VERBO o LOGOS, Diyos? O Isang Panukala / Plano?

Habang NIYUYURAKAN ng mga kaanib ng Iglesia Ni Cristo® na TATAG ni Felix Y. Manalo noong 1914 ang PANGINOONG JESUCRISTO, tayo namang mga TUNAY na kaanib sa TUNAY na IGLESIA ay NAGTATANGOL ukol sa katuruan ng mga Apostol sa PAGKA-DIYOS ni Cristo kahit na siya ay NASA ANYONG LAMAN.

Para sa mga INC™, ang LOGOS o VERBO raw ay ISANG PANUKALA o PLANO na nasa ISIP pa lamang daw ng DIYOS (Ama).

"Ang aral bang ito ng Biblia na magkakaroon ng cristo na sa pasimula'y balak, panukala o plano pa lamang ng Diyos ay sinasang-ayunan maging ng mga nagtuturong si cristo ay Diyos, gaya ng Iglesia Katolika? Ganito ang sinasabi ng isang Aklat Katoliko na pinamagatang: The teaching of Christ: A Catholic Catechism for adults, Page 74

: Si cristo ay sadyang inilalarawan mula pa sa kasaysayan ng pasimula ng tao.'...' Si Cristo na siyang magtitipon sa lahat ng anak ng Diyos sa pamamagitan ng pagkakaisa sa kaniyang mistikal na katawan, na ito ay ang Iglesia, ay Siyang " Panganay sa lahat ng nilalang" (Colosas 1:15).' '... Si Cristo ang tiyak na una sa banal na plano.!!

Tinatanggap maging ng mga awtoridad Katoliko na si Cristo ay una sa banal na plano o panukala ng Diyos upang maging panganay sa lahat ng nilalang tulad ng isinasaad sa Colosas 1:15. Samakatuwid, wala pang cristo sa pasimula pa lamang kundi plano, balak, o nasa isip pa lamang siya ng Diyos, Kaya sinasabi sa unang sugnay (clause) ng Juan 1:1 na , " Sa pasimula ay ang salita" (NPV)

' At ang salita ay sumasa Diyos.'

Paano ang wastong pag-unawa sa sinasabi ni Apostol Juan sa pangalawang sugnay ng Juan 1:1 na '' At ang salita ay sumasa Diyos''? Ihambing natin ito sa itinuturo ng Biblia na sa pasimula pa lamang o bago pa lalangin ang daigdig, ang Panginoong Jesucristo ay nasa isip na ng panginoong Diyos. Ito ang pinatutunayan ni Apostol Pedro sa kaniyang sulat sa 1 Pedro 1:20:

'Nasa isip na siya ng Diyos bago pa lalangin ang daigdig ngunit ipinakilala siya ngayong huling panahon dahil sa inyo.' (Salin ni Juan Trinidad)"

HINDI po ikinakaila ng Iglesia Katolika na TOTOONG TAO ang Panginoong Jesus. Ngunit ang kanyang KALAGAYAN sa anyong PAGKA-TAO ay HINDI po nangangahulugang HINDI SIYA DIYOS. HINDI po NAGTATAPOS ang pagka-DIYOS niya noong SIYA ay NAGKATAWANG-TAO. Bagkos, ayon sa BIBLIA ang CRISTO ay VERBO at ang VERBO ay DIYOS at angVERBO ay TUMAHAN sa GITNA natin bilang ISANG TAO. HINDI po isang PLANO lamang o PANUKALA ang PANGINOONG JESUS tulad ng BALUKTOT na UNAWA ng mga BULAANG mangangaral na SANAY MANDAYA at MAGSINUNGALING!

Ano ba ang isang PLANO o PANUKALA?

Ayon sa mga INC™ ang plano ay NASA ISIPAN pa lamang. Ibig sabihinm, ang plano ay HINDI PA UMIIRAL at WALA itong kakayahang o kapangyarihan sapagkat ito ay nasa ISIPAN pa lamang ng NAG-IISIP o nang NAGPA-PLANO.

In other words, ang PLANO o PANUKALA ay NON-EXISTENT being. sapagkat HINDI PA ITO NAHAHAYAG labas sa isipan ng nag-iisip o sa wikang Ingles ay it cannot independently exist outside the thoughts of a conscious being.

Kaya't kung susundin lamang natin ang argumento ng mga mangangaral ng INC™, eh malamang mapapaniwala nila tayo PLANO o PANUKALA nga lang naman ang Verbo, Logos o ang Salitang tinutukoy ni Apostol San Juan.

BIBLIA vs BIBLIA (Salin vs Salin)

Sakit na ito ng mga mgangaral na INC™.  Mahilig silang GUMAMIT ng mga TALATA ng BILIA LABAN sa isa pang talata ng Biblia. (Dito niyo makikita ang classical argument ng mga mangangaral na INC™, Biblia laban sa Biblia. Binababoy nila ang Salita ng Diyos.)

Minsan pa nga, ginagamit nila ang iba pang mga heretical versions kapag makita nila roong PABOR sa kanila ang salin (kahit alam nilang ang pagsasalin nito ay hindi na tapat sa orihinal na pakahulugan nito.)

Halimbawa, ang kanilang DOKTRINA na DALAWA ANG PANGINOON. Kapag tinanong sila kung saan sa Biblia NAHAHAYAG na may 'dalawang Panginoon' na DAPAT SAMBAHIN, ang ituturo sa iyong talata ay ang FILIPOS 2:9 na nagsasaad ng PAGDADAKILA sa PANGALAN ni JESUS. 

Saan doon sa Filipos 2:9 ang salitang 'DALAWA ANG PANGINOON"? Wala po tayong mababasa sa Biblia mula sa Lumang Tipan hanggang sa Bagong Tipan na 'Dalawa' ang Panginoon at PAREHONG SINASAMBA.

Ang hindi napapansin ng mga NAG-SUSURI ay mayroon silang PILIT IKINUBLI sa talatang ito. Ang TALATA 6-8 ng Filipos 2.

Kahit taglay niya ang kalikasan ng Diyos,
hindi niya ipinagpilitang manatiling kapantay ng Diyos.

Sa halip, kusa niyang binitawan ang pagiging kapantay ng Diyos,
at namuhay na isang alipin.
Ipinanganak siya bilang tao.
At nang siya'y maging tao,

nagpakumbaba siya at naging masunurin hanggang kamatayan,
maging ito man ay kamatayan sa krus.

Ayon sa FILIPOS 2, si CRISTO AY MAY KATANGIAN NG DIYOS ngunit HINDI niya pinagpilitan ito, bagkos PINILI niya (kanyang sariling desisyon) na IPAPANGANAK BILANG TAO..

Kaya siya DINADAKILA ng DIYOS (Ama).. iyan po ang nasa Talata 9 ng Filipos 2.

 So kung Diyos ang Ama at Diyos din ang VERBO, ibig sabihin eh dalawa ang Diyos sa lagay na 'yan? Sa isang INC™ na halos 1914 lang umiral ang katuruan, mauunawaan natin kung bakit ganito ang kanilang aral.

Ngunit alam natin na TWISTED ang kanilang Theology dahil ALAM nating IISA ANG DIYOS at IISA rin ang PANGINOON.  Sa totoo lang, ang talatang iyan ay NAGPAPATUNAY lamang na ang pagiging-PANGINOON ni Cristo at ng DIYOS AMA ay IISA (Juan 10:30)

"Ako at ang Ama ay IISA."

