Dear brothers and sisters, let us present our petitions to Jesus, so that through Saint Anthony's intercession, He may pour out His mercy on us.
1. O Lord, you have made Saint Anthony an apostle of the Gospel. Grant us, through his intercession, a strong and humble faith and make our lives coherent with the creed that we profess.
Glory be to the Father…
2. O God Almighty, you have made Saint Anthony a constructor of peace and fraternal charity. Look upon the victims of violence and war. Grant that in this confused world full of tensions, we may become courageous witnesses of non-violence, promoting human life and peace.
Glory be to the Father…
3. O God, you have granted Saint Anthony the gift of healing and performing miracles. Grant us health of soul and body. Grant serenity and solace to those who have asked for our prayers and make us always ready to serve the sick, the elderly and the distressed.
Glory be to the Father…
4. O Lord, you made Saint Anthony an untiring preacher of the Gospels along mankind's many paths. In your Fatherly mercy protect the homeless, refugees and emigrants; keep them safe from every danger and guide their steps along the path of peace.
Glory be to the Father…
5. O God Almighty, you granted Saint Anthony the power to reunite severed limbs. Reunite all Christians in your One and Holy Church, and grant that we may all live the mystery of unity, thus becoming one heart and one soul.
Glory be to the Father…
6. O Lord Jesus, you made Saint Anthony a great master of spiritual life. Grant us the ability to renew our lives according to the teachings of the Gospel and the beatitudes, and make us promoters of spiritual life for our brothers and sisters.
Glory be to the Father…
7. O Jesus, you granted Saint Anthony the incomparable grace of holding you as a child in his arms. Bless our children, and grant that they may grow in goodness and in health and that they may live their lives in the fear of God.
Glory be to the Father…
8. O Merciful Jesus, you granted Saint Anthony the wisdom and gifts necessary to guide souls to holiness through his preaching and priestly ministry. Grant that we may approach the Sacrament of Reconciliation, the great gift of your love, with humility and faith.
Glory be to the Father…
9. O Holy Spirit, in Saint Anthony you gave the Church and the world a great master of holy doctrine. Grant that all those who work in the sphere of information may feel the great responsibility they have and serve truth in charity and with respect for others.
Glory be to the Father…
10. O Lord, you are the Lord of the harvest. Through the intercession of Saint Anthony send many worthy religious and priests into your field, fill them with zeal, generosity and your love.
Glory be to the Father…
11. O Jesus, you called the pope to be a universal pastor, high priest and messenger of truth and peace. Through the intercession of Saint Anthony sustain and console him in his mission.
Glory be to the Father…
12. O Holy Trinity, you granted Saint Anthony the grace to know, to love and to glorify the Virgin Mary, your Blessed Mother, and our Heavenly Mother, grant that we may grow ever closer to her motherly heart, to better serve, love and glorify you, who are love itself.
Glory be to the Father…
13. O Lord, you allowed Saint Anthony to meet sister death with a serene soul. Direct our lives towards you, assist the dying and grant eternal peace to the souls of our departed brothers and sisters.
Glory be to the Father…
Friday, May 29, 2009
DEAR ST. ANTHONY: Help me to find
Saint Anthony is famous throughout the world as the saint who finds lost objects, from everyday items to important documents, to faith itself. The prayer that follows invokes Saint Anthony's aid in the search for what has been lost.
Glorious Saint Anthony, for centuries you have exercised the God-given power to find what was lost. Help me to recover God's grace and make me zealous in the service of God and in the practice of virtue. Let me find whatever I have lost, thus showing me the presence of your goodness.
(Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be)
Let us pray
Saint Anthony, glorious servant of God, famous for your merits and powerful miracles, help us to find what was lost, give us help during moments of trial and enlighten our minds in the search for God's will. Help us to find once again the life of grace, which our sin destroyed, and lead us to the glory promised to us by our Saviour. We ask this through Christ our Lord, Amen.
