Law is any regulative reason that explains a phenomenon. Kapag hinuli ng pulis o NBI ang criminal nagtatanong ito bakit, ang sagot kasi nilabag yung article bla bla bla section bla bla bla. Kapag naboto ka sa May 10 tatanungin ka bakit ka naboto ang sagot mo kasi sabi sa ARTICLE 5 section 1 ganito ganyan. Kapag may pila sa canteen ang explanation dun ay yung kautusan ng manager para sa regulatory measures. Kapag nasa library at tinanong mo bakit tahimik ang explanation at reason ay yung nakasulat na "Observe Silence" o yung keep quiet. Kapag nasimba ka sa Linggo at tinanong ka ang reason for that is yung 3rd commandment.
Lahat ng phenomenon may regulative reasons. They are called laws o batas. Maraming uri ng law o batas, kaya bago ako magexpound sa batas at magbigay ng points gusto ko muan i-discuss yung mga class o anyo ng batas. Una sa lahat ang Divine Law o Sagradong Batas. I hope it is self explanatory. Pero if in case hindi, wala ako sa posisyon para talakayin to, so go na ako sa ibang types.
Dalawa ang pinaka kilala sa mga batas in general, yung Laws of Nature at yung Laws of Men. Yung iba ang tawag dito ay Natural Laws at Popular Laws. Yung former, gawa ng kalikasan, batas mismo ng kalikasan at yung latter ay gawa ng tao kaya batas ng tao.
Natural Laws
Punta tayo sa Laws of Nature o Batas ng Kalikasan. May mga bagay na kailangang i-explain sa nature at ginawan ito ng pagaaral ng mga dalubhasa kaya na discover nila ang mga laws na naggo-govern rito. Ang pinaka familiar sa akin ay ang nadiscover na batas ni Isaac Newton, isang lawyer of nature. Kapag daw may inhagis ka paitaas hindi ito tutuloy sa kalawakan bagkus ay babagsak ito maliban sa lobo ha, at tinawag niya nag batas na naggo-govern rito as Law of Gravity. Ito ang pinakakilalang law of nature. Astig diba?
Pero sa pagaaral ko nung college ang pinaka primary na batas ay ang law of identity. Law of identity states that A is equivalent only to A. Kasunod ng batas na ito ang Law of Contradiction. This law states that A is equal only to A at one time and cannot be A and B at the same time. Oo nga naman. Dapat munang maintindihan lahat ito para nidni tayo malito sa matter. Hindi rin maaapektuhan ang pagcompute natin s aisang object o matter halimbawa paano mo sasabihin na gumalaw ang A object kung ang object B hindi gumalaw tapos iisa lang pala yung object A at object B. Di ba nakaklito yun?
Ang sarap pagaralan ng Laws of Nature. Sayang hindi ko puwede i-discuss lahat ang mga ito pero to give a glimpse, heto pa ang ibang kilalang laws ng kalikasan; Law of Buoyancy, Law of Inertia, Law of Momentum, Law of Excluded Middle, Boyle's Law, Hooks Law at marami pang iba. Try to study matter at www.thephysicsclassroom.com
Ang totoo niyan mayroon pang Laws of Men. I'm sure sa iba ito ang mas masarap pagaralan kasi gawa na ito ng tao for regulative reasons. Anu ano nga ba ang mga classfications of Popular Laws
1. Ecclesial Laws--- gawa ito ng simbahan hindi ng Divine
2. Political State Laws--- gawa ng tao for political measures at para sa pagpapanuto ng isang Estado.
- under nito ang Constitution o saligang batas
- ordinansa para sa mga bayan
-Coding na continuation ng alinmang state laws
- contract o kasunduan ng dalwang individual na nakalathala sa papel at may pirma.
3. Instructions and Policies--- maaaring gawa ng school, ng isang palaruan, ng isang corporate institution o ng isang pamilya o grupo para sa kaayusan ng bawat kalahok na mamamayan.