Di tulad ng mga INC™, hindi ito sinalungat sa anumang aral ninuman sa mga apostol. Bagkus ito ay SINANG-AYUNAN pa ni APOSTOL SAN PABLO sa kanyang sulat sa mga taga-EFESO (4:5-6) noong sinabi niyang may IISANG-DIYOS at IISANG PANGINOON.

"Mayroong IISANG PANGINOON, isang pananampalataya, isang bawtismo. Mayroong IISANG DIYOS at Ama ng lahat..."

Malinaw po. HINDI po sinasang-ayunan ng Bibla ang pagkakaroon ng DALAWANG-PINAPANGINOON. Maliban na kung ang pagka-unawa ng mga mangangaral na INC™ ay IBINIGAY ng Ama ang kaniyang pagka-Panginoon sa Anak (Jesus) para lalabas na wala na sa Ama ang pagka-Panginoon at inilipat na lamang sa Panginoong Jesus para may IISANG PANGINOON. Lalabas kasi na dalawa nga naman ang Panginoon kung isa sa kanila ay hindi nagparaya.

Ganito rin naman ang ITINURO ni MOISES sa BAYAN ng Diyos (Deuteronomio 6:4)

“Pakinggan mo, O Israel: Si Yahweh na ating Diyos ang tanging Yahweh. (Sa ibang salin ay ganito: Si Yahweh…tanging Yahweh: o kaya'y Si Yahweh ang ating Diyos, si Yahweh ay iisa, o Si Yahweh na ating Diyos, si Yahweh ay iisa lang) .

CONSISTENT ang BIBLIA pagdating sa aral ng IISANG DIYOS at IISANG PANGINOON. Nakita niyo? Hindi nagsasalungatan ang mga pahayag ni Moises at ang itinuturo ng mga Apostol sa Bagong Tipan. Ang BUONG BIBLIA ay UMAAYON sa BAWAT TALATA, hindi SUMASALUNGAT laban sa isa pang talata tulad ng ginagawa ng mga kaanib ng INC™.

Ang VERBO ay isang UMIIRAL na CONSCIOUS BEING

HINDI PO TOTOO na ang LOGOS o VERBO ay isang PLANO lamang o isang PANUKALA. Sa katunayan, MISMONG si CRISTO ang NAGPATUNAY na SIYA ay UMIIRAL (EXISTING) na bago pa mang SIYA ay NAGKATAWANG-TAO.

TANDANG-TANDA pa ni CRISTO kung ANONG KALIKASAN MERON SIYA BAGO pa man SIYA NAGKATAWANG-TAO. Mababasa natin ito sa JOHN 8:58

"...Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I AM."

Sa wikang Tagalog ay ganito naman...

"Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanila: Katotohanan, katotohanang sinasabi ko sa inyo: Bago pa si Abraham ay AKO na."

Ang "AKO" ay nagpapahayag ng CONSCIOUSNESS ng isang naghahayag. Ang NANGUNGUSAP rito ay ang PANGINOONG JESUS sa laman. PINATOTOHANAN niya sa mga Judyo ang KANYANG KALIKASAN (eternal existence) BAGO o BEFORE pa man ISINILANG o UMIRAL (exist) si ABRAHAM na malaking TANDA sa kanyang kapanahunan bilang tao (mahigit 2,000 taon o 55 na henerasyon ang pagitan nila).

Pagkasabi ni Jesus nito, mahalagang PUNTUHIN natin kung ano ang naging REAKSIYON ng mga HUDYO kay JESUS?

Nagsidampot sila ng bato upang siya'y batuhin, ngunit nagtago si Jesus at lumabas ng Templo

Bakit gusto nilang patayin si Jesus sa kanyang mga pahayag?

Sumagot ang mga Judio, “Hindi dahil sa mabubuting gawa kaya ka namin babatuhin, kundi dahil sa paglapastangan mo sa Diyos! Sapagkat ipinapantay mo ang iyong sarili sa Diyos, gayong tao ka lamang.” (Juan 10:33)

Sa madaling-salita, TALOS o NAUUNAWAAN ng mga HUDYO ang IBIG SABIHIN ni Cristo sa kanila: na SIYA AY DIYOS.

Ngayon, kung si CRISTO ay isang MABUTI at KATOTOHANAN lamang ang nasa kanya, BAKIT DIYA NIYA SINUWAY ang mga Hudyo sa PAG-IISIP na "SIYA AY DIYOS"?

Madali langang sagot riyan: SAPAGKAT ALAM NI JESUS KUNG SINO SIYA! SIYA ANG DIYOS ANAK!

Sabi nga ng isang dalubhasang PILOSOPO na si Rene Descartes eh "I THINK THEREFORE I AM."

Si Cristo ay ETERNALLY EXISTING with the FATHER ("Sa pasimula" o "in the beginning" signifies ETERNAL EXISTENCE) sapagkat ito ang kanyang PATOTOO sa mga Hudyo: "Before Abraham came to be, I AM!"

ANG VERBO AY DIYOS

Katulad ng nasabi natin, ang BIBLIA ay HINDI salungat sa Biblia tulad ng ginagawa ng mga bulaang mangagnaral ng INC™.

Nang pasimula ay naroon na ang Salita; ang Salita ay kasama ng Diyos, at ang Salita ay Diyos. 2 Sa pasimula ay kasama na ng Diyos ang Salita. Nilikha ang lahat ng bagay sa pamamagitan niya, at walang anumang nalikha nang hindi sa pamamagitan niya.... Naging tao ang Salita at nanirahan sa piling namin. Nakita namin ang kaluwalhatiang tunay na kanya bilang kaisa-isang Anak ng Ama. Siya ay puspos ng kagandahang-loob at ng katotohanan. -Juan 1:1-3;14

Sino ba namang matinong mangangaral ang PILIT MAMALIIN ang isang talata na KASING-LIWANAG ng ARAW sa LINAW?

Sinasabi na ng Biblia na ang VERBO ay NARON NA sa PASIMULA (eternal). Diyos (almighty), Diyos na nasa Diyos (Trinitarian Community), VERBO nagkatawang-tao (Jesus).

At walang DUDA na ang VERBO ay ang DIYOS ANAK na si JESUS sapagkat may patunay.

Sinong NAGPATOTOO na ang VERBO ay ang MANUNUBOS na IPINANGAKO pa noong panayon pa ni Moises?

Si San JUAN BAUTISTA!

Nagpatotoo si Juan tungkol sa kanya, na isinisigaw, “Siya ang tinutukoy ko nang aking sabihin, ‘Ang dumarating na kasunod ko'y higit kaysa sa akin, sapagkat siya ay naroon na bago pa man ako ipanganak.’”

"Nagpatotoo si Juan tungkol sa kanya, na isinisigaw, “Siya ang tinutukoy ko nang aking sabihin, ‘Ang dumarating na kasunod ko'y higit kaysa sa akin, sapagkat siya ay naroon na bago pa man ako ipanganak.’”

Mula sa kapuspusan ng kanyang kagandahang-loob, tumanggap tayong lahat ng abut-abot na kagandahang-loob. Ibinigay ang Kautusan sa pamamagitan ni Moises; ngunit dumating ang kagandahang-loob at katotohanan sa pamamagitan ni Jesu-Cristo.." -Juan 1:15-18

Totoo ito sapagkat ito ang mga pahayag ni Cristo ukol sa kanyang PAG-IRAL (eternal existence) na KAPILING ang DIYOS AMA.

