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PLEASE WEAR YOUR BLD ID EVERY FRIDAY

LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SEMNIAR #32

September 25-27, 2015

Registration Forms are available through any

member of the Life in the Spirit Ministry.

Orientations are tonight after the Praise &

Worship and on August 7 after the mass.

Both sessions will be at the Mark 10 room.

Salubong will be on Friday, August 14, 2015.

For more information, please contact Joven

and Beck Jimenez, LSS #32 Coordinators.

A N N O U N C E M E N T S

FAMILY ENCOUNTER #19

August 21-23, 2015 The Valley of the Mother of God

Orangeville

For registration or any inquiries, please contact anyone of the following:

Cliff & Cristy Jacinto- FE #18 Family Shepherds (647) 822 – 5387

clifford.jacinto@gmail.com & cristy.jacinto@gmail.com

Or Alain & Tracy Dela Cruz – FE #18 Head

Coordinators (416) 432-6149 alain-delacruz@rogers.com

25TH ANNIVERSARY - EARLY TICKET BUYERS WIN!

Tickets are now on sale for BLD Toronto's exciting 25th Anniversary celebration on Sept 19! Buy your tickets early and your name will go into the magic Tambiolo. 47 fun

prizes to be won in weekly draws. Congratulations to our winners for Week #2:

Manny Rocero: $50 cash

Lou Mariano: 1 tray of 'Patok na Patok' Pancit Palabok

Clarita Malolos: 1 tray (20 pcs) Itlog na Pula ('Pateros Original')

Letty Buado - 1 super-sized tub, homemade Avocado Ice Cream

Tony Ng - Free shipping to Manila of 1 Balikbayan Box

Remember, the earlier you buy your tickets, the more chances you have to win! Looking for tickets? Email:lingbing.bld@gmail.com

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July 31, 2015

BUKÁS-LOÓB SA DIYÓS • OPEN IN SPIRIT TO GOD

www.bldworld.org www.bldtoronto.com

THEME

We will never hunger nor thirst when we put

away our old selves and accomplish the work

of God.

WORD Ex 16:2-4,12-15, 31a; Ps 78:3-4, 23-24, 25,54;

Eph 4:17, 20-24; Jn 6:24-35

ORDER

“...and be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and

put on the new self, created in God’s way in right-

eousness and holiness of truth.” (Eph 4:23-24)

DIRECTION Be humble, believe and pray unceasingly

asking the Lord to be the stewards of the

community.

Tell the coming generation the glorious

deed of The Lord, his might and the won-

ders that he has done.

REFLECTION

The Scriptural Readings on the 18th Sunday in

Ordinary Time mostly speak of the “ Manna”

from Heaven, with the exception of the Sec-

ond Reading (Eph 4:17, 20-24) where we are

exhorted to forget our former ways of life, and

instead live a life of righteousness and holi-

ness.

The First Reading and the Gospel, both show us the frailty and restlessness of people’s emo-tion and spirit. We are constantly impatient, even when there is a promise of good things to come.

In the first reading, we see that since it is not

going well with them, people want to go back

to their old ways. As always, when these

things happen, the Lord steps in and answers

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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mailto:lingbing.bld@gmail.com

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our needs. In the Book of Exodus, the whole con-

gregation complains against Moses and Aaron

about their lack of provisions. The Lord acts and

pours down the provisions upon the people.

It is the same during Jesus time, when they wit-

ness the miracle of the multiplication of the bread,

they are persistent in following Him, probably

hopeful to witness more miracles from Jesus. Je-

sus corrects them, saying the true bread of heaven

is from the Father to give life to the world.

As we see in the Gospel, in spite of many miracles

and wonders that Jesus does, people still chal-

lenge and ask Him “ What sign are you going to

give us then? “ All of this confirms that God is

our provider and he never turns His back from

us. Since the beginning of time, He is there to

provide for our needs.

