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8 Living Water - July 31, 2015
PLEASE WEAR YOUR BLD ID EVERY FRIDAY
LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SEMNIAR #32
September 25-27, 2015
Registration Forms are available through any
member of the Life in the Spirit Ministry.
Orientations are tonight after the Praise &
Worship and on August 7 after the mass.
Both sessions will be at the Mark 10 room.
Salubong will be on Friday, August 14, 2015.
For more information, please contact Joven
and Beck Jimenez, LSS #32 Coordinators.
A N N O U N C E M E N T S
FAMILY ENCOUNTER #19
August 21-23, 2015 The Valley of the Mother of God
Orangeville
For registration or any inquiries, please contact anyone of the following:
Cliff & Cristy Jacinto- FE #18 Family Shepherds (647) 822 – 5387
[email protected] & [email protected]
Or Alain & Tracy Dela Cruz – FE #18 Head
Coordinators (416) 432-6149 [email protected]
25TH ANNIVERSARY - EARLY TICKET BUYERS WIN!
Tickets are now on sale for BLD Toronto's exciting 25th Anniversary celebration on Sept 19! Buy your tickets early and your name will go into the magic Tambiolo. 47 fun
prizes to be won in weekly draws. Congratulations to our winners for Week #2:
Manny Rocero: $50 cash
Lou Mariano: 1 tray of 'Patok na Patok' Pancit Palabok
Clarita Malolos: 1 tray (20 pcs) Itlog na Pula ('Pateros Original')
Letty Buado - 1 super-sized tub, homemade Avocado Ice Cream
Tony Ng - Free shipping to Manila of 1 Balikbayan Box
Remember, the earlier you buy your tickets, the more chances you have to win! Looking for tickets? Email:[email protected]
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July 31, 2015
BUKÁS-LOÓB SA DIYÓS • OPEN IN SPIRIT TO GOD
www.bldworld.org www.bldtoronto.com
THEME
We will never hunger nor thirst when we put
away our old selves and accomplish the work
of God.
WORD Ex 16:2-4,12-15, 31a; Ps 78:3-4, 23-24, 25,54;
Eph 4:17, 20-24; Jn 6:24-35
ORDER
“...and be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and
put on the new self, created in God’s way in right-
eousness and holiness of truth.” (Eph 4:23-24)
DIRECTION Be humble, believe and pray unceasingly
asking the Lord to be the stewards of the
community.
Tell the coming generation the glorious
deed of The Lord, his might and the won-
ders that he has done.
REFLECTION
The Scriptural Readings on the 18th Sunday in
Ordinary Time mostly speak of the “ Manna”
from Heaven, with the exception of the Sec-
ond Reading (Eph 4:17, 20-24) where we are
exhorted to forget our former ways of life, and
instead live a life of righteousness and holi-
ness.
The First Reading and the Gospel, both show us the frailty and restlessness of people’s emo-tion and spirit. We are constantly impatient, even when there is a promise of good things to come.
In the first reading, we see that since it is not
going well with them, people want to go back
to their old ways. As always, when these
things happen, the Lord steps in and answers
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
www.bldworld.org www.bldtoronto.com
mailto:[email protected]
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our needs. In the Book of Exodus, the whole con-
gregation complains against Moses and Aaron
about their lack of provisions. The Lord acts and
pours down the provisions upon the people.
It is the same during Jesus time, when they wit-
ness the miracle of the multiplication of the bread,
they are persistent in following Him, probably
hopeful to witness more miracles from Jesus. Je-
sus corrects them, saying the true bread of heaven
is from the Father to give life to the world.
As we see in the Gospel, in spite of many miracles
and wonders that Jesus does, people still chal-
lenge and ask Him “ What sign are you going to
give us then? “ All of this confirms that God is
our provider and he never turns His back from
us. Since the beginning of time, He is there to
provide for our needs.
The Manna from Heaven is the gift of God to all
of us, His children. The Manna for all of us are in
various forms and ways. What are they? The
Scripture, food for our soul and mind and the Sac-
raments, especially the Eucharist, pure and given
free. From generation to generation, we are al-
ways provided for.