Si Aldrin Mark at Kevin dalawa sa mga kaibigan ko na noon ay nagbabalak pumasok sa Law school to take up bachelor of Laws. Isa lang ang tumuloy kasi si Kevin may anak na at nagtatrabaho na. Si Aldrin Mark Quintana... Good Luck pare sa endeavor mo.
I hope nagustuhan mo ang page na ito dedicate dfor your pursuit.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Vectors
in all aspects of life, lahat parang linear pag tiningnan mo. Lahat ng para lang isang arrow na may patutunguhan.
according www.thephysicsclassroom.com ang vector daw ay...
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Vectors and Direction
A study of motion will involve the introduction of a variety of quantities which are used to describe the physical world. Examples of such quantities include distance, displacement, speed, velocity, acceleration, force, mass, momentum, energy, work, power, etc. All these quantities can by divided into two categories - vectors and scalars. A vector quantity is a quantity which is fully described by both magnitude and direction. On the other hand, a scalar quantity is a quantity which is fully described by its magnitude. The emphasis of this unit is to understand some fundamentals about vectors and to apply the fundamentals in order to understand motion and forces which occur in two dimensions.
Examples of vector quantities which have been previously discussed include displacement, velocity, acceleration, and force. Each of these quantities are unique in that a full description of the quantity demands that both a magnitude and a direction are listed. For example, suppose your teacher tells you "A bag of gold is located outside the classroom. To find it, displace yourself 20 meters." This statement may provide yourself enough information to pique your interest; yet, there is not enough information included in the statement to find the bag of gold. The displacement required to find the bag of gold has not been fully described. On the other hand, suppose your teacher tells you "A bag of gold is located outside the classroom. To find it, displace yourself from the center of the classroom door 20 meters in a direction 30 degrees to the west of north." This statement now provides a complete description of the displacement vector - it lists both magnitude (20 meters) and direction (30 degrees to the west of north) relative to a reference or starting position (the center of the classroom door). Vector quantities are not fully described unless both magnitude and direction are listed.
Vector quantities are often represented by scaled vector diagrams. Vector diagrams depict a vector by use of an arrow drawn to scale in a specific direction. Vector diagrams were introduced and used in earlier units to depict the forces acting upon an object. Such diagrams are commonly called as free-body diagrams. An example of a scaled vector diagram is shown in the diagram at the right. The vector diagram depicts a displacement vector. Observe that there are several characteristics of this diagram which make it an appropriately drawn vector diagram.
* a scale is clearly listed
* a vector arrow (with arrowhead) is drawn in a specified direction. The vector arrow has a head and a tail.
* the magnitude and direction of the vector is clearly labeled. In this case, the diagram shows the magnitude is 20 m and the direction is (30 degrees West of North).
Conventions for Describing Directions of Vectors
Vectors can be directed due East, due West, due South, and due North. But some vectors are directed northeast (at a 45 degree angle); and some vectors are even directed northeast, yet more north than east. Thus, there is a clear need for some form of a convention for identifying the direction of a vector which is not due East, due West, due South, or due North. There are a variety of conventions for describing the direction of any vector. The two conventions which will be discussed and used in this unit are described below:
1. The direction of a vector is often expressed as an angle of rotation of the vector about its "tail" from either east, west, north, or south. For example, a vector can be said to have a direction of 40 degrees North of West (meaning a vector pointing West has been rotated 40 degrees towards the northerly direction) of 65 degrees East of South (meaning a vector pointing South has been rotated 65 degrees towards the easterly direction).
2. The direction of a vector is often expressed as an counterclockwise angle of rotation of the vector about its "tail" from due East. Using this convention, a vector with a direction of 30 degrees is a vector which has been rotated 30 degrees in a counterclockwise direction relative to due east. A vector with a direction of 160 degrees is a vector which has been rotated 160 degrees in a counterclockwise direction relative to due east. A vector with a direction of 270 degrees is a vector which has been rotated 270 degrees in a counterclockwise direction relative to due east. This is one of the most common conventions for the direction of a vector and will be utilized throughout this unit.
