Healing the Old with the Renewing Love of Jesus this New Year

I welcome 2009 with a prayer written and composed by Rev. Fr. Manoling Francisco, S.J. and interpreted by Bukas Palad Ministry. The melody and the message are quite moving but do not drive me to overemotionalism. Healing is what we all need, after all. We need to be healed from the pain caused by various hurts from people and events around us. People who hurt other people are people who have been hurt themselves and are hurting still. I own up to pain, layers of pain piled on through years of being hurt and hurting in return. This is one vicious cycle that needs to stop. If you find yourself hurting someone, think back. Recall what and who may have caused the pain and pray for the gift of forgiveness and healing. Only Jesus can take away the pain of a troubled past even if it was repressed or consciously forgotten. Pray to Jesus now with me even if the person that you are hurting most is yourself. Heal the past with the renewing power of Jesus' love. Happy New Year!!!

Isang magandang pagsalubong sa Bagong Taon!!! Susubukan ko lang pong isalin sa Ingles ang napakagandang awiting ito.



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O HESUS, HILUMIN MO (OH, JESUS, HEAL)

O Hesus, hilumin Mo
(Oh, Jesus, heal)
Aking sugatang puso
(My wounded heart)
Ng aking mahango
(So I can redeem)
Kap'wa ko kasimbigo.
(My equally wounded neighbor.)

Hapis at pait
(Sorrow and bitterness)
Iyong patamisin
(May You sweeten)
At hagkan ang sakit
(And kiss my suffering)
Nang magningas ang rikit
(To enkindle its beauty even more)

O, Hesus, hilumin Mo
(Oh, Jesus, heal)
Aking sugatang puso
(My wounded heart)
Ng aking mahango
(So I can redeem)
Kap'wa ko kasimbigo.
(My equally wounded neighbor.)

Aking sugatang
(My wounded)
Diwa't katawan
(Spirit and body)
Ay gawing daan
(May You use as instruments)
Ng 'Yong kaligtasan.
(Of Your salvation.)

O, Hesus, hilumin Mo
(Oh, Jesus, heal)
Aking sugatang puso
(My wounded heart)
Ng aking mahango
(So I can redeem)
Kap'wa ko kasimbigo.
(My equally wounded neighbor.)

Originally written on Dec. 31, 2008 at 9:12 pm

What makes you proud to be Pinoy?

It is the fact that the Pinoy is a lover of the homeland and his patrimony and never is that quality more pronounced than when he is suffering from homesickness while in a land faraway - thinking of the family he left behind, lutong-bahay, his barkada, the free expression of his faith, and the wonderfully long Christmases - in spite of the wads of dollar bills in his pocket or the snowflakes on his face or of hobnobbing with the rich and famous, or the glitter and glamour that can only be found while working in the richer countries of the world, and last but not least, in spite of the feeling of having seen and experienced all that the world has to offer.

http://pinoycentric.com/2008/12/08/contest-pinoycentric-and-avalon-moleskine-giveaways/

Originally written on Dec. 13, 2008 at 10:07 am