Passages

During a training session.

Lady: "The students need to know how important it is to read the passages because the ones on the CST are extremely long."

Girl: "Yeeuh. They're RIDIKULUS."

Days After Christmas

Every year, my mom goes off to the stores on the 26th to see if they have any good Christmas Decorations on sale. Usually, she aims for Garlands to sent do the PI or new ornaments and whatnot.

Today, I went to Costco with my mom and sister. And when you go to Costco, you usually can't leave without a cart full of food and household items.

As we walked to the car, my mom says: "Ay, nako! My balls are estill in da truhnk." And I didn't want to be all stupid, so I just laughed in my head.

When I popped the trunk open, I said, "Whoa. You have some big balls there."
(They really were BIG tho! lol)

My sister: "That's what she said!"

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We stopped by another local store to buy bread and the country song entitled, "Landslide," was playing on KOST.

My sister: "Hey, it's the Chicksie Dicks."
Me: O_O "What did you just say?!"

That's what she said

My sister comes in my room, right before she heads to bed, snacking on some leftover Vienna sausages from dinner.

Me: "Ewww, are you gonna brush your teeth? You're gonna have sausage breath in the morning."
Sis: "That's what she said."
Me: O_o

simbang gabi, day 5

Our guest Filipino priest during his insightful homily:

Fr. Abreza: "God created the world in how may days?"
Congregation: (What I heard from my perspective) "6".."6".."6".."6"...
Fr. Abreza: "All I hear is 'Sssssshh'."
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Fr: "God made everything good. The world...good; the animals...good; human beings...good; Me, Father Abreza...VERY GOOD!"

A job opening?... maybe....

Simbang Gabi @ St. Ann's Catholic Church w/ Will's friend, His Excellency Bishop Oscar Solis...This is how a conversation with Bishop went while preparing for Mass....

Bishop: how are you today? are you still in school?
me: o i just graduated in june..
Bishop- o what now- are you working or looking for work?
me- o yea.. just looking
Bishop- oo are you looking for work?... do you want to work?... i have a position for you
(me excited and curious i said...)
me- oo yea sure.. what kind of work?...
bishop- ook well.. let's trade positions... i'll take a vacation and you take my place for a while..i'm serious. i'll take a break and you can be bishop
(we both started laughing, however he was being serious hahahha ay nako)

THE END

I always thought I was a girl?

So, I was watching A Christmas Carol with my sisters and dad today, and then this conversation came up:

Dad: Let me see your hand.
Me: *takes out hand*
Dad: See, you can tell a man from a woman if you look at the length of their index finger and ring finger. A woman's index finger is longer than their ring finger, and a man's ring finger is longer than their index finger.
Me: But dad, my left index finger is shorter than my ring finger.
Nat: Dad, it's just genetics! Here, this is how you tell a man from a woman. Charlene, stand up.
Me: *stands up*
Nat: Look at the bottom of your foot.
Me: *looks at foot*
Nat: No, you did it the wrong way! That's how a guy looks at their foot!
Me: Dad, I think I'm a man.
Dad: *to Nat and Maine* I don't know what happened to Charlene.

Purgatory

And so the list goes on. One of the kids inquired about something the teacher mentioned:

Teacher: "You have heaven, hell and purgatory. Purgatory is kinda like...a halfway house..."

Kid: "Burgla-tory?"

ROFLburger

I can't help but laugh everytime. My Dad's ringtone:

Buy You A Drink - T-Pain Feat. Yung Joc

EDIT: OMG. IT WENT OFF DURING MASS.

No one's perfect

[00:31] AA: well you should know NOw...you're catechizng the future CHURCH
[00:31] AA: hahah
[00:32] ME: LOL
[00:33] ME: stop doing that
[00:33] ME: hahaha
[00:33] ME: hey we're not perfect
[00:33] AA: i didnt say you were perfect..
[00:34] AA: you're learning at the same time they are
[00:34] AA: you catechize them via class room..
[00:34] AA: i catechize you via aim
[00:37] ME: LOL

something informative...

Let’s learn Greek and Latin today

Feast of the Immaculate Conception….a post which should have been done yesterday

Priest: Today we celebrate the conception of Jesus in the womb of Mary, right?

People: YES

Priest: WRONG!!!!!! Today we celebrate the conception of Mary in the womb of Ann, her mother.

Since Mary is our mother, Ann and Joachim are our grandparents… yea!?!? Okay…

Anyway what is really learned today was a new Greek phrase called Kytro Mene(sp??) which means, Hail who has been made perfect already (past tense)- this is equivalent to Latin Ave Maria gratia plena, Hail Mary full of grace. The Greek sounds better because this verse in the Bible has been kinda lost in translate over the years. But anyway, this is living proof in the Bible if other denominations ask where this feast came from. Well it says right here in the old Greek, when the Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary saying Hail Mary, who is full of grace, the Lord is with thee. How does this related? Well according to a Greek scholar says Father, when the angel appeared he was the one bowing to Mary. Usually when the angels appeared to the prophets it was the prophets who were faced down in the glory and splendor of the heavenly being. But in this case since Mary is blessed without sin whatsoever, the angel was bowing down to her NOT in worship but out of respect. Just as would any person would greet a king or queen, you would bow or curtsy. And in this case the angel curtsied per say to the Virgin Mary, giving her respect that She has been made perfect for the first ‘home” or tabernacle of Jesus in her womb.

The Church made this feast day in the 1854 a few years before the apparition at Lourdes, France. In this year 1854, the Church made this the idea of the Immaculate Conception a dogma, meaning having Scripture evidence and first hand accounts from the apostles and early church fathers. Other evidence points to Jesus being the Son of God and Mary, however would God the Father allow His only begotten Son to be born of a woman with sin. I think not. So therefore, God created Mary sinless from the beginning of her conception in the womb of Ann so that a true, clean and holy dwelling place was made perfect for Jesus. When our Lady appeared to St. Bernadette, she confirmed the feast day by saying “I am the Immaculate Conception.” (1858)

Another supplemental “homily” per say for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception hahaha

Things to remember…

English- Full of grace

Tagalog- Napupuno nang grasya

Latin- Gratia Plena

Greek- Kytro Mene ­– she who has been perfected already (past tense) I say past tense because it was done already by God at Mary’s conception, so she is the Immaculate Conception

Other words to know and acronyms for them

+ AMDG- Ad Majorem Dei Gloria = For the Greater Glory of God

+ AMDGH – Ad Majorem Dei Gloria et Honor = For the Greater Glory and Honor of God

Sometimes you see this sign on some churches or vestments A and M overlapping each other

We, even me, before thought it was a symbol for Ave Maria, BUT it is wrong. It is actually Latin for Auspice Mariam, which means “under the care/help of Mary” now you know the correct one.

So yea that is all…. I felt like I wanted to post here but I had nothing funny to blog about. Most of these I was laughing hysterically loud in my own room just reading these posts. Hahaha

Well this one was informative and now you know, you’re a better Catholic than before. Will said just post so here it is.

Peace be with you….Pax Vobis…

Pac-Man

Just outside the church after attending mass, my mom overhears a lady talking to a priest with a familiar name.

Lady: "Father, are you related to Manny Pacquiao?"
Priest: "No, my aunt."