Be The Straw: My Filipino Identity: A statue of San Lorenzo Ruiz - a gift from Blessed John Paul II - found in the Sentro Pilipino in Rome. A few months ago, as we were tou...
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Rap Artist Seminarian Celebrates the Feast of St. Lorenzo Ruiz
These seminarians from St. Patrick's Seminary & University in Menlo Park, CA decided to make this video to celebrate the Feast of St. Lorenzo Ruiz of Manila.
If you've never been to a seminary before, you can see the background of what a seminary looks like. A seminary is a place where Catholic priests are formed for service. They receive extensive and specialized training before they are ordained.
For more information, on St. Lorenzo Ruiz's life, click HERE.
I've also heard another phrase: "I would rather die a thousand deaths than renounce my Faith."
I LOVE HOW HE IS A MARRIED LAYMAN OF THREE KIDS AT THE TIME OF HIS MARTYRDOM!!!
It's great to always see canonized married saints!
Here's a list of San Lorenzo Ruiz's companions (source can be found HERE):
DOMINGO Domingo Ibanez , Spanish, Dominican priest . Born in Reginato (San Sebastian ), son of the Province of Spain to his affiliation with the Rosary Province . In Manila teaches at the College of St. Thomas and preach the Gospel in different parts of the Philippines . Went to Japan in 1623, where he worked incognito . Denounced by a Christian apostate is imprisoned and executed. Played an important role as the Vicar Provincial of the mission. It retains some of his letters. Age , 44.
FRANCISCO SHOYEMON , Japanese, cooperator Dominican . Companion of Fr Domingo Ibanez . Arrested in 1633, the Dominican habit in jail. He was killed alongside his spiritual father.
SANTIAGO KYUSHEI Tomonaga DE SANTA MARIA , Japanese, Dominican priest . family noble Christian Kyudetsu studying with the Jesuits in Nagasaki. Expelled from Japan in 1614 as a catechist. In Manila became a priest , a missionary in Taiwan , returns to his homeland in 1632 , in order to help their fellow Christians. He is arrested and tortured, killed, "because religious and propagated the faith " . It is the oldest of the group: 51.
MIGUEL KUROBIOYE , Japanese , lay catechist. Companion of Fr Santa Maria , OP, is imprisoned and tortured, he revealed the hiding place of P. of Santa Maria. Repentant, goes with him to martyrdom , confessing their faith.
LUCAS ALONSO DEI . SPIRIT HOLY , Spanish, Dominican priest . Born in Carracedo (Astorga ) , a Dominican of the Province of Spain , passed the Rosary Province in 1617. Professor at the Colegio de Santo Tomas in Manila , missionary Cagayan in 1623 went to Japan where he worked with great courage and risked their lives for ten years. Arrested in Osaka in 1633 , was tortured and martyred in Nagasaki. Age , 39.
MATEO KOHIOYE DEL ROSARIO , Japanese , born in Arima. Catechist and assistant B. Lucas Alonso, a novice of the Order. Arrested in Osaka in 1633 , rejects any proposal for money and endured horrible torture and remain faithful to Christ until his death. He was 18 .
1634 (October -November)
MAGDALENA DE NAGASAKI , Japanese, tertiary Augustinian and Dominican . Daughter of martyred Christians , is devoted to God and spiritually guided by the Augustinian Recollect and then the Dominican Ansalone . After the arrest of Father Ansalone , she presented to the emergency proclaimed Christian . Tortured in a cruel, firm in her faith , is hung from the gallows where he remained alive for thirteen days.
NAVY OMURA , Japan. In 1626 he joined the Dominican Third Order , being a great help to the missionaries. Arrested in 1634 and submitted to shameful humiliation and finally led to the stake , giving a sublime example of "strong woman . "
JACINTO JORDAN Ansalon , Italian, Dominican priest . Native S. Stefano Quisquina (Agrigento ), son of the Province of Sicily, passed to the Holy Rosary Province . In the Philippines , he worked among the poor and sick . In 1632 he went to Japan , where he worked for two years. Arrested in 1634 , supports strongly torture, and is hung from the gallows. Age , 36 years.
