My Other Half And I Believed In Church Marriage For It Is A Foundation To A Family, A Basic Unit Of Society.
When my better half and I went to central Europe for the first time and for 31 days from London, England, to Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria to Spain, Switzerland and to Holland, we stayed for 2 days in each main city that we visited.
We visited 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 Priory in Loreto, Italy and the Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi in Italy.
She did not join me for the 4 days Rotary Global Convention in Nice, France since she had to return to Cagayan de Oro hurriedly for her pop, Santiago Gavas, who was 90 years old , passed away unexpectedly.
Our boy Bong accompanied her back since I had to attend in Nice, France a Rotary International Convention where I pre-registered which was in this convention where I heard the short lived testimony of the living saint, Mother Theresa of Calcutta, India, an Austrian national a small and frail girl who touched the Rotarians in a straightforward speech in English.
An American Astronaut, John Glenn, who later on changed into a US Senator, shared his experience in outer space which deepened his Christian faith in God.
The second time we were back was in Eastern Europe and we visited 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 visited the beautiful city of Prague in the Czech Republic.In Medjugorje you’ll be able to find a good Medjugorje accommodation.
For three times, my wife and I returned to the Usa with our boys Bong and Rommel and the 3rd time was with widow Grace Dalisay where I attended a Rotary Convention in Calgary, Canada. We took off from Seattle City in a small plane to Calgary and we had an exceedingly frightening flight for it’s a stormy night and the flight was extra 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 stunning Niagara Falls and we went by train from Buffalo City to NY City and returned home via Honolulu, Hawaii to Manila.
It’s good always to be back in our beautiful 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 grandchildren enjoyed it a great deal. It was very notable to them.
Naturally, it was quite expensive but the experiences were augmenting and widening.
When my spouse and I joined the Eucharistic Congress of the Center of Jesus in Guadalajara, Mexico, it was a different kind of religious exposure. Some Dominican Priests of UST and Holy Heart of Jesus Monks were with us in that spiritual convention.
My other half and I saw the majestic Pyramids of the pagans in Mexico City where my wife climbed it up with the more youthful monks. I didn’t go up anymore and some of the participants.
Then for the first time, I saw with my wife the Shrine of our Lady of Guadalupe where the Sanctified Virgin appeared 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 uncommon and my wife was an advocate of the Holy Heart of Jesus.
Today, I am completely alone in our home but my boys Bong and Rommel who sleep in my room with a male caregiver were there to give me company.
My spouse, for the 1st time in our wedded life, attended a seminar retreat in Malibu Center in California, USA for six days exclusive for leading players in the Catholic church alone.
Monsignor Rey Manuel Monsanto along with some four Philippine clergymen, Monina Tayamin, a national 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’s the regional spiritual director.
I am all for the glory of Our Lord God even if my wife is not with me, for she wishes such deep knowledge on how to effectively promote in Mindanao, in her area of responsibility, the glory of The Lord God thru the attention of the Divine Mercy along with other lay leading players in Mindanao.
She will be home in the week of July where I’ll meet her at the NAIA Airfield with my boy Rommel and his spouse 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 claimed, as for me and my household we will serve the Lord.
Looking backwards, the Lord prepared us to serve in His Shrine as reported tagza.com.
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