KUNG WALANG KORAP, WALANG MAHIRAP
1/2: Ito ang campaign slogan ni PNoy noon. Dahil sa kanyang pamumuno, hindi nakaporma ang mga tiwali at nakasuhan ang iba. Lumago ang ekonomiya dahil marami ang ginustong mamuhunan sa bansa.
LAWMAKERS JOIN THOUSANDS AT ANTI-CORRUPTION PROTESTS
Senate Deputy Majority Leader Risa Hontiveros, Senators Kiko Pangilinan and Bam Aquino, and House Deputy Minority Leader Leila de Lima on Sunday joined thousands of Filipinos at the EDSA People Power Monument to protest the multi-trillion peso flood control scandal.
They marched alongside the "Akbayan Reform Bloc" โ Akbayan Partylist Representatives Chel Diokno, Perci Cendaรฑa, Dadah Kiram Ismulah, and Dinagat Islands Rep. Kaka Bag-ao โ in a mobilization organized by Simbahan at Komunidad laban sa Katiwalian (SIKLAB), Akbayan Party, Tindig Pilipinas, ML Partylist, Nagkaisa Labor Coalition, Kalipunan, and Youth Against Kurakot (YAK).
Organizers said more than 3,000 joined the morning rally at EDSA, signaling the start of a series of demonstrations that will culminate in the "Trillion Peso March" later in the day, with over 30,000 expected to participate.
At the same time, Kabataan Partylist joined a massive anti-corruption rally at Luneta Park. As of 10:45 a.m., the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) estimated the crowd at 49,000.
Cendaรฑa warned that public anger is "nearing boiling point" and vowed that the Dutertes' "legacy of corruption" will face a day of reckoning. He also cautioned President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that failure to hold allies accountable could shift the people's anger toward him.
Diokno stressed the need to recover stolen public funds, while Ismulah called for a probe into anomalous projects in Mindanao, including those allegedly funneled to Davao City.
Kabataan Partylist, meanwhile, declared: "NEVER AGAIN TO CORRUPTION! The power of the people is stronger than the people in power!"
๐ท Contributed photos, Akbayan, Kabataan
๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ง๐ฆ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐ง!
Mula Luneta hanggang EDSA, rumaragasa ang galit ng sambayanan laban sa mga magnanakaw, ganid at abusado sa kapangyarihan.
Witnessing the massive crowdโshouting, waving placards, and marching side by sideโwe felt our shared strength, our unbreakable resolve, and the unstoppable force of a nation rising against corruption.
Ito ang lakas ng nagkakaisang sambayanan. Iisa ang sigaw, iisa ang puso. Panahon na para singilin at ipakulong ang lahat ng kawatan at pahirap sa bayan.
Samahan niyo rin po kami sa panawagan na agarang maisabatas ang isinusulong nating โIndependent Commission Against Infrastructure Corruption.โ Kailangan natin ng batas na may ngipin para tuluyang mapanagot ang lahat ng kurakot.
Enough is enough! Tama na! Sobra na! Panagutin na!
Those who recognised Mary as blessed are those filled with the Holy Spirit
As I reflected on the holiness and blessedness of Mary, I became more convinced of the truth that โto recognise the blessedness of Mary is to be filled with the Holy Spiritโ.
In the first chapter of the Gospel of Luke all those who recognised the blessedness of Mary were filled with the Holy Spirit. Beginning with John the Baptist, even from his motherโs womb, was filled with the Holy Spirit (Luke 1:15). At the sound of Maryโs greeting, he leapt for joy (Luke 1:44) already recognising the presence of the Lord and the blessedness of His Mother.
Elizabeth, too, filled with the Holy Spirit (Luke 1:41), cried out: โBlessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.โ She did not arrive at this insight by human reasoning but by the Spiritโs inspiration.
Mary herself is the model of this grace. The Holy Spirit came upon her (Luke 1:35), making her the dwelling place of the Son of God. And in her humility she proclaimed: โAll generations will call me blessedโ (Luke 1:48).
It is the Spirit, therefore, who reveals the mystery of Mary. To recognise her blessedness is not mere devotion but a Spirit-filled acknowledgment of Godโs work in her life.
As the Spirit moved John, Elizabeth, and Mary, may He also open our eyes today to see in Mary not just a mother, but the blessed vessel of grace who leads us to her Son-Jesus Christ. Amen
Happy birthday Mother most blessed ๐๐
CHAMP AT LAST! ๐
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