya dire sa atuban$an. 4nsay iyan$ $i storya, He s&oke about the best way to feed others which is by doin$ the mission. 0n$on siya, we must &reach without fear, and that was what he "ust did. .aalaan $yud si +hem sa akon$ $i in!ite na seminarian. .an$utana akon$ $i in!ite kun$ first year sa theolo$y ba daw siya. 5ur &reachin$ s&eaks about our God who $i!es us the ca&acity to feed. +hem said, Prayer is my best wea&on to &reach. /inood, ni &reach si +hem na walay kahadlok last 6riday. *aybe at that !ery hour na na$ &reach si +hem dire sa atuban$an, naa namo sa ero&lano $oin$ to *anila, for some of you "oinin$ the national encounter. ou were &robably -7,777 feet abo!e $round. How about you at that moment, .akabati ba mo kahadlok, .a$ muni%muni ba mo na at that moment you were about to cross from *indanao to 3u8on. our &reachin$ $round has widened its hori8ons. 2hat am 0 $oin$ to say when 0 &reach, So ma$ ta$alo$ na ako ma$ &reach kase nandito na ako sa manila, 5r sa amo sab dire. Gamay ra $yud an$ ni a&il sa S52 durin$ that 6riday. .aka &an$utana ba kaha ta, unsay akon$ in$on sa atuban$an &a storyahon ko sa sharin$, Gamay ra raba mi, sure ko one by one sharin$ in a bi$ $rou& "ud ni. 6or me, fear is normal. +ay kinsa dili man$uro$ ma$ $uidelines sa atuban$an no, 5r kinsa dili ma tense i&a share kun$ tanan mata ni&ilit sa imo $ahulat sa imon$ m$a &ulon$, Pero nasabtan nato that we need to s&eak, to announce to the world what we belie!e, &ara ma&ukaw sa ato%a an$ kinabuhi sa &a$ka santos. +itan$ tanan $iha$it sa Ginoo na mu&uyo anin$ kinabuhi na balaan. Sa ) Peter ):)9 $i%in$nan ta niya, :e holy because 0 am holy. +ami ni ;l!in ba, naa mi secret ba$%o lan$. .aa $yud mi secret dream. +abalo mo unsa, Pan$utan%a ko unsa, ;$ain, a$ain... unsa, *$a chismoso diay mo. :itaw, $usto mi mahimo o$ santos. <i diay mo $anahan masantos, <i mo malan$it. St. 'sther, St. 0!y #harisse... kanindot ra &aminawon. 4nsa $ani aton$ $i celebrate karon .o!ember ), ;ll Saints <ay= ;n$ m$a saints ba, nasantos kaha sila kun$ wala sila na$ antos, <ili $yud tin$ali no, *ao na$ a celebrate to o$ ;ll Saints <ay to $i!e reco$nition to those &eo&le who were once &il$rims like us, who suffered like us and because of their endurance of all the sufferin$s &resented to them, they became holy. 2hat is bein$ holy, H%5%3% in$on sa usa ka >%year old na bata na akon$ $i inter!iew. 2hile &re&arin$ this $uidelines, 0 was &onderin$ what holiness means. .akita nako nin$ bata sa $lass outside our office, nan$ihi sya sa bowl na ba$%on$ &inalit sa ta$%iya.. &ero wala &a na install sa #?. 0yan$ mama kay busy &a man na$ submit o$ re1uirements so wa kabantay. ;kon$ $i adto%an an$ bata. 0n$on ko ;$uy= <ili &wede man$ihi diha= .akurat si$uro siya, in$on siya what the holy cow= So nan$utana ko niya, unsay holy beh, 0n$on siya H%5%3% . ou are a