The Manna from Heaven is the gift of God to all

of us, His children. The Manna for all of us are in

various forms and ways. What are they? The

Scripture, food for our soul and mind and the Sac-

raments, especially the Eucharist, pure and given

free. From generation to generation, we are al-

ways provided for.

The Lord is also using our community, the BLD/

OSG to be an instrument in pouring Manna to all

of us, through our programs like LSS, Encounter

Weekends and Teachings. These are all provisions

for all of us, gifts from the Lord. We should be

thankful. Praise the Lord.

PROMISE

“I am the bread of life, whoever comes to me will never

hunger and whoever believes in me will never

thirst.” (Jn 6:35)

BLD 25th Anniversary

BLD Toronto is celebrating its 25th An-

niversary on September 19, 2015 and we

are coming out with a souvenir program

that will help defray the costs of our

25th Anniversary celebration and fund

our community’s various programs.

Let’s hold hands, pray and rally to-

gether to solicit as many ads as possible

so we will reach our quota of approxi-

mately 35 pages per Apostolate.

As a prize, the individual who can so-

licit the highest value of ads will win an

Apple Mini Tablet.

You may contact Bert and Cecile Cruz

at e-mail cruzcecile@gmail.com or call

416-298-4034 for more information, or

anyone of the following apostolate rep-

resentatives:

Evangelization - Frankie/Weng Perez

Formation - Jules/Zorrie Locquiao

Willie/Annette Guillermo

Management - Bing/Emma Ongteco

Freddie/Glo Carandang

Mert/Nimfa Geronimo

Mission - Tony/Menchie Villanueva

Ed/Lorie Bautista

Pastoral - Ariel/Ethel Ang

Cora Montilla

Vicky Nisce

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AUGUST LECTORS

August 7– First Friday Mass

1st reading…………………..……… Lito Martin

Psalm………………. Junjie Cultura (will sing it)

Prayer of the Faithful………………..Frank Perez

Offertory

Cruets……...……….. Clifford and Cristy Jacinto

Ciborium………………. Abby and Kevin Jacinto

Basket………………………………. Alvin Jacinto

August 14th

1st reading……… Alan and Rosella Prollamante

Psalm…………………………..… Edmar Aquino

2nd reading…….……. Bing and Emma Ongteco

August 21st

1st reading………………...…….. Odette Maralit

Psalm……………………..….. Marife Capistrano

2nd reading………..… Felix and Linda Fullante

August 28th

1st reading……………….... Pat and Eric Lazaro

Psalm……………………….………. Nila Soriano

2nd reading……………...…….. Monina Malolos

Pope Francis’ Words of Wisdom to the

Modern Family

We Need the Grace of the Sacrament of

Marriage by Pope Francis With trust in God’s faithfulness, everything

can be faced responsibly and without fear.

Christian spouses are not naïve; they know

life’s problems and temptations. But they are

not afraid to be responsible before God and

before society. They do not run away; they do

not hide; they do not shirk the mission of

forming a family and bringing children into

the world.

“But today, Father, it is difficult.” … Of course

it is difficult! That is why we need the grace

that comes from the sacrament! The sacra-

ments are not decorations in life—what a

beautiful marriage, what a beautiful ceremony,

what a beautiful banquet… . But that is not the

Sacrament of Marriage. That is a decoration!

Grace is not given to decorate life but rather to

make us strong in life, giving us courage to go

forward! And without isolating oneself but

always staying together. Christians celebrate

the Sacrament of Marriage because they know

they need it! They need it to stay together and

to carry out their mission as parents. “In joy

and in sadness, in sickness and in health.” This

is what the spouses say to one another during

the celebration of the sacrament, and in their

marriage they pray with one another and with

the community. Why? Because it is helpful to

do so? No! They do so because they need to,

for the long journey they are making together:

it is a long journey, not for a brief spell but for

an entire life! And they need Jesus’ help to

walk beside one another in trust, to accept one

another each day, and daily to forgive one an-

other. —Address to the Pilgrimage of Families, St. Peter’s Square,

October 26, 2013.

