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    AT THE PHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTER

    A Catholic Prayer Meeting of the LIGHT OF JESUS FAMILY

    July 15, 2012

    I READ a beautiful article by Jenn Giroux.She said that in the small town of Siroki-Brijeg in Croatia (Population: 13,000), notone single divorce has been recorded.

    Why? I believe its because the oldfashioned values are still part of their lifeand culture. (These old fashioned valuesare what I will later explain in my talk asWorship or Reverence for God.)

    And a powerful expression of these oldfashioned values is a beautiful twist in theirmatrimonial ritual. (If your wedding is near,read carefully. You may want to include thisfor your wedding rites.)

    In our present wedding ceremony, thepriest says at the end of the rites, You maykiss the bride.

    But in the town of Siroki-Brijeg, thepriest says, You may kiss the cross. Andboth of them kiss Jesus in a crucix.

    Let me backtrack a bit to the start ofthe ceremony.

    When the bride and groom enter thechurch, they already carry a crucix. The rstthing the priest does is to bless it. And as theman and the woman say their vows, they areholding on the crosswith the priests stoledraped on top of their hands (Note: the stole isthe long piece of cloth around the priests neck)

    Today, I receive all ofGods love for me.Today, I open myselfto the unbounded,

    limitless, overowingabundance of Godsuniverse.Today, I open myselfto Gods blessings,healing, and miracles.Today, I open myselfto Gods WordSo I would become

    More like Jesus every day.Today, I proclaim that I am Gods beloved,I am Gods servant,I am Gods powerful champion.And because I am blessed,I am blessing the world.In Jesus name. Amen.

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    After the vows are said, the couple

    wont kiss each other. They will kissthe cross.

    The newlywed couple will then bringhome the crucix and set it on the familyaltar. Around it, they will establish dailyfamily prayer. That daily family prayersays that Jesus is the center of their familylife. When they are blessed, they singtheir gratitude around Jesus. When theyare in trouble, they kneel at the foot of thecross. When they are ghting, they lookat His kindness, His forgiveness, and Hisselessness as an example of what theyshould do.

    When you marry someone, youre not

    looking for an ideal partner. Youre lookingfor a cross.Yes, my wife is my cross. Because

    loving her isnt convenient. If I wantedto remain comfortable, I shouldnt havegotten married. But I dont want to remaincomfortable. I want to remain committed.

    Yes, she is my cross. My beautiful,lovely, glorious cross. Because she has

    brought me closer to God and enlarged mycapacity to love.

    May your dreams come true,

    BO SANCHEZ

    VALUES

    ShojiMeris

    Feast PICC launches Facebook page at the Plenary Hall lobby.

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    LAST WEEK

    REV. FR. ALEX BALATBATexpounded on the Gospelaccording to Mark 6:1-6 whereJesus said a prophet is despisedonly in his own country, amonghis own relations and in hisown house and he could workno miracle there, except that he

    cured a few sick people by layinghis hands on them.Fr. Alex said often, we have

    a wrong notion about whats amiracle. He said for instance, ifa woman who was declared braindead and was in comatose fora month opened her eyes, wesay thats a miracle. What if shedid not open her eyes? Does itmean that there was no blessing,no miracle? Fr. Alex said thehusband staying by her bedsidewhile she was in comatosethats a miracle a miracle oftogetherness, the miracle of the

    sacrament of marriage.Fr. Alex pointed out that

    if a persons eyes are xed onJesus and can see His presenceeven in dark moments, thatsa miracle. The Lord is with uswherever we are.

    Do you want a miracle?Talk with the person you are atodds with and forgive. Awakenthe miracle in your life. Even indeath, proclaim His presence.You yourself are a miracle

    because God created you in Hisimage and likeness.

    -- Bella Estrella

    What Is a Miracle?

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    When Jesus Takes the WheelTHE rst time he attended the Feastwith his family, Ruvhel Curraywas skeptic about tithing. But oneincident changed his mind and heartabout giving to the Lord.

    Unknown to him, his wife putP500 in the Love Offering basket,leaving only P40 in her wallet.

    On their way home, Ruvhelnoticed that his car was about torun out of gas. He asked his wifefor money to buy gas and only

    then did he nd out she had onlyP40 in her wallet.

