Saturday, June 30, 2012

THE BIBLE VERSES

Posted by Herbert Curia - Promoter at Saturday, June 30, 2012 0 comments

THE BIBLE VERSES

JESUS AND HIS FAMILY
LUKE 8:19-21

Luke
Chapter 8

19: Then his mother and his brothers ⁶ came to him but were unable to join him because of the crowd.
20: He was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside and they wish to see you."
21: He said to them in reply, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it." ⁷

THE LORD'S SUPPER
MARK 14:22-26

Mark
Chapter 14

22: ⁷ While they were eating, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, and said, "Take it; this is my body."
23: Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it.
24: He said to them, "This is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed ⁸ for many.
25: Amen, I say to you, I shall not drink again the fruit of the vine until the day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."
26: Then, after singing a hymn, ⁹ they went out to the Mount of Olives.

THE PURPOSE OF THE PARABLES
LUKE 8:9-10

Luke
Chapter 8

9: Then his disciples asked him what the meaning of this parable might be.
10: He answered, "Knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been granted to you; but to the rest, they are made known through parables so that 'they may look but not see, and hear but not understand.'

THE BIBLE VERSES SOURCES
ENGLISH AND TAGALOG VERSION

http://www.catechism.org/nab/bible/index.shtml

http://angbiblia.net/

LINKS:

http://www.catechism.org/nab/bible/luke/luke8.htm

http://www.catechism.org/nab/bible/mark/mark14.htm

http://angbiblia.net/lucas8.aspx

http://angbiblia.net/marcos14.aspx

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------

UNESCO Makes Nativity Church Endangered Site

Posted by Herbert Curia - Promoter at Saturday, June 30, 2012 0 comments

From the Website of HUFFPOST RELIGION
links: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/29/unesco-makes-nativity-church_n_1637282.html?utm_hp_ref=religion

UNESCO Makes Nativity Church Endangered Site

UNESCO Places Church Of The Nativity On List Of World Heritage In Danger

PARIS — UNESCO's World Heritage committee on Friday approved a Palestinian bid to place the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on its list of sites of World Heritage in Danger – a move seen by some nations as dangerously mixing politics and culture.

Palestinian spokeswoman Hanan Ashrawi said the vote was an affirmation of Palestinian sovereignty over the site that marks the place where Christians believe Jesus was born.

Israel angrily denounced the vote, with Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Ilana Stein saying the decision "has turned UNESCO into a theater of the absurd."

"This is a sad day for the World Heritage Committee," she said.

The 21-member committee, meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, voted 13-6 to include the church and pilgrimage route, located in the Israeli-controlled West Bank, on its list of sites. There were two abstentions.

The drive to get the Nativity church quickly recognized as a World Heritage site was part of the Palestinians' bid to win international recognition since attempts to establish a Palestinian state through negotiations with Israel are frozen.

The United States was among nations opposed to the Palestinian proposal of an emergency candidacy for the iconic Christian site, shortcutting what is usually an 18-month-long process to apply for World Heritage recognition. Neither the United States nor Israel was on the committee. The U.S. ambassador to UNESCO, David Killion, said the United States is "profoundly disappointed."

The church – which drew some 2 million visitors last year and parts of which are 1,500 years old – stands above the grotto that Christians believe was the birthplace of Jesus. The Palestinian application asks for recognition as a site of "outstanding universal value" urgently in need of attention.

The application cited lack of regular restoration of the church due to the political situation since 1967 when Israel occupied the territories, and difficulties procuring equipment because of lack of free movement imposed by Israeli forces.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization voted to admit Palestine as a full member in October. The emergency candidacy for the church clearly showed the Palestinians' intention of making the most of their position, after a failure to join the main U.N. body because Palestine is not a recognized state.

The Palestinian application to place the Church on the list showed that they plan to put forward other sites for prestigious World Heritage recognition, eventually linking various landmarks to the life of Jesus.

"The message to Israel today is that unilateral actions will not work and that Israel cannot continue challenging the world despite its powerful allies," Ashrawi said.

Killion, the U.S. ambassador, said "this body should not be politicized." His statement noted the candidacy was opposed by a UNESCO experts committee, whose conclusions are almost always heeded.

The three churches acting as custodians of the site had also been opposed. The Greek Orthodox, Armenian and Roman Catholic churches keep the site under a so-called Status Quo agreement dating to the Ottoman empire, and fear the Palestinian action will upset that delicate balance.