Ako'y bumabâ mula sa langit, hindi upang gawin ang sarili kong kalooban, kundi ang kalooban niya na nagsugo sa akin. -Juan 6:38

At sa talatang ito ay isang SAMPAL sa mga mangangaral ng INC™. Mababasa natin na GUSTONG MAKITA ni SAN FELIPE ang DIYOS AMA. Ngunit ang sagot ni Jesus ay NAG-AARING SIYA NGA AY ANG AMA "HANGGANG NGAYO'Y HINDI MO PA AKO KILALA, FELIPE?"

Sinabi sa kanya ni Felipe, “Panginoon, ipakita po ninyo sa amin ang Ama at masisiyahan na kami.”

Sumagot si Jesus, “Kay tagal na ninyo akong kasama, hanggang ngayo'y hindi mo pa ako kilala, Felipe? Ang nakakita sa akin ay nakakita na sa Ama. Bakit mo sinasabing ‘Ipakita mo sa amin ang Ama’? 10 Hindi ka ba naniniwalang ako'y nasa Ama at ang Ama ay nasa akin? Hindi sa akin galing ang sinasabi ko sa inyo. Ngunit ang Ama na nananatili sa akin ang siyang gumaganap ng kanyang gawain. 11 Maniwala kayo sa akin; ako'y nasa Ama at ang Ama ay nasa akin. -Juan 14:8-11

Kaya't sa mga NAGSUSURI, huwag po tayong mapaniwala sa mga 'JOHNNY COME LATELY' na mga relihiyon sapagkat HINDI KATOTOHANAN ang kanilang dala kundi KASINUNGALINGAN upang MANDAYA at MANLILANG.

Sa mga HINDI raw SUMASAMPALATAYA kay JESUS (na Diyos) na NAPARITO SA LAMAN, SILA raw ay mga ANTI-CRISTO o mga KAAWAY NI CRISTO ayon kay Apostol San Juan (2 Juan 1:7-8)

Sapagkat nagkalat sa sanlibutan ang mga mandaraya! Ayaw nilang kilalanin na si Jesu-Cristo'y dumating bilang tao. Ang ganoong tao ay mandaraya at kaaway ni Cristo. Mag-ingat nga kayo upang huwag mawalang saysay ang aming pinagpaguran,[b] sa halip ay lubusan ninyong makamtan ang gantimpala.

At kung ang mga mangangaral na ANTI-CRISTO ay mga MANLILINLANG, MANDARAYA at SINUNGALING, HINDI si Cristo ang kanilang Panginoon kundi si Satanas!

"Ang diyablo ang inyong ama! At ang gusto ninyong gawin ay kung ano ang gusto niya. Sa simula pa lang ay mamamatay-tao na siya. Hindi siya pumanig sa katotohanan kailanman, sapagkat walang puwang sa kanya ang katotohanan. Kapag nagsasalita siya ng kasinungalingan, nagsasalita siya ayon sa kanyang kalikasan sapagkat siya'y sinungaling, at siya ang ama ng kasinungalingan." -Juan 8:44

Kaya't sa mga nagsusuri at NAGMAMAHAL sa KATOTOHANANG NAKASULAT sa BIBLIA, LISANIN niyo na ang mga mangangaral na mandaraya at magbalik-loob na kayo sa Iglesiang TUNAY na TATAG ni CRISTO - ang NAG-IISA, BANAL, KATOLIKO, at APOSTOLIKONG IGLESIA ni CRISTO!

PETER THE ROCK WHICH THE CHURCH OF CHRIST WAS BUILT

1517 - THE BIRTH OF FALSEHOOD THAT DIVIDED THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION

2 John 1:7 was Fulfilled in 1914

CHNI: "I needed to get my faith life in order for the sake of my family." - Jenna Wilber

After she had her second child, Jenna felt like she and her family should make finding a church home a priority. Another young mother in her life encouraged her to seek out spiritual direction, and that was a major factor in her decision to become Catholic.

MAHINA BA ANG DIYOS NG MGA KATOLIKO?

ILAN ANG DIYOS?

Ayon sa Katekismo ng Iglesia Katolika, IISA LAMANG ang DIYOS ('Munting Katekismo Mga Unang Bagay na Dapat Malaman ng Isang Katoliko', Daughters of St. Paul, Pasay City, p. 2), HINDI TATLO.

Ang IISANG DIYOS na ito ay isang Komunidad ng TATLONG PERSONA - ang Diyos Ama, Diyos Anak at Diyos Espiritu Santo. Ito ang tinatawag ng mga Kristiano na "HOLY TRINITY" o Santisima Trinidad.

At ayon pa rin sa Katekismo ng tunay na Iglesia, ang Panginong Jesus ay DIYOS ANAK na nagkatawang-TAO. Tunay siyang DIYOS at tunay rin siyang TAO.  Diyos sa kalikasan pero Tao sa kalagayan.

Dito umaapoy sa galit ang mga kaanib ng INC™ 1914 dahil sa hindi nila lubos na munawaan ang misteryo ng Santisima Trinidad.

DI MATANGGAP ng mga INC™ 1914 na tatag ni G. Felix Y. Manalo, ang aral na ito kaya't SUKDULAN ang PANG-IINSULTO nila sa pagka-DIYOS ng ating Panginoong Jesus.

HINDI lang nila BATID na ang isang MAS MALAKING INSULTONG ginawa nila sa Panginoong Jesucristo ay ang SABIHIN NILANG NATALIKOD ang TUNAY na iglesiang TATAG ni CRISTO.

Mas MAHINA ang kanilang Manunubos na 'Cristo'

Ang INSULTO ay narito sa kanilang aral na KINAKAILANGAN pa ni CRISTO ang ISANG FELIX MANALO para lamang MAGING GANAP ang kanyang PAGLILIGTAS. Hindi ba't INSULTO ito sa Panginoong Jesus? Ginawa nilang INUTIL at WALANG SAYSAY ang PAGKAMATAY niya sa KRUS para sa KALIGTASAN ng lahat.

Ibig sabihin, MAHINA ang kanilang MANUNUBOS sapagkat NAGHINTAY pa ang kanilang 'Cristo' ng ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FOURTEEN YEARS (1,914 taon) bago niya NA-REALIZE na WALA palang NALIGTAS sa kaniyang KAMATAYAN. Kinailangan pa niyang MAGHINTAY ng PAGSILANG ng isang FELIX MANALO para ITATAG (daw) muli ang kaniyang TUMALIKOD na Iglesia?!

Hindi ba't NAPAKALAKING pang-INSULTO sa kanilang "CRISTO"!?

Hindi lang siya mahinang TAONG-TAO sa kalagayan, NAPAKAHINA pa niyang MANUNUBOS sapagkat LIBONG-TAON bago niya nalaman na WALANG NALIGTAS sa kanyang pagsasakripisyo sa KRUS.

Ano ba yun, NAKATULOG ang kanilang 'Cristo' at DI NIYA NAMALAYAN na lumipas na ang panahon sa IKA-DALAWAMPUNG SIGLO bago na NAPANSIN na INEFFECTIVE pala ang kanyang pagliligtas? 

Kaya pala gayon na lamang ang PAGSINTA nila kay G. Felix Manalo.  Tumatanaw lamang sila ng MALAKING UTANG NA LOOB kay Felix Manalo sapagkat KUNG WALA SIYA, WALANG KALIGTASAN o USELESS ang pagkamatay ni Cristo sa Krus. NATUPAD lamang ang KALIGTASAN ng Diyos (kuno) kay G. Felix Manalo.

