Sunday Inspiration and Photograph : John 3:16

“For God so loved the world

That He gave His only begotten Son.

So that whoever believes in him should not perish,

But everlasting life”

I took this photo some few years back using a mobile phone, during a live staging of the “Passion of Christ” (Senakulo) in my provincial home town.  This is during the “Pieta” scene, when the dead Christ is brought down from the cross and the Virgin Mother is holding Him at the foot of the cross.  I have more photos of this Senakulo including the Pieta scene.  I hope I could share the story here some time.

The characters portraying on this live "Senakulo" are from youth organizations in my home town and they are doing the staging for free.

The 14 Churches I Like Most from my Vicita Iglesia Chronicle

Do you believe in reincarnation?  They said that whatever unique interest and quality you posses in your current life is a manifestation of the life that you reincarnated from.

Some of my family and friends used to joke that maybe I am a reincarnation of a “nun” (don’t laugh hey!).  It is because I have always been interested and fascinated with CHURCHES.  When I go to places especially on provincial trips, the first place that I look for is the church.  I know that my being a catholic is one major factor for this interest.  But I also feel that there’s more to that.

So I have always been wanting to write about churches and since it’s the lent season I think this is the best time to start my series of posting about churches.  I am observing “Vicita Iglesia” annually so I have been into a lot of churches within the reach of Metro Manila or the nearby towns.

Some few years back, I started taking photographs of the churches that I have been to.  There are quite a number that are my favorites but what I will share from this post is the most currently available from my file and the most recent from what I call my “Vicita Iglesia” chronicle. 

Here are the first fourteen list of churches that I like most.  I will enumerate their parish name and location in this post, then I will make a separate post about each of them along the blogging way.  The list is according to the the photograph’s chronological arrangement.

1. San Clemente – Taytay Rizal
2. The Manila Cathedral – Intramuros, Manila
3. Our Lady of the Abandoned Church – Sta. Ana, Manila
4. The Shrine of Jesus, The Way, The Truth and The Life – SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City
5. St. John the Baptist and Columbary – Calamba, Laguna
6. St. John the Baptist Parish – Taytay, Rizal
7. San Juan del Monte Parish – San Juan Metro Manila
8. San Isidro Labrador Parish – Biṅan, Laguna
9. San Geronimo Parish (St. Jerome) – Morong, Rizal
10. Sta. Ursula Parish – Binangonan, Rizal
11. St. Polycarp Parish – Cabuyao Laguna
12. Sta. Cruz Church – Sta. Cruz, Manila
13. San Lorenzo Ruiz Parish (Binondo Church) – Binondo, Manila
14. Sta. Rosa De Lima – Sta. Rosa, laguna

Anybody want to guess why is it fourteen?

I do hope that my non-catholic readers will also appreciate this post. Anyway. churches does not only symbolizes religion but also history and heritage.

My First Firmoo Sunglasses

One conspicuous thing in me when I go out is, I always wear sunglasses. It's not only for fashion and style purposes but because it is a necessity to my eyes. As much as I love the sun, my eyes hates it. Maybe because I work a lot at night and I have astigmatism.

Because of this, I own several pairs of sunglasses of different brands and styles. When it comes to sunglasses, I don’t mind a lot about the brand, my priority is comfort because I have an active lifestyle. I’m a mom, I run, I love going to places so I choose comfortable sunglasses that fits my active life style and gives comfort to my eyes at the same time. 

I recently received a new sunglasses from Firmoo.com. Not only that it arrived from the mail exactly five days after they emailed me that it will be shipped soon, they also sent the exact style that I ordered.  No error at all.  Plus, it comes in complete set of sunglasses case, bag, micro-fiber cloth and a screw kit.

I have worn it several times and I noted two occasions when I liked it most. 

• First is when I watched an afternoon school concert.  The sun was at its brightest (and hottest) on my way to the school show and it totally gave comfort to my eyes.  Then I don’t need to take it off from my face when I was inside the school auditorium where the concert is being held. 
• Second, during a more formal occasion that started in the morning and the sun is at its brightest again.  The sunglasses style fit my outfits on both occasions.

My Firmoo sunglasses gave total comfort to my eyes and fits my active life style.  I am also very impressed with their timely delivery.

Firmoo.com offers a wide variety of sunglasses style and they also offer prescription and reading glasses.  Go check it out!

Sunday Quote and Photograph: Letting go

“Letting go doesn't mean giving up...

it means moving on.

It is one of the hardest things a person can do.

Starting at birth, we grasp on to anything we can get our hands on,

and hold on as if we will cease to exist when we let go.

We feel that letting go is giving up, quitting,

and that as we all know is cowardly.

But as we grow older we are forced to change our way of thinking.

We are forced to realize that letting go means accepting things that cannot be.

It means maturing and moving on,

no matter how hard you have to fight yourself to do so."

~ Author Unknown ~