Glorious Saint Anthony, for centuries you have exercised the God-given power to find what was lost. Help me to recover God's grace and make me zealous in the service of God and in the practice of virtue. Let me find whatever I have lost, thus showing me the presence of your goodness.
(Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be)
Let us pray
Saint Anthony, glorious servant of God, famous for your merits and powerful miracles, help us to find what was lost, give us help during moments of trial and enlighten our minds in the search for God's will. Help us to find once again the life of grace, which our sin destroyed, and lead us to the glory promised to us by our Saviour. We ask this through Christ our Lord, Amen.
MAY THE MONTH OF MARY
by Friar Mario
messengersaintanthony.com
MAY IS that time of the year in which piety is especially directed to Our Blessed Lady; it is the occasion for a tribute of faith and love to the Queen of Heaven.
In his 1965 Encyclical Mense Maio (the Month of May), which focuses on the Mother of God, Pope Paul VI wrote, “During this month Christians, both in church and in the privacy of the home, offer up to Mary from their hearts an especially fervent and loving homage of prayer and veneration. In this month, too, the benefits of God’s mercy come down to us from her throne in greater abundance”.
Many painters and sculptors have represented and continue to represent the Madonna holding the Baby Jesus very tightly and closely to herself. She seems to be afraid that somebody will try to take him away from her, or even just try to touch him. In my opinion, these artists have not understood Mary’s fundamental attitude, which is that of offering, of giving, and not of possessing.
Personally, I find Donatello’s bronze statue of the Virgin Mary, which can be admired on the High Altar of the Basilica of Saint Anthony, much more insightful. Mary has been captured in the act of standing up from her throne, reaching out in front of herself. She is holding the Baby Jesus like a paten, as an offering, and the smiling Baby seems to want to escape from his mother’s arms, almost as if he were looking for an infinite number of other hands and arms to receive him. I would even go so far as to say that in both the Madonna and the Child one can note a kind of impatience: the impatience of wanting to give something immediately.
Mary brought her son into the world but, unlike most mothers, she did not have any pretensions about wanting to keep him for herself. She gave her son to the world, to humankind. She knew full well that her son did not belong to her, but was destined to belong to others. Her son was a gift from God for all of us. The Gospels present Mary of Nazareth as a silent person who prefers to remain in the background, almost hidden, as it were.
Mary is the woman who does not step into the limelight. Her presence is a teaching of discretion and giving: it is the Word that must speak and be heard, not her. We should not be upset by this: the monstrance that bears the Word is splendid inasmuch as it is wrought from the same rare material of silence, and this silence of Mary expresses fullness, not lack of ability.
In front of that masterpiece of God which is the Virgin Mary, the correct stance for us should be that of contemplation, of openness and of silence. Devotion to Mary is really authentic if it makes us look at our inner selves, if it produces meditation on our faith which is nurtured above all by God’s love, rather than by apparitions and miracles. After all, even Mary had to find answers for the many doubts in her life without any special assistance.
Luke the Evangelist ends his version of the Annunciation with the phrase “Then, the Angel left her.” This is certainly not a happy ending. If anything it is a difficult and binding beginning. Mary was left alone, with no further extraordinary communication or reassuring message which removed her doubts. She had to make her journey with the help of her own faith, and not with the special assistance of an angel. Even in her life, as in our lives, her doubts and questions grew. She had to draw light from the darkest moments, and did not find easy ready-made answers. The angel had finished speaking, and from that moment on Mary would have to question the events of her life in order to try and understand. The same is true for all of us.
messengersaintanthony.com
MAY IS that time of the year in which piety is especially directed to Our Blessed Lady; it is the occasion for a tribute of faith and love to the Queen of Heaven.
In his 1965 Encyclical Mense Maio (the Month of May), which focuses on the Mother of God, Pope Paul VI wrote, “During this month Christians, both in church and in the privacy of the home, offer up to Mary from their hearts an especially fervent and loving homage of prayer and veneration. In this month, too, the benefits of God’s mercy come down to us from her throne in greater abundance”.
