Angel of God Prayer

my prayer every night...

Prayer To Your Guardian Angel
Angel of God,
my guardian dear,
To whom God's love
commits me here,
Ever this day,
be at my side,
To light and guard,
Rule and guide.

Amen.




"From infancy to death human life is surrounded by their (the angels) watchful care and intercession. Beside each believer stands an angel as protector and shepherd leading him to life. Already here on earth the Christian life shares by faith in the blessed company of angels and men united to God."

- from the Catechism of the Catholic Church; 336.

Who am I?

Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart

Not because of who I am
But because of what You’ve done
Not because of what I’ve done
But because of who You are

I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
Vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I’m calling
Lord, You catch me when I’m falling
And You’ve told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours

Who am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love and watch me rise again
Who am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me

Not because of who I am
But because of what You’ve done
Not because of what I’ve done
But because of who You are

I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
Vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I’m calling
Lord, You catch me when I’m falling
And You’ve told me who I am
I am Yours

Not because of who I am
But because of what You’ve done
Not because of what I’ve done
But because of who You are

I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
Vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I’m calling
Lord, You catch me when I’m falling
And You’ve told me who I am
I am Yours

I am Yours
Whom shall I fear
Whom shall I fear
‘Cause I am Yours
I am Yours

Who Am I - Casting Crowns

kung hei fat choi!!!

happy chinese new year to all!!!

sinulog... pit senyor

my daddy is in cebu.. but we have just celebrated the feast of Sto. Nino here in davao through prayers...


The Sinulog festival is one of the grandest and most colorful festivals in the Philippines. The main festival is held each year on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City to honor the Santo Niño, or the child Jesus, who used to be the patron saint of the whole province of Cebu (since in the Catholic faith Jesus is not a saint, but God). It is essentially a dance ritual which remembers the Filipino people’s pagan past and their acceptance of Christianity.






pit senyor kang nanay kini.. pit senyor kang tatay kini...

pit senyor...senyor..senyor...

pit senyor..senyor..senyor...

sinulog musyagit og kusog... PIT SENYOR..PIT SENYOR!!!


tanan magsaulog...

pit senyor...senyor..senyor...

HAPPY NEW YEAR

my thanx 2 ol

MY GODPARENTS And Their JOB Description

GODPARENTING may be the least understood job in Christianity. Some parents select sponsors in baptism to honour family members or friends; others look for responsible parent-types "just in case."


Few parents, if any, have any real expectation about what godparents should "do" for their child, other than standing with them at the font on the day of baptism. Godparents themselves are often confused about their responsibilities with the result being that many sponsors, some parents, and more than a few clergy wonder whether inviting godparents into relationship with a candidate for baptism is necessary at all.

Yet, with careful education and preparation, godparents can serve as a vital link between the candidate's Christian family and the community of faith into which they are to be baptized.

1.) Godparents represent the Church of Jesus Christ,as new members are initiated into the Christian faith and life.


As far back as the Middle Ages, a young man or woman had a series of three sponsors during the period of their initiation into the Church - one for the period of instruction, a second for their baptism, and a third for their confirmation. At each occasion it was the godparent who presented the candidate to the Church for consideration as a member.

Today, parents customarily present their own children for these functions. However, godparents can and still do represent the community of faith at the act of baptism. This does not presuppose that godparents must be members of the congregation into which the candidate is baptized. In fact, the presence of godparents from other families within Christendom underscores the universality of the Church and the strength of our wider fellowship as Christians.

As those who stand for the Church at Baptism, godparents maintain a vital interest in the spiritual life of the candidate's family, especially as it is expressed in their home. Their ongoing concern is not only the welfare of the individual they sponsor, but also the spiritual atmosphere in which the child is raised. Even if godparents live at a distance, this can be accomplished by daily prayer for the godchild and his or her family, regular contact through letters and visits, and gifts of age-appropriate Christian books and music. I encourage godparents to remember that while friends and relatives remember a child's birthday and other celebrations like Christmas, they have the privilege of making a child's baptismal or confirmation anniversary a special occasion through their attention and remembrance. Thus, a godparent brings the life of faith to the Christian family as a friend and representative of the greater Church.


2. The godparent is the guarantor of education.

In the past, some branches of the Christian Church have traditionally charged godparents with specific tasks focusing on the candidate's education in the Christian faith and life. In some churches, this meant insuring that the child knew the Ten Commandments and the Lord's Prayer. In others, it meant providing the candidate with the information necessary for confirmation preparation.

In our time, godparents are rarely a child's primary educator, but the sponsor must maintain a lively interest in the candidate's Christian education. This, of course, assumes that the godparent himself or herself possesses a level of spiritual maturity enabling them to discern the candidate's growth in faith and offer the gift of self to enrich the child's spiritual development. Resources for this responsibility are limitless, and the abundance of material available to lay folk through churches and Christian bookstores makes sharing the substance of the faith with a godchild a rewarding and exciting charge.


3. A godparent is a mentor, helper, and friend.

When asked if they are willing to stand as a sponsor in baptism, potential godparents should seriously consider whether they are capable of making a lifetime commitment to another human being. Just as parents face a lifetime of commitment to the health and well-being of their children, godparents must expect to exercise their responsibilities of involvement and care for the young people they sponsor. As representatives of the fancily of believers in Jesus Christ, they must expect to be available to their godchildren at all times for counsel, encouragement, and companionship.

In our time, the concept of spiritual friendship, of companionship on the faith journey, has become extremely popular. Rather than being a new concept, this is, in fact, an old idea, grounded in the type of relationship godparents should have with their godchildren. This experience of faithful companionship should be a comfortable and natural one for Christians, modeling their relationship with their godparents, their first friends in faith.

sayings and qoutes about giving gifts :)

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. ~Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet


What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb


A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver. ~Thomas á Kempis


The only gift is a portion of thyself. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson


We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers. ~Seneca


We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays


But it is a cold, lifeless business when you go to the shops to buy something, which does not represent your life and talent, but a goldsmith's. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Gifts," Essays, Second Series, 1844


If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give. ~George MacDonald


The manner of giving is worth more than the gift. ~Pierre Corneille, Le Menteur


Christmas is the season when you buy this year's gifts with next year's money. ~Author Unknown


A hug is a great gift - one size fits all, and it's easy to exchange. ~Author Unknown


If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken. ~Idries Shah


'Tis blessed to bestow, and yet,
Could we bestow the gifts we get,
And keep the ones we give away,
How happy were our Christmas day!
~Carolyn Wells


To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving. ~Max Beerbohm


Pleasure is spread through the earth
In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find.
~William Wordsworth, 1806


What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God. ~Eleanor Powell


The Lord loveth a cheerful giver. He also accepteth from a grouch. ~Catherine Hall


The Christmas season has come to mean the period when the public plays Santa Claus to the merchants. ~John Andrew Holmes


May Peace be your gift at Christmas and your blessing all year through! ~Author Unknown




God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame. ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning


God waits to win back his own flowers as gifts from man's hands. ~Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, 1916


You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. ~Author Unknown


To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year. ~Elwyn Brooks White


Nothing's as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas. ~Kin Hubbard


I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson



God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you?" ~William A. Ward


It isn't the size of the gift that matters, but the size of the heart that gives it. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994


Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. ~William A. Ward


Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons. ~Ruth Ann Schabacker


Change always comes bearing gifts. ~Price Pritchett



Love is, above all, the gift of oneself. ~Jean Anouilh


Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present. ~Babatunde Olatunji