Pero tayong nasa TUNAY NA IGLESIA ay hindi naniniwala sa ganitong kwento. Alam natin na ang mga SALITA NI CRISTO ay MAKATOTOHANAN at HINDI LILIPAS ng hindi natutupad.

Kaya't kung sabihin ni Cristo na HINDING-HINDI MANANAIG ang kapangyarihan ng HADES sa KANIYANG TATAG na IGLESIA, hindi ito mananaig. Pero ang aral ni Felix Manalo ay NATALIKOD kuno.

At alam din nating mga TUNAY na KAANIB sa TUNAY na IGLESIA na HINDI SINUNGALING si Cristo, lalabas na si FELIX MANALO ang SINUNGALING at HINDI SI CRISTO!

Pambansang Palatandaang Pangkasaysayan na nagpapatibay na ang INC™ - 1914 ay TATAG ni G. Felix Y. Manalo

TUNGKOL SA PAGKA-DIYOS NI CRISTO

Ayon sa mga kaanib ng INC™, malabong DIYOS si Cristo sapagkat may mga katangian daw siyang HINDI akma sa katangian ng pagka-Diyos, halimbawa:

1. Namatay
2. Nagutom
3. Nasaktan
4. Tinuli (Circumcised)
5. Umiyak

Tama rin naman ang kanilang obserbasyon.  Hndi rin natin ikinakaila na TAO nga si Cristo ngunit HINDI LANG SIYA TAO.  Take note, SINASAMBA rin nila si CRISTO sa kabila ng kanyang PAGIGING 'TAO LAMANG'.  Sa BATAS ng Diyos, TANGING ang NAG-IISANG DIYOS lamang ang DAPAT SAMBAHIN at wala nang iba.  Hindi ba't sa kanilang PAGSAMBA kay CRISTO ay patunay lamang (IMPLIED) na tinatanggap nila ang pagka-DIYOS niya? Halimbawa na lamang sa mga sumusunod na mga KATANGIAN hindi pang-tao:

1. Gumawa ng Himala
2. Nagpagaling ng may-sakit
3. Nagpatawad ng mga makasalanan
4. Lumakad sa Tubig
5. Lumusot sa Dingding
6. Nagpakita sa maraming tao iba't ibang lugar sa parehong panahon
7. Inangkin ang PAG-IRAL niya BAGO pa man si Abraham
8. Nabuhay na mag-uli
9. Tao sa Kalagayan ngunit Diyos ang Kalikasan ayon sa Biblia
10. Inaming siya ang ALPHA at OMEGA

Bagamat PINATUTUNAYAN ng Biblia na si Cristo ay TOTOONG TAO, WALA namang nababasa sa Biblia na nagsasabing HINDI DIYOS si Cristo. Katulad na lamang ng mga sumusunod na talata.

John 1:1, 14 (RSV) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. . . . [14] And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father.

Ito ang tinatawag ng mga dalubhasa sa Biblia na 'PROOF TEXT" na malinaw na NAGSASAAD na si CRISTO ay 'ETERNAL' o WALANG HANGGAN sa paggamit ng salitang "SA PASIMULA". Hindi lamang 'yan, ang LOGOS o VERBO ay tumutukoy sa 'ANAK' na siyang NAGKATAWANG-TAO sa versikulo 14. HINDI lamang siya isang PANUKALA o PLANO ayon sa mga mangangaral ng INC™ sapagkat ang isang panukala o plano ay UMIIRAL lamang siya sa ISIPAN ng nag-iisip. Taliwas sa mga pahayag ni Cristo na SIYA ay NARON NA, hindi lang isang panukala o plano kundi siya ay UMIIRAL na, HINDI sa LAMAN kundi sa ESPIRITU: "BEFORE ABRAHAM came to be, I AM' (Jn 8:58 emphasis mine). 

Siya (ang VERBO) ay NAGKAROON lamang ng LAMAN noong SIYA'Y MAGKATAWANG-TAO sa sinapupunan ng mahal na Birheng Maria. Kaya't ang Verbo = Cristo = Diyos = Nagkatawang-Tao!

John 10:30 I and the Father are one.

Sa pahayag na ito ni Cristo, maraming Hudyo ang NAGALIT sa kanya. 

Bakit?

Sapagkat NAUUNAWAAN nila ang ibig sabihin ni Cristo. Kaya't sa verse 33 NAIS siyang PATAYIN ng mga Hudyo: "...ikaw na TAO, ay NAGPAPAKUNWARI kang Diyos."

Si Cristo bilang isang UPRIGHT MAN, bakit HINDI niya ITINAMA ang mga Hudyo kung MALI man ang kanilang PAGKAUNAWA?  HINDI sila itinama ni Cristo sapagkat TAMA nga ang kanilang pagka-unawa.

John 20:28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”

"Panginoong ko at DIYOS ko!" 

NAGULAT daw si Tomas ayon sa mga mangangaral ng INC™. Katulad raw ito kung tayo ay nagugulat, nakaksambit raw tayo ng "DIYOS KO PO". Bakit "Diyos" ba ang kidlat o kulog kung masambit man natin ito? 

Ganyan ang pagrarason ng mga bulaang mangangaral.

Sa katunayan, si Santo Tomas ay isa sa mga disipulo na WALA sa pinagtitipunan ng mga apostol noong nagpakita sa kanila ang muling nabuhay na si Jesus. Para kay Tomas, HINDI SIYA MANINIWALA hangga't makikita niya MISMO ng kanyang mga mata si Cristo. Eh NAGPAKITA nga sa kaniya si Cristo! Kaya't sambit ni Tomas ay 'PANGINOON KO AT DIYOS KO!"

Mali ba si Tomas? 

Kung MALI man ang pagsambit ni Tomas na DIYOS SI CRISTO, bilang isang UPRIGHT MAN, dapat sana ay ITINAMA siya ni Cristo para hindi na darami pa ang naniniwalang siya ay Diyos. Ngunit TAMA SI TOMAS sa kanyang profession of faith kaya't nasabi ni Cristo "MAPALAD ang mga DI NANGAKAKITA ay gayon ma'y NAGSISAMPALATAYA.

Colossians 1:19 For in him all the fulness of God was pleased to dwell,

Ano mang pagnanais ng mga mangangaral ng INC™ na maliin ang talatang ito sa pamamagitan ng PAGSIPI ng ibang mga SALIN ng Biblia, mananatili ang katotohanan na ang ANAK  (Jesus) ang tinutukoy rito (versikulo 13); ang ANAK at tinutukoy na WALANG-HANGGAN o eternal (versikulo 15, 17-18); ang ANAK ang tinutukoy na TAGAPAGLALANG (versikulo 16); at ang ANAK ang siyang NAG-UUGNAY NA PAGKAISAHIN LAHAT ng PRINSIPYO sa KALAWAKAN (versikulo 17, pakitingnan rin ang Heb 1:3): LAHAT ng KATANGIANG TUNAY lamang sa DIYOS. Hindi maaaring MAGKAMALI ang Apostol San Pablo rito sa versikulong nakasulat sa ibaba:

Colossians 2:9 For in him the whole fulness of deity dwells bodily,

[Sapagka't sa kaniya'y nananahan ang BUONG KAPUSPUSAN NG PAGKA-DIYOS sa KAHAYAGAN ayon sa LAMAN (tao)...]

At ang isa sa pinaka-paboritong talata ng mga mangangaral na INC™ ukol sa pagka-PANGINOON ni Cristo...

IISANG DIYOS - DALAWANG PANGINOONG SINASAMBA?