Two illustrations of the second convention (discussed above) for identifying the direction of a vector are shown below.
Observe in the first example that the vector is said to have a direction of 40 degrees. You can think of this direction as follows: suppose a vector pointing East had its tail pinned down and then the vector was rotated an angle of 40 degrees in the clockwise direction. Observe in the second example that the vector is said to have a direction of 240 degrees. This means that the tail of the vector was pinned down and the vector was rotated an angle of 240 degrees in the counterclockwise direction beginning from due east. A rotation of 240 degrees is equivalent to rotating the vector through two quadrants (180 degrees) and then an additional 60 degrees into the third quadrant.
Representing the Magnitude of a Vector
The magnitude of a vector in a scaled vector diagram is depicted by the length of the arrow. The arrow is drawn a precise length in accordance with a chosen scale. For example, the diagram at the right shows a vector with a magnitude of 20 miles. Since the scale used for constructing the diagram is 1 cm = 5 miles, the vector arrow is drawn with a length of 4 cm. That is, 4 cm x (5 miles/1 cm) = 20 miles.
Using the same scale (1 cm = 5 miles), a displacement vector which is 15 miles will be represented by a vector arrow which is 3 cm in length. Similarly, a 25 mile displacement vector is represented by a 5-cm long vector arrow. And finally, an 18 mile displacement vector is represented by a 3.6-cm long arrow. See the examples shown below.
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In short, ang vector ay may tatlong bahagi,
ang arrow head
ang length na tumatayong pinakabody niya at
ang tail which is the point of origin ng vector.
Parang napakagandang pagmasdan ng tail. pagaralan natin at kilalanin.
Tail
Ang tail ang tumutukoy sa simulain ng buhay. Hindi ba lahat may pinanggagalingan? ito yung pinaka composed objective ng isang nilalang o ng isang adhikain, ng isang proyekto. lahat meron nito. Ang kulturang pinagmulan natin, ang wika na ginagamit natin, ang lahi kung saan tayo may nakagisnang kahapon. Lahat tumutukoy sa tail ng vector.
Length
Ang haba ng length ang sumusukat sa vector. Ang layo ng nararating ng vector ay depende sa haba ng pagitan ng head at tail. Kung kaya mas gusto ko itong tawaging body. Ang isang tao na tulad rin ng vector ay may mga karanasan. Mas nakikita natin yung lalim ng pagkatao sa karanasan. Yung pinagdaanan. Ang ganda kasi bawat guhit na bahagi ng vector dinaanan muna ng head kaya ang tawag pinagdaanan. Yung wisdom, yung mga accomplishments lahat yun nakapaloob sa body ng vector. Yung haba ng ginugol na pagmamahal. Lahat may kinalaman sa length. Maaaring length of time o haba ng pagitan at puwang lahat yun may kinalaman sa haba ng vector. Yung lalim ng isang tao parang haba lang ng isang vector.
Arrow head
Ano ang sinisimbulo nito sayo? Sa akin nakikita ko, pagasa. Yung head nakaturo sa kung saan patungo. Nakatuon sa isang bukas na darating pa lamang at dadaanan. Parang biro pero hanggat hindi pa siya isang line segment, may continuation pa siya. Buhay pa ang vector. Ang arrow head rin ang nagtuturo sa atin ng direction kung East, West, North o South. Alam natin kung saan at hanggang saan ang vector. Alam natin na nagpupunyagi ang vector para humaba. Tulad ng isang tao na naghahangad na lumalim sa kanyang sariling pagkatao.
---Maaring lahat sa buhay ay vector. Ang isang relasyon na may simula at may patutunguhan at mayroon ring pinagdaanan ay gaya nga ng vector. Pero kung susundin mo ang metodo ng Pagvevector, siguruhain mong madadagdagan mo ng kulay ang bawat linya na kakatawan sa haba nito o sa body nito.
