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May 19, 2017
BUKÁS-LOÓB SA DIYÓS • OPEN IN SPIRIT TO GOD
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THEME
We are empowered by the Holy Spirit
when we remain in Christ and live in Him
WORD
Acts 8:5-8; Ps 66; 1 Pet 3:15-18; Jn 14:15-23
ORDER
1. “In your hearts, sanctify Christ as Lord
(1 Pt 3:15)
2. “Keep your conscience clear” (1 Pt 3:16)
3. “Keep my commandments” (Jn 14:15) DIRECTION
Listen to what the Lord is saying and accept the
word of God.
REFLECTION As the day of Pentecost draws near, Jesus pre-
pares His apostles for that time when He would
leave them to go back to His rightful place at the
right hand of the Father. Now that He was going
back to heaven, He promised He would not
leave them alone to struggle with life. In just a
few days they will receive power from the Holy
Spirit. The Holy Spirit will remain to be their
guide as to what to do and enable them to do it.
To this very day, the Holy Spirit is doing the
same work in all of God’s people.
Just as the first disciples were not left orphaned,
we too are not orphaned. Through our baptism,
we have received the Holy Spirit. And as it was
for the people our first reading speaks of who
received the Holy Spirit when Peter and John
laid their hands on them (Acts 8: 15-17), so too
for those of us in the Renewal, it was when
hands were laid on us during our own baptism
in the Holy Spirit at our LSS that we experienced
more fully the presence of Jesus in our lives and
the power of the Holy Spirit in us. The condition that Jesus sets on having a living
relationship with Him is loving obedience to
Him by keeping His commandments. To those
who walk in obedience to His Word, Jesus ...P2
6th Sunday of Easter
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...promised to reveal Himself. “They who love
my commandments and keep them are those who
love me; and those who love me will be loved by my
Father and I will love them and reveal myself to
them.” (Jn. 14:21). Yes, it is very clear that one
way to know the power of the Holy Spirit in
our own lives is by obeying the Lord. Our best model of obedience is Jesus Himself.
He laid down His life to accomplish the Fa-
ther’s will. And throughout His life, Jesus
showed obedience by subjecting Himself to the
authority of other people. He allowed Himself
to be born to a Jewish woman, being subject to
the authority of Mary and Joseph. Although
He had no sin, He submitted Himself to be bap-
tized. As He came out of the water, the Holy
Spirit overshadowed Him and the voice of God
was heard saying “This is my Beloved Son in
whom I am well pleased.” (Matt 3:17) When we
obey, we please the Father. Obedience is merely the minimum. Love is
what makes obedience possible. It motivates
us to do more than the minimum. If we love,
we cannot help but want to do more for others,
because unconditional love is the nature of Je-
sus. Truly loving Jesus leads us to love even the
unlovable. In loving Him we give up whatever
it is in our lives which draws us away from
Him. It means changing our lives, working on
our personalities and characters, overcoming
sinful habits, stretching ourselves to love as
Jesus loved. As Pentecost approaches, let us ask the Holy
Spirit to give us a deeper knowledge of God’s
love and to make us channels of His love. As
our helper and counselor, let us pray for His
guidance to grow more in the fruit of the Spirit
so we can truly become worthy sons and
daughters of a loving God. May the Holy
Spirit, living and working in us, help us in per-
severing in our faith and obeying the com-
mandments that Jesus taught. PROMISE
" … whoever loves me will be loved by my
Father, and I will love them and reveal my-
self to them.” Jn 14, 21b:
MARCH for LIFE The Canadian National March for Life is an on-going
campaign against the passage of the infamous Omnibus
Bill C-150 which decriminalized abortion. This year the March for Life in Ottawa was held on May
11. More than 20,000 Canadians from all walks of life at-
tended the event. It started with the Rally on Parlia-
ment Hill where political, cultural and spiritual
leaders gave stirring calls to action on how to re-
store a culture of life in Canada. The participants then marched through the streets
of downtown Ottawa and returned to the Hill for an impromptu concert. This was
followed by powerful testimonies given by the women and men of the … cont’d P3
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...Silent No More Awareness Campaign. The program wrapped up at 4pm with a
closing prayer service led by the Eastern Catholic Chaplaincy of Ottawa. Our heartfelt thanks to the BLD Community for its active support of this event. We are now on
our 3rd year of participation and we have again been well represented this year with a contingent
of 48 attendees from SFX and Toronto. Special thanks to Tito/Dora Bacungan, Carmen Jimenez
and YolyUranza who helped coordinate our 2017 March for Life. It was a blessed day in-
deed, specially for the first timers. See you all next year! And together, let us continue to stand on guard and protect the unborn
children.
On May 11, 2017, Philip and
Clarita Malolos (ME#2) cele-
brated 49 years of marriage.
To many, that seems to be a
very big deal. But if you look
at it from a different per-
spective, you realize that the number 49
falls woefully short of its intended tar-
get in almost every conceivable respect.
While it is true that 49 is actually 48
digits more than the number 1, it is
equally true that this oddest of numbers
is 1 digit shy of the golden 50. And
therein lies the rub! After 49 years of
deciding to love and to keep loving each
other day-in and day-out… after 49
years of sacrificing for one another over
and over again in countless little ways,
Philip and Clarita are now faced with
the prospect of going through another
525,600 minutes of love and sacrifice
before they can reach that golden and
triumphant number of 50. How utterly
inconceivable is that!
But perhaps that’s the key to
understanding marriage and
rediscovering yet again, what
this lovely couple has so gra-
ciously shared with our com-
munity over the years. For it
was through them that we came to un-
derstand why marriage is a Holy Sacra-
ment, which is to say that it has nothing
to do with numbers, nor a goal that we
need to reach or achieve. Because for
Philip and Clarita, it’s a kind of naviga-
tional star that we look up to as we pass
through those incredible years of joy,
heartaches, hopes and dreams -- a star
that is so unfathomably difficult to
reach, yet so miraculously beautiful to
experience. Much like…God’s grace. And so to Philip and Clarita and to a
miraculously beautiful 49 years of mar-
riage (which is still.. .ehem..1 shy of 50),
Happy Anniversary!! May the grace of
the Lord be upon you always!
By: Fran and Baby Pulumbarit
ONE SHY OF FIFTY By Mon/Len Carluen
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Shepherding Sessions: OLA Church (after Praise & Worship)
Friday, May 19, 2017 : (Salubong) Welcome & Acquaintance
Friday, May 26, 2017 : Topic - God’s Love
Friday, June 09, 2017 : Topic - Salvation
Friday, June 16, 2017 : Topic - New Life and Receiving God’s Gift
Mon-Thurs, June 19-22, 2017 : One-on-One Shepherding Session
Mon-Thurs, June 19-22, 2017 : Confession
Friday, June 23, 2017 : Invocation Mass,
8:00 p.m., OLA Church LSS Weekend Proper: Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School
1107 Avenue Rd., Toronto
Saturday, June 24, 2017 : LSS Proper (8:30 am – 7:30 pm)
Sunday, June 25, 2017 : LSS Proper (8:30 am – 4:00 pm)
SAVE THE DATE JULY 29, 2017 BLD-TORONTO
COMMUNITY PICNIC
BLD-TORONTO MID-YEAR RETREAT
“RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY ENCOUNTER”
SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 2017 @ 8:00AM
FACILITATOR: FR. LARRY TAN, SDB Registration starts tonight, May 19. Please see the
Pastoral Services Ministry Desk at the basement hall
after our Praise & Worship.
LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SEMINAR #35