TWO-LORDS DOCTRINE ng INC™ AY HINDI SINASANG-AYUNAN NG BIBLIA.

May aral ang INC™ na hindi matatagpuan sa Biblia: ang DALAWANG PANGINOONG SINASAMBA.

Mula sa panahon ni Amang si Abraham hanggang sa panahon ni Cristo, HINDI NAGBAGO ang ARAL na kanilang ITINUTURO: ang KAISAHAN ng DIYOS o ang IISANG DIYOS.

At ayon sa mga PROPETA noong una hanggang sa panahon sa KASALUKUYAN hindi nagbabago ang katuruan: IISA ANG DIYOS.

At kung IISA ang DIYOS, dapat lamang na IISA rin ang SAMBAHIN! Ngunit bakit DALAWA ang SINASAMBA ng mga INC™?

Ang sagot nila rito ay FILIPOS 2:9-11 na ganito ang nakasulat:

"Kaya siya naman ay pinakadakila ng Dios, at siya'y binigyan ng pangalang lalo sa lahat ng pangalan; Upang sa pangalan ni Jesus ay iluhod ang lahat ng tuhod, ng nangasa langit, at ng nangasa ibabaw ng lupa, at ng nangasa ilalim ng lupa, At upang ipahayag ng lahat ng mga dila na si Jesucristo ay Panginoon, sa ikaluluwalhati ng Dios Ama."

[Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.]

GINAWA raw ng DIYOS AMA si Cristong PANGINOON...

Napansin niyo ba ang umpisa ng pangungusap?  KAYA SIYA NAMAN... o sa wikang Ingles ay BECAUSE OF THIS...

Ibig sabihin MAY DAHILAN kung bakit DINAKILA ng DIYOS AMA ang PANGALAN ni JESUS na SIYA ay PANGINOON din.

Mayroon silang PINUTOL na verse! Ito ay ang VERSE 6-8.

BAKIT kaya HINDI SINAMA ang VERSES 6-8 ng FILIPOS 2? Suriin natin...

"Na siya, bagama't nasa anyong Dios, ay hindi niya inaring isang bagay na nararapat panangnan ang pagkapantay niya sa Dios, Kundi bagkus hinubad niya ito, at naganyong alipin, na nakitulad sa mga tao: At palibhasa'y nasumpungan sa anyong tao, siya'y nagpakababa sa kaniyang sarili, na nagmasunurin hanggang sa kamatayan, oo, sa kamatayan sa krus."

[Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross."]

AYON PALA! Iniiwasang banggitin ng mga mangangaral na INC™ ang mga talata ng 6-8 sapagkat MALINAW na SINASABI ni Apostol San Pablo na "BAGAMAT SI CRISTO AY NASA ANYONG DIYOS!"

Nasa ANYONG DIYOS, ay HINDI inaring kapantay niya ang Diyos kundi NAGPAKABABA --- naging TAO.

Naging MASUNURIN sa nais ng Diyos Ama!

Hindi lang basta masunurin, HANGGANG KAMATAYAN siya'y naging masunurin!

Hindi lang sa kamatayan siya naging masunurin kundi KAHIYA-HIYANG URI ng kamatayan -- ang IPAKO siya sa KRUS na kahalintulad ng mga KRIMINAL o mga MAMAMATAY-TAO!

VERSE 9 naman tayo...

KAYA NGA NAMAN SIYA PINADAKILA NG DIYOS...

BECAUSE OF THIS, GOD HIGHLY EXULTED HIM...

KABUUAN ng talatang ito: Dinakila ng DIYOS AMA si JESUS sapagkat SIYA, na DIYOS NANG UMIIRAL MAGPASAWALANG-HANGGAN ay nagpakababa, NAGING TAO - nagkatawang-tao katulad natin at NAGING MASUNURIN hanggang sa kamatayan sa Krus... DAHIL DITO SIYA ay DINAKILA ng DIYOS AMA...

Kaya po huwag tayong quote-quote lamang nga mga CHOP-CHOP verses para LINLANGIN ang ating mga mambabasa. Sapagkat MALAKING KASALANAN sa Diyos ang GAMITIN ang KANYANG SALITA upang MANDAYA at MAGSINUNGALING.

Tandaan, ang PANDARAYA at PAGSISINUNGALING ay HINDI katangian ng IISANG DIYOS. Ito ay KATANGIAN ng DIABLO na ama ng PANDARAYA! (Jn 8:44)

Magsuri po tayo sa KATOTOHANAN. Dito po tayo sa TUNAY NA IGLESIANG TATAG NI CRISTO at hindi tatag ng makasalanang tao lamang mula sa Tipaz. Manalangin, mag-nilay, at gumawa ng hakbang upang masumpungan ang KATOTOHANAN.

Pagpalain nawa tayo ng Diyos Ama, Diyos Anak at Diyos Espiritu Santo, IISANG DIYOS ngayon at magpasawalang-hanggan.

Vatican Radio: State funeral for Catholic nun, Pakistan's Mother Teresa

Pakistani soldiers carrying the coffin of Catholic nun Sr. Ruth Pfau during her state funeral, in Karachi, Pakistan, 19 August 2017. - EPA

(Vatican Radio) Pakistan on Saturday laid to rest its famous angel of mercy, German-born Catholic nun Ruth Pfau, credited with eradicating leprosy or Hansen’s disease from Pakistan. The Daughter of the Heart of Mary Sister was accorded full state honours, including a 19-gun salute, for her priceless service. State-run television broadcast live footage of her flag-draped coffin being solemnly carried by Pakistani soldiers in the southern city of Karachi.

Mourners paid their last respects on Aug. 19 as her body was carried to the Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre that she founded before being taken on to St. Patrick's Cathedral for her final rites. The body was then taken to Karachi's Christian cemetery Gora Qabaristan, where she was laid to rest.

The burial ceremony was attended by many state dignitaries including President Mamnoon Hussain, the chief minister and governor of Sindh province as well as several top officials of Pakistan’s armed forces. Vice Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, who laid floral wreaths on her grave.

Widely known as Pakistan's Mother Teresa, Sr. Pfau died on Aug. 10 at age 87, after being admitted to Karachi’s Aga Khan Hospital a few days earlier suffering from old age complications.

Mission to serve

Born on Sept. 9, 1929 in Leipzig, Sr. Ruth Pfau studied medicine in the1950s at the universities of Mainz and Marburg in then West Germany. After her graduation she joined the religious order of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary, which sent her on mission to India. On her way she stopped in Karachi on March 8, 1960, because of some visa problems. It was here that she became involved with working with people affected by leprosy or Hansen’s Disease.

In 1961 she went to Vellore, South India to acquire training in the management of Leprosy. She then returned to Karachi to organize and expand the Leprosy Control Programme. Her Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre in Karachi, Pakistan's first hospital dedicated to treating the disease, today has 157 branches across the country.

Recognition

Sr. Pfau has won numerous honours and prizes in Pakistan and abroad for her humanitarian services. Germany awarded her the Order of Merit in 1969. In 1979, the Pakistani government appointed her Federal Advisor on Leprosy to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. Pakistani government honoured her with the Hilal-e-Imtiaz in 1979 and the Hilal-e-Pakistan in 1989. She was granted Pakistani citizenship in 1988. In 2002 she won the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award, regarded as Asia’s Nobel prize.

Aleteia: The miracle that saved a priest from a jihadist’s knife

The terrifying experience of Franciscan Father Abuna Nirwan in Iraq

Source: Aleteia

Santiago Quemada

Abuna Nirwan

Abuna Nirwan is a Franciscan priest, originally from Iraq, who studied medicine before being ordained.

