Just sharing this article about the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary which is always commemorated every 15th August..

have a blessed day to all!!

the Altar of the Blessed Virgin Mary in St. Ullrich Church,
a Catholic Church here in Hohenfels, Germany

Please visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary for more infos!!!

Assumption of Mary

According to Roman Catholic theology and Catechism, the Virgin Mary, “having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.”[1] This means that Mary was transported into Heaven with her body and soul united. The feast day recognizing Mary’s passage into Heaven is celebrated as The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Roman Catholics. This doctrine was dogmatically and infallibly defined by Pope Pius XII on 1 November 1950 in his Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus Deus. The Assumption of Mary into heaven is also taught by the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Oriental and Coptic Orthodox Churches, where it is known as the Dormition of the Theotokos. In those denominations that observe it, the Assumption is commonly celebrated on August 15, a Holy Day of Obligation in the Roman Catholicism.

In his August 15, 2004 homily given at Lourdes, Pope John Paul II quoted John 14:3 from the Bible as a scriptural basis for understanding the dogma of the Assumption of Mary, where Christ, in his Last Supper discourses, explained that “When I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am, there you may be also”. According to Catholic theology, Mary is the pledge of the fulfillment of Christ’s promise. However, many theologians disagree with this interpretation of Scripture, and believe that Christ was speaking about his preparation of Calvary and the crucifixion for the remission of sins.

Let me just ask you with a few questions before I start. I might be writing here taglish for sometime..so please bear with me..How would you feel if one of your friend betrayed you?? How would you react if your friend divulge a secret which you had entrusted him/her?? What are you going to do after knowing that the secret he/she divulge to other persons are not really the truth but all lies?? Does he/she just want you to be bad in the eyes of other persons to make himself/herself be the good one?? or he/she is only insecure for some reasons??…

How I just wish, I am a saint or martyr who have always the patience, forgiveness and understanding all the time. But I’m not..I’m just an ordinary person who have a simple life,can lost my patience and understanding too….. and just want to have especially my honor and dignity being preserved and protected…Yes I have to admit, I don’t have the wealth and fame in this world, but as far as I know myself, honor and dignity are all what I have. And I am proud of it.

I just don’t understand why there are just some people out there who cannot close and hold their tongue and talk bad about other people. And yes, it happened to me.The person whom I considered to be my family and close friend had betrayed me. I trusted her a secret but she divulged it to other persons she just met for I guess some weeks or even a month only. Probably I could accept when she divulge the true story of my secret but she didn’t. She twisted the story, add some details and minus some too..That was a total false and lie story about me…

I knew her for quite some years already. I always tried to understand her, listen to her problems, even helping her with financial matters sometimes and helping her in other ways too… Well, it doesn’t mean that I am trying to count what I had done to her but I just don’t understand that with all the help, understanding and true friendship I gave her, she had betrayed me….Why?????

Is it because that something bad happened to her that day, she will also gossip other people. And yes, according to the person whom she divulged my secret, she also gossiped about other friends regarding their personal experiences that really don’t need to be told to.

Days gone by..weeks gone by, I tried to realize, at least I learned from my experience…I learned some lessons!!… I learned that I should never trust somebody unless I already know that person for a long long time!! I tried to forget and even forgive!! I even prayed for her sometimes that I hope she will also learn from what had happened to us. I just keep on hoping that she will learn to hold her tongue especially for matters that are not really good to say… I never lost a friend anyway because I believed it is her lost… and now I guess she lost already lot of friends.

How I just wish I can still advise her..But I already did it before many many times but she never listen…or she just doesn’t want to accept the truth…It is not only me who advised her even the other friend whom she also lost last January..I even warned her last January of this year telling her that “””If that is how you are going to handle friendship, you will surely lose your friends in the future”””…slowly by slowly it is happening!! if she just listen to me and keep it in her mind she might kept her friends..

Now I am trying to forgive and forget just for the sake of our “pinagsamahan” or friendship before. I even want to thank her for all the favors she had done for me..But I guess me and my husband had also done a lot for them..we never expect for a return anyway…help is help for the sake of friendship especially if you considered them as part of the family!!! but she destroyed it….she ruined everything!!