Saan patungo ang vector mo?
according www.thephysicsclassroom.com ang vector daw ay...
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Vectors and Direction
A study of motion will involve the introduction of a variety of quantities which are used to describe the physical world. Examples of such quantities include distance, displacement, speed, velocity, acceleration, force, mass, momentum, energy, work, power, etc. All these quantities can by divided into two categories - vectors and scalars. A vector quantity is a quantity which is fully described by both magnitude and direction. On the other hand, a scalar quantity is a quantity which is fully described by its magnitude. The emphasis of this unit is to understand some fundamentals about vectors and to apply the fundamentals in order to understand motion and forces which occur in two dimensions.
Examples of vector quantities which have been previously discussed include displacement, velocity, acceleration, and force. Each of these quantities are unique in that a full description of the quantity demands that both a magnitude and a direction are listed. For example, suppose your teacher tells you "A bag of gold is located outside the classroom. To find it, displace yourself 20 meters." This statement may provide yourself enough information to pique your interest; yet, there is not enough information included in the statement to find the bag of gold. The displacement required to find the bag of gold has not been fully described. On the other hand, suppose your teacher tells you "A bag of gold is located outside the classroom. To find it, displace yourself from the center of the classroom door 20 meters in a direction 30 degrees to the west of north." This statement now provides a complete description of the displacement vector - it lists both magnitude (20 meters) and direction (30 degrees to the west of north) relative to a reference or starting position (the center of the classroom door). Vector quantities are not fully described unless both magnitude and direction are listed.
Vector quantities are often represented by scaled vector diagrams. Vector diagrams depict a vector by use of an arrow drawn to scale in a specific direction. Vector diagrams were introduced and used in earlier units to depict the forces acting upon an object. Such diagrams are commonly called as free-body diagrams. An example of a scaled vector diagram is shown in the diagram at the right. The vector diagram depicts a displacement vector. Observe that there are several characteristics of this diagram which make it an appropriately drawn vector diagram.
* a scale is clearly listed
* a vector arrow (with arrowhead) is drawn in a specified direction. The vector arrow has a head and a tail.
* the magnitude and direction of the vector is clearly labeled. In this case, the diagram shows the magnitude is 20 m and the direction is (30 degrees West of North).
Conventions for Describing Directions of Vectors
Vectors can be directed due East, due West, due South, and due North. But some vectors are directed northeast (at a 45 degree angle); and some vectors are even directed northeast, yet more north than east. Thus, there is a clear need for some form of a convention for identifying the direction of a vector which is not due East, due West, due South, or due North. There are a variety of conventions for describing the direction of any vector. The two conventions which will be discussed and used in this unit are described below:
1. The direction of a vector is often expressed as an angle of rotation of the vector about its "tail" from either east, west, north, or south. For example, a vector can be said to have a direction of 40 degrees North of West (meaning a vector pointing West has been rotated 40 degrees towards the northerly direction) of 65 degrees East of South (meaning a vector pointing South has been rotated 65 degrees towards the easterly direction).
2. The direction of a vector is often expressed as an counterclockwise angle of rotation of the vector about its "tail" from due East. Using this convention, a vector with a direction of 30 degrees is a vector which has been rotated 30 degrees in a counterclockwise direction relative to due east. A vector with a direction of 160 degrees is a vector which has been rotated 160 degrees in a counterclockwise direction relative to due east. A vector with a direction of 270 degrees is a vector which has been rotated 270 degrees in a counterclockwise direction relative to due east. This is one of the most common conventions for the direction of a vector and will be utilized throughout this unit.
Two illustrations of the second convention (discussed above) for identifying the direction of a vector are shown below.
Observe in the first example that the vector is said to have a direction of 40 degrees. You can think of this direction as follows: suppose a vector pointing East had its tail pinned down and then the vector was rotated an angle of 40 degrees in the clockwise direction. Observe in the second example that the vector is said to have a direction of 240 degrees. This means that the tail of the vector was pinned down and the vector was rotated an angle of 240 degrees in the counterclockwise direction beginning from due east. A rotation of 240 degrees is equivalent to rotating the vector through two quadrants (180 degrees) and then an additional 60 degrees into the third quadrant.