In 2004, while he was living in the Holy Land, the Dominican Sisters of the Rosary, founded by Maria Alphonsine Danil Ghattas (a Palestinian woman beatified in 2009 and canonized in 2015), gave him a relic of their founder and a rosary she had used. Fr. Nirwan always carries them with him.

In 2013, when Benedict XVI requested the investigation of a miracle for Maria Alphonsine’s canonization, the Holy See ordered as customary that the nun’s cadaver be exhumed. As usual, it fell to the local bishop to designate a doctor to preside over the procedure. Fr. Abuna Nirwan was asked to carry out the exhumation and to draw up the corresponding medical report.

Two years before her beatification, something truly extraordinary had happened through her intercession—besides the approved miracle—as recounted by Fr. Santiago Quemada on his blog, A priest in the Holy Land:

“The story we are going to tell took place on July 14, 2007. Abuna Nirwan went to visit his family in Iraq. He went in a taxi that he hired on the Syrian border. He told the story himself during the homily of a Mass he celebrated in Bet Yalla”:

At that time it wasn’t possible to travel by airplane to see my family. It was forbidden. The only means of transportation was a car. My plan was to arrive at Baghdad, and go from there to Mosul, where my parents lived.

The driver was afraid, because of the situation in Iraq during that period. A family—a father, a mother, and a 2-year-old girl—asked us if they could travel with us. The taxi driver told me that they had asked, and I had no objections. They were Muslims. The driver was a Christian. He told them that there was room in the car, and that they could come with us. We stopped at a gas station, and another young Muslim man asked if he could go to Mosul. There was still room, so we accepted him.

The border between Jordan and Iraq doesn’t open until sunrise. When the sun came up, the barrier was opened, and about 50 or 60 cars started to form a line, all driving together slowly.

We continued our trip with determination. After more than an hour in the car, we arrived at a place where there was a checkpoint. We prepared our passports. We stopped. The driver said, “I’m afraid of this group.” Before, it had been a military checkpoint, but members of an Islamist terrorist organization had killed the soldiers and taken control of the place.

When we arrived, they asked for our passports, and they made us get out of the car. They took the passports to their office. The man came back, turned to me, and said, “Father, we are going to continue with the investigation. You can go to the office further on. Beyond that is the desert.” “Very well,” I answered, “if we have to go, we will.” We walked for about a quarter of an hour until we arrived at the shack they indicated to us.

When we arrived at the cabin, two men came out with their faces covered. One was carrying a camera in one hand and a knife in the other. The other was bearded, and was carrying the Koran. They came up to where we were, and one of them asked me, “Father, where are you coming from?” I told him I was coming from Jordan. Then, he asked the driver.

Next, it was the turn of the young boy who had come with us; the man grabbed him and pinned his arms behind him, and killed him with the knife. They tied my hands behind my back. Then, he said, “Father, we are recording this for Al Jazeera. Do you want to say a few words? Please, no more than a minute.” I said, “No, I just want to pray.” They gave me a minute to pray.

Afterwards, he pushed down on my shoulder until I was forced to kneel, and he said, “You are a priest, and it is forbidden for your blood to fall on the ground, because it would be a sacrilege.” So he went to grab a bucket, and came back with it, to slit my throat.

I don’t know what I prayed at that moment. I was very afraid, and I told Marie Alphonsine, “It can’t be by chance that I’m carrying you with me. If it is necessary that the Lord take me while I’m young, I’m ready, but if not, I ask you that no one else die.”

He grabbed my head with his hand, held my shoulder tightly, and lifted the blade. There were a few moments of silence, and then suddenly he said, “Who are you?” I answered, “A friar.” He answered, “And why can’t I bring the knife down? Who are you?” And then, without letting me answer, he said, “Father, you and the others—go back to the car.” We went back to where the car was.

From that moment on, I have stopped being afraid of death. I know that I’ll die someday, but now I understand better that it will happen only when God wants it to. Since then, I’m not afraid of anything or anyone. Whatever happens to me will be because it’s God’s will, and He will give me the strength to carry His Cross. What matters is to have faith. God takes care of those who believe in Him.

Iglesia Katolika ang Una at Nag-Iisang Iglesia ni Cristo - Wala nang iba!

PASUGO ANG NAGSABI NA ANG IGLESIA KATOLIKA ANG SIYANG UNA AT TUNAY NA IGLESIANG TATAG NI CRISTO

PASUGO JULY AUGUST 1988 PP. 6.

“Even secular history shows a direct time link between the Catholic Church and the Apostles, leading to the conclusion that the true Church of Christ is the Catholic Church.”

PASUGO MARCH-APRIL 1992, P. 22

"The Church of Christ during the time of the Apostles became the Catholic Church of the bishops in the second century..."

PASUGO Abril 1966, p. 46: 

 “Ang Iglesia Katolika na sa pasimula ay siyang Iglesia ni Cristo."

PASUGO Mayo 1968, p. 7:

“Ang tunay na INK ay iisa lamang. Ito ang Iglesiyang itinayo ni Cristo. Kung mayroon mang nagsisibangon ngayong mga Iglesia at sasabihing sila man ay Iglesia ni Cristo rin, ang mga ito ay hindi tunay na Iglesia ni Cristo kundi huwad lamang."

PASUGO Mayo 1954, p. 9:

“Alin ang tunay na Iglesia? Ang Iglesiang itinayo ni Cristo sa Jerusalem."

PASUGO Nobyembre 1940, p. 23:

“Iisa lamang ang tanging makapagtatayo ng Iglesiang magiging dapat sa Dios. Kung sino-- ang ating Panginoong Jesu-Cristo lamang! Sino mang tao-- maging marunong o mangmang, maging dakila o hamak-- ay walang karapatang magtayo ng Iglesia"

PASUGO Agosto-Setyembre 1964, p. 5

“Kailan napatala sa Pamahalaan o narehistro ang INK sa Pilipinas? Noong Hulyo 27, 1914. Tunay nga na sinasabi sa rehistro na si Kapatid na F. Manalo ang nagtatag ng INK."

IISA LANG ANG DIYOS - AT IISA RIN ANG PANGINOON - HINDI DALAWA!

Ang Banal na Katawan at Dugo ni Cristo sa Banal na Eukaristiya (Misa)

Ang Krus ang Tunay na Simbulo ng Iglesiang Tatag ni Cristo

INC™ among those who were helped by Caritas Manila

135 children to graduate from Caritas Manila’s Hapag-Asa Integrated Nutrition Program
By Rev. Fr. Antonio Cecilio T. Pascual 
Business Mirror

Caritas Manila, the social services and development ministry of the Archdiocese of Manila, will see the graduation of 135 children ages 3 to 12 this August from malnourishment through its Integrated Nutrition Program.

The children are from Barangay 649, also known as Baseco compound. All of them are from less- fortunate families. They are of different religions, such as Catholics, Christians, Muslims and Iglesia ni Cristo, and have undergone the six-month integrated program to improve their health.

The Hapag-Asa Integrated Nutrition Program aims to educate families in urban-poor communities in Metro Manila, most especially mothers and women, about dietary programs and nutritional continuity and improve the health condition of malnourished children. Its goal is to help families help their communities become free from malnourishment. We do this not only by feeding the children but also by educating households, especially mothers.

Caritas Manila, through its Damayan program, works with the local government units (LGUs) and parishes in identifying families and children that need to be part of the program. For the first month, Operation Timbang was done with the help of the Barangay Health Office to assess the nutritional health of the children.

