Word is from news reports today that our Mary Jean Lacaba, one of the three kidnapped ICRC workers, have been returned to us, bless God, my love. Now his family may breathe the long sigh of relief and give thanks to God and to all who have contributed to her safe return. Thanks be to our LORD, thanks be to our God!
Let us now direct our prayer hearts and the attention of our good will to the remaining two, my darlingest dear. Let us desire in the depths of our souls, the swift release of Andreas Notter and Eugenio Vagni to their aggrieved families and to their respective nations so anxious for their safe return.
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The Path
In the same way that a tree upon our world is possessed of life, so are we.
In the same way there is a breathing that breathes in the birds in the sky, in the animals upon the land, and in the fishes in the sea, so are we likewise possessed by the living that make us all peers to sacred life.
And as all thing alive in all of visible creation are all those things immersed in those timeless and unseen waters of an everlasting substance, so are we.
But much more than those green things that grow and greater still than the animals that fill our world with motion, we are because to our reason is granted the names and the knowledge of all these things and the faith to apply ourselves to the keeping of God's own creative ideal in each our lives that preserves our LORD's peace upon the earth and make us as common servants to the one common Creator, and being equal in this dignity of willing service to God and to God's creation therefore, friends to each other.
Where we are called as human beings to aspire to bring this hope of one Peace unto our nations and of common good will unto all sacred life, we are made to be companions to each other in God and in Country as the numberless Stars of the one firmament.
In the one Solidarity, this is the path of the Preservator.
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This Sunday is Palm Sunday, my love. I bought an Anawim Way from St. Paul's because I am keen on contemplating the substance of Holy Week through to Easter.
I love you.
Always to always,
Pusing
P.S.
I just saw a news conference at Camp Crame about the ICRC hostage crisis. It is a good thing to know that our government is working hard to resolve the crisis. I have always thought that our SND is a trustworthy and capable Filipino patriot and to see him there with our DILG chief as well as general officers representing our AFP and PNP is a very good thing, because this along with our prayers as a people together is a sure step towards attaining peace in our Republic.
Our Republic is not a thing, it is not something to be grasped by human hands but a motion in time, something to be remembered for always in moments appreciated by our heart's timeless embrace. Country is a common term for a Republic which in the unseen realm of absolutes is a quite specific servant to the nations of Mankind.
All endeavors of Country, being a Republic or otherwise, exist in eternity to align the will of the all of Mankind and bind together the one lineage of the emerging generations of our one human race through the vast spread of exile time, marching our nations ever closer together, as Liberty shepherding the good with the good, and all unto the good at the gathering at the Last Day.
What matters is that life yield what purpose in creation life was in time begun, most especially all of human life upon which the hopes of all of lower creation is vested and the glory of our LORD in all of the visible universe promised in the unfolding dream of each and every one of our nations destined from all eternity to be revealed by our collective ascent borne upon eagle wings of God's own grace, to the one Peace of our one common Creator.
Virtue is currency and this is such that it only becomes visible to most where it matter the most, where virtue is in time lacking and reality seems arid, the truth is everywhere scarce.
But there are yet good people in our government, I do firmly believe. And all our classes, rich, middle or poor, are equally salted by God with the leaven of the virtues that shall one day raise unto the Almighty, the acceptable fruits of each our own particular endeavor of Country, fruits demanded by God, consisting of things true and good for the one family of the nations Mankind and thus, made sweet to the LORD of all our nations for all our ages unto the golden dawning of God's own eternity.
I believe we all have a part to play at a time, times and half a time toward the building of this hope for peace and vision of prosperity for our one whole Filipino nation, as a gift of good things and a blessing for all of the nations of the one family of the nations of Mankind.
Let us together build a home for our children, of the generations of life, a place of peace where virtue dwells and truth reigns in the hearts of those who are made kindred by grace of God through Country so that those who are called by light of faith to be free become free indeed and those who are caused by their own merits upon the earth to become become rich become rich indeed; all things being one in our hope in the vision of our eternal Philippines.
Because, my love, war no longer applies here upon our planet Annelies in the universe within our heart of hearts.
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