Many painters and sculptors have represented and continue to represent the Madonna holding the Baby Jesus very tightly and closely to herself. She seems to be afraid that somebody will try to take him away from her, or even just try to touch him. In my opinion, these artists have not understood Mary’s fundamental attitude, which is that of offering, of giving, and not of possessing.
Personally, I find Donatello’s bronze statue of the Virgin Mary, which can be admired on the High Altar of the Basilica of Saint Anthony, much more insightful. Mary has been captured in the act of standing up from her throne, reaching out in front of herself. She is holding the Baby Jesus like a paten, as an offering, and the smiling Baby seems to want to escape from his mother’s arms, almost as if he were looking for an infinite number of other hands and arms to receive him. I would even go so far as to say that in both the Madonna and the Child one can note a kind of impatience: the impatience of wanting to give something immediately.
Mary brought her son into the world but, unlike most mothers, she did not have any pretensions about wanting to keep him for herself. She gave her son to the world, to humankind. She knew full well that her son did not belong to her, but was destined to belong to others. Her son was a gift from God for all of us. The Gospels present Mary of Nazareth as a silent person who prefers to remain in the background, almost hidden, as it were.
Mary is the woman who does not step into the limelight. Her presence is a teaching of discretion and giving: it is the Word that must speak and be heard, not her. We should not be upset by this: the monstrance that bears the Word is splendid inasmuch as it is wrought from the same rare material of silence, and this silence of Mary expresses fullness, not lack of ability.
In front of that masterpiece of God which is the Virgin Mary, the correct stance for us should be that of contemplation, of openness and of silence. Devotion to Mary is really authentic if it makes us look at our inner selves, if it produces meditation on our faith which is nurtured above all by God’s love, rather than by apparitions and miracles. After all, even Mary had to find answers for the many doubts in her life without any special assistance.
Luke the Evangelist ends his version of the Annunciation with the phrase “Then, the Angel left her.” This is certainly not a happy ending. If anything it is a difficult and binding beginning. Mary was left alone, with no further extraordinary communication or reassuring message which removed her doubts. She had to make her journey with the help of her own faith, and not with the special assistance of an angel. Even in her life, as in our lives, her doubts and questions grew. She had to draw light from the darkest moments, and did not find easy ready-made answers. The angel had finished speaking, and from that moment on Mary would have to question the events of her life in order to try and understand. The same is true for all of us.
KAPISTAHAN NI SAN ANTONIO DE PADUA
Sa darating na Ika-4 ng Hunyo 2009 ay sisimulan na sa ating parokya ang siyam (9) na araw ng Nobenaryo sa karangalan ng ating patron San Antonio De Padua. Ang Banal na Misa ay idaraos sa ganap na ika-6 ng hapon na magsisimula sa Hunyo 4 hanggang Hunyo 12 kung saan maraming mga kaparian ang inimbitahan upang pangunahan ang mga nasabing misa at pagninilay sa kapistahan ni San Antonio De Padua. Sa darating na Ika-13 ng Hunyo araw ng kapistahan ni San Antonio, ang mga oras ng Misa ay ang mga sumusunod:
Ika-6 ng umaga-Pangungunahan ng Kanyang Kabunyian,Obispo Leo Drona
Ika-7 ng umaga
Ika-8 ng umaga
Ika-9 at kalahati ng umaga-Misa Konselebrada
Ika-5 ng hapon-Huling Misa
Ika-6 ng umaga-Pangungunahan ng Kanyang Kabunyian,Obispo Leo Drona
Ika-7 ng umaga
Ika-8 ng umaga
Ika-9 at kalahati ng umaga-Misa Konselebrada
Ika-5 ng hapon-Huling Misa
UPDATE ON THE PARISH FEEDING PROGRAM
Last May 08, 2009, the Parish Feeding Program started with 60 malnourished children from different areas in the Parish as beneficiaries. These children were selected by the Barangay Nutrition Council thru its Brgy. Nutrition Scholar (BNS) in coordination with the Municipal Social Welfare Office and Municipal Nutrition Action Officer of Binan, Laguna. The organizers of the program is using the approach and techniques provided by the Department of Social Welfare & Development (DSWD) Region IV-A on a per module basis composed of the required manpower complements for the food preparations, marketing, meal menu and even the education/formation of the parents beneficiaries.