THOMAS HIOJI NISHI DE SAN JACINTO , Japanese, Dominican priest . Son of martyred Christians of Hirado , and pupil of the Jesuits' College . Expelled from their country by persecution, emigrated to Manila in 1614 . Student at the College of St. Thomas , moved to missions Taiwan , returning later to his homeland in full religious persecution. Among great perils for five years. Arrested , tortured and sentenced to death. Age , 44.
1637 (September)
In 1636 the Dominicans in Manila organized an expedition of volunteers to help Christians in Japan. When they reached the island of Okinawa were arrested and kept in prison more than a year before being transferred and sentenced to death by the tribunal of Nagasaki. They are:
ANTONIO GONZALEZ , Spanish, Dominican priest . Natural de León , is a Dominican in the Province of Spain and then passed to the Holy Rosary Province and moved to Manila in 1631 , where he will be professor and rector of St. Thomas , being a man of much prayer and penance. In 1636 a group of missionaries to Japan , where he is promptly arrested and dies in jail after a year , worn out by the tortures . Age, 45 years.
WILLIAM Courtet or TAKE S. SUNDAY, French Dominican priest . Born in Sérignan (Montpellier ) , family noble , he became a Dominican in the Congregation Reformed of San Luis, goes to the Holy Rosary Province and moved to the Philippines, in 1634 , where he is professor at the Colegio de Santo Tomás. In Japan died from torture singing praise to the Virgin of the Rosary , reciting psalms. Age , 47.
MIGUEL DE AOZARAZA , Spanish, Dominican priest . Natural Oñate ( Guipúzcoa ), enter as a Dominican in the province of Spain and then passed to the Holy Rosary Province . In the Philippines working at Mission Bataan ( Luzon) . He refused to give his faith and accepted with joy tremendous suffering. Age , 39.
VICENTE SCHIWOZUKA DE LA CRUZ, Japanese, Dominican priest . family Christian , a pupil of the Jesuits' College and a catechist. In 1614 he was expelled from Japan for being a Christian . In Manila became a priest and worked among the Japanese exiles . Before returning to his homeland with the P. Gonzalez, the Dominican habit in 1636. After a year in prison and tortured him to apostatize , but he soon goes to the classmates road gallows , professing their faith.
LAZARUS OF KYOTO, Japan , secular . He contracted leprosy and was deported with other lepers in the Philippines. In 1636 he joined as a guide and interpreter Fr Gonzalez, not withstanding torture, deny for a few hours but then repented and died for Christ with others.
Lorenzo Ruiz , Filipino, layman. Born in Binondo (Manila ) Chinese father and Filipino mother . Educated by the Dominicans and assistant their , becoming a member of the Confraternity of the Rosary. He married and fathered three children. Involved in a dark bloody event , joined the group P. Order to escape. He was arrested and declared himself ready to give life a thousand times by Christ. He is the first martyr of the Philippines.
Miracle proposed for Canonization
Occurred in Manila in 1983 through the group in favor of Cecilia Alegria Policarpio , child of two years, cured completely and permanently cerebral palsy anatomical and functional , with no effective therapy. The miracle was recognized by Pope John Paul II on June 1, 1987.
AMDG
If you've never been to a seminary before, you can see the background of what a seminary looks like. A seminary is a place where Catholic priests are formed for service. They receive extensive and specialized training before they are ordained.
For more information, on St. Lorenzo Ruiz's life, click HERE.
He is known for saying this following:
| Isa akong Katoliko at buong pusong tinatanggap ang kamatayan para sa Panginoon, kung ako man ay may sanlibong buhay, lahat ng iyon ay iaalay ko sa Kanya. |
TRANSLATION: "I am a Catholic and wholeheartedly accept death for the Lord; if I have a thousand lives, all of them I will offer to Him."
I LOVE HOW HE IS A MARRIED LAYMAN OF THREE KIDS AT THE TIME OF HIS MARTYRDOM!!!
It's great to always see canonized married saints!
Here's a list of San Lorenzo Ruiz's companions (source can be found HERE):
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| St. Lorenzo Ruiz and Companions by Lourdes Oben Santos (1981) |
DOMINGO Domingo Ibanez , Spanish, Dominican priest . Born in Reginato (San Sebastian ), son of the Province of Spain to his affiliation with the Rosary Province . In Manila teaches at the College of St. Thomas and preach the Gospel in different parts of the Philippines . Went to Japan in 1623, where he worked incognito . Denounced by a Christian apostate is imprisoned and executed. Played an important role as the Vicar Provincial of the mission. It retains some of his letters. Age , 44.
