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01/02/2025

THE WOLF AND THE LAMB
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A lamb was grazing with a flock of sheep one day. She soon found some sweet grass at the edge of the field. Farther and farther she went away from the others.

She was enjoying herself so much that she did not notice a wolf coming nearer to her. However, when it pounced on her, she was quick to start pleading, “Please, please don’t eat me yet. My stomach is full of grass. If you wait a while, I will taste much better."

The wolf thought that was a good idea, so he waited.

After a while, the lamb said, “If you allow me to dance, the grass in my stomach will be digested faster." Again the wolf agreed.

While the lamb was dancing, she had a new idea. She said, “Please take the bell from around my neck. If you ring it as hard as you can, I will be able to dance even faster."

The wolf took the bell and rang it as hard as he could. The shepherd heard the bell ringing and quickly sent his dogs to find the missing lamb. The barking dogs frightened the wolf away and saved the lamb’s life.


What is the moral lesson of this story?

The gentle and weak can sometimes be cleverer than fierce and strong.
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20/01/2025

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262) YOU ARE NEAR
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YOU ARE NEAR



Intro : G - C - G - Dsus - D7



Refrain :

G C9 G D

Yahweh, I know You are near,

C9 Am7

Standing always at my

G D C9 Bm

side. You guard me from the foe,

C Am7

and You lead me in ways

G

E - verlasting.

G C9 D

Lord, You have searched my heart,

Em Am

And You know when I sit and when I

Bm Em

stand. Your hand is upon me,

Am Bm Am7

protecting me from death,

Am7 D

keeping me from harm.

(Repeat Refrain)



(same chords as 1st stanza)

Where can I run from Your love?

If I climb to the heavens You are there;

If I fly to the sunrise or sail beyond the sea,

Still I’d find You there. (Repeat Refrain)



(same chords as 1st stanza)

You know my heart and its ways,

You who formed me before I was born

In secret of darkness before I saw the sun, in my mother’s womb.

(Repeat refrain)

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14/01/2025

THE SELFISH MAN

Once upon a time, there was a selfish man. He liked everything to be his own. He could not share his belongings with anyone, not even his friends or the poor.

One day, the man lost thirty gold coins. He went to his friend’s house and told him how he lost his gold coins. His friend was a kind man.

As his friend’s daughter was coming from an errand she found thirty gold coins. When she arrived home, she told her father what she had found. The girl’s father told her that the gold coins belong to his friend and he sent for him. When the selfish man arrived, he told him how his daughter had found his thirty gold coins and handed then to him.

After counting the gold coins the man said that ten of them was missing and had been taken by the girl as he had forty gold coins. He further commented that he will recover the remaining amount from him. But the girl’s father refused.

The man left the gold coins and went to the court and informed the judge there about what had taken place between him and the girl’s father.

The judge sent for the girl and her father and when they arrived asked the girl how many gold coins did she find. She replied thirty gold coins. The Judge that asked the selfish man how many gold coins did he lose and he answered forty gold coins.

The judge then told the man that the gold coins did not belong to him because the girl found thirty and not forty as he claimed to have lost and then told the girl to take the gold coins and that if anybody is looking for them he will send for the girl.

The judge told the man that if anybody reports that they have found forty gold coins he will send for him. It was then that the man confessed that he lied and that he lost thirty gold coins but the judge did not listen to him.

What is the moral lesson of this story?

Always be honest as dishonest never pays.

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WORDS OF WISDOM



BE HONEST

Even if others are not
Even if others will not
Even if others cannot
"He who walks honestly walks securely."

May the peace of the Lord be with you always.

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06/01/2025

THE ROPE

The night fell heavy in the heights of the mountains and the man could not see anything. All was black. Zero visibility and the moon and the stars were covered by the clouds. As he was climbing only a few feet away from the top of the mountain, he slipped and fell in to the air falling at great speed. He could only see black spots as he went down and the terrible sensation of being sucked by gravity.

