Fasting has a tendency to be oriented toward things giving up food or television. But there are many other creative ways we can welcome Jesus’ healing touch. Hereunder are some suggestions you may want to consider:
1. Fast from anger and hatred.
Give your family an extra dose of love each day.
2. Fast from judging others.
Before making [...]
What does it mean to “fast”?
To fast is to do without food. Its purpose is to experience the effects of not eating. It also serves to be a penance or a sacrifice – for the purpose of strengthening us. When we don’t eat, for even a little while, we get hungry. When we get hungry, [...]
Holy Week is the last week of Lent. Its observances began in Jerusalem in the earliest days of the Church, when devout people traveled to Jerusalem at Passover to reenact the events of the week leading up to the Resurrection.
Egeria, a Christian, traveled widely during the period of 381-385 and wrote about Christian customs and [...]
Palm Sunday 2010 falls on March 28th. In the Catholic and other Christian calendar Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter, the sixth and last Sunday in Lent, and the first day of the Holy Week.
In Cavinti and in the neighboring coconut-producing towns, Palm Sunday is a much awaited day by the town folks. Why? [...]
North Texas’ Oscar, the Pig, is theworld’s oldest pig as recorded in the Guinnes Book of World Records.
At 20 years old, he’s lived an eventful life. His image has graced an Avanti greeting card, he has made television cameos and was the subject of an article in the Chicago Tribune.He is quite a celebrity.
Stacy Kimbell [...]
Launching March 28, the new, extra-large Nintendo DSi XL™ hand-held system features 4.2-inch screens that are 93 percent larger than those on the Nintendo DS™ Lite system. Nintendo DSi XL will be available at a suggested retail price of $189.99, and that includes three titles that have been pre-installed on the system. These include the [...]
Consuelo Grifal Mesina, a nonagenarian, succombed to old age at 4:00 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, March 23, 20l0 in Emerson, New Jersey, U.S.A. She was married to the late Eustaquio V. Mesina. Her late husband was among the early immigrants from Cavinti to the United States having migrated to the aforementioned country in [...]
There are many wonderful milestones in our lives, but a graduation is one of the most important of all of life’s milestones.
Whether the graduation is from nursery school, kindergarten, high school or college/university, there is no doubt that this is a
significant accomplishment, and it is important for the graduate’s family members and friends to mark [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Summoned to success by President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled Congress approved historic legislation Sunday night extending health care to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and cracking down on insurance company abuses, a climactic chapter in the century-long quest for near universal coverage.
Widely viewed as dead two months ago, the Senate-passed bill [...]
A strong upper level system moved through North Texas Saturday night and even though the rain and snow has stopped for most parts of Texas, Dallas-Fort Worth area residents woke up to a winter wonderland on the first day of spring.
Some people in the northern parts of the Metroplex reported six to eight inches of [...]
A native of Cavinti, Lucila C. Oblena spent all her working years as an educator, beginning as a classroom teacher in 1944, then a Guidance Counselor and retired as a school Principal. She is also the founder of CLOTA (Cavinti Laguna Overseas Teachers Association). She is the Editor of Tipakan.com (Cavinti Diaspora).