"The site clearly has tremendous religious and historical significance," Killion's statement said. "However, the emergency procedure used in this instance is reserved only for extreme cases."

Stein, the Israeli Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, said those who voted in favor of the Nativity candidacy "have given themselves up as pawns in the service of the Palestinians at the expense of UNESCO's professionalism and good name."

While the church needs restoration, including repair of a leaky roof, it was not seen by the experts committee as being in imminent threat of destruction – the criteria usually reserved for the emergency procedure.

A site nominated by Israel depicting human evolution at Mount Carmel, the Nahal Me'arot/Wadi el-Mughara Caves, also was inscribed on the World Heritage list. That nomination, like all others under consideration in St. Petersburg, went through regular channels – not the emergency route.

___

Karin Laub reported from Ramallah.

HUFFPOST WEBSITE

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/religion/

links:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/29/unesco-makes-nativity-church_n_1637282.html?utm_hp_ref=religion

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------

------------------------

Benedict XVI: Evil can not prevail.

Posted by Herbert Curia - Promoter at Saturday, June 30, 2012 0 comments

Bible Lights Promotions

Lights of God and Jesus in

the World

Mother Mary Lights the

World in Peace

and Love

From Vatican

POPE Benedict XVI:

Benedict XVI: Evil can not prevail.

Vatican Website

http://www.vatican.va/phome_en.htm

Vatican Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/user/vatican

God and Jesus and Mother Mary Lights

Bless Us All

----

Benedict XVI: Hopes for the goal of full unity

Posted by Herbert Curia - Promoter at Saturday, June 30, 2012 0 comments

Bible Lights Promotions

Lights of God and Jesus in

the World

Mother Mary Lights the

World in Peace

and Love

From Vatican

POPE Benedict XVI:

Benedict XVI: Hopes for the goal of full unity

Vatican Website

http://www.vatican.va/phome_en.htm

Vatican Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/user/vatican

God and Jesus and Mother Mary Lights

Bless Us All

==========

Saturday, June 23, 2012

THE BIBLE VERSES

Posted by Herbert Curia - Promoter at Saturday, June 23, 2012 0 comments

THE BIBLE VERSES

OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY
ROMANS 13:1-7 15:1-6

Romans
Chapter 13

1: ¹ Let every person be subordinate to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been established by God.
2: Therefore, whoever resists authority opposes what God has appointed, and those who oppose it will bring judgment upon themselves.
3: For rulers are not a cause of fear to good conduct, but to evil. Do you wish to have no fear of authority? Then do what is good and you will receive approval from it,
4: for it is a servant of God for your good. But if you do evil, be afraid, for it does not bear the sword without purpose; it is the servant of God to inflict wrath on the evildoer.
5: Therefore, it is necessary to be subject not only because of the wrath but also because of conscience.
6: This is why you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, devoting themselves to this very thing.
7: Pay to all their dues, taxes to whom taxes are due, toll to whom toll is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

PATIENCE AND SELF DENIAL
ROMANS 15:1-6

Romans
Chapter 15

1: We who are strong ought to put up with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves;
2: let each of us please our neighbor for the good, for building up.
3: For Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written, "The insults of those who insult you fall upon me." ¹
4: For whatever was written previously was written for our instruction, that by endurance and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.
5: May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to think in harmony ² with one another, in keeping with Christ Jesus,
6

THE FATHERS PLANS OF SALVATION'S
FULLFILLMENT THROUGH CHRIST
EPHESIANS 1:3-14

Ephesians
Chapter 1

1: ¹ Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the holy ones who are (in Ephesus) ² faithful in Christ Jesus:
2: grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3: ³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, ⁴
4: as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before him. In love
5: he destined us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ, in accord with the favor of his will,
6: for the praise of the glory of his grace that he granted us in the beloved.
7: In him we have redemption by his blood, the forgiveness of transgressions, in accord with the riches of his grace
8: that he lavished upon us. In all wisdom and insight,
9: he has made known to us the mystery ⁵ of his will in accord with his favor that he set forth in him
10: as a plan for the fullness of times, to sum up all things in Christ, in heaven and on earth.
11: In him we were also chosen, destined in accord with the purpose of the one who accomplishes all things according to the intention of his will,
12: so that we might exist for the praise of his glory, we who first hoped ⁶ in Christ.
13: In him you also, who have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and have believed in him, were sealed ⁷ with the promised holy Spirit,
14: which is the first installment ⁸ of our inheritance toward redemption as God's possession, to the praise of his glory.

