Christian Citizenship

"For each of us, there was a choosing. There was an election. And God voted for us." Fr. Prior's The Abbot's Circle on Christian Citizenship

Translation

"Inutil kasi kaya naiisahan ng mga tao niya.

  Because he is important, that's why his people are    single." (Found on social media)

Less Miserables

A story is told of a woman brought before a judge in 1935 for stealing a loaf of bread worth $10. Asked why she did it, she admitted she didn't have the money to feed her grandchildren. The judge pulled out $10 from his wallet to pay for the bread and charged everyone in court 5 cents for putting the women in misery. They collected $47.

Conflict of Interest

This odd-ministration treats corruption as a joke. The Ombudsman has thrown the SALNs of government officials out the window. Tonight, the Spokesperson of the DOJ Committee investigating corruption turns out to be the wife of the Secretary of DPWH which is being linked to anomalies.

Hope

It is an art that has to be practiced. It is a choice more than a feeling. It is inseparable from and directly proportional to love. (Fr. Mon Bautista, SJ)

Muting the President

After the disastrous first presidential debate, microphones of Trump and Biden were muted when it was not their turn to speak.

For once, Americans did not want to hear from their President.

Barong Tagalog

It started as the uniform of male indios or local lowly males. It was transparent so as not to conceal weapons, without pockets to prevent theft, and not tucked in to denote inferiority.

How times change!

COVID GRIEF

 Dr. Vista, psychiatrist of Asian Hospital likens our COVID experience to grief and its stages:

1. Shock and Denial- We will not be affected.

2. Anger- Feeling at lockdown.

3. Bargain- Social distancing.

4. Sadness- When will it end?

5. Acceptance- Adjust to new normal.

Colorado Prisons

They double as car plates factory for work of its prisoners. They also have a 3-year reentry program where they even simulate interviewing for a job and ordering food delivery, before ultimate release.

H & M Stockholm

It recycles old clothes after a few hours for $15.00.

Prayer

"Don't pray to God for an easy life. Pray for the strength to be able to accept, handle and conquer anything that comes our way."

Scavenger Hunt

Message contained the invitation to the wedding of Macaulay Culkin and Rachel Miner.

Faith IMG.com

"God is not asking you to figure it out. He is asking you to trust that He already has."

Innocence Project

It helps exonerate wrongly-accused prisoners like America's Got Talent Archie Williams, 59, who was jailed for rape at 22. Fingerprints turned out to be those of a serial rapist.

Scapegoating

Bishop Barron says this theory of a group blaming someone/s for their society's ills is as old as the Biblical Times when Jesus Christ was It.

Karate

It means "no weapons" and started in Okinawa after Japan banned arms. Later they also used fishing tools. (Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown)

Medicine

 "It is a social science and politics is nothing more than medicine on a large scale." Rudolf Virchow on PGH accepting Nutribuns with images of Marcos and Imee.

Animals

NATGEO classifies them as Rulers, Rebels, Defenders, Protectors and Survivors. 

The Daily Show

 "We just learned to wash our hands and now they say there could be life in Venus!"

California

Governor Newsom has tapped former inmates who have been trained in firefighting inside prison to now put this into practice battling their forest fires.

Tigerwood

After he garnered more than 100 golfing awards since childhood, his group PGA decided to add numerous courses to the tees so as to lower the advantage of long-hitters like him. This strategy they called "Tiger-proofing."

Raoul Plus, SJ

We may pray to adore, to give thanks, to implore pardon or to ask for the graces we need. But whereas in the last three cases, our thought comes back to ourselves, in the first, we forget ourselves entirely and think of God alone.("Adoration: The Most Perfect Prayer" in the Catholic Digest)

St. Philip Neri

"One should not work to become a saint in 4 days but step by step."

GK Chesterton

"My country, right or wrong" is a thing that no patriot would think of saying. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober." (A Defence of Patriotism)

Indian

In Pilipino, it could mean "not to attend."

But in the film "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," an English tourist states that he finds Indians treating life as a privilege, not as a right.

Randy David recalls his visit to India, where they thank the beggar instead, for the opportunity to do good.

Masquerade

Joe Biden has always been the masked man being ridiculed. Now he is the only presidential candidate actively campaigning on its final month's stretch. Trump is sidelined at Walter Reed Hospital. 

Adventurer

So much inspiration, so little time. (ADOBE Creativity Quiz)

"Democracy at Twerk"

Stephen Colbert featured the call to "get your booty to the poll."

 Clue                                                                               Class                                                                         Intellect                                                                     Dignity                                                             Vocabulary                                                                   Taste                                                                       Patience                                                               Integrity                                                         Compassion                                                         Empathy                                                                 Loyalty                                                             Conscience                                                           Courage                                                                 Manners                                                                 Respect                                                               Character                                                               Morality                                                                   Values                                                                       Honor                                                                       Shame                                                                   -   Business Being President- Trump

 Susan Harrell

De-bate

That's how Trump was with Biden and even with their moderator!