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𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐒 𝐀 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓

To value and embrace the truth is to face fear and conquer it.
And what conquers all fear, but love?
And what is love, but the Spirit,
Given to us by the One Above?

𝗕𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗧𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁. 𝗕𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁, 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁.

𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐒 𝐀 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 is…..
Doing what is said, saying what is meant, meaning what is done.
Do I? Do you? Let’s!

𝗕𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗧𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁. 𝗕𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁, 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁.

𝐁𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐓. 𝐓𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐓 𝐃𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐓.

Truth is so hidden and lies so well-established today that unless one loves the truth with passion, one will never find it. ~ Pascal in Pensées

The Lord may be pleased with a little truth, but only for starters. To grow in truth is His desire for you and me.

𝗕𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗧𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁. 𝗕𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁, 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁.

𝐁𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐓. 𝐓𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐓 𝐃𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐓.

The simplest acts of honesty can make one holy, for "small truths have greater power than big lies." (Matshona Dhliwayo)

Even the simplest acts of honesty can be powerful. Honesty is being loyal to what is right; living with courage; giving life to the ideal. The simplest, smallest acts of honesty will receive grace to grow, because they have the power to rise as praise to God and bring Him pleasure.

𝗕𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗧𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁. 𝗕𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁, 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁.

𝐁𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐓. 𝐓𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐓 𝐃𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐓.

“𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗼𝗱” is not just a phrase. It is a virtue to live by, a practice to apply, valid for everything we think and do, and all we face and go through.

𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆?

Aim for a unified life before the Lord. Let Him test your heart and find pleasure in you.

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𝗕𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗧𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁. 𝗕𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁, 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁.

𝐊𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 (Article 3)

From undisputed historical records, let me weave a story of the Shroud’s journey to its present home, Turin.

Writing to Pope Clement VI on April 10 (or 16), 1349, French knight Geoffrey de Charny requests permission to build a church, named St Mary’s of Lirey. According to the 1380s "D'Arcis Memorandum," the first known expositions of the Shroud are held in Lirey. Large pilgrim crowds come. Paris’s Cluny Museum still keeps an extant souvenir medallion from this period (see photo).

Bishop Pierre d'Arcis of Troyes in 1389 describes the cloth claimed as the true Shroud that wrapped Jesus's body as bearing the double imprint of a crucified man. The next year, a Papal bull grants new indulgences to visitors of St. Mary of Lirey’s relics, including the Shroud.

Fearing marauders, the Shroud is kept in a de Charny castle in 1418. 15thC archives of Mons record Margaret de Charny protecting “what is called the Holy Shroud of Our Lord.” In 1453, the Shroud ownership changes to Savoy Duke Louis I, in exchange for two castles given to Margaret.

According to 17thC chroniclers, yearly expositions of the Shroud are held at this time in a meadow called the Pré du Seigneur (Lord’s Meadow). A St Chapelle Church inventory describes the Shroud as "enveloped in a red silk drape, and kept in a case covered with crimson velours, decorated with silver-gilt nails, and locked with a golden key."

Accompanying the Savoys as their Court journeys from castle to castle, the Shroud finally gets a permanent home through an elaborate ceremony in 1502 at the Royal Chapel at Chambéry Castle. A 1532 fire melts the Shroud’s silver reliquary. The Shroud is preserved but for a corner damaged by molten silver. Poor Clare nuns repair it. Their foundress is Yolande, wife of Duke Amaedeus (Louis’s successor), who in the same year is said to have instituted the Cult of the Shroud.

In 1578, upon the Shroud’s transfer to Turin, it is welcomed with gun salutes, processions, and public exhibitions, and Agostino Cusano describes it as “testimony to its own authenticity”. A print marking that occasion’s 30th anniversary is preserved in London's British Museum.

In Turin, the Shroud witnesses royal weddings, visiting Emperors, Popes, Cardinals and like dignitaries, treaties ending conflicts, swells of pilgrims and grateful citizens delivered from a plague - this last occasion commemorated by art: a painted copy of the Shroud extractum ex originali (gotten from the original), preserved at the Castillo de Garcimunoz to this time. On June 1st, 1694, the Shroud is solemnly brought into the Guarini Chapel where it remains almost uninterruptedly for over three centuries now.

Are you wondering: why does this story begin in 1349, whilst the Shroud is said to be Jesus’s burial cloth? Well, I said undisputed history, remember? There are other kinds of history.

Read about it in the next article, out on 21 May.

Peace be with you!

𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘗. 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘳, 𝘉𝘊𝘉𝘗 𝘉𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘰 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳

(𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘊𝘉𝘗 𝘒𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥, a 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴'𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴, and 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳e 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦.)

𝐁𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐓. 𝐓𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐓 𝐃𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐓.