RECAPITULATION
JOHN 12:44-50

John
Chapter 12

44: Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me believes not only in me but also in the one who sent me,
45: and whoever sees me sees the one who sent me.
46: I came into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me might not remain in darkness.
47: And if anyone hears my words and does not observe them, I do not condemn him, for I did not come to condemn the world but to save the world.
48: Whoever rejects me and does not accept my words has something to judge him: the word that I spoke, it will condemn him on the last day,
49: because I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and speak.
50: And I know that his commandment is eternal life. So what I say, I say as the Father told me."

BIBLE VERSES SOURCES
ENGLISH AND TAGALOG VERSION

http://www.catechism.org/nab/bible/index.shtml

http://angbiblia.net/

LINKS:

http://www.catechism.org/nab/bible/ephesians/ephesians1.htm

http://www.catechism.org/nab/bible/romans/romans15.htm

http://www.catechism.org/nab/bible/romans/romans13.htm

http://angbiblia.net/roma13.aspx

http://angbiblia.net/roma15.aspx

http://www.angbiblia.net/taga_efeso1.aspx

THE BIBLE LIGHTS PROMOTIONS

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------
----------------------

BIBLE LIGHTS PROMOTIONS SPREAD THE LIGHTS OF GOD THE BIBLE

Posted by Herbert Curia - Promoter at Saturday, June 23, 2012 0 comments

BIBLE LIGHTS PROMOTIONS
SPREAD THE LIGHTS OF GOD THE BIBLE

BIBLE LIGHTS PROMOTIONS, CRITICISMS, COMMENTARY
TEACHINGS, ON THE ISSUES OF "GOD BANS BILL"

The “Religious Freedom in Government Offices Act” RA 6330

GODS AND JESUS AND MOTHER MARY LIGHTS BLESS ALL FILIPINOS AND THE WHOLE WORLD.....

RELIGION AND FAITH TO GOD GUIDE OUR MORAL LIFE IN A BETTER LIVING....SPIRITUAL LIFE TO GOD KEEP OUR LIFE IN SHAPE OF GOODNESS.....

NOW HERE IS THE ISSUES, A HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES IN THE PHILIPPINES MAKE A PROPOSED BILL THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN GOVERNMENT OFFICES ACT OR RA 6330 WHICH IT PROHIBITS THE DISPLAYING OF RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS AND HOLDING CEREMONIES AND UNITY OF PRAYERS AROUND THE PUBLIC OFFICES AND PREMISES, THIS PROPOSED BILL IS AGAINST THE HUMAN RIGHTS ON THE FREEDOM ON RELIGIOUS BELIEF AND EVERYONE CAN PRACTICE IT ANYWHERE...AND SPECIALLY THE BILL IS AGAINST THE FAITH TO GOD AND AGAINST GODS PRESENCE TO US AND VISION TO US AND SPIRITUAL IN UNITY OF PRAYERS AND UNITY IN SPIRITUAL GATHERINGS THAT BIND ANY OFFICES........

IT HELPS A LOT ON GOOD UNITY IN WHATEVER RELIGIOUS BELIEF UNITE IN ANY GOVERNMENT OFFICES WHICH EVERY RELIGIOUS BELIEVERS IN THAT OFFICE WILL INTERACT AND UNITE FOR GOD AND MEET IN ONE GATHERINGS FOR UNITY AND BLESSINGS OF GOD IN THAT OFFICE.......

THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PROPOSED BILL IS NOT A GODLY MAN OR WEAK IN FAITH, IN THE PRACTICE HE SEPARATED GOD IN HUMANS LIFE AND IT IS A DEMONIC PRACTICE AND I HOPE YOU ARE NOT AN EXPEDITION OF DEMON IN THAT BODY MR. REPRESENTATIVE SEPARATING GOD IN HUMANS LIFE PRACTICING IT IN GOVERNMENT OFFICES A BAD EXAMPLE AND MODEL IN THE SOCIETY...THE GOVERNMENT IS NEUTRAL WETHER THERE IS BIBLE OR KORAN UNITY IN THAT OFFICES, THE GOOD THING IS THEY ARE UNITE IN GOD, IF THAT TWO KIND OF RELIGION AND DIFFERENT RELIGION EXISTS IN THAT OFFICE THEY WILL UNITE IN ONE AND THEY WILL NOT CLASH FOR THEIR RELIGION TO UNITE IN THAT OFFICE I HOPE THE REPRESENTATIVE THINK THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT RELIGION OF EVERY EMPLOYEE IN EVERY GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND THE CATHOLIC RELIGION OF ANY RELIGION IS NOT THE MANDATED RELIGION TO UNITE IN EVERY PUBLIC OFFICES AND THE KNOWN SYMBOL IS KNOWN TO CATHOLIC RELIGION THAT PROHIBIT ALSO IN THE BILL AND IT IS NOT RIGHT IT IS A BIAS OF RELIGION OBVIOUSLY ON IMAGE OR SYMBOLICAL ISSUE IN THAT KIND OF THINKING YOU SEPARATE SPIRITUAL LIFE OF THE HUMANITY TO PEOPLE....