    As if to make matters worse,at the same time, their son saidhe was hungry and asked thatthey stop and eat in a restaurant.Frantically, his wife scrounged formoney in her bag, and she found

    just enough amount to buy theirson a value meal.

    They continued to drivehome, with Ruvhel sweating over

    the steering wheel, hoping againsthope that the car would not stop inthe middle of the road. And to hisamazement, even as the hand of thefuel gauge pointed to just one hairline

    beforeEas inEmpty-- the carrolled on until they got safely home.

    That was enough for Ruvhelto believe in tithing. And sincehes been tithing regularly, he hasreceived many blessings. One is hehas now three lucrative businesses.

    Kristine MutucPhotos by Cris Legasp

    Illustration by George D. Paguio

    BRO. Bo Sanchezlogged us in to our newseries Taggedwith hisrst talk focusing on

    Relationships. Whyis Facebook so big?Because every oneof us has a need to

    be connected and tobelong to a group ofpeople. Even 90% of

    our pain comes fromour relationships. Ourstress, physical and emotionalsicknesses come from problemsin our relationships. Thegood news is God can healour relationships thus we can

    be healed from our pain. 1Corinthians 13:1-3 says that weare nothing if we do not love.We all have a deep need forlove. God put it in our DNA

    because this need pushes us toHim. Whether we like it or not,the people we love can fail ussomehow. But God never failsand only He can ll up our needfor love. God is love!

    Bro. Bo emphasized thatto win in life, we must win inlove. In every part of our life,we must know how to denethe win. In sports such as

    basketball, every team memberhas to know that he has toshoot the ball to win. So inlife, the thing that will make uswin is our relationships. Thiswas even made clear by Jesuswhen He shared the greatestcommandments:Love Godand

    love others. So we can relatefurther, Bro. Bo shared fourcommon aspects in life whichneed love to be successful:

    1. Business. Mostbusinessmen think that the winin business isprot. But its not.Prot is only a side effect ofthe most important win: goodrelationship with customers.Your business should have ravingfans who can patronize and talkabout the product. Its alwaysabout loving the customer and thecustomer loving you back.

    2. Family. Parents thinkthey should work endlessly toearn money for their children.Working is good to provide forthe familys needs. But at theend of the day, family life isalways about being together andspending time to bond with eachother. Relationship is the key.

    3. Church. Bro. Boshared that the Feast has beenimmensely blessed in the pastyears. Three years ago, therewas only one Feast. Now, wehave built 94! This is because ofthe unity that God has blessedthe Light of Jesus leaders with.Our leaders have fought alongthe way, but they were blessedwith humility to forgive. Evenin our Church, its all about therelationships we build thefriendship and the love that wegain along the way.

    Christianity. Even Light ofJesus fteen years ago was

    bounded by 24 strict rules whichmembers had to follow. Twothings happened that made Bro.Bo rethink the rules: 1) Somereligious members turned outto be legalistic and not the best

    people you wanted to be with. 2)Bro. Bo met people who werentreligious at all, but were the most

    kindhearted people he had evermet. Bro. Bo then realized that

    spiritual maturity is better thanreligious maturity.

    In the Gospel of John,when the people brought to Jesusan adulterous woman whom theywanted to stone to death, Jesusdidnt condemn her. Instead Hesaid, He who has no sin castthe rst stone. When the people

    left, Jesus asked the womanWoman, where are they? Hasnoone condemned you?Noone, sir, she said.Then neitherdo I condemn you,Jesusdeclared. Go now and leave

    your life of sin. The commonmisconception about God isthat, we should follow His rulesrst and then He will love us.But Jesus also wants to havea relationship with us! In spiteour sins, He will not condemnus because He loves us. Andwe love because He rst lovedus. Let us make our life revolvearound the most importantthing relationships.

    4. ChristianLife. Wehave thetendency tocomplicate

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    TODAYREFLECTIONSTalk 2: LikeRelationships Are Basedon Old Fashioned Values

    Psalms 139:14I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfullymade; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

    Matthew 7:25The rain came down, the streams rose, and the windsblew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall,because it had its foundation on the rock.

    Personal Reection and Group Discussion:The foundation of fantastic relationships are oldfashioned values of honesty, faithfulness, humility,integrity Can you think of an example of how

    relationships are so much better with these values?