FRANCISCO SHOYEMON , Japanese, cooperator Dominican . Companion of Fr Domingo Ibanez . Arrested in 1633, the Dominican habit in jail. He was killed alongside his spiritual father.
SANTIAGO KYUSHEI Tomonaga DE SANTA MARIA , Japanese, Dominican priest . family noble Christian Kyudetsu studying with the Jesuits in Nagasaki. Expelled from Japan in 1614 as a catechist. In Manila became a priest , a missionary in Taiwan , returns to his homeland in 1632 , in order to help their fellow Christians. He is arrested and tortured, killed, "because religious and propagated the faith " . It is the oldest of the group: 51.
MIGUEL KUROBIOYE , Japanese , lay catechist. Companion of Fr Santa Maria , OP, is imprisoned and tortured, he revealed the hiding place of P. of Santa Maria. Repentant, goes with him to martyrdom , confessing their faith.
LUCAS ALONSO DEI . SPIRIT HOLY , Spanish, Dominican priest . Born in Carracedo (Astorga ) , a Dominican of the Province of Spain , passed the Rosary Province in 1617. Professor at the Colegio de Santo Tomas in Manila , missionary Cagayan in 1623 went to Japan where he worked with great courage and risked their lives for ten years. Arrested in Osaka in 1633 , was tortured and martyred in Nagasaki. Age , 39.
MATEO KOHIOYE DEL ROSARIO , Japanese , born in Arima. Catechist and assistant B. Lucas Alonso, a novice of the Order. Arrested in Osaka in 1633 , rejects any proposal for money and endured horrible torture and remain faithful to Christ until his death. He was 18 .
1634 (October -November)
MAGDALENA DE NAGASAKI , Japanese, tertiary Augustinian and Dominican . Daughter of martyred Christians , is devoted to God and spiritually guided by the Augustinian Recollect and then the Dominican Ansalone . After the arrest of Father Ansalone , she presented to the emergency proclaimed Christian . Tortured in a cruel, firm in her faith , is hung from the gallows where he remained alive for thirteen days.
NAVY OMURA , Japan. In 1626 he joined the Dominican Third Order , being a great help to the missionaries. Arrested in 1634 and submitted to shameful humiliation and finally led to the stake , giving a sublime example of "strong woman . "
JACINTO JORDAN Ansalon , Italian, Dominican priest . Native S. Stefano Quisquina (Agrigento ), son of the Province of Sicily, passed to the Holy Rosary Province . In the Philippines , he worked among the poor and sick . In 1632 he went to Japan , where he worked for two years. Arrested in 1634 , supports strongly torture, and is hung from the gallows. Age , 36 years.
THOMAS HIOJI NISHI DE SAN JACINTO , Japanese, Dominican priest . Son of martyred Christians of Hirado , and pupil of the Jesuits' College . Expelled from their country by persecution, emigrated to Manila in 1614 . Student at the College of St. Thomas , moved to missions Taiwan , returning later to his homeland in full religious persecution. Among great perils for five years. Arrested , tortured and sentenced to death. Age , 44.
1637 (September)
In 1636 the Dominicans in Manila organized an expedition of volunteers to help Christians in Japan. When they reached the island of Okinawa were arrested and kept in prison more than a year before being transferred and sentenced to death by the tribunal of Nagasaki. They are:
ANTONIO GONZALEZ , Spanish, Dominican priest . Natural de León , is a Dominican in the Province of Spain and then passed to the Holy Rosary Province and moved to Manila in 1631 , where he will be professor and rector of St. Thomas , being a man of much prayer and penance. In 1636 a group of missionaries to Japan , where he is promptly arrested and dies in jail after a year , worn out by the tortures . Age, 45 years.
WILLIAM Courtet or TAKE S. SUNDAY, French Dominican priest . Born in Sérignan (Montpellier ) , family noble , he became a Dominican in the Congregation Reformed of San Luis, goes to the Holy Rosary Province and moved to the Philippines, in 1634 , where he is professor at the Colegio de Santo Tomás. In Japan died from torture singing praise to the Virgin of the Rosary , reciting psalms. Age , 47.