Representing the Magnitude of a Vector
The magnitude of a vector in a scaled vector diagram is depicted by the length of the arrow. The arrow is drawn a precise length in accordance with a chosen scale. For example, the diagram at the right shows a vector with a magnitude of 20 miles. Since the scale used for constructing the diagram is 1 cm = 5 miles, the vector arrow is drawn with a length of 4 cm. That is, 4 cm x (5 miles/1 cm) = 20 miles.
Using the same scale (1 cm = 5 miles), a displacement vector which is 15 miles will be represented by a vector arrow which is 3 cm in length. Similarly, a 25 mile displacement vector is represented by a 5-cm long vector arrow. And finally, an 18 mile displacement vector is represented by a 3.6-cm long arrow. See the examples shown below.
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In short, ang vector ay may tatlong bahagi,
ang arrow head
ang length na tumatayong pinakabody niya at
ang tail which is the point of origin ng vector.
Parang napakagandang pagmasdan ng tail. pagaralan natin at kilalanin.
Tail
Ang tail ang tumutukoy sa simulain ng buhay. Hindi ba lahat may pinanggagalingan? ito yung pinaka composed objective ng isang nilalang o ng isang adhikain, ng isang proyekto. lahat meron nito. Ang kulturang pinagmulan natin, ang wika na ginagamit natin, ang lahi kung saan tayo may nakagisnang kahapon. Lahat tumutukoy sa tail ng vector.
Length
Ang haba ng length ang sumusukat sa vector. Ang layo ng nararating ng vector ay depende sa haba ng pagitan ng head at tail. Kung kaya mas gusto ko itong tawaging body. Ang isang tao na tulad rin ng vector ay may mga karanasan. Mas nakikita natin yung lalim ng pagkatao sa karanasan. Yung pinagdaanan. Ang ganda kasi bawat guhit na bahagi ng vector dinaanan muna ng head kaya ang tawag pinagdaanan. Yung wisdom, yung mga accomplishments lahat yun nakapaloob sa body ng vector. Yung haba ng ginugol na pagmamahal. Lahat may kinalaman sa length. Maaaring length of time o haba ng pagitan at puwang lahat yun may kinalaman sa haba ng vector. Yung lalim ng isang tao parang haba lang ng isang vector.
Arrow head
Ano ang sinisimbulo nito sayo? Sa akin nakikita ko, pagasa. Yung head nakaturo sa kung saan patungo. Nakatuon sa isang bukas na darating pa lamang at dadaanan. Parang biro pero hanggat hindi pa siya isang line segment, may continuation pa siya. Buhay pa ang vector. Ang arrow head rin ang nagtuturo sa atin ng direction kung East, West, North o South. Alam natin kung saan at hanggang saan ang vector. Alam natin na nagpupunyagi ang vector para humaba. Tulad ng isang tao na naghahangad na lumalim sa kanyang sariling pagkatao.
---Maaring lahat sa buhay ay vector. Ang isang relasyon na may simula at may patutunguhan at mayroon ring pinagdaanan ay gaya nga ng vector. Pero kung susundin mo ang metodo ng Pagvevector, siguruhain mong madadagdagan mo ng kulay ang bawat linya na kakatawan sa haba nito o sa body nito.
Saan patungo ang vector mo?
Monday, April 12, 2010
Rescuer
This Friday, April 16 2010, gaganapin ang isang malakihang Earth Day Party hosted by my idol Richard Kristian Gutierrez. Pang apat na ito sa series niya ng anti global warming environment advocacy programs. Una yung Signos na humakot ng katakut takot na parangal, pangalawa yung Planet Philippines at pangatlo yung TV programs niya sa GMA na Full Force Nature. Now may paconcert naman siya One Earth. Dapat nga siya ang bigyan ng award sa US at hindi si Gloria na tatanggap ngayon ng teddy Roosevelt award for Environment. Damang dama na ang effects ng climate change hindi na maitatanggi. Lalo na nung magpunta ako sa Cavite last week lang, talagang pagpapawisan ka ng krudo dahils ainit at tuyong tuyo na lahat ng mga damo doon pati angmga gulay pansin mo talaga iba sa gulay sa Laguna na parang hindi sariwa yung sa Cavite.
