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Taal, Batangas: Nuestra Señora de Caysasay
Our Lady of Caysasay is a celebrated 17th century image of the Immaculate Conception. It was canonically crowned in 1954 and was later given the title the “Queen of the Archdiose of Lipa. It is said that a man named Juan Maningcad found this while he was casting his net in the nearby Pansipit River, as…
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God is Greater than my Heart
photo credit My Lord and my God, I have sinned. I have again succumbed to temptation and now I am enmeshed in guilt… I feel unworthy to be called Your child because I know just how many times I’ve been in a vicious cycle of I’m-sorry-forgive-me… My heart is heavy with this burden I carry…
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Ushering in 2013
As these fireworks light up the sky, I pray for the grace to be God’s bearer of light. Snapshots taken from last night’s New Year’s Eve coundown at Plantation Bay Resort and Spa. They’re actually from a 10-minute video shot using my Samsung Galaxy Note 2. I just captured bits and pieces from it then…
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My Freedom Versus God’s Will
photo credit I know I am created by God. Never for once have I doubted this. I know my life is His gift but growing up, I gradually but surely claimed it as my own. My mantra has always been the lines in William Ernest Henley’s Invictus that say, “I am the master of my…
Thoughts, Tales, and Whatnot 