MIGUEL DE AOZARAZA , Spanish, Dominican priest . Natural Oñate ( Guipúzcoa ), enter as a Dominican in the province of Spain and then passed to the Holy Rosary Province . In the Philippines working at Mission Bataan ( Luzon) . He refused to give his faith and accepted with joy tremendous suffering. Age , 39.
VICENTE SCHIWOZUKA DE LA CRUZ, Japanese, Dominican priest . family Christian , a pupil of the Jesuits' College and a catechist. In 1614 he was expelled from Japan for being a Christian . In Manila became a priest and worked among the Japanese exiles . Before returning to his homeland with the P. Gonzalez, the Dominican habit in 1636. After a year in prison and tortured him to apostatize , but he soon goes to the classmates road gallows , professing their faith.
LAZARUS OF KYOTO, Japan , secular . He contracted leprosy and was deported with other lepers in the Philippines. In 1636 he joined as a guide and interpreter Fr Gonzalez, not withstanding torture, deny for a few hours but then repented and died for Christ with others.
Lorenzo Ruiz , Filipino, layman. Born in Binondo (Manila ) Chinese father and Filipino mother . Educated by the Dominicans and assistant their , becoming a member of the Confraternity of the Rosary. He married and fathered three children. Involved in a dark bloody event , joined the group P. Order to escape. He was arrested and declared himself ready to give life a thousand times by Christ. He is the first martyr of the Philippines.
Miracle proposed for Canonization
Occurred in Manila in 1983 through the group in favor of Cecilia Alegria Policarpio , child of two years, cured completely and permanently cerebral palsy anatomical and functional , with no effective therapy. The miracle was recognized by Pope John Paul II on June 1, 1987.
AMDG
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Conquering a Monster: Filipino Style
Filipinos as a people know how to contribute to the world.
When trouble brews, they pull together. We saw this par excellence at the 1986 EDSA Revolution where prayer through the Holy Rosary preserved the then-budding Philippine Republic from bloodshed and civil war.
And removed a dictator from office...
..without blood being spilled they did.
In fact, it was rumored that as the Marcos soldiers aimed their guns ready to fire at the peaceful Filipino protesters, a "beautiful Woman" all of a sudden appeared to the soldiers and said, "Do not fire on my people. I am the Queen of this land."
The ever-witty Cardinal Jaime Sin, then-Archbishop of Manila, when asked if this really was a nun that said this to the soldiers instead of the Blessed Mother, quipped, "Oh, no, it couldn't have been a nun. Nuns aren't as beautiful as Mary!" :)
The EDSA Revolution preceded the 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall and the 1991 Fall of the U.S.S.R. (Communist Russia). Protesters in the failed Tienanmen Square uprising had the fresh memory of the successful 1986 EDSA as a model.
Filipinos reflect the best of all humanity when it really counts.
Yes, the Philippines has had a beautiful romance history with the Cross. She is chosen by Providence to herald the Cross in the Far East and beyond as, at the time of this blog, the only Christian nation in Asia.
She pulls together.
All 7,106 islands of her.
Such was the case in this David-and-Goliath-like true story in this little town.
"David" was a small group of Filipinos.
"Goliath" was the 21-foot monster you see here.
The "slingshot" was their sheer determination to risk life and limb to stop this human-eating beast.
And catch it they did.
Alive.
It took many people and many failed attempts to do so.
And salamat sa Diyos they caught it.
Let us catch the monsters of our day. What is your monster?
Let us stare down evil no matter how huge...
Homework: Learn the St. Michael the Archangel Prayer.
Class dismissed.
A.M.D.G.
When trouble brews, they pull together. We saw this par excellence at the 1986 EDSA Revolution where prayer through the Holy Rosary preserved the then-budding Philippine Republic from bloodshed and civil war.
And removed a dictator from office...
..without blood being spilled they did.
In fact, it was rumored that as the Marcos soldiers aimed their guns ready to fire at the peaceful Filipino protesters, a "beautiful Woman" all of a sudden appeared to the soldiers and said, "Do not fire on my people. I am the Queen of this land."