REMEMBERING GOD IN THE IMAGE AND PICTURES OF SYMBOLS THAT WE CREATED WILL HELP US TO UNITE WITH GOD AND UNITE EVERYONE TO UNITE SPIRITUALLY WITH GOD THROUGH THAT SYMBOLS REMEMBERING THAT THE GOD IN HEAVEN WE UNITE TO HAVE FAITH IN HIM........JUST SIMPLY THE REPRESENTATIVES ARE NOT JUST PUTTING OUT SYMBOLS IN ANY PUBLIC OFFICES, THE SPIRITUAL UNITY TO GOD ARE SEPARATING BY THAT REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HUMANS LIFE PRACTICING IN PUBLIC OFFICES........ WE ARE NOT JUST REMEMBERING GOD IN THAT SYMBOL BUT UNITY IN REMEMBERING AND HAVING SPIRITUAL FAITH TO GOD IN HEAVEN.....THE VISUAL IN THAT IMAGE UNITE US IN SPIRITUAL FAITH IN HEAVEN ON REMEMBERING GOD IN THAT IMAGE...

FROM SYMBOLS AND PRAYERS AND MEETING AND UNITY IT IS VERY UNGODLY AND INHUMAN ACTS TO PEOPLE STEPPING THE HUMAN RIGHTS ON FREEDOM OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF....AND PUTTING GOD AND FAITH TO HIM OUT OF HUMANS LIFE START PRACTICING IN GOVERNMENT OFFICES......IN PRACTICING RELIGION IT IS NOT JUST ONESELF RELATION TO GOD IT IS A RELATION TO GOD WITH UNITY WITH OTHERS IN CHURCH AND SOCIETY EVEN IN PUBLIC OFFICES....

THE GOVERNMENT WORKERS ARE NOT EATING THE HOURS OF WORK FOR THE FAITH IN GOD, GOD KNOWS THEY ARE WORKING TO LIVE AND DEVELOPED FOR EVERYONE AND HE KNOWS THE TIME FOR HIM.....IN THE OFFICE UNITY THERE IS TIME FOR HIM BELIEVING IN GOD WITH BLESSING IN THE UNITY TO GOD IN THEIR WORK... A UNITY OF PRAYER IN DAY AND SOME GATHERING IS NOT WASTING TIME OF GOVERNMENT HOURS IT IS EXTRA TIME FOR BONDING AND UNITY WITH FAITH AND WE MUST BE HAPPY FOR THAT IN EVERY OFFICES AND EXTRA SPACE FOR THE SYMBOL IS NOT A BIG SPACE TO MAKE THE OFFICE A RELIGIOUS ROOM...

THE BIBLE LIGHTS PROMOTIONS PROMOTE TO THE GOVERNMENT SPECIALLT TO OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT TO STRENGTHEN AND ENCOURAGE ALL THE GOVERNMENT OFFICES TO UNITE FOR FAITH IN GOD WHAT EVER RELIGION IS, AND IF TITA CORY LIVES AND THE PROPOSAL PROPOSED IN HIS TERM SHE WILL NOT TOLERATE THAT EVIL MIND....GOD AND JESUS AND MOTHER MARY LIGHTS GUIDES THE GOVERNMENT OFFICES SPECIALLY PRESIDENTS OFFICE....

THE SEPARATION OF GOVERNMENT AND CHURCH FUNCTIONS DOESN'T MEAN YOU WILL SEPARATE GODS IN HUMAN LIFE IN PUBLIC OFFICES, THE PRAYER AND GATHERING AND SYMBOL IN THE PUBLIC OFFICES IS NOT THE FUNCTIONS MANDATE AND STIPULATED IN THE OPERATIONS OF ANY PUBLIC OFFICES IT IS A BELIEF OF BELIEVERS WORKING IN THAT PUBLIC OFFICES AND NOT RELATED TO THE FUNCTIONS OF OFFICE IT IS A SEPARATE EXTRA BONDING'S AND MOMENTS TO GOD............