The facilities of the Parish Hall serves as the official kitchen area of the program while the covered court of the Pedro H. Escueta Memorial School in Garcia Subdivision is chosen as the official feeding venue of the program given the proximity of the place and convenience on the part of the beneficiaries. The venue is also a good site for the available space for the Gulayan sa Bakuran project of the program which will be launched this June 2009 for the benefit of the parent’s beneficiaries.
The feeding program is on a daily basis Monday to Friday at 4:00 in the afternoon. This coming June 2009 various sub-programs within the project itself will be launched with the assistance of other private and government agencies that will complement the very purpose of the program which include the following:
• Gulayan ni San Antonio (container and backyard gardening project)
• Nutrition Education Program to be led by the Municipal Nutrition Action Officer of MSWD
• Kabuhayan 101-a livelihood education and training program to be led by the professors and students of the College of Business Administration of St. Michael’s College of Laguna.
Also, this coming school year, the organizers will start to accept student volunteers thru the Bayanihan sa Parokya Project as part of the community service awareness campaign of the program wherein they will be given exposures and hands on experience on every aspect of the program from food preparations to parent’s education and training activities. For those who are interested to join you may contact the following numbers:
049-511-7895 (Parish Office)
0932-222-9711 (Feeding Program Secretariat)
The facilities of the Parish Hall serves as the official kitchen area of the program while the covered court of the Pedro H. Escueta Memorial School in Garcia Subdivision is chosen as the official feeding venue of the program given the proximity of the place and convenience on the part of the beneficiaries. The venue is also a good site for the available space for the Gulayan sa Bakuran project of the program which will be launched this June 2009 for the benefit of the parent’s beneficiaries.
The feeding program is on a daily basis Monday to Friday at 4:00 in the afternoon. This coming June 2009 various sub-programs within the project itself will be launched with the assistance of other private and government agencies that will complement the very purpose of the program which include the following:
• Gulayan ni San Antonio (container and backyard gardening project)
• Nutrition Education Program to be led by the Municipal Nutrition Action Officer of MSWD
• Kabuhayan 101-a livelihood education and training program to be led by the professors and students of the College of Business Administration of St. Michael’s College of Laguna.
Also, this coming school year, the organizers will start to accept student volunteers thru the Bayanihan sa Parokya Project as part of the community service awareness campaign of the program wherein they will be given exposures and hands on experience on every aspect of the program from food preparations to parent’s education and training activities. For those who are interested to join you may contact the following numbers:
049-511-7895 (Parish Office)
0932-222-9711 (Feeding Program Secretariat)
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Isang Pagpupugay sa Dakilang Ilaw ng Tahanan-An Open Letter to all the Mothers of the Parish during the 2009 Mothers Day Tribute
NANAY NGAYON ANG ESPESYAL NA ARAW MO, OO MARAMING OKASYON AT SELEBRASYON KUNG SAAN MAARI KONG ALALAHANIN ANG IYONG PAGMAMAHAL AT PAGKALINGA SUBALIT ANG ISANG ITO ANG KATANGI-TANGI DAHIL ITO ANG ARAW KUNG SAAN HIGIT KONG DAPAT NA ALALAHANIN ANG IYONG PAGIGING INA, ANG DAKILANG BOKASYON NG ISANG BABAENG TULAD MO.
