Archive for the ‘Fast Food For Thoughts’ Category
ON FORGIVENESS
By Rudy M. Viernes
Novato, CA
The Lord’s Prayer is every Christian’s daily fare. It is as much a part of his morning and evening rituals as eating breakfast and evening dinners. That portion “…and forgive our sins as we forgive those who sin against us” should be accentuated when we want to forgive somebody. [...]
THE GLOBAL FILIPINO
By Rudy M. Viernes
Novato, CA
Filipinos going overseas for work were earlier called OCWs for Overseas Contract Workers. That was replaced with OFWs for Overseas Filipino Workers. But still the name tag has not been taken in a kindly light. However, it was sweetened into Global Filipinos, a fitting moniker because they are everywhere [...]
The Spirit In The Holy Triad
By Rudy M. Viernes
The seventh Sunday after Easter is Pentecost Sunday. This year it will be on May 30. Pentecost is not a specially celebrated Church event. Not many Catholics, even those renewed, know much about Pentecost and its religious significance. The Pentecostal movement is a large and powerful religious movement [...]
Faith Healing
By Rudy M. Viernes
Many books have been written about faith healing, divine healing, spiritual healing,
hailing prayer and other similar expressions which are essentially synonymous to each other. There have been genuine testimonies of people who have been healed through
God’s intervention. But the foundation of this truth lies not so [...]
The United Nations And The Prince Of Peace
By Rudy M. Viernes
The United Nations is a world organization of independent countries. It celebrates its 64th founding anniversary on October 24 this year. It is a precursor of the League of Nations formed in 1920 and formally dissolved in 1946.
The U.N. was organized in 1945 with the adaption and signing of its [...]
The Filipina(O) – Part II
By Rudy M. Viernes
The Filipinos are gracious and hospitable people, the last virtue is widely known. They aren’t brusque and confrontational. They are polite and respectful. They have dazzling strains of Filipino traits, like pakikisama, utang na loob, hiya, pakiramdam, the Bahala na attitude, and spirit of bayanihan.
Pakikisama is getting along with [...]
The Filipina (O) Part I
By Rudy M. Viernes
Filipinos have a checkered heritage. For 377 years of Spanish rule and 46 years of American, except for a brief four years of Japanese, it’s not surprising if Filipinos seem to be more Latin than Asian. Add a bit of Chinese, Indian, British, Arabian influences and you got a country [...]
The Nativity of the Virgin Mary
By Rudy M. Viernes
The Marian dimension of Christian life takes on a special meaning this month of September with the celebration of the birthday of the Virgin Mary on Sept. 8. To many Christians all over the world Sept. 8 is just an ordinary day. They don’t have an iota of its significance. [...]
Our Heroes
By Rudy M.Viernes
The Philippine government cannot provide employment opportunities to its teeming employable citizens, sad to say..So, many Filipinos go abroad where employment abounds. Thus the template OFW was coined for Overseas Filipino Worker (which used to be OCW for Overseas Contract Worker) and has become commonplace, a phenomenon nevertheless, and it’s here to stay [...]
Aral At Asal
By Rudy M. Viernes
rudmanfriday@yahoo.com
Our stint in the renewal movement in the Philippines was one with substance and a period of our life we will fondly remember. My late wife and I were deeply involved in myriad activities that broadened our religious horizons. As renewed Christians we went through the ladders of spiritual growth. [...]
All Days Are God’s Days
By Rudy M. Viernes
We had a wall calendar printed in full color with all the days of the week changing slots. In this calendar Monday (Moon or Luna for Lunes) is at the left most column which is the first day of the week, followed by Tuesday which is on Monday’s slot, and Wednesday [...]
The Spirit In The Holy Trio
By Rudy M. Viernes
The seventh Sunday after Easter is Pentecost Sunday. This year it will be on May 11. Pentecost is not a specially celebrated Church event. Not many Catholics, even those renewed, know much about the Pentecost and its significance. The Pentecostal movement is a large and powerful religious movement to [...]
The Good Samaritan
By Rudy M. Viernes
The Samaritans, the inhabitants of biblical Samaria (now in western Lebanon) were looked down by the Jews with contempt because they were heathens or were adversed to any particular religion or faith. Inversely in more recent times the racist Nazis of WWII Germany were deeply disdainful of the Jews because of their [...]
The Philippine Festivals
By Rudy M. Viernes
The first day of May in the Philippines ushers in the start of a month of merrymakings, of festivals, processions, Santacruzan, Flores de Mayo, flowers and the Virgin Mary.