$ood s&eller but what is holy, 0 did not say s&ell holy. :lessed= .alin$aw ko sa iya. So, $i in$nan nako akon$ kauban sa office. 0n$on akon$ co%teacher, 6or me, bein$ holy is a state of su&er%e@istenceA its more than human. 0 used to think that also. 0 used to think that bein$ holy is somethin$ associated to &urity and $enuine $oodness. +aton$ dose anyos &ako, akon$ &a$sabot sa akon$ tita n$a nisulod sa &a$ka madre, mahimo na sya buotan kaayo na dili na sya masuko, dili na sya ma ulit. ;ll that she will be ca&able of is &ure $oodness, in short in my mind, she is $oin$ to become holy. 0 remember, katon$ na$ away iyan$ m$a ma$ulan$, 0 saw a side of her which chan$ed my mind. *aski sya an$ &inakaman$hod, kita nako siya suko kaayo siya sa ilan$ tanan. /hen katon$ dako dako nako, ako siyan$ $i&an$utna n$ano suko kaayo siya adto na time. 0n$on siya, usahay we can demonstrate lo!e with firmness as lon$ as it is ali$ned to what God wants. 0 will ne!er for$et that time kay iyan$ $i em&hasi8e sa ako na mas labaw daw ka im&ortante an$ relationshi& and family than &ro&erties and &ossessions. ;nd truly, nakita nako unsa an$ m$a butan$ na iyan$ $i sakri&isyo sa iyan$ kinabuhi na &ara sa uban, could ha!e been worth kee&in$. .akita nako iyan$ m$a awards when she was still in school: /hes&ian of the year, :est in ;rts. <a$han man &ud daw na ibo$ niya na m$a cats kaniadto in$on sa akon$ mama. .$ano siya na$ madre when she could ha!e li!ed a !ery &romisin$ life, :ecause she is holy. Holiness is bein$ connected with God. /o be holy is to be ha&&y and to be thankful of the many $ifts one recei!es. /o be holy is makin$ our heart and mind matchin$ with that of #hrist in order to li!e with Him and be like Him. 5ur identity is to become holy because our creator is holy. God wanted us to li!e a holy life formed, sha&ed, and $uided by the Holy S&irit. 2hy does He want for us to li!e this kind of holy life, :ecause God wants us to be ha&&y. 'hhh tuo ko nimo, ;yaw= Para di ta maha$o tanan, &ara din a maha$o aton$ kinabuhi. Sure ko kabalo namo anin$ akon$ i&an$ in$on. <i ba kabalo nata tanan ani na m$a truths, 2e already know. 2e know that Besus cares for us. Besus wants us to be free. Besus wants us to be where we should be.. in His "oy. 2e know these truths. et, we sometimes e1uate oursel!es, we e1uate the lo!e of God to the many &roblems that we ha!e, to the situations we are in, to our challen$es and ine1uities. /o the e@tent of diminishin$ our di$nity, we tell oursel!es we are unworthy. /an%awa ra $ud nin$ tawo na &uno o$ &roblema.. $wa&a kaayo $a mu$%ot an$ nawon$. +ay n$ano man, .a alkansi ko, di ni mahimo. 2a ko $ibayran sa nan$utan$ nako. *aayo lan$ man$utan$ di kamao mu bayad...where is our di$nity, 2a ko kako&ya sa e@am, akon$ tu&ad wala na$ tuon= .aba$sak akon$ tu&ad. ;sa naman aton$ identity, 2e know that we are children of God but we e1uate our belief with the &etty sufferin$s that we ha!e. .a$ away mi sa akon$ boyfriend. Gibula$an ko niya. .a$ away mi sa akon$ $irlfriend kay wa siya ni an$ay sa akon$ tu&i $ibuwa$an ko niya. 2e diminish oursel!es to the circumstances that we are in. 2ala $yud koy ayo na tao oy. 2ala $yud na$ &alan$$a nako. *$a i$soon, you are not what you say to yourself in your head, when you are ha!in$ a bad day. ou are not what others say about you. ou are what God says you are. He says in '&hesians (:) ou are my dearly belo!ed child. ;nd He said further in /hessalonians C:-, 0 want you to be holy because 0 am holy. God wants us to be holy. Gods desire for all of us has oftentimes been misunderstood. /he word holy is e!en used abusi!ely. *$a bata