The Lord is also using our community, the BLD/
OSG to be an instrument in pouring Manna to all
of us, through our programs like LSS, Encounter
Weekends and Teachings. These are all provisions
for all of us, gifts from the Lord. We should be
thankful. Praise the Lord.
PROMISE
“I am the bread of life, whoever comes to me will never
hunger and whoever believes in me will never
thirst.” (Jn 6:35)
BLD 25th Anniversary
BLD Toronto is celebrating its 25th An-
niversary on September 19, 2015 and we
are coming out with a souvenir program
that will help defray the costs of our
25th Anniversary celebration and fund
our community’s various programs.
Let’s hold hands, pray and rally to-
gether to solicit as many ads as possible
so we will reach our quota of approxi-
mately 35 pages per Apostolate.
As a prize, the individual who can so-
licit the highest value of ads will win an
Apple Mini Tablet.
You may contact Bert and Cecile Cruz
at e-mail [email protected] or call
416-298-4034 for more information, or
anyone of the following apostolate rep-
resentatives:
Evangelization - Frankie/Weng Perez
Formation - Jules/Zorrie Locquiao
Willie/Annette Guillermo
Management - Bing/Emma Ongteco
Freddie/Glo Carandang
Mert/Nimfa Geronimo
Mission - Tony/Menchie Villanueva
Ed/Lorie Bautista
Pastoral - Ariel/Ethel Ang
Cora Montilla
Vicky Nisce
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AUGUST LECTORS
August 7– First Friday Mass
1st reading…………………..……… Lito Martin
Psalm………………. Junjie Cultura (will sing it)
Prayer of the Faithful………………..Frank Perez
Offertory
Cruets……...……….. Clifford and Cristy Jacinto
Ciborium………………. Abby and Kevin Jacinto
Basket………………………………. Alvin Jacinto
August 14th
1st reading……… Alan and Rosella Prollamante
Psalm…………………………..… Edmar Aquino
2nd reading…….……. Bing and Emma Ongteco
August 21st
1st reading………………...…….. Odette Maralit
Psalm……………………..….. Marife Capistrano
2nd reading………..… Felix and Linda Fullante
August 28th
1st reading……………….... Pat and Eric Lazaro
Psalm……………………….………. Nila Soriano
2nd reading……………...…….. Monina Malolos
Pope Francis’ Words of Wisdom to the
Modern Family
We Need the Grace of the Sacrament of
Marriage by Pope Francis With trust in God’s faithfulness, everything
can be faced responsibly and without fear.
Christian spouses are not naïve; they know
life’s problems and temptations. But they are
not afraid to be responsible before God and
before society. They do not run away; they do
not hide; they do not shirk the mission of
forming a family and bringing children into
the world.
“But today, Father, it is difficult.” … Of course
it is difficult! That is why we need the grace
that comes from the sacrament! The sacra-
ments are not decorations in life—what a
beautiful marriage, what a beautiful ceremony,
what a beautiful banquet… . But that is not the
Sacrament of Marriage. That is a decoration!
Grace is not given to decorate life but rather to
make us strong in life, giving us courage to go
forward! And without isolating oneself but
always staying together. Christians celebrate
the Sacrament of Marriage because they know
they need it! They need it to stay together and
to carry out their mission as parents. “In joy
and in sadness, in sickness and in health.” This
is what the spouses say to one another during
the celebration of the sacrament, and in their
marriage they pray with one another and with
the community. Why? Because it is helpful to
do so? No! They do so because they need to,
for the long journey they are making together:
it is a long journey, not for a brief spell but for
an entire life! And they need Jesus’ help to
walk beside one another in trust, to accept one
another each day, and daily to forgive one an-
other. —Address to the Pilgrimage of Families, St. Peter’s Square,
October 26, 2013.
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Youth Encounter Weekend # 17
A refreshing breeze on a lovely Friday afternoon greeted us as we returned to the beautiful Mt.
Mary Immaculate Retreat Centre in Ancaster for the Youth Encounter # 17 on July 24, 2015.