SIMPLY INVITING KNOWN BRO. ELI AND PRIEST OR PASTORS IN THE RELIGIOUS GATHERING IN ANY GOVERNMENT OFFICE TO TEACH THE BIBLE IS ONE COMMUNITY OF EMPLOYEES TO UNITE TO GOD IN THAT GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND IF YOU WILL PROHIBIT IT YOU WILL NOT GATHER THIS BONDINGS AND UNITY TO GOD WHICH THE VENUE IS THE UNITY IN THE GOVERNMENT OFFICES….

TO THE REPRESENTATIVE PROPOSED THE BILL MOTHER MARY LIGHTS YOU AND HELPS YOU HAVING FAITH TO GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST....

GOD AND JESUS AND MOTHER MARY LIGHTS LIGHT AND BLESS AND LOVES YOU ALL................

BIBLE LIGHTS PROMOTION
BIBLE LIGHTS PROMOTER

BIBLE LIGHTS PROMOTIONS

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------
------------------

Benedict XVI: the primacy of ethics in work

Posted by Herbert Curia - Promoter at Saturday, June 23, 2012 0 comments

Bible Lights Promotions

Lights of God and Jesus in

the World

Mother Mary Lights the

World in Peace

and Love

From Vatican

POPE Benedict XVI:

Benedict XVI: the primacy of ethics in work

Vatican Website

http://www.vatican.va/phome_en.htm

Vatican Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/user/vatican

God and Jesus and Mother Mary Lights

Bless Us All

Benedict XVI: Become better Christians

Posted by Herbert Curia - Promoter at Saturday, June 23, 2012 0 comments

Bible Lights Promotions

Lights of God and Jesus in

the World

Mother Mary Lights the

World in Peace

and Love

From Vatican

POPE Benedict XVI:

Benedict XVI: Become better Christians

Vatican Website

http://www.vatican.va/phome_en.htm

Vatican Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/user/vatican

God and Jesus and Mother Mary Lights

Bless Us All

Saturday, June 16, 2012

The Bible Verses

Posted by Herbert Curia - Promoter at Saturday, June 16, 2012 0 comments

The Bible Verses

THE ONE FROM HEAVEN
JOHN 3:31-36

John
Chapter 3

31: ¹⁵ The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of earthly things. But the one who comes from heaven (is above all).
32: He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.
33: Whoever does accept his testimony certifies that God is trustworthy.
34: For the one whom God sent speaks the words of God. He does not ration his gift ¹⁶ of the Spirit.
35: The Father loves the Son and has given everything over to him.
36: Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him.

THE BREAD OF LIFE DISCOURSE

JOHN 6:22-59

John
Chapter 6

22: ¹³ The next day, the crowd that remained across the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not gone along with his disciples in the boat, but only his disciples had left.
23: ¹⁴ Other boats came from Tiberias near the place where they had eaten the bread when the Lord gave thanks.
24: When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus.
25: And when they found him across the sea they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"
26: Jesus answered them and said, "Amen, amen, I say to you, you are looking for me not because you saw signs but because you ate the loaves and were filled.
27: Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, ¹⁵ which the Son of Man will give you. For on him the Father, God, has set his seal."
28: So they said to him, "What can we do to accomplish the works of God?"
29: Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent."
30: So they said to him, "What sign can you do, that we may see and believe in you? What can you do?
31: ¹⁶ Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written: 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'"
32: So Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
33: For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."
34: So they said to him, "Sir, give us this bread always."
35: ¹⁷ Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.
36: But I told you that although you have seen (me), you do not believe.
37: Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and I will not reject anyone who comes to me,
38: because I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.
39: And this is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything of what he gave me, but that I should raise it (on) the last day.
40: For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him (on) the last day."
41: The Jews murmured about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven,"
42: and they said, "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we not know his father and mother? Then how can he say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"
43: Jesus answered and said to them, "Stop murmuring ¹⁸ among yourselves.
44: No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him, and I will raise him on the last day.
45: It is written in the prophets: 'They shall all be taught by God.' Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from him comes to me.
46: Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father.
47: Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.
48: I am the bread of life.
49: Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died;
50: this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die.
51: I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world."
52: The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us (his) flesh to eat?"
53: Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.
54: Whoever eats ¹⁹ my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day.
55: For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.
56: Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him.
57: Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me.
58: This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever."
59: These things he said while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