man $ani maayo na kaayo mu in$on holy cow= Hinoon mura ta o$ m$a balaan na m$a manana& usahay. *aayo ta man$a"i, maayo kaayo ta mu or$ani8e o$ m$a retreats, maayo kaayo ta ma$ rosary a&an usahay taman ra diha. 2e are holy animals when we are not connected to the source of holiness, God Himself. <i ba naa man kanta ana, :anal na aso, santon$ kabayo... +aron lan$ semanaha, na$sakay ko o$ "ee& &ain$on sa trabaho. .ahunon$ lan$ kali tan$ dri!er tun$od ka yan$ motor na na$sunod namo natumba. .akurat min$ tanan kay kuso$ an$ tin$o$ &a$ka hu$no niya. .ani$uro &ud an$ dri!er sa "ee& na amon$ $isakyan wala na unsa iyan$ sakyanan so nihunon$ &a ka"ot unya nadun$$an namo an$ dri!er sa motor. Suko kaayo sya sa dri!er sa !an na na$sunod niya kay $iban$$aan siya. Sa wala &a na nanao$ an$ dri!er sa !an, si$e sya sin$$it sa dalan, *ao nan$ resulta sa te@t te@t= .ao$ diha= 4nya $i nao$ ton$ naa sa !an, dili cell&hone iyan$ bitbit kun$ dili rosaryohan. .isin$$it &ud siya balos sa dri!er sa motor, /e@t te@t ka karon= :uan$ ka man diay= 0n$on ton$ akon$ m$a tu&ad, Siya &ay nakaban$$a, siya &ay nasuko. .a$%am&o man kaha sya= 5ur holiness is not measured by how many &rayers we ha!e said or how many times we ha!e &reached, it is $au$ed by how much we listened to God in those &rayers and &reachin$. <id we listen enou$h to do what He told us to do, 5r are we tem&ted to do thin$s our own way, 5ne time, $abii na kaayo katul$on na kaayo ko $usto &a ma$&a luto si /onton. 0 was so tem&ted to slee& kay huna huna nako sayo &ako &a$ka u$ma kay trabaho &a.Sem break man $ud nila /onton unya naka mention &ud si ;l!in na wala syay schedule sa bukid. .a$ba$ulbol $yud ko, +a&oy na kaayo ko $ikan sa trabaho, katul$on na kaayo ko. *aayo mo diha dili mo ma$sayo trabaho u$ma. So $ikatul$an $yud nako sila. 2ala koy &akialam kun$ nakakaon ba akon$ anak aton$ $abi%ona na $i$utom siya. Pa$kabuta$, nasan$$uyan nako an$ &aa ni ;l!in, nisin$$it siya kay sakit daw iyan$ kalawasan. ;yha &a nako nabaw%an na nama%ol diay tawon akon$ bana kay na$basok sa farm. ;nd to think, andam na akon$ &amahaw, i$o na lan$ ko muka%on. Pero wala nako sya nadun$$an na$ ba$utbot o na$&adun$o$ dun$o$ sa iyan$ m$a kasakit. 0 understood from the sacrifices of my husband that sufferin$ is a measure of his lo!e for us. /o suffer for the sake of our lo!ed%ones is to suffer for #hrist. Sufferin$ is a &ri!ile$e. 0t is throu$h sufferin$ in silence that $i!es us new &ers&ecti!e in life. 2ala $yud siya na tintal maki&a$ contest sa akon$ m$a com&laints. Pwede baya unta sya mu in$on, Dkun$ $ika&oy ka sa imon$ trabaho, labaw nako= ;s *other of /eresa of #alcutta said, 2hat is the use of $rumblin$ when you suffer for #hrist, /ood no, n$ano ma$ ba$ulbol man ta kun$ dili man &ara sa aton$ kau$alin$on an$ &a$ antos, 2e suffer for #hrist. +uyawa ba, 2hat is the difference between sufferin$ for oursel!es and sufferin$ for #hrist, 0n faith, we say 0t is the same. 0n belie!in$ Gods words in Galatians E:E7, we can sincerely say, it is not 0 who suffers but #hrist who li!es in me. Sufferin$ is our identification with Besus. /hats why we can say that to suffer is such a &ri!ile$e. ;n$ay &a $ani ta ma$uol kun$ walay &a$ antos, mabalaka man sab ta na walay &a$ antos kay basin dili ta ma santos.