A real man will be honest no matter how painful the truth is. A coward hides behind lies and deceit. ~ Anonymous

To be honest is to be vulnerable,
Open to rejection and pain,
Yet also to freedom and gain.
Honesty is always worth the risk.

𝗕𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗧𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁. 𝗕𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁, 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁.

Right or wrong, straight or corrupt,
I will choose.
Hopefully deserved, to myself and all,
Because we are supposed to be honest.

FAITHFUL is a challenge for us, to be who we are called to be. We should, ourselves, be HONEST. FAITHFUL to God. HONEST to others. HONEST to oneself.

𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗬. 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗧.

And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. - Jeremiah 29:13

We must never let anything detract from God having first command of our hearts. Only God is worthy of our full devotion.

Tapatan mo ng TAPAT. Para sa Diyos. Para sa bayan

Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who are truthful, His delight. - Proverbs 12:22

A Christian should be a person whose word is truthful and dependable. If he signs a contract, he should meet the terms of the contract. If he makes a promise, he should keep it. Others should know he is a man of his word. Such honesty in word and deed delights the Lord.

Tapatan mo ng TAPAT. Para sa Diyos. Para sa bayan.

Ang Diyos ay laging totoo at tapat.
Kaya't piliin ang mga pinuno ng bayan
na namumuhay sa kabutihan, katapatan at katotohanan.

𝗕𝘂𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗧! 𝗜𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗧 𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗧!

Kay raming pangako,
sa gawa nama’y salat.
Aasa ba sa mapapako o pipili ng tapat?

𝗕𝘂𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗧! 𝗜𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗧 𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗧!

Kay raming kandidato, kay raming posisyon -
Kailangan talagang ingatan ang desisyon.
Mataas na pwesto, mababang pwesto -
Sa bawat isa ay iluklok yung wasto!

𝗧𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗼 𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗧. 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝘆𝗼𝘀. 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻.

Ang isip ay nagsasabi ng ganito,
ang puso nama’y ganyan.
Para sigurado,
piliin ang katapatan.

𝗕𝘂𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗧! 𝗜𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗧 𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗧!

Peks man daw at magaling,
Balak pala’y mangulimbat.
Tanggihan ang sinungaling!
Piliin ang TAPAT, Dapat!

𝗧𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗼 𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗧. 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝘆𝗼𝘀. 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻.

Reject dishonesty in all its forms and lies.
The wolf in sheep’s clothing is merely in disguise.

𝗧𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗼 𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗧. 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝘆𝗼𝘀. 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻.

If only there was no problem,
'Ika nga'y you have my respect.
But if it's a matter of belief,
My friend, you better fact-check!

Be HONESTLY. For the sake of God. For the nation.

If only there was no problem,
'Ika nga'y you have my respect.
But if the talk is belief,
My friend, you better fact-check!

Be HONESTLY. For the sake of God. For the nation.

God is faithful all the time,
that's why we should choose leaders who live in goodness, honesty and truth.

You will face it HONESTLY. For God's sake. For the nation.

Maingay lang ang sinungaling,
Na sa katotohana'y umiiling.
Ang tunay na katapatan,
Sa totoo'y naninindigan.

𝗧𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗼 𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗧. 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝘆𝗼𝘀. 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻.

Listen to God's voice deep in your heart,
Asking you to be true, waiting for you to start.
He will be with you every step of the way,
All you have to do is seek Him everyday.

𝗧𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗼 𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗧. 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝘆𝗼𝘀. 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻.

The wrong deeds of the elders,
in the eyes of a child it becomes right.
That's why teach them properly when they are able to cook,
For God and for the Filipinos.

You will face it HONESTLY. For God's sake. For the nation.

The truth is clean, real and true;
Nothing is not facing, nothing is hidden.
This is my appeal to myself and to you,
Let's be honest and be humane.

You will face it HONESTLY. For God's sake. For the nation.

"𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐘 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊: The Cross is the word through which God has responded to evil in the world. Sometimes it may seem as though God does not react to evil, as if He is silent.

And yet, God has spoken, He has replied, and His answer is the Cross of Christ: a word which is love, mercy, forgiveness. It reveals a judgment, namely that God, in judging us, loves us.

Remember this: God, in judging us, loves us. If I embrace his love then I am saved, if I refuse it, then I am condemned, not by him, but my own self, because God never condemns, he only loves and saves. – Pope Francis

May we draw from the cross the power to be humble, the strength to be meek, and the guidance to be true always.

𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗬. 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗧.

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"𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐘 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊: The truth of our Christianity can be found in the Cross, where Jesus showed us how to love honestly until the very end.

“We adore you and we bless you, Lord Jesus Christ, here and in all the churches which are in the whole world, because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.” (St. Francis of Assisi)

𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗬. 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗧.

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"Don’t be so quick to believe what you hear, because lies spread quicker than the truth." CTTO

Always check HONEST sources.