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    By KRISTINE MUTUC

    A MOTHER was scheduled togive birth at the delivery roomof the Manila Doctors Hospital.

    Nothing extraordinary.The doctors and nurses wentabout the routine delivery

    procedures and at 2 p.m., themother was already restingat the recovery room, and her

    baby sleeping, safe and sound,at the nursery.

    Then it happened. Afew minutes after four, theearth shook, the hospital

    building swayed to and fro,heavy equipment in thenursery moved, the lightsickered.Earthquake!

    Promptly, the nursescarefully scooped the babiesfrom their bassinets and

    brought them to a saferplace. All the babies wereevacuatedexcept the newly

    born. The baby could not bemoved because it was not eventwo hours old.

    That baby was me.I was desperately

    thinking of you, my motherwould tell me later, when Iwas old enough to understandwhat happened that day. But Iwas helpless. I couldnt move

    because my anaesthesia hadntworn out.

    My mother related thatwhile everyone scamperedfor safety, I was there in thenursery sleeping soundly,oblivious of the danger Iwas in. She said a nursekindly protected me from

    falling items, but there wasnot much else she could dobecause moving me out of thenursery would be moredangerous for me.

    Mercifully, after afew agonizing minutes, theearthquake stopped. My motherand I survived one of the worstdisasters that the countryhad suffered. That day, July16, 1990, at 4:26 p.m., theearthquake, with a 7.8 surfacewave magnitude, struck Luzon,

    starting at the epicenter inNueva Ecija, and stretchingup to Metro Manila. Theearthquake killed 1,621 personsand damaged P10-billion worthof property.

    Last Sunday, July 8, thechilling story of my birth racedin my mind again as I listenedto the homily of Fr. AlexBalatbat.

    Fr. Alex said peopleoften wish that they will be

    blessed with miracles, unawareor unappreciative of miraclesalready happening for them.We want spectacular miraclessuch as winning in the Lotto, ora relative getting cured from adreaded disease, or witnessinga holy apparition. But, Fr. Alex

    pointed out, every day we areblessed with miraclesthedawning of a new day, thereconciliation of a wife withher mother-in-law, getting toattend the Feast, receivingHoly Communion...

    You are a miracle,Fr. Alex stressed, pointingto us attendees.

    And that very moment,goose bumps crawled all overme. I had heard the story ofmy birth again and again, butfor the rst time, I was like,Yes! I am a miracle!

    Today is July 15.Tomorrow, July 16, I will be22 years old. Two decades and

    two years had passed sincethe Earthquake of 1990. Wemay never know why overa thousand perished in thatdisaster while others includingmy mom and I survived. ButFr. Alex said like life, deathis a miracle too. God has Hisreasons for whatever happensin this world. So now, I canonly humbly trust Him thatwhatever happened to me andwhat will happen next willalways be a miracle.

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    EARTHQUAKE

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    DAY 3

    Listen to YouthMissions Head ObetCabrillas, cry, if youmust in the midst of histouching talk on howGod is always thereready to give you acomforng embrace.

    Listen to Bro. JC Libiran tell you that youare Gods powerful champion. You are!

    Go up, up wall climbing and rappelling!

    Ooops, dont go unl youve said Thank you and God blessto the Camp servants and facilitators.

    And all too sudden, you are at the end of the of Camp Calye. Its dicultto say good-bye, so College campers (below) as well the High Schoolcampers simply just wave.

    DAY 4

    TO take you into Camp Calye, campersMill Joseph Seraspe, Ron Martinez, andJenelyn Bagaforo share the unforgettable...

    Whats really cool about Camp Calye?Mill: Camp Calye gave mea chance to live away frommy comfort zone for fourdays. I was exposed not only

    to the burning rays of the sunbut also to the complexitiesof team work, camping,team building, cooking, and

    many more. It was challenging but fun. Theculminating activity transformed us fromordinary campers to Gods Champions!Ron: The camp was like a sneak preview ofheaven to me. All were smiling and it was asif we were all brothers and sisters. Its likethe talks set you free from your past whichhad been a hindrance for you to dogreater things.Jennelyn: To shower and change for notmore than seven minutes! Hahaha! Kidding

    aside, I met wonderful people and madegreat friends in four days which I knowwill last a lifetime. Awww!