+a$abii, na$ awas an$ tubi$ sa amon$ lababo. Gi ayo ni ;l!in kay barado. So didto na lan$ ko sa amon$ #? na$hu$as m$a &lato. ;nd sometimes we are like that of a clo$$ed faucet. :arado aton$ followin$. :arado aton$ disci&leshi&. /he whis&ers of the world hinders us from listenin$ to the !oice of God. 2e are li!in$ in a world full of entertainment and !anities that fall us a&art from li!in$ a holy life. /he !oice of the world has so many thin$s to offer. *ost often, we recei!e the offers of the world. :e careful, these worldly desires se&arate us from the lo!e of God. 6ame, money, self%im&ortance, &hysical beauty, skills, intelli$ence etc. /hese are the false &ro&hets of our time. 5$ ka lami kaayo ni sila i%let $o. +a lami kaayo. /hese are the desires that is &resented to us by the world, but these are also the desires that alienates us from God. 2e too succumb to these attractions. Pa$ sure oy, disci&le ko.. succumb to sin, 3a8iness, stubbornness, "ustification, com&lacency. Pa$kata&ol.. kun$ 6: dili ka&oyon, ma$ duka duka na dayon kun$ ma$ am&o.. unya na lan$ ko ma$ &ray.. tin$bon na ln$ nako.. ma$ a&il bitaw ko S52 sa 6riday. Stubbornness, kanin$ &a$ka $ahi ulo ba. 6ormation sa Sunday, ay naa koy re&ort di ko kaadto. 2e ha!e so many e@cuses. Stubborn. 2e fail to listen what is $ood for us. #om&lacency. ;w, disci&le ko.. kabalo ko ana. 0 know that. Si$e ko o$ &ray, c$e mi hata$ recollections and retreats. 6amiliarity. +um&yansa ra kaayo. +abalo ko ana tanan. ;sk me, 0 know all that. :e careful. *ura na sya o$ faucet &i&e, hinay hinay na$ka bara an$ nati$om na m$a sa$bot diha. 2e need to unclo$ the sa$bot so our water can flow smoothly a$ain. So our water can be &ure and holy a$ain. '!eryday we need to $o back to the source of holiness to be holy a$ain. 2e need to nurture this holiness in us throu$h daily &rayer, and li!in$ out this &rayer. ou know, ;l!in and 0 "ust celebrated our )( th year anni!ersary last week. ;nd 0 remember the words which were &rinted in our in!itation cards when we $ot married. ;koy ni&ili adto na wordin$s. 0n$on didto, ;nd now our dreams are to be fulfilled. ; dream we both lon$ed and &rayed for% to be to$ether as ha!in$ one ho&e, one dream, one future= :ut e!ersince 0 $ot married a$ain with the 3ord last E77F 5nly 3o!e is the ?eason encounter, 0 had to re&hrase those words. 0ns&ired with Ber EG:)), 0 thou$ht our weddin$ should be a renewal of lo!e e!eryday because only God knows His &lans for us, no matter how carefully &lanned our &lans are. So, an$ amon$ in!itation card $i kus&aw na sa ka daan, but there is always newness in the words that God $a!e us. God said to us, ;nd now *y dreams are to be fulfilled for you. 0n my &rayer, 0 re&lied, /inood $yud ka 3ord, kay you are our new ho&e, new dream, and new future. 2e ha!e to renew our lo!e with God e!eryday. '!ery &rayer, there is always newness and freshness. Haaay= Sa )( years na na$ uban mi ni ;l!in, ma$hilak an$ tui$ kun$ walay &roblema mu abot. 5!er the years, na$ba$yo an$ m$a &roblema. ;nd in the first few years in our married life, lami na kaayo mu surrender sa m$a &roblema. +un$ &wede, mu in$on /ama na, sobra na= :ut as we later disco!ered the lo!e of God throu$h Herbum <ei, mao nay man$ita o$ &roblema ba. 2alay &roblema diha, 0n &roblems, we disco!er the $ift that comes with it. <o you a$ree, 0n E #or )E:G, *y child, *y $race is all you need. 2e disco!er our limitations when we e@&erience &roblems. /hats why we clin$ to God when were full of &roblems. 2e reali8e God is our stren$th when we are weak. *ao nan$ katon$ ni anhi karon$ $abi%ona kay nan$ita o$ solusyon sa ilan$ &roblema, you came to the ri$ht &lace. /his is the Herbum <ei Hos&ital and Besus is our doctor, and He is always 0. ECI>.

