My Other Half And I Believed In Church Marriage For It’s A Foundation To A Family, A Basic Unit Of Society.
When my wife and I went to central Europe for the first time and for 31 days from London, Britain, to Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria to Spain, Switzerland and to Holland, we stayed for two days in each big city that we visited.
We made a trip to the famous Shrines of the Sanctified Virgin in Lourdes, France also Beiring in Brussels in Belgium, the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, the Padre Pio Monastery in Loreto, Italy and the Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi in Italy.
She failed to join me for the a few days Rotary Global Convention in Nice, France since she had to go back to Cagayan de Oro hurriedly for her father, Santiago Gavas, who was ninety years in age , passed away surprisingly.
Our child Bong accompanied her back since I had to attend in Nice, France a Rotary Global Convention where I pre-registered and it was in this convention where I heard the passing testimony of the living saint, Mother Theresa of Calcutta, India, an Austrian nationwide a tiny and frail girl who touched the Rotarians in a simple speech in English.
An American Astronaut, John Glenn, who later on became a US Senator, shared his experience in outer space which deepened his Christian trust in God.
The second time we were back was in Eastern Europe and we made a trip to the famous Medjugorje Shrine where the Sanctified Virgin Mary of Bosnia Herzegovina appeared and we then proceeded to see the famous Shrine of the Black Nazarene and made a trip to the beautiful city of Prague in the Czech Republic.In Medjugorje you’ll find a good Medjugorje accommodation.
For 3 times, my wife and I returned to the States with our sons Bong and Rommel and the third time was with widow Grace Dalisay where I attended a Rotary Convention in Calgary, Canada. We took off from Seattle Town in a little plane to Calgary and we had a particularly frightful flight for it is a stormy night and the flight was additional bumpy. Thank God we arrived safely in Calgary for we prayed to Him intensely.
In our return home, we went to Vancouver, Canada and witnessed the beautiful Niagara Falls and we went by train from Buffalo Town to New York City and returned home through Honolulu, Hawaii to Manila.
It’s good always to be back in our gorgeous country, the Pearl of the Orient Seas.
When we travelled to Singapore ten years after with our boys, then to Shenzhen, China, Macau and Shanghai, in Mainland China, our grandkids joined us. We visited modern and complicated towns on a train from Hongkong.
My grandkids enjoyed it very much . It was very memorable to them.
Naturally, it was fairly dear but the experiences were enhancing and dilating.
When my wife and I joined the Eucharistic Congress of the Center of Jesus in Guadalajara, Mexico, it had been a different sort of non secular exposure. Some Dominican Priests of UST and Sacred Heart of Jesus Clergymen were with us in that religious convention.
My spouse and I saw the imposing Pyramids of the pagans in Mexico Town where my wife climbed it up with the younger priests. I did not go up anymore and some of the partakers.
Then for the first time, I saw with my other half the Shrine of our Lady of Guadalupe where the Sanctified Virgin seemed to Juan Diego, a local of Mexico, and where the image of the Sanctified Mary was printed in his coat. It is a miracle.
The Divine Mercy attention was still unheard of and my wife was an advocate of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Today, I’m completely alone in our place but my sons Bong and Rommel who sleep in my room with a male carer were there to give me company.
My spouse, for the first time in our married life, attended a seminar retreat in Malibu Center in California, USA for 6 days exclusive for front-runners in the Catholic church alone.
Monsignor Rey Manuel Monsanto along with some four Philippine clergymen, Monina Tayamin, a nationwide evangelist from Manila, and Fr. Mar Arenas, president of the Philippine Apostolic Congress of Mercy and the rector of the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Marilao, Bulacan, and Msgr. Rey Manuel Monsanto who is the religious director of the Western Mindanao Divine Mercy ecclesiastical area where he is the regional religious director.
I’m all for the glory of Our Lord God even if my other half is not with me, for she needs such deep data on the way to effectively promote in Mindanao, in her area of responsibility, the glory of Almighty God through the devotion of the Divine Mercy along with other lay front runners in Mindanao.
She will be home in the week of July where I’ll meet her at the NAIA Airport with my child Rommel and his wife Kookie.
In the remaining years of our lives, we may dedicate it devotedly for God’s glory and just like the biblical leader, Joshua, when he said, as for me and my household we will serve the Lord.
Casting backwards, the Lord prepared us to serve in His Shrine as reported tagza.com.
Feliz Día del Padre!.