    And the best lesson you learned isMill: Focus my time and energy to myrelationships with people. Back home,I spent a lot of time with my gadgets.During the camp, my cell phone didnt

    even have signal. But I felt very happy.There were so many new friends Italked with.

    Ron: To serve othersinterests before mine. Welearned how to lead and

    be proactive in most teambuilding activities.Jenelyn: This may soundcorny or clich to some

    but I spent four days withpeople who seemed to be strangers tome and Im happy to say that withthem, I learned to LIVE, LOVE,and LAUGH.

    How will you apply these lessonsin your life?Mill: I will start with my family. I willimprove my relationships with my siblingsand parents. Then, I will work on myrelationships with my classmates and friends.I will continue improving my relationshipsuntil I can inspire all the people around me toinvest in their relationships as well.

    Ron: I am a graduating student, and willsoon be working. So I can apply the tips onbuilding relationships at the workplace.

    Jenelyn: Live as if theresno tomorrow, make the bestout of everything I have,especially enjoy each andevery moment possible.Show LOVE to everyonearound no matter what orwho they are. Last but not

    least, laugh-- not only when youre happybut also through your mistakes, so that youcan let go.

    -- Interview by Bethany Anne P. Dechave

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    BLESSINGLOGS

    Shape of My Heart

    Hmm, yeah, yeahBaby, please try to forgive meStay here dont put out the glow

    Hold me now dont bother if everyminute it makes me weaker

    You can save me from the man thatIve become, oh yeah

    Lookin back on the thingsIve done

    I was tryin to be someoneI played my part, kept you

    in the darkNow let me show youthe shape of my heart

    Sadness is beautiful loneliness

    thats tragicalSo help me I cant win this war,

    oh noTouch me now dont bother if every

    second it makes me weakerYou can save me from the man

    Ive become

    Lookin back on the thingsIve done

    I was tryin to be someoneI played my part, kept you

    in the darkNow let me show youthe shape of my heart

    Im here with my confessionGot nothing to hide no moreI dont know where to start

    But to show you the shape of my heart

    Im lookin back on thingsIve done

    I never wanna playthe same old part

    Ill keep you in the darkNow let me show youthe shape of my heart

    Lookin back on the things

    Ive doneI was tryin to be someone

    I played my part,kept you in the darkNow let me show youthe shape of my heart

    Lookin back on the thingsIve done

    I was tryin to be someoneI played my part,kept you in the dark

    Now let me show youthe shape of my heart

    Show you the shape of my heart.

    Its been a decade sinceId been singing that song.Back then, for me it was justa simple love song. But at theconcert, the lyrics came tome on a different level. Evenafter the concert, the lyricsin my mind was goingthis way

    Man: Im looking back onthings Ive doneI never wanna play the sameold part

    MY friend, commenting on mystatus update in Facebook, wasright. Shes my friend, so sheknew that every time I sayBSB,

    I meanBoSanchezBooks. Yup,Im such a Big Fan!

    But that particular timewhen I posted my status as

    BSB, I was referring to my all-time favorite boy band since Iwas ten years old.

    I made the post via mymobile phone when I was at theMall of Asia arena by the ManilaBay waiting for the New KidsOn The Block/Back Street Boys(NKOTBSB) concert to begin.Along with thousands of 90s boy

    band fanatics, I waited with tonsof excitement. It was a dream-come-true. After almost more thana decade of drooling over NickCarter, I would now see himlive!

    Like everybody else,I screamed as the NKOSTBrocked the stage. And Iscreamed my lungs out whenthe BSB rolled and roared.

    It was nostalgic. I waslike going down memory laneas like everybody else I sangalong with the two bands. I sangas the BSB belted out its record-

    breaking song, Shape of MyHeart. The lyrics go this way

    And keep You in the dark.Now, let me show youthe shape of my heart.

    God: Ill be the One(Ill be the One)Who will make all yoursorrows undoneIll be the Light (Ill be the Light)When you feel like theresnowhere to runIll be the One, to hold youAnd make sure thatyoull be all right

    Ill be the One

    Man: All you people cant yousee, cant you seeHow His loves affectingour realityEvery time were down,He can make it rightAnd that makes Himlarger than life!

    God: Coz, I want it that way

    Then I realized that theBackstreet Boys is not just

    the BSB in my life. Theresanother One. He lives withinus not just for a decade but forcenturies, millennia, forever!He doesnt care who youare, where you came fromand what you did. His love isall He had to give.