He kept falling and in the moments of great fear, it came to his mind all the good and bad episodes of his life. He was thinking now about how dose death was getting, when all of a sudden he felt the rope tied to his waist pull him very hard. His body was hanging in the air.

Only the rope was holding him and in that moment of stillness he had no other choice other to scream, 'Help me God.'

All of a sudden a deep voice coming from the sky answered, "What do you want me to do?'

'Save me God.'

'Do you really think I can save you?'

'Of course I believe You can."

“Then cut the rope tied to your waist.'

There was a moment of silence and the man decided to hold on to the rope with all his strength.

What is the moral lesson of this story?

The rescue team tells that the next day a climber was found dead and frozen, his body hanging from a rope. His hands holding tight to it. Only one foot away from the ground. And We? How attached we are to the rope untill we let go??? Don't ever doubt about the words of God. We should never say that He has forgotten us or abandoned us.

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WORDS OF WISDOM

"Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones
because regret is stronger than gratitude."

May the peace of the Lord be with you always.

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04/01/2025

THE STORY OF INDAY, ANG SOSYAL NA KATULONG

PANGARAL NI MANANG KAY INDAY


“Ang batayan ng pagiging mahusay na kasambahay ay hindi nasusukat sa kakayahan sa isang mahusay na pakikipagtalastasan gamit ang pananalitang banyaga. Sa halip, ito’y masusuri sa kakayahang gampanan ang pangkalahatang gawain at pagsisilbi sa taong paglilingkuran! WALA SA SALITA KUNDI SA GAWA!

-Manang, ang bagong katunggali ni Inday

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QUOTATION TO PONDER



“Let a smile be your umbrella, and you'll end up with a face full of rain. ”

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21/12/2024

THE LONGEST STORY IN THE WORLD

Do you know the story about the longest story in the world?

Once upon a time there lived a chief who liked to listen to stories. And he knew so many stories that sometimes he stopped the story-teller and finished the story himself. One day the chief sent his servants everywhere to find a good story-teller.

"Our Chief will give many presents to the man who will tell him the longest story in the world and make him laugh."

The servants shouted in the streets. Many people came to the chief and told him very long stories. They tried to make him laugh. But nobody could do that. The chief always said, "That is not the longest story and there is nothing to laugh at."

Once a boy came to the chief and said, "Oh, my Chief, let me try to tell you the longest story in the world and make you laugh."

The chief said, "Well, sit down and begin your story!" The boy began.

"Long, long ago there lived a man, Mogambo by name. He ate so much that no man could feed him full. The chief of that country heard about Mogambo and said, 'Bring him to me. I shall feed him fully.' And he ordered his people to bring hundreds of thousands of pots of soup, meat, and fruit. Hundreds of camels carried the pots on their backs. The camels stopped in front of the chief’s house. Many people came to see Mogambo's dinner.

Then Mogambo came. The drummers began to drum. The musicians began to play. And the people sang songs. Mogambo made a bow to the chief and said to the people, 'Now look at me! Look at me! Look at me!' With these words Mogambo began to eat soup. And he ate. And he ate. And he ate. And he ate. And he ate.

"Well, what then?" asked the chief, "He ate. And he ate. And what then?"

"Oh, my chief," answered the boy, "this is only the first pot and there were many thousands of pots! Wait a little. And he ate. And he ate. And he ate.

Evening came. The boy went on with his story. “And he ate. And he ate.

At last the chief ordered him to stop till the next morning. In the morning the chief asked the boy to go on with his story.

"Now what can you tell us about your Mogambo?" he asked.

"Oh, my Chief, he not only ate, but drank too, so he drank and then he ate and he ate and he ate."

The story-teller said louder and louder, "and he ate and he ate and he ate."

The chief looked at the boy and began to laugh.

"Well, my boy, your story is the longest in the world! Have a rest now! Stop!"

And the young story-teller stopped his story, got many presents from the chief, climbed up on a camel and rode away with these words: "And he ate, and he ate, and he ate"
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WORDS OF WISDOM

Every day we smile and act like nothing's wrong. It is called putting everything aside and simply being strong with God.
May the peace of the Lord be with you always.

