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, Britain, to Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria to Spain, Switzerland and to Holland, we stayed for a couple of days in each major city that we visited.
We made a trip to the famous Shrines of the Blessed 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 did not join me for the four 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 of age , passed away surprisingly.
Our boy Bong accompanied her back since I had to attend in Nice, France a Rotary Global Convention where I pre-registered which was in this convention where I heard the passing testimony of the living saint, Mummy Theresa of Calcutta, India, an Austrian nationwide a small and frail woman who touched the Rotarians in an easy speech in English.
An American Astronaut, John Glenn, who later on turned into 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 Blessed 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 can find a good Medjugorje accommodation.
For 3 times, my better half and I went back to the United States with our sons 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 Town in a little plane to Calgary and we had a very scary flight for it was a stormy night and the flight was extra bumpy. Thank Heavens 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 City to New York City and returned home thru Honolulu, Hawaii to Manila.
It’s good always to be back in our pretty country, the Pearl of the Orient Seas.
When we travelled to Singapore 10 years after with our sons, then to Shenzhen, China, Macau and Shanghai, in Mainland China, our grandchildren joined us. We visited modern and complicated towns via train from Hongkong.
My grandkids enjoyed it a lot. It was terribly 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 sort of non secular exposure. Some Dominican Priests of UST and Sacred Heart of Jesus Priests were with us in that religious convention.
My spouse and I saw the magnificent Pyramids of the pagans in Mexico City where my spouse climbed it up with the younger clergymen. I didn’t go up any longer and some of the participants.
Then for the first time, I saw with my other half the Shrine of our Lady of Guadalupe where the Blessed Virgin seemed to Juan Diego, a native of Mexico, and where the picture of the Blessed Mary was printed in his coat. It’s a miracle.
The Divine Mercy devotion was still uncommon and my better half was a devotee of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Today, I am totally alone in our home but my sons 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 married life, attended a convention retreat in Malibu Center in California, USA for six days exclusive for leaders 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 religious director.
I am all for the glory of Our Lord God even if my other half isn’t with me, for she wishes such deep information regarding how to effectively promote in Mindanao, in her area of responsibility, the glory of The Lord God thru the devotion of the Divine Mercy along with other lay leading players in Mindanao.
She’ll be home in the last week of July where I’ll meet her at the NAIA Airport with my boy Rommel and his spouse Kookie.
In the leftover 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.
Casting backwards, the Lord prepared us to serve in His Shrine as reported tagza.com.
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