The weekend went by so quickly that before we realized it, it was already Sunday – time to go
home. It was hard for the youth to part with their new-found friends, but we’re sure they will
see each other again or better yet continue to get in touch everyday (thank God for text, twitter,
Instagram and facebook).
We praise and thank God for being with us all the time and for bringing all these young people
to this retreat that they may know Him and feel His love through our very own youth and adult
members who worked really hard to make this event happen. Thank you to our Taters/Tater
Tots/Sharers: John Carlo Genilla, Ritchelle Negranza, Angelica de la Cruz, Daniel Fernandez,
EJ Cabalatungan, Jessa Legaspi, Amiel Castillo and the guidance of the youth overseers:
Jean Caniedo, Marylou Malicdem and Alex Piamonte. It was indeed a great team effort to-
gether with the youth praise team, sponsors, auxies and our young and good looking priest, Fr.
Wojciech Kuzma who is the present Director of Vocation in the Archdiocese of Hamilton. We
thank the new DCS (Cris and Beth Rejano, Charlie and Jo Gonzales and Rene & Ditas Dimen)
who were able to join us this weekend, for all the members of our community who volunteered
their time to help, for all the prayers and generous donations of food and money. We cannot
do this alone without God sending us His godly people to help us.
Lesson(s) I learned during the weekend
“The most important lesson I learned was to affirm others, rather than reject them. My life has changed as now I can be more supportive and understanding instead of judging others.” - Elaine De Belen “I learn that God and our parents are the same. How they love us, support us and care for us. That no matter how much we hurt them, turn our backs on them, they’ll never leave us. And when time comes that we feel they don’t love us, they carry us and help us.” - Roleen Constantino “I think the most helpful lesson was Father’s talk about pain. He stated that in order to grow in anything, there has to be suffering beforehand. This is good to remember everyday.” - Christine Tolentino
Overall experience
“My experience in YE weekend #17 was eye opening and made me happy to be who I am for once. I am more excited to attend BLD every Friday.” - Dominic Morato
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“It was incredible. Coming here at first made me nervous and anxious but everyone here is friendly and treats you like family. I really needed this because I was at a really low point. I’m happy that I grew closer to God this weekend, like starting my life again.” - Clarisse Aguila “At first, I didn’t want to come here because I thought people will snob me because I don’t know them. But I was completely wrong. People here are so awesome and they make me feel I’m home.” - Aldrin Morales Would I recommend YE to others? “Yes, especially since as new generations come, more problems are created and people tend to go away from God.” - Leanne Alhambra “Yes, I knew this would be a great experience so I brought my friend. She thanked me and told me she is happier and is back to feeling good.” - Kariza Reyes “Yes, it is a very good experience to have. It really makes you think about what you are doing with your life and what path you wanna take.” - Sara Umana
Congratulations to our 40 Youth Encounter# 17 Graduates!
Aldrin Morales, Angelo Martires, Bryan Padua, Christianne Sese, Christine Tolen-
tino, Clarisse Aguila, Courtney Joaquin, Dane Carag, Daniel Castro, Dominic
Morato, Elaine Louise De Belen, Erin Acevedo, Erin Bernardo, Heather D’Souza, Ia
Nebres, Ian Aliwalas, Ivan Fernandez, John Phillip Jamili, Joseph Chanco, Joshua
Pascua, Julian De Belen, Julian Geronimo, Kariza Reyes, Kate Libo-on, Krista Si-
gno, Lars Jaylen Palalon, Leanne Alhambra, Lexi Carag, Loy Pilatan, Marc Pelayo,
Marc Valmadrid, Mark Asuncion, Mary Limson, Matthias Condez, Meagan Mem-
brere, Nicole Lim, Roleen Constantino, Rossanne Bajao, Sara Umana and Saynt
Enriquez.
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“I lear
ned to
affirm
others.
..
“...in order to grow in anything, there has to be
suffering beforehand.”
“YE17 was an eye
opener and made me
happy to be who I am
for once.”
“I really needed this a
s I
was at a really low
point.”
“People here are so awesome and they make
me feel I’m home.”
“Yes I knew this wo
uld
be a great experien
ce so
I brought my friend
.”