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08/12/2024

LAUGHTER THE BEST MEDICINE 001

The Effects of Marriage

The lion married off a child. Being the king of the jungle, he invited all the animals for the wedding.
On the very special night, a mouse walks up the lion and says, "Congratulations brother!"

The lion looks at the mouse and says, "Thanks, but since when am I your brother?"
The mouse replied, "Well, I was once a lion too, then I got married."

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Learning with Tequila

Tequila is an excellent teacher...Just last night it taught me to count...

One Tequila, Two Tequila, Three Tequila, Floor!

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Sworn to Tell the Truth

The judge warned the witness, “Do you understand that you have sworn to tell the truth?” “I do.”
“Do you understand what will happen if you are not truthful?”
“Sure,” said the witness. “My side will win.”

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Make Up Your Mind

Our generation never got a break. When we were young they taught us to respect our elders...
Now that we are older, they tell us to listen to the youth of the country.

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Mars, Untouched By Man

During the historic first manned mission to Mars, two Astronauts were charting the Martian surface.
"Look at that," said one to the other, "how beautiful this alien landscape is, untouched by man."
At that point, he was cut off, as he found his radio communications knocked out by unknown interference. They followed the source of the interference until they reached the rim of a crater.

"Do you see what the source of that noise is?" asked the first astronaut.
"I don't know," said the second, "but it might be coming from that Starbucks behind you."

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FACT OF THE DAY

What Is Pteronophobia?

Are you afraid of being tickled by a feather (or feathers)? If so, then you are one who suffers from Pteronophobia. While Gargalaphobia is the fear of being tickled in general,

pteronophobia is specific to being tickled by feathers.

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30/11/2024

LAUGHTER THE BEST MEDICINE

Quick Believer

An atheist was spending a quiet day fishing when suddenly his boat was attacked by the Loch Ness monster. In one easy flip, the beast tossed him and his boat high into the air,

then opened its mouth to swallow both.
As the man sailed head over heels, he cried out, "Oh, my God! Help me!"
At once, the ferocious attack scene froze in place. As the atheist hung in mid-air,

a booming voice came down from the clouds, "I thought you didn't believe in Me!"
"Come on God, give me a break!!" the man pleaded.

"Two minutes ago I didn't believe in the Loch Ness monster either!

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Name Please

"What is your brother's name?"
Little Jane: "I don't know yet. We can't understand a word he says."

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I Made My Own

Scene: With a patient in my medical exam room
Me: How old are your kids?
Patient: 44 and 39 with my wife who passed away, and 15 and 13 with my second wife.
Me: That’s quite the age difference!
Patient: Well, the older ones didn’t give me any grandkids, so I made my own.

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Sick On Weekdays

My boss said, “I find it highly suspicious that you are only sick on weekdays.”
I said, “It must be my weekend immune system.”

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Get Some Help

One day a man walked into a bar and ordered a glass of water. He drank half of it and poured the rest on the bartender. The bartender got angry, grabbed the man by the collar, pulled him close to his face, and asked, "Why did you do that?"
The man said very apologetically, "I am so very sorry sir. Please forgive me. I can't help it.

It's an illness I can't get rid of. I am so ashamed of it. How can I make it up to you?"
The bartender answered, "Haven't you seen anyone about this problem?"
The man replied, "I never thought of that. Maybe I will."
The bartender said, "Don't come back until you do get help," and the man left.

About three months later the man came back to the same bar.

He ordered another glass of water, drank half of it, and poured the rest on the bartender.
The bartender shouted, "I thought I told you not to come back until you got help!"
The man replied, "I did, and it worked out great! Now I don't feel ashamed at all!"

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FACT OF THE DAY

Creator of the Nachos

In 1943, Ignacio Anaya, a restaurant owner, found himself in a bad predicament. His cook was missing,

food needed to be prepared, so he improvised and put together a bunch of different ingredients.

Voila… he created nachos. His new dish became popular and caught on.

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11/11/2024

Experience the Grandest Festival in the Philippines - Sinulog 2025!

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