Be careful when envying someoneโs life. You may want their income but not their workload. Their relationship but not the healing it required. Their peace but not the pain that taught it. Remember, every blessing has a story attached to it.
@inquirerdotnet "If this is the price that I have to pay for standing on my own principles... so be it." ang sabi ni Jinggoy tungkol sa kaso nya ngayon! ๐คญ
Gago me history ka na MAGNANAKAW KA, nong pinagsasabi mong principle dyan? ๐๐ KAWATAN!
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alden will always show up.
kahit nga sa mga taong tumarantado sa kanya, alden still shows up.
that's our man.
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ctto nico's ig
dati sinasabi ntn di lugi ang brands kay alden kasi hindi lang brand ambassador si alden, pwede din syang host, singer, dancer sa event ng brands. ngayon kasama na din ang cyclist/celebrity athelete ng event ng brand.
sulit na sulit!
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1. It Instantly Separates the Accountable From the Blamers.
The analyst explained that low-character men cannot answer this question without blaming someone else.
"The market was bad." "My partner dropped the ball." "My boss had it out for me." The story is always about external circumstances.
High-character men own their failures. They describe their own mistakes, their own shortcomings, their own misjudgments.
This single distinction predicts how he will handle every conflict in a relationship.
๐๐๐ 40 ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฆ
(Why the Church Fasted for 2,000 Years)
๐ช๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฆ?
Lent is not random.
It is biblical.
It is ancient.
It is divinely patterned.
The 40 days of Lent come directly from Sacred Scripture, especially the 40 days Our Lord fasted in the desert.
โAnd when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards He was hungry.โ
โ Matthew 4:2
The Church does not invent seasons.
She imitates Christ.
๐. ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ โ๐ฐ๐ฌโ
In Scripture, the number 40 signifies:
Trial
Purification
Preparation
Penance
Transformation
โ Old Testament Foreshadowings
โข Noah โ 40 days of rain (Genesis 7:12)
โข Moses โ 40 days on Mount Sinai (Exodus 24:18)
โข Israel โ 40 years in the desert (Numbers 14:33)
โข Elijah โ 40-day journey to Horeb (1 Kings 19:8)
Every time: purification before covenant blessing.
๐๐. ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ก
Before beginning His public ministry, Our Lord entered the desert for 40 days.
He fasted, He prayed, He was tempted, He conquered Satan.
Lent is not symbolic but rather it is participation.
We enter the desert with Christ to battle:
Pride
Lust
Anger
Attachment
Spiritual laziness
๐๐๐. ๐๐ฃ๐ข๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก
The 40-day Lenten fast dates to the earliest centuries of Christianity.
By the time of:
St. Irenaeus
St. Athanasius
St. Jerome
โฆthe Church universally practiced a 40-day penitential preparation for Easter.
It was never a medieval invention.
It was apostolic discipline.
The Roman Catechism (Council of Trent) teaches that Lent prepares the faithful:
For the worthy celebration of the Paschal Mystery
For purification of conscience
For mastery over the flesh
๐๐ฉ. ๐ช๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฆ?
Because sin has weakened the will.
Fasting:
Trains discipline
Subdues the passions
Strengthens prayer
Makes reparation
As the Fathers taught:
โFasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, and subjects the flesh to the spirit.โ
Without penance, Christianity becomes comfortable and comfort rarely produces saints.
๐ฉ. ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ ๐ช๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐
Christ faced three temptations:
Bread (pleasure of the flesh)
Power (pride)
Presumption (testing God)
These are still the three battlefields of every soul.
Lent is boot camp for eternity.
๐ฉ๐. ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฆ?
From Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday is 46 days.
But Sundays are not days of fasting, they are always mini-Easters.
Thus, the Church maintains the symbolic and spiritual 40 days of penance.
๐ฉ๐๐. ๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฆ?
Not just โgiving up chocolate.โ
True Lent includes:
โ Frequent Confession
โ Serious examination of conscience
โ Daily Rosary
โ Spiritual reading
โ Mortification of the senses
โ Acts of charity
โ Reparation for sin
Especially in our age of comfort, distraction, and moral collapse, Lent must be taken seriously.
๐ฉ๐๐๐. ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก
For fathers, especially those fighting for their families spiritually:
Offer your 40 days for:
The perseverance of your children
The conversion of loved ones
Reparation to the Sacred Heart
Growth in humility
Hidden sacrifice moves Heaven.
๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก
The desert is not punishment, it is preparation.
Easter glory only comes after desert discipline.
โThey that are Christโs have crucified the flesh with its vices and concupiscences.โ
โ Galatians 5:24
Enter the desert.
Do not waste the 40 days.
๐ง๐๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ก๐ง๐๐๐๐ป๐ฆ โ๏ธ
Words cannot fully capture how THANKFUL we are for the way you look out for ALDEN ๐๐ป
Thank you for protecting him, guiding him, and always putting his best interests FIRST ๐ซถ๐ป
We, ALDEN's ATeam, are and always will be endlessly grateful for you, Mama Ten ๐ฅฐ
Happiest Birthday! ๐๐๐
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