We have to rescue our planet. This is all we have here in the universe. There is no other home waiting for us. Kapag mayaman ka may rest house ka na puwede puntahan kapag mainit, pero wala tayong resting planet na pupuntahan when everything goes wrong with Earth.
I feel responsible too for rescuing the Earth pero hindi ko kaya mag isa lalo namang hindi kaya ni idol magisa. Sana nga hindi siya tumigil para sa Climate Change Awareness series niya. Six years ago on this very day nasa majayjay kami ng mga highschool classmates ko. Pumunta kami sa Tatay Falls, malinaw ang tubig, malamig at masarap habang kasama mo lahat ang kaibigan mo. Sana anotehr six years may pass at ganuon pa rin iyon. Let us preserve nature at its best!
Aside from planet Earth, marami pa pala ako dapat i-rescue. They are;
Family--- Financially, dapat ma rescue ang family ko. All this time I thought may trabaho ako. Pero nag eenjoy lang pala ako. At the end tinatanong pa rin nial ako kung full time work na talaga ako. Yung mag bibigay ng incentives at makakapakinabang sila. My stay with my aunt's house brought a lot of relaizations to me. Yung kahirapan na hindi ko makukubli s afamily at relatives ko. Umaasa talaga sila. imagine I have to save not only a family but a clan. Sa mga converstaions ko pa lang kina Ate Jerlyn at Ate Maribel, i know they are hoping, and their hope is in me.
My Reputation--- Hindi puwedeng hindi ang sagot. Kailangan siyang ma rescue. My credibility and honor is drowning. Sana nga ganun lang kabilis ang mabuhay, just to survive and keep on being alive. Pero kailangan kong panghawakan ang respetong ini-enjoy ko noon. It is gradually fading as of now.
My Believers--- they are not my family neither loved ones but they are there to support me in all aspects be they financial or morale, hindi ko pa sila kayang biguin. Marami pa akong magagawa para itaas uli ang noo nila when they hear my name and people say "Kakilala mo siya di ba?"
Along the line... i am not the only rescuer. When I learned about Richard rescuing Cristine during teh Ondoy phenomenon, I felt like my idol is indeed a hero. that was not my case. Baligtad! I was rescues by [ according to Silverstein] my heroine.
Alam naman ng lahat na dati akong walang respeto sa babae until I wasa rescued by the Empress. Ang tunay na pagmamahal hindi nabibitawan. Lalong tumatagal lalo ka nitong ililigtas. I thank God there wasa someone who rescued me from a lonely life. Everyone knows who she is.
We have to rescue our planet. This is all we have here in the universe. There is no other home waiting for us. Kapag mayaman ka may rest house ka na puwede puntahan kapag mainit, pero wala tayong resting planet na pupuntahan when everything goes wrong with Earth.
I feel responsible too for rescuing the Earth pero hindi ko kaya mag isa lalo namang hindi kaya ni idol magisa. Sana nga hindi siya tumigil para sa Climate Change Awareness series niya. Six years ago on this very day nasa majayjay kami ng mga highschool classmates ko. Pumunta kami sa Tatay Falls, malinaw ang tubig, malamig at masarap habang kasama mo lahat ang kaibigan mo. Sana anotehr six years may pass at ganuon pa rin iyon. Let us preserve nature at its best!