5ne attitude thou$h that saints &ossess to kee& their connection with God is acce&tin$ with humility their &li$ht. /hey knew they are bi$$er than their &roblems. +insa $ud walay &roblema dire, /hey knew there is someone hel&in$ them with their &roblems. 2e are in!ited to ha!e that attitude toni$ht. 2e are all encoura$ed to &ray more and more. /o listen to God who is our stren$th to carry out our crosses with all humility and obedience to His will. /hrou$h this, we allow oursel!es to hel& Besus carry His cross at the same time allow Besus to carry our cross. Humble acce&tance and obedience to God. Pasabot ba ani, si$e lan$ ta follow and follow. *ura ta o$ robot, 5ne time, 0 was discernin$ about a decision that 0 need to make. 0n my &rayer, God had many thin$s to say to me but, at the end, 0 do not know which decision e@actly do 0 need to choose. ;nd 0 asked Him e@actly that, 3ord, why does it ha!e to be mind%bo$$lin$, 2hy are your answers need analy8in$, 0f you could say it to me strai$htforward, ;n$el, mao ni imon$ buhaton. /hen life would be less com&licated. ;nd you know, His messa$e to me was so beautiful. God said to me, /rue faith flowers from and throu$h doubt. 0f you ne!er 1uestioned your beliefs, %you are "ust a &u&&et dancin$ to somebodyJs strin$s. 0f 0 had wanted your mindless obedience, you wouldJ!e been created without a mind and without free will. :ut you ha!e both so you can come to *e to your own accord. Bust look at the li!es of saints, %most of them had $one throu$h a dark ni$ht of the soul, and thatJs why their faith was so stron$. /he &ath to true faith always $oes throu$h doubt. So ask those 1uestions youJ!e always been afraid to ask, and find the answers, and then your faith will become unshakable.K 0f theres one thin$ 0 learned from that &rayer, it is obedience is not blind. ;nd 0 reali8ed humility is not to follow only. :ut to follow somethin$ that the other is askin$ of you e!en if you do not understand what He wants you to do, but still you do it, that is trust and obedience. How about you, Ha!e you asked those 1uestions to God you!e always been so afraid to ask Him, <id you 1uestion the thin$s God wanted you to do and yet at the end, you followed, Gusto ba mo mali&ay, <o you want to ha!e B5 , 2hat a "oy for us to find God. 0n$on ton$ na$hata$ sa *usuan sa talk na 'ternal 3ife, the meanin$ of B5 is Besus, others, and you. 2ow, mura$ sim&le ra kaayo na formula to be ha&&y no, /ulo ra ka ste&s. Besus, 5thers, and you. :ut come to think of it, mawala an$ tanan. *ulabay ra an$ tanan. 2hat is left at the end of the day is our relationshi&. 5ur relationshi& with Besus and others. /omorrow is ;ll Souls <ay and it is time to remember the souls who are still in the &rocess of &urification. ;dton$ ni a$i na adlaw ba, $ita$aan ko sa akon$ mama o$ sobre sa simbahan. 0%lista daw nako tanan m$a &atay &ara mahulo$ an$ sobre sa simbahan &ara ma&an$a"ian. .aka huna huna ko ba. *amatay ko &uhon, naa ba kahay makadumdom o$ &ray nako, 0t is tantamount to askin$, +aron$ buhi &ako, ha!e 0 in!ested my life to relationshi&s instead of in!estin$ to material thin$s, ;ll Souls <ay is a reminder for all of us to in!est on thin$s in hea!en and not thin$s here on earth. 5ur lo!e for others is one of those in!estments, na maski buhi &a ta, others &ray for us. 2ho would think that intensity C na earth1uake dire sa #a$ayan de 5ro, naay na$ am&o sa ato didto sa #olombia that we all remain safe. Si .oel, masabtan nato kun$ ma$ si$e o$ kulit sa ato o$ S< katon$ naa &a sya dire sa #<5. Pero, naa na sya sa *edellin, 0m sure busy &ud sya didto o$ da$han na &ud tin$ali iyan$ $a S< han didto kay maayo na man sya mu S&anish. :ut he continues to email, remindin$ ;l!in and 0 to be faithful

to our &rayer and &ro"ect of life. 0t is so nice to know n$a there are &eo&le who are like mothers to us, &rayin$ for us and hel&in$ us remain connected to God. 0f here in this world, we are accom&anied by mothers to hel& us, how much more our own s&iritual mother, mama *ary, *ama *ary &lays an im&ortant role in our li!es because she leads us to the &ath of holiness. She is our $reatest inheritance from Besus. So, the in!itation for us toni$ht is to collaborate with the Holy S&irit and *ama *ary to fi@ our eyes to Besus. 2hen we focus oursel!es to Besus, we are one with Him in achie!in$ sanctity for oursel!es and for others. /he &assa$es we can &ray are: '&hesians (:)%E #or )E:G ) /hessalonians C:-

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