As part of the program, once a week and usually during Saturday professional health volunteers and trained health staff from Caritas Manila provide seminars and modularized training through “Gabay sa Kalusugan”. Participants are usually the parents of the children undertaking relevant activities that emphasize the importance of continuous nourishment, such as orientation on diet-management education, exploring planned based diet, proper food preparation, maintenance and sanitation of food production, different health hazards and other related activities to meet the needs of the participating communities.

Volunteers from the community also extend their full support to the program by giving their time, particularly on food preparation using nutrient-enriched Manna Pack Food Supplements. MannaPack Fortified Rice is made of rice, soya and dehydrated vegetables, while MannaPack Fortified Potato is made of potatoes with sweet potato flavor. Malnourished children are fed five times a week for six months. At the end of each month, the children are weighed to measure the improvement in their nutritional status.

Hapag-Asa Integrated Nutrition Program is the Church’s response to fight malnutrition in densely populated communities where circumstances of deficiency are palpable. It was launched by the Pondo ng Pinoy Community Foundation (PnPCFI), then headed by Cardinal Gaudencio B. Rosales and 13 other bishops in July 2005 in partnership with Assisi Development Foundation (ADFI) and Feed the Children Philippines (FTCPI). CBCP-NASSA Caritas Filipinas Foundation, Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) and Risen Savior Missions (RSM) also joined the efforts of Hapag-Asa in fighting malnutrition in the Philippines.

Based from the records of Caritas Manila, more than 2,000 malnourished children from Tondo, Payatas and Baseco have graduated from the Hapag-Asa Integrated Nutrition Program in 2016.

Interested parishes and organizations that want to bring the essence of Hapag-Asa Integrated Nutrition Program to their communities may contact +(632) 562-0020 to 25 or visit at Caritas Manila Inc., 2002 Jesus Street, Pandacan, Manila. To help Caritas Damayan and to get more information about the program, e-mail caritas_manila@yahoo.com

Caritas Damayan is the preventive health and disaster risk reduction and management program of Caritas Manila.

Photo Source: Caritas Manila

Full Restoration Comes Only When The Central Administration is Fully Established Backed in Rome

Aleteia: How a radical atheist became a Catholic priest

Mula sa: Aleteia  Sinulat ni Philip Kosloski | Aug 14, 2017

He hated the Church until one event changed his life forever ... and his story would later impress Maximilian Kolbe.

Born into a wealthy Jewish family in France in 1814, Alphonse Ratisbonne was set to become part of his uncle’s large banking firm. At first Ratisbonne was a nominal Jew, but when his older brother converted to the Catholic faith and became a priest, a hidden rage woke within him.

Ratisbonne wrote, “When my brother became a Catholic, and a priest, I persecuted him with a more unrelenting fury than any other member of my family. We were completely sundered; I hated him with a virulent hatred, though he had fully pardoned me.”

Furthermore this hatred for his brother was broadened to include all Catholics, and Ratisbonne explained how it “made me believe all I heard of the fanaticism of the Catholics, and I held them accordingly in great horror.”

This also affected his personal beliefs and he came to no longer believe in God. Ratisbonne was too busy following worldly pursuits to worry about his Jewish faith and his deep hatred for Catholicism only pushed him further away from any type of religion.

He eventually began to feel the void in his heart, but at first sought to cure it through marriage. Ratisbonne was betrothed to his niece, but because of her young age the wedding was postponed. During this time of waiting Ratisbonne decided to travel without any singular purpose.

His trip started out by traveling to Naples, where he stayed for about a month. After that Ratisbonne wanted to go to Malta, but took the wrong boat and arrived in Rome. He stayed there, making the best of it, and ran into an old friend.

One day when visiting his friend Ratisbonne encountered a Catholic convert, Theodore de Bussieres, who knew Ratisbonne’s priest-brother. While this made Ratisbonne hate the man, he enjoyed conversing with him because of his knowledge.

Later Ratisbonne visited de Bussieres again. They had a heated discussion about Catholicism and de Bussieres made a wager with Ratisbonne.

Have you the courage to submit yourself to a very simple and innocent test? Only to wear a little something I will give you; look, it is a medal of the Blessed Virgin. It seems very ridiculous, does it not? But, I assure you, I attach great value and efficacy to this little medal. [Also] you must say every night and morning the Memorare, a very short and very efficacious prayer which St. Bernard addressed to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

While at first Ratisbonne protested at wearing the medal (which was the Miraculous Medal), he decided to put it around his neck and say the prayer each day. He figured that it couldn’t do any harm and would prove to all the ridiculous nature of Catholicism.

Ratisbonne lived up to his side of the bargain, finding it easy to recite the Memorare. Then one day he was traveling in the city with de Bussieres and they stopped at the church Saint Andrea delle Fratte. When Ratisbonne entered the church it appeared to be engulfed in a marvelous light. He looked to an altar from where the light was coming and saw the Virgin Mary, appearing as she did on the Miraculous Medal.

He left the church in tears, clutching his Miraculous Medal. Several days later he was received into the Catholic Church. After returning to Paris his betrothed was shocked and rejected him and his new religion. Ratisbonne then entered the Jesuits and was ordained a priest.

This amazing story of conversion would later influence Saint Maximilian Kolbe to found the Militia Immaculatae and convinced him of the power of the Miraculous Medal. He firmly believed in Mary’s role in bringing the world to Christ.

Why is there a picture of the Virgin Mary sleeping?

Mula sa Aleteia

Sinulat ni Philip Kosloski | Aug 12, 2017

The image corresponds to an early belief of the Church called the "Dormition of Mary."

Public Domain

Many in the ancient world described the act of dying as “falling asleep.” This concept is also found in the Bible, where in the Psalms we find this prayer, “Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death” (Psalm 13:3).

St. Paul also uses this imagery in his Letter to the Thessalonians in reference to Jesus raising the dead, “God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep” (1 Thessalonians 4:14).

When contemplating the mystery of the Virgin Mary’s departure from this world, many early Christians referred to it as the “Sleep of Mary,” or “Dormition of Mary” (from the Latin domire, meaning to sleep). This highlighted the belief that Mary died before being assumed into heaven.

St. John of Damascus, in the 8th century, relates how “St. Juvenal, Bishop of Jerusalem, at the Council of Chalcedon (451), made known … that Mary died in the presence of all the Apostles, but that her tomb, when opened, upon the request of St. Thomas, was found empty; wherefrom the Apostles concluded that the body was taken up to heaven.”

This particular tradition was very common in the early Church and has different variations, but most revolve around Mary dying in the presence of the apostles. The Eastern Church still celebrates the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God on August 15, the same day that Roman Catholics celebrate the Assumption. Both celebrate the same event, but use different terminology and emphasize different aspects of it.

[Read more: What does it mean to be “Roman” Catholic?]

Officially the Church does not teach the exact nature of how Mary was assumed into heaven or if she died first. The Church teaches only that “the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.” However, St. John Paul II did mention in a General Audience, “To share in Christ’s Resurrection, Mary had first to share in his death.” The dormition/assumption was a unique grace given to Mary, a fruit of her Immaculate Conception.

With this in mind many ancient artists depict Mary’s dormition as her sleeping on a bed, surrounded by the apostles. Christ is typically in the center of the picture, often holding a miniature version of Mary, representing the action of Jesus taking Mary’s pure body and soul up to heaven.

[Read more: When art came to the rescue: Depicting Marian doctrine]

It is a beautiful image to meditate on, and brings to mind the only way we can truly rest in peace, in the arms of our Savior.