It is over now!!! I was hurt and wounded but at least I learned some lessons..I even want to thank her for the lessons she brought!!! The next time I will be careful already of whom and to whom I will make friends….I also hope that next time she will just be careful of her attitude about what really friendship is…..and I hope she will learn to understand what really friends are, not only to have friends so she can use them or take advantage of!! Honestly speaking, this is the first time in my whole life that I met such kind of person like her. ..at least I knew who she is already and how she handled friendship!!! It is not my lost anyway but hers!!

Lastly I just want to share these nice quotes…i hope that you also get some insights about it!!!

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The promises of God, in Him they are yes!

For as many as are the promises of God, in Him they are yes; therefore also through Him is our Amen to the glory of God through us. Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God, who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge.

2 Corinthians 1:20-22 NASB
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Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace,

Hebrews 13:8, 9a ESV
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So that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, 8who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Corinthians 1:7-9 NKJV
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But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.

As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit–just as it has taught you, remain in him.

1 John 2:20,27 NIV
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Thanks be unto God for His wonderful gift:
Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God
is the object of our faith; the only faith
that saves is faith in Him.

I got a joke here…just want to share it before I delete it in my inbox…this is from arcamax…have fun!!

Family Vacation

The telephone rings in the principal’s office at a school.

“Hello, this is Dunn Elementary,” answers the principal.

“Hi. Jimmy won’t be able to come to school all next week,” replies the voice.

“Well, what seems to be the problem with him?”

“We are all going on a family vacation,” says the voice, “I hope it is all right.”

“I guess that would be fine,” says the principal. “May I ask who is calling?”

“Sure. This is my father!”

How would you like to have the Cruise vacation of your life long dream??How would you like to enjoy a vacation while sailing to the different places of your dream? I always dream and little by little those dream are coming true. I dreamed of coming to Europe and I live now in Europe. I dreamed of going to America and I just went there. It has always been my dream and my aspiration to see interesting places and experience the different culture and tradition of that place. I still have lots of dreams. I know one at a time they are coming true. How I wish I can also experience a Cruise Vacation!! Sooner or later…One day it will happen!!

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Book you vacation ahead and see the interesting places of your dreams!! Don’t forget to click Cruise Vacation Center and experience their excellent service and very reasonable prices!!! Enjoy the rhythm of the waves!!!

I really don’t know exactly how to say this…but First of all I want to say..thanks a million to all my friends out there especially to those who sent birthday greetings and wishes in Friendster…I really appreciate it guys!!! Special thanks also to my family who give me all the love, support, encouragement and determination to go on in this life…I have nothing to ask for in my life. I know I am blessed with all the basic things a person can have..I am blessed for having such good friends, a family and a very good and loving husband!! I know that with all the trials, temptations and testing in my life, slowly by slowly I will overcome all of these..I know and believed God will keep on giving me the strength, courage and power to face all those trials… I am born to fight especially for the right…All my close friends and family know about that..They all know what I had been through in my life…and I will keep on fighting!!! I always try to live a happy and good life. God knows how I always strive to do all my best for my friends especially to my family….I knew God had made me an instrument to help and support esp. my family..I am just thankful to God that my sisters whom I sent to school had made it all!!! I am proud to all of you my beloved sisters!!

I also want to thanks my Beloved Mother and Father for bringing me into life in this world…Pang and Mang without your good upbringing, I would not be here..Thanks a lot for everything!! Appreciation to my Beloved Husband who is always there for me..in good and bad times!!! Danke Schatz fuer alles!!! Ich liebe dich sehr!!

Lastly I want to thank the Lord God Almighty for giving me another year in my life.. I just keep on praying and hoping that he will give me, my family and friends good health always, more blessings to come and more candles to blow esp. for me…wink!!!!! Thanks a lot Lord for all the blessings and graces!!

I have below the names of some friends, former classmates/school mates and kababayans who especially greeted me in my natal day!! Thanks a lot for remembering!!

Please also visit my other sites for more updates!! thanks a lot!!

• Regie (My Sister)
  
• Posted 08/4/2008 3:15 am
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• ESMAILE (Philippines..kababayan in Midsayap)
  
• Posted 08/5/2008 1:47 pm
• oo ate ruby, at ty sa greetings ha!!! naalala kita dati sa pci midsayap. Ksma mo ba sila ate mona,at levi? thanks and belated happy bday din sau. Ingat!!!