BIBLE VERSES SOURCES
ENGLISH AND TAGALOG

http://www.catechism.org/nab/bible/index.shtml

http://angbiblia.net/

links:

http://www.catechism.org/nab/bible/john/john6.htm

http://angbiblia.net/juan3.aspx

http://angbiblia.net/juan6.aspx

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------

CHAPTER II THE MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE AND THE CHURCH ON OWNERSHIP OF LAND AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

Posted by Herbert Curia - Promoter at Saturday, June 16, 2012 0 comments

From the Vatican Website
links: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/justpeace/documents/rc_pc_justpeace_doc_12011998_distribuzione-terra_en.html

CHAPTER II THE MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE AND THE CHURCH
ON OWNERSHIP OF LAND
AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

The Message of the Bible

The Care of Creation

22. The first page of the Bible tells of the creation of the world and of the human person: "God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them" (Gen 1:27). Solemn words describe the task that God entrusts to them: "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth" (Gen 1:28).

The first task that God gives them — clearly a fundamental one — concerns the attitude that they should have toward the earth and all creatures. "Subdue" and "have dominion" are two easily misunderstood concepts and can, in fact, seem to justify the type of despotic and unbridled domination that takes no care of the earth and its fruit, but despoils it for personal advantage. However, in biblical language, they are used to describe the rule of a wise king who cares for the well-being of all of his subjects.

Man and woman must care for creation, so that it will serve them and remain at the disposition of all, not just a few.

23. The underlying nature of creation is that of being a gift of God, a gift for all, and God wants it to remain so. God's first command is therefore to preserve the earth in its nature as gift and blessing, not to transform it into an instrument of power or motive for division.
The right and duty of the human being to have dominion over the earth is derived from being the image of God: all, and not just a few, are responsibile for creation. In Egypt and Babylonia, this prerogative was attributed to a few, whereas in the biblical text, dominion belongs to the human person as such, and hence to all. Indeed, it is humanity in its entirety which must shoulder responsibility for creation.

Man is placed in the garden to till it and keep it (cf. Gen 2:15), so that he can nourish himself of its fruit. In Egypt and Babylonia, work was a harsh necessity imposed on men for the benefit of the gods — which in fact meant the benefit of the king, officials, priests and major property-owners — whereas in the biblical account, work is for the realization of the person.

The Earth Is God's and He Gives It to All His Children

24. Israelites had the right to ownership of the earth, which the law protected in many ways. The Ten Commandments state: "You shall not desire your neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbour's" (Deut 5:21).

It can be said that an Israelite felt truly free and fully Israelite only when he had his own plot of land. However, the Old Testament insists that the earth is God's and that God has given it as a heritage to all the children of Israel. It is therefore to be shared among all the tribes, clans and families. Man is not the true master of his land, but rather an administrator. God is the true master. Thus the book of Leviticus states: "The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with me" (25:23).

In Egypt, the land belonged to the Pharaoh, with the peasants as his servants and property, while in Babylonia there was a feudal structure, with the king granting land in exchange for fidelity and services. Things were very different in Israel: the earth is God's, and God gives it to all his children.

25. This has some specific consequences. On the one hand, nobody has the right to deprive the person who has the use of land of its possession, for this would violate a divine right, and even the king cannot do that.(16) On the other hand, any form of absolute and arbitrary possession exclusively for one's own advantage is forbidden: we cannot do whatever we want with the goods that God has given to all.

It is on this basis that, as need arises — always under the pressure of some specific situation — the law introduces numerous limitations to the right of ownership, for example the ban on picking the fruit of a tree during its first four years (cf. Lev 19:23-25), the call not to reap right to the edges of the field, and the prohibition on gathering up fruit and ears that have been forgotten or fallen on the ground, since they belong to the poor (cf. Lev 19:9-10; 23:22; Deut 24:19-22).

This view of property explains the severity of the Bible's moral judgment on the abuses of the rich who force the poor and small farmers to give up their family holdings. The Prophets are particularly energetic in their condemnation of such abuses: "Woe to those who join house to house, who add field to field" cries Isaiah (5:8), while his contemporary Micah says: "They covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away; they oppress a man and his house, a man and his inheritance" (2:2).

Vatican Website

http://www.vatican.va/index.htm

links:
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/justpeace/documents/rc_pc_justpeace_doc_12011998_distribuzione-terra_en.html

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------