    Yes, since Ive beenattending the Feast, theshape of my heart haschanged. And so has myBSB. He is now Brother,Savior, and Best friendJesus Christ.

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    Editors Note:Have you a similarstory on how you found God throughthe Feast? Share! and let the worldknow miracles still do happen todayto give hope especially to the lost. Fordetails, email [email protected],or call 09399044065.

    Now Im a BelieverBy BLAISECEDRICKNETHERCOTT GOMEZ

    I AM a product of a university thatencourages critical thinking and academicand intellectual freedom. So I havelearned to challenge every social conceptand norm.

    Yes, I have challenged even theconcept of God and religion. Questions

    plagued my mind and challenged the beliefthat regular Sunday catechism gave me.Questions like:

    If theres a God, why is there somuch hate and anger in the world? Amidstall of these chaos and inequality, what isthe Church doing to help ease the plight ofour brothers and sisters in Christ? Whereis God during these times of difculty andanarchy? Is religion still relevant?

    It took me years to nally pacifymy troubled mind. I read, researched, anddiscussed my issues with peers like how areal scholar should when searching for thetruth. As a result, I concluded that perhapsGod is real but religion was, at best, anoption for a life worth living. My pointwas, if the Holy Bible indeed containedeverything that we need to live morally andspiritually well in this world, why do westill need religion?

    During this period in my life Iattended Sunday Mass regularly but notfor the right reasons. I was there not totake part in the holy ceremony but just toobserve. The Sunday Mass looked to meas a useless ritual that society required itsmembers to participate in, in exchangefor social acceptance. During the homily,I heard priests who seemed to be moreinterested in local showbiz gossip andthe latest twist in the local teleserye thanexplaining the Gods word to the commonJuan. So that did not help. Sometimes Iheard priests who were able to explainthe gospel logicallybut that was arare occurrence.

    It seemed to me that I wouldeventually end up like my friends in theuniversity who believed in the existence ofGod but not in the importance of religion.I absolutely agreed with Mahatma Gandhiwhen he said, I like your Christ. I donot like your Christians. Your Christians

    are so unlike your Christ. Because itmade total sense to me: if God was love,then why are Christians ghting andhurting each other? Why is there stillcorruption, division, and inequality? Iwas certainly not seeing Christ in thecommunity of believers that I was in.

    Then, one day, my parents and Iaccepted the invitation of our friends,Peter and Fe Zambale, to join the Feast,where they have been attending andserving regularly. At rst, my parentsexcused themselves from attending theFeast, saying that the venue was too far

    from where we livein the north part ofQuezon City. Besides, the round trip farewas expensive.

    Then my mother slipped andfell outside a mall, a few days beforeChristmas last. She suffered a brokenleg, so she was conned in hospital.There, while she waited for her leg toheal, she promised God that once she isable to walk, we will all attend the Feast.Then as soon as she could, even with aheavy cast on her leg, she brought all of usto the Feast.

    Upon hearing Bro. Bo Sanchezsexplanation of Gods word I slowly butsurely changed my mind about religionsimportance in my life.

    It is in attending the Feast every

    Sunday that I discovered the Light of JesusFamily and experienced the kind of caringcommunity of Christians that I was longingfor. Moreover, the priests that celebrateMass in the Feast made me appreciate theimportance of this Eucharistic celebration

    by explaining that days gospel in a mannethat I could understand. The cool, quietPlenary Hall of PICC helped enhance thesolemnity of the Mass-- this is in contrastto most churches where the environmentis less than ideal for meditation and

    perceiving Gods message.Once I was lled with Gods love,

    I decided to share it and serve full-timein our churchs choir group as a guitaristas well as in another communitys musicministry. My hobby is photography soI recently attended the Photojournalismfor the Lord seminar conducted by theFeast Media Ministry and now, I am amember ofThe Feastbulletins poolof photographers. I also use the skills Ilearned from the seminar to spread Godsmessage to others through the means ofsocial media.