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Youth Encounter Weekend # 17

A refreshing breeze on a lovely Friday afternoon greeted us as we returned to the beautiful Mt.

Mary Immaculate Retreat Centre in Ancaster for the Youth Encounter # 17 on July 24, 2015.

The weekend went by so quickly that before we realized it, it was already Sunday – time to go

home. It was hard for the youth to part with their new-found friends, but we’re sure they will

see each other again or better yet continue to get in touch everyday (thank God for text, twitter,

Instagram and facebook).

We praise and thank God for being with us all the time and for bringing all these young people

to this retreat that they may know Him and feel His love through our very own youth and adult

members who worked really hard to make this event happen. Thank you to our Taters/Tater

Tots/Sharers: John Carlo Genilla, Ritchelle Negranza, Angelica de la Cruz, Daniel Fernandez,

EJ Cabalatungan, Jessa Legaspi, Amiel Castillo and the guidance of the youth overseers:

Jean Caniedo, Marylou Malicdem and Alex Piamonte. It was indeed a great team effort to-

gether with the youth praise team, sponsors, auxies and our young and good looking priest, Fr.

Wojciech Kuzma who is the present Director of Vocation in the Archdiocese of Hamilton. We

thank the new DCS (Cris and Beth Rejano, Charlie and Jo Gonzales and Rene & Ditas Dimen)

who were able to join us this weekend, for all the members of our community who volunteered

their time to help, for all the prayers and generous donations of food and money. We cannot

do this alone without God sending us His godly people to help us.

Lesson(s) I learned during the weekend

“The most important lesson I learned was to affirm others, rather than reject them. My life has changed as now I can be more supportive and understanding instead of judging others.” - Elaine De Belen “I learn that God and our parents are the same. How they love us, support us and care for us. That no matter how much we hurt them, turn our backs on them, they’ll never leave us. And when time comes that we feel they don’t love us, they carry us and help us.” - Roleen Constantino “I think the most helpful lesson was Father’s talk about pain. He stated that in order to grow in anything, there has to be suffering beforehand. This is good to remember everyday.” - Christine Tolentino

Overall experience

“My experience in YE weekend #17 was eye opening and made me happy to be who I am for once. I am more excited to attend BLD every Friday.” - Dominic Morato

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“It was incredible. Coming here at first made me nervous and anxious but everyone here is friendly and treats you like family. I really needed this because I was at a really low point. I’m happy that I grew closer to God this weekend, like starting my life again.” - Clarisse Aguila “At first, I didn’t want to come here because I thought people will snob me because I don’t know them. But I was completely wrong. People here are so awesome and they make me feel I’m home.” - Aldrin Morales Would I recommend YE to others? “Yes, especially since as new generations come, more problems are created and people tend to go away from God.” - Leanne Alhambra “Yes, I knew this would be a great experience so I brought my friend. She thanked me and told me she is happier and is back to feeling good.” - Kariza Reyes “Yes, it is a very good experience to have. It really makes you think about what you are doing with your life and what path you wanna take.” - Sara Umana

Congratulations to our 40 Youth Encounter# 17 Graduates!

Aldrin Morales, Angelo Martires, Bryan Padua, Christianne Sese, Christine Tolen-

tino, Clarisse Aguila, Courtney Joaquin, Dane Carag, Daniel Castro, Dominic

Morato, Elaine Louise De Belen, Erin Acevedo, Erin Bernardo, Heather D’Souza, Ia

Nebres, Ian Aliwalas, Ivan Fernandez, John Phillip Jamili, Joseph Chanco, Joshua

Pascua, Julian De Belen, Julian Geronimo, Kariza Reyes, Kate Libo-on, Krista Si-

gno, Lars Jaylen Palalon, Leanne Alhambra, Lexi Carag, Loy Pilatan, Marc Pelayo,

Marc Valmadrid, Mark Asuncion, Mary Limson, Matthias Condez, Meagan Mem-

brere, Nicole Lim, Roleen Constantino, Rossanne Bajao, Sara Umana and Saynt

Enriquez.

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