The ever-witty Cardinal Jaime Sin, then-Archbishop of Manila, when asked if this really was a nun that said this to the soldiers instead of the Blessed Mother, quipped, "Oh, no, it couldn't have been a nun. Nuns aren't as beautiful as Mary!" :)
The EDSA Revolution preceded the 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall and the 1991 Fall of the U.S.S.R. (Communist Russia). Protesters in the failed Tienanmen Square uprising had the fresh memory of the successful 1986 EDSA as a model.
Filipinos reflect the best of all humanity when it really counts.
Yes, the Philippines has had a beautiful romance history with the Cross. She is chosen by Providence to herald the Cross in the Far East and beyond as, at the time of this blog, the only Christian nation in Asia.
She pulls together.
All 7,106 islands of her.
Such was the case in this David-and-Goliath-like true story in this little town.
"David" was a small group of Filipinos.
"Goliath" was the 21-foot monster you see here.
The "slingshot" was their sheer determination to risk life and limb to stop this human-eating beast.
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| In this photo taken Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, Mayor Cox Elorde of Bunawan township, Agusan del Sur Province, pretends to measure a huge crocodile which was captured by residents and crocodile farm staff along |
And catch it they did.
Alive.
It took many people and many failed attempts to do so.
But try and try and try they did.
And try and try.
And try.
And salamat sa Diyos they caught it.
Let us catch the monsters of our day. What is your monster?
Let us stare down evil no matter how huge...
...and intimidating...
...and bullying...
...with prayer...
...like at EDSA.
Jesus, I trust in You!
Saint Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle.
Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray;
and do Thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host -
by the Divine Power of God -
cast into hell, satan and all the evil spirits,
who roam throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
defend us in battle.
Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray;
and do Thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host -
by the Divine Power of God -
cast into hell, satan and all the evil spirits,
who roam throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
Homework: Learn the St. Michael the Archangel Prayer.
Class dismissed.
A.M.D.G.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Update #1 of World Youth Day Madrid
There's a tradition that St. James the Greater preached the Gospel in Spain and later returned to Jerusalem. As we see in Acts of the Apostles, he is martyred for his Master in the holy city.
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| Source: http://www.aug.edu/augusta/iconography/jamesGreater.html |
Over the centuries, the Church in Spain had a glorious history. She produced many saints and teachers of the Faith. (Some even joke that half of heaven speaks Spanish!)
Another fruit was planting the Cross among the thousands of islands in the Far East, specifically in the Philippines.
Today, this Pearl of the Orient republic, that great pearl of great price, in turn, sends her own sons and daughters as missionaries around the world. The Filipino diaspora both plants the Cross and nourishes it in many lands.
When World Youth Day was held in Manila in 1995, it was the largest recorded gathering of human beings in the history of the planet!
How's that for the Guinness Book?
From St. James the Greater, brother of St. John the Evangelist, in the Holy Land, to Spain, to Manila, to Guinness, and now back to Spain, there is an urgent message for the New Jerusalem.
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| Photo credit: REUTERS/Susan Vera, 2011 |
At the WYD kick off, the Cardinal Archbishop of Madrid, along with the Cardinal President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, preached in the city.
The average age of registered attendees is 22 years old.
Can you imagine? For each participant, that's almost 50 more years of service to the Gospel assuming a long life expectancy.
Some of the points today's message included:
- The Pope and the Church love the youth.
- Bl. John Paul II had a passionate love for Jesus Christ that fascinated young people.
- Countless vocations as priests, nuns and married life have emerged from World Youth Days.
- Don't be afraid of being a saint.
- Respond to Jesus with a "yes".
- Faith is nourished by the Word of God and the Sacraments of the Church.
- Youth are the generation of Benedict XVI which is different from the JP2 Generation.
- There are new difficulties and challenges that the B16 Generation is experiencing that the JP2 Generation did not experience.
- Spiritual and moral relativism have weakened today's youth.
- Youth still say "yes" to God before the whole world, especially Europe which is "showing signs of being very lost" [turning away from its Christian roots].
- Youth practice the Sacraments, especially Penance [i.e., going to Confession], serving the poor and the sick, and helping those in need.
- Like Mary, who is protecting the pilgrims, be joyful in your response to God.
- Give your life to Christ!
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| Photo credit: REUTERS/Susana Vera, 2011 |
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| Photo credit: REUTERS/Susana Vera, 2011 |
Patron saints of World Youth Day, pray for us!
HW: Review the video clip on WYD.
Class dismissed.
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