    So, Ive been through an amazingjourney-- from being a skeptic and critic

    of religion to a true believer, follower,and servant of God. God indeed has Hisown way of winning His people back.In my case, I was able to appreciate Godand the highest form of praise, the Mass,through the Feast and the Light of JesusFamily. God, through the words andteachings of Bro. Bo Sanchez, erased allmy logical arguments against religion andreplaced them with His everlasting lovethats overowing

    As Stanley Lindquist puts it: Godallows us to experience the low pointsof life in order to teach us lessons we

    could not learn in any other way. Theway we learn those lessons is not to denythe feelings but to nd the meaningsunderlying them.

    I found and understood such meaningat the Feast.

    It took me years tonally pacify my troubledmind. I read, researchedand discussed my issues

    with peers like how areal scholar should whensearching for the truth.As a result, I concludedthat perhaps God is realbut religion was at thebest option for a lifeworth living.

    TRUE FOLLOWER. Blaise back in his parish church.GelAn

    neCruz

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    LOST and FOUND

    If you lost or foundan item, pleaseapproach any of theushers who will guideyou to our Lost andFound section.

    The FEAST, published by the Light of Jesus Family, is distributed during The Feast by the Manila Bay, a weekly prayer gathering of the Light of Jesusheld at the Philippine International Convention Center, CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Manila, every Sunday, 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.,10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and 3:45 PM p.m. to 5:45 p.m.

    The FEASTholds ofce at The Lighthouse, 60 Chicago St., Quezon City, with telephone numbers 725-9999, and email address [email protected].

    BO SANCHEZFounder

    CYNTHIA U. SANTIAGOEditor-in-ChiefBELLA ESTRELLAManaging Editor

    KRISTINE MUTUCAPPLE CHICOAssociate Editors

    EDMUNDO SANTIAGOChief Photographer

    CRIS LEGASPIAssistant ChiefPhotographer

    ROSALYN ALBERTOCES ARCILLAMON CARDELSHOJI MERISRAMEL ROBLESALEX UY YCOPhotographers

    LOUIE RAMOSIRISH RAMOSLOURDES DELOSANGELESReporters

    JOEL ESTRELLAChief Arst

    JANELLA IBAYDON FRONDOSOAssistant Arsts

    MEMBERSHIP:KIM PAMPLONAHead

    DANIEL SANTOSAssistant Head

    FINANCE:JANE IBAYHead

    CHICHI BARBAAssistant Head

    PUBLIC RELATIONS:RHODA OSALVO

    Head

    JOY NACURAYAssistant Head

    ONE MORE MIRACLE

    By CHRIS DAO-ANISJeepney Angel

    Got One More Miracle? A mysterious,inexplicable experiencea miracle Godhas allowed to happen to let you know Heloves you? Share! Email your article with

    your picture to [email protected].

    IN November 2011, I was on the road togo to the Feast PICC. It was my rst time.

    I was not sure how to get to PICC, soI thought of taking a cab and just ask thedriver to bring me there. But it was only6:30 a.m. Still early. So I decided to govia the public transportation. I took three

    jeepneys and one tricycle.You read that right. From my place

    to the Manila Bay area, I had to take ajeepney, then a tricycle, then one morejeepney, and nally, the shuttle jeepneygoing to PICC. All the way, I asked peoplefor directions. In the second jeepney, Iasked the driverthe third person I askeddirections from-- where I could get theshuttle jeep.

    Papunta kami doon. Sabay ka nalang sa amin, a lady passenger, carrying a

    baby, told me.Would you believe, of the many

    going to the bay area every Sunday, theremust be hundreds-- what was the chanceI would ride with someone going to the

    same place I was heading to?I said, Thank you!When we got off, I saw that aside

    from her baby, she was carrying two bags,so I offered to carry one of them. Withouthesitation, she handed the bag to me and

    SINGING FOR THE LORD. Chris (center, front row) nds happiness in serving God through theFeast PICC Choir.

    then she led the way to the station of theshuttle jeepney.You hear of bad elements roaming on

    the road. But there I was, chancing upon agood soul --yes, an angel in a jeepneytolead me to PICC. After we got off the

    jeepney, I handed the lady herbag, as I said Thank you onceagain. And she strolled on, alongwith the Sunday crowd.

    Since that beautifulmorning in November, Ive beenattending the Feast regularly. At

    the Feast, Bro. Bo Sanchez always assuresus that God loves us without condition andthat He wants us to be happy and live a fulllife. Now I believe my jeepney angel washeaven sentbecause yes, God loves mewithout condition and He wanted me tond the happiest place on earth.

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