DAHIL DITO ‘NAY, BAYAAN MONG BUKSAN KO ANG NILALAMAN NG PUSO KO SA ORAS NA ITO SA PAMAMAGITAN NG MGA PAGBABALIK ALAALA SA MGA NAKARAANG PANGYAYARI SA ATING DALAWA NITONG NAGDAAANG MGA ARAW:
• SA DINAMI-DAMI NG MGA NAGAWA KONG KASALANAN SA IYO ALAM KO AT NARARAMDAMAN KO KUNG ALIN SA MGA ITO ANG HIGIT NA DUMUDUROG SA PUSO MO. MARAMING PAGKAKATAON HINDI AKO NAGSASABI NG TOTOO SA ILANG MGA BAGAY , TUMATAKAS AKO SA MGA PAGKATATAON NA KAILANGAN MO ANG AKING PRESENSYA PARA SA MGA GAWAING BAHAY LAHAT NG MGA ITO BALEWALA LANG SA IYO, MINSAN NAKAKAPAGTAAS KA NG BOSES DAHIL SA MGA ITO PERO MADALING MAPAPAWI ANG GALIT MO.
PERO ‘NAY NATATANDAAN MO BA ANG UNANG PAGKAKATAON NA NAGAWA KONG MAGTAAS NG BOSES SA IYO AT SIGAWAN KA? SARIWANG SARIWA SA AKING DIWA ANG PANGAYAYARING IYON. . .HINDI KA NAGSALITA NAKATINGIN KA LANG SA AKIN. . .NATULALA KA AT NAPAISIP SA AKING GINAWA. . .
• MAY MGA PAGKAKATAON NA HINDI TAYO NAGKAKAINTINDIHAN SA ILANG MGA BAGAY AT USAPIN SA BAHAY, PILIT MONG PINAPALIWANAG AT ITINUTURO SA AKIN ANG DAPAT GAWIN PERO DAHIL SA TINGIN KO MAS TAMA AKO HINDI KITA PINAKINGGAN. . .AT NAGALIT KA DAHIL DITO PERO MATIGAS TALAGA ANG ULO KO AT HINDI KO MATANGGAP ANG SINASABI MO KAYA AAMININ KO MASAMA ANG LOOB KA SA IYO. . .GALIT AKO ‘NAY, YAN ANG DAHILAN KUNG BAKIT HAGGANG NGAYON HINDI KITA PINAPANSIN AT KINIKIBO. . .
‘NAY PASENSYA KA NA WALA AKONG LAKAS NG LOOB NA LUMAPIT SA IYO AT PERSONAL NA IPALIWANAG ANG NARARAMDAMAN KO, HINDI NAMAN AKO SANAY NA KAUSAPIN KA NG GANITO. . .ALAM KO ITO ANG IYONG ARAW, PERO MAY DALAWANG BAGAY LANG AKO NA GUSTONG HINGIN SA IYO SA PAGKAKATAONG ITO . . .KAHIT NGAYON LANG,
‘NAY PWEDE BA KITANG YAKAPIN NG MAHIGPIT? TULAD NOON, NA KAPAG AKO’Y NA SA IYONG BISIG WALANG ANUMAN O SINUMAN ANG MAARING MAKASALING SA AKIN, ANG DAMING KONG PROBLEMA NGAYON ‘NAY, ISANG YAKAP LANG. . .
AT HALIKAN MO NAMAN AKO SA NOO, YUNG DATING MONG GINAGAWA? ANG HALIK NA KAPAG DUMADAMPI SA AKING NOO AY NARARAMDAMAN KO ANG IYONG PAGHINGA, ANG IYONG PAGHINGA NA NAGBIGAY SA AKIN NG LAKAS NA MAGPAHANGGANG NGAYON AY AKING TAGLAY.