Ang mga Dakilang Utos ng Banal at Nag-iisang Iglesia ni Cristo

Pag-akyat ng Mahal na Birheng Maria sa Langit

1. Magsimba at huwag magtrabaho nang mabigat kung araw ng Linggo at Pistang Pangilin. 

2. Mag-ayuno at huwag kumain ng karne sa mga araw na itinakda ng Simbahan.

3. Magkumpisa at makinabang minsan man lamang sa isang taon, lalo na sa loob ng Kuwaresma

4. Mag-abuloy ng nararapat sa Iglesia ayon sa kaugalian.

5. Pakasal ayon sa batas na itinakda ng Iglesia. Alin mang ibang kasal ay hindi Sakrament.

Narito sa IBABA ang ORIHINAL NA KOPYA mula sa Opisyal na Katekismo ng Iglesia Katolika.

2041 The precepts of the Church are set in the context of a moral life bound to and nourished by liturgical life. the obligatory character of these positive laws decreed by the pastoral authorities is meant to guarantee to the faithful the indispensable minimum in the spirit of prayer and moral effort, in the growth in love of God and neighbor:

2042 The first precept (“You shall attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation.") requires the faithful to participate in the Eucharistic celebration when the Christian community gathers together on the day commemorating the Resurrection of the Lord.82

The second precept (“You shall confess your sins at least once a year.") ensures preparation for the Eucharist by the reception of the sacrament of reconciliation, which continues Baptism's work of conversion and forgiveness.83

The third precept (“You shall humbly receive your Creator in Holy Communion at least during the Easter season.") guarantees as a minimum the reception of the Lord's Body and Blood in connection with the Paschal feasts, the origin and center of the Christian liturgy.84

2043 The fourth precept (“You shall keep holy the holy days of obligation.") completes the Sunday observance by participation in the principal liturgical feasts which honor the mysteries of the Lord, the Virgin Mary, and the saints.85

The fifth precept (“You shall observe the prescribed days of fasting and abstinence.") ensures the times of ascesis and penance which prepare us for the liturgical feasts; they help us acquire mastery over our instincts and freedom of heart.86

The faithful also have the duty of providing for the material needs of the Church, each according to his abilities.

Pagdiriwang ng Iglesia ni Cristo sa Kapistahan ng 'PAG-AKYAT NG MAHAL NA BIRHENG MARIA INA NG DIYOS SA LANGIT'

BUKAS Ika-15 ng Agosto - ay KAPISTAHAN NG PAG-AKYAT NG BIRHEN MARIA INA NG DIYOS SA LANGIT.  Araw ito ng Pagsisimbang tulad ng Araw ng Linggo. Ang pagliban sa Misa, nang walang sapat na kadahilanan ay isang Mortal na Kasalanang dapat ikumpisal kung may balak Tumanggap ng Banal na Komunyon sa susunod na Araw ng Linggo.

Jesus Founded ONE CHURCH!

ROME - BELOVED OF GOD!

Catholic Church - Outlasting Oppressive Governments Since 33AD

Makakasiguro Tayo na Tayo ang Ililigtas - ang Tunay na Iglesiang Itinatag Mismo ni Cristo at Hindi ng Tao

Vatican City - Ilan lamang sa mga bansang pinapayagang pumasok sa Qatar nang walang prior Visa Arrangement

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Pope Francis (L) meets Qatar's Sheikha Moza bint Nasser on June 4, 2016 (Photo Source: Getty Image)

DOHA - Qatar announced on Wednesday a program to allow visa-free entry for citizens of 80 countries to encourage air transport and tourism amid a two-month boycott imposed on the Gulf state by its neighbors.

Nationals from dozens of countries in Europe and elsewhere including India, Lebanon, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States only need present a valid passport to enter the gas-rich country which hosts the soccer World Cup in 2022.

Nationals of 33 countries will be allowed to stay for 180 days and the other 47 for up to 30 days.

"The visa exemption scheme will make Qatar the most open country in the region," Hassan al-Ibrahim, Chief Tourism Development officer at Qatar Tourism Authority told reporters at a press conference in Doha.

Nationals of the 33 countries listed below do not require prior visa arrangements and can obtain a visa waiver upon arrival in Qatar. The waiver will be valid for 180 days from the date of issuance and entitle its holder to spend up to 90 days in Qatar, during either a single trip or on multiple trips.

1. Austria

2. Bahamas

3. Belgium

4. Bulgaria

5. Croatia

6. Cyprus

7. Czech Republic

8. Denmark

9. Estonia

10. Finland

11. France 12. Germany

13. Greece

14. Hungary

15. Iceland

16. Italy

17. Latvia

18. Liechtenstein

19. Lithuania

20. Luxembourg

21. Malta

22. Netherlands

23. Norway

24. Poland

25. Portugal

26. Romania

27. Seychelles

28. Slovakia

29. Slovenia

30. Spain

31. Sweden

32. Switzerland

33. Turkey

Nationals of the 47 countries listed below do not require prior visa arrangements and can obtain a visa waiver upon arrival in Qatar. The waiver will be valid for 30 days from the date of issuance and entitle its holder to spend up to 30 days in Qatar, during either a single trip or on multiple trips. This waiver may be extended for a further 30 days.

1. Andorra

2. Argentina

3. Australia

4. Azerbaijan

5. Belarus

6. Bolivia

7. Brazil

8. Brunei

9. Canada

10. Chile

11. China

12. Colombia

13. Costa Rica

14. Cuba

15. Ecuador

16. Georgia

17. Guyana

18. Hong Kong

19. India

20. Indonesia

21. Ireland

22. Japan

23. Kazakhstan

24. Lebanon

25. Macedonia

26. Malaysia

27. Maldives

28. Mexico

29. Moldova

30. Monaco

31. New Zealand

32. Panama

33. Paraguay

34. Peru

35. Russia

36. San Marino

37. Singapore

38. South Africa

39. South Korea

40. Suriname

41. Thailand

42. Ukraine

43. United Kingdom

44. United States

45. Uruguay

46. Vatican City

47. Venezuela

Oil giant Saudi Arabia along with Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates imposed a boycott on Qatar on June 5 and cut off all transport links with the country after accusing it of supporting terrorism and of close ties to Iran.

Arab states draw up Qatari 'terror list'

http://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/06/09/17/arab-states-draw-up-qatari-terror-list

Doha denies the charges. Since the boycott began, Qatar has sought to build up its diplomatic and trade ties beyond the Gulf region. The visa scheme is just the latest in a series of measures aimed at preparing Qatar for greater economic independence in the long term. Efforts led by Kuwait to resolve the rift are ongoing.

Qatar has flown in food supplies from Turkey and Iran and chartered new shipping routes via Oman to bring in construction materials but hotel occupancy rates have fallen with Saudis, a key source of tourism, barred by their government from visiting the country.

Visitors from the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council usually account for almost half of all visitors to Qatar.

Air links suspended by the four Arab states represented around 25 percent of flights by state-owned Qatar Airways, one of the region's big three carriers.

On August 3, Qatar approved legislation allowing certain permanent residents to benefit from parts of the state's generous welfare system, including education and health-care services, a first for the Gulf.

Under the law, children of Qatari women married to foreigners and people with special skills "needed by the state," can benefit from the new status.

Foreign workers from countries including India and Nepal account for around 90 percent of Qatar's population of 2.7 million.

Qatar's World Cup organizing committee has said the Arab sanctions will not affect preparations for the World Cup.