DAHIL DITO ‘NAY, BAYAAN MONG BUKSAN KO ANG NILALAMAN NG PUSO KO SA ORAS NA ITO SA PAMAMAGITAN NG MGA PAGBABALIK ALAALA SA MGA NAKARAANG PANGYAYARI SA ATING DALAWA NITONG NAGDAAANG MGA ARAW:
• SA DINAMI-DAMI NG MGA NAGAWA KONG KASALANAN SA IYO ALAM KO AT NARARAMDAMAN KO KUNG ALIN SA MGA ITO ANG HIGIT NA DUMUDUROG SA PUSO MO. MARAMING PAGKAKATAON HINDI AKO NAGSASABI NG TOTOO SA ILANG MGA BAGAY , TUMATAKAS AKO SA MGA PAGKATATAON NA KAILANGAN MO ANG AKING PRESENSYA PARA SA MGA GAWAING BAHAY LAHAT NG MGA ITO BALEWALA LANG SA IYO, MINSAN NAKAKAPAGTAAS KA NG BOSES DAHIL SA MGA ITO PERO MADALING MAPAPAWI ANG GALIT MO.
PERO ‘NAY NATATANDAAN MO BA ANG UNANG PAGKAKATAON NA NAGAWA KONG MAGTAAS NG BOSES SA IYO AT SIGAWAN KA? SARIWANG SARIWA SA AKING DIWA ANG PANGAYAYARING IYON. . .HINDI KA NAGSALITA NAKATINGIN KA LANG SA AKIN. . .NATULALA KA AT NAPAISIP SA AKING GINAWA. . .
• MAY MGA PAGKAKATAON NA HINDI TAYO NAGKAKAINTINDIHAN SA ILANG MGA BAGAY AT USAPIN SA BAHAY, PILIT MONG PINAPALIWANAG AT ITINUTURO SA AKIN ANG DAPAT GAWIN PERO DAHIL SA TINGIN KO MAS TAMA AKO HINDI KITA PINAKINGGAN. . .AT NAGALIT KA DAHIL DITO PERO MATIGAS TALAGA ANG ULO KO AT HINDI KO MATANGGAP ANG SINASABI MO KAYA AAMININ KO MASAMA ANG LOOB KA SA IYO. . .GALIT AKO ‘NAY, YAN ANG DAHILAN KUNG BAKIT HAGGANG NGAYON HINDI KITA PINAPANSIN AT KINIKIBO. . .
‘NAY PASENSYA KA NA WALA AKONG LAKAS NG LOOB NA LUMAPIT SA IYO AT PERSONAL NA IPALIWANAG ANG NARARAMDAMAN KO, HINDI NAMAN AKO SANAY NA KAUSAPIN KA NG GANITO. . .ALAM KO ITO ANG IYONG ARAW, PERO MAY DALAWANG BAGAY LANG AKO NA GUSTONG HINGIN SA IYO SA PAGKAKATAONG ITO . . .KAHIT NGAYON LANG,
‘NAY PWEDE BA KITANG YAKAPIN NG MAHIGPIT? TULAD NOON, NA KAPAG AKO’Y NA SA IYONG BISIG WALANG ANUMAN O SINUMAN ANG MAARING MAKASALING SA AKIN, ANG DAMING KONG PROBLEMA NGAYON ‘NAY, ISANG YAKAP LANG. . .
AT HALIKAN MO NAMAN AKO SA NOO, YUNG DATING MONG GINAGAWA? ANG HALIK NA KAPAG DUMADAMPI SA AKING NOO AY NARARAMDAMAN KO ANG IYONG PAGHINGA, ANG IYONG PAGHINGA NA NAGBIGAY SA AKIN NG LAKAS NA MAGPAHANGGANG NGAYON AY AKING TAGLAY.
ANG PASIMHAY IS ONLINE AGAIN!
After more than 2 months of being offline, the site has already been re-activated and will give its fresh new looks in the next few weeks! More news and feature articles including fresh photos will be uploaded in the next few days for everyone to be continually updated in all the activities of the Parish. To be able to give the best service, the Administrator of the site shifted to a new ISP, it's now the GLOBE BROADBAND that will provide the internet access and services requirements of the administrator.
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