Aside from planet Earth, marami pa pala ako dapat i-rescue. They are;
Family--- Financially, dapat ma rescue ang family ko. All this time I thought may trabaho ako. Pero nag eenjoy lang pala ako. At the end tinatanong pa rin nial ako kung full time work na talaga ako. Yung mag bibigay ng incentives at makakapakinabang sila. My stay with my aunt's house brought a lot of relaizations to me. Yung kahirapan na hindi ko makukubli s afamily at relatives ko. Umaasa talaga sila. imagine I have to save not only a family but a clan. Sa mga converstaions ko pa lang kina Ate Jerlyn at Ate Maribel, i know they are hoping, and their hope is in me.
My Reputation--- Hindi puwedeng hindi ang sagot. Kailangan siyang ma rescue. My credibility and honor is drowning. Sana nga ganun lang kabilis ang mabuhay, just to survive and keep on being alive. Pero kailangan kong panghawakan ang respetong ini-enjoy ko noon. It is gradually fading as of now.
My Believers--- they are not my family neither loved ones but they are there to support me in all aspects be they financial or morale, hindi ko pa sila kayang biguin. Marami pa akong magagawa para itaas uli ang noo nila when they hear my name and people say "Kakilala mo siya di ba?"
Along the line... i am not the only rescuer. When I learned about Richard rescuing Cristine during teh Ondoy phenomenon, I felt like my idol is indeed a hero. that was not my case. Baligtad! I was rescues by [ according to Silverstein] my heroine.
Alam naman ng lahat na dati akong walang respeto sa babae until I wasa rescued by the Empress. Ang tunay na pagmamahal hindi nabibitawan. Lalong tumatagal lalo ka nitong ililigtas. I thank God there wasa someone who rescued me from a lonely life. Everyone knows who she is.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Welcoming Jesus, The Bringer of Mercy
Every second Sunday of Easter we celebrate the Divine Mercy Sunday. As suggested by the link below,
http://catholicism.about.com/od/holydaysandholidays/p/Divine_Mercy_Su.htm
we can read the following catholic info;
The Feast of Divine Mercy, celebrated on the Octave of Easter (the Sunday after Easter Sunday), is a relatively new addition to the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar. Celebrating the Divine Mercy of Jesus Christ, as revealed by Christ Himself to Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, this feast was extended to the entire Catholic Church by Pope John Paul II on April 30, 2000, the day that he canonized Saint Faustina.
This time the apostles were so scared for their lives. No more Jesus they thought. they were in a room with doors totally locked. Then suddenly Jesus came in from the walls and stood amidst all of them there. The consoling words were given; "Peace be with you"
- With these words, Jesus reassured them of well being and personal convenience because they were too scared and because he is already there.
- With these words, Jesus made vivid that there is already union with God who formerly hates them.
- With these words, Jesus gave them subjective peace; the feeling that God is no longer hating but forgiving. He can now remove sins, so instead of "Shame on you!" the word given is "peace be unto you".
- Jesus understood that there is a hostile world of unbeliever waiting to persecute them for their belief so He wants them to be prepared by giving them a peace that comes from Him.
If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."
This is only for the apostles and those anointed after they died. Not everyone can forgive sins against God. if somebody hurts you, you can but unless a minister, we cannot absolve anyone from sins. They need to repent personally to God and go to confession. Only the priest representing God can absolve sins by the fact that God already forgave the person. Confession is a sacrament. It is the humane manifestation of divine forgiveness which we receive by directly confessing it to God but to assure us of the ecclesiastical forgiveness as a human person and as a manifestation, we need to go to Church and confess to someone anointed to forgive sins.
You see mercy can only be attained when there is peace but the effect of mercy is forgiveness. A person who is at peace with God can feel mercy towards others and thus be capable of forgiving those who made mistakes in the past.
Receive the Holy Spirit.--- A foretaste of the Pentecost/ Temporary infusion of the Paraclete
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Now I want to zero into the story of Thomas. I consider it a plan of God. Thomas was intended to be absent at the time Jesus showed himself to the apostles for a reason. It is Jesus' opportunity to show a deep mercy and an opportunity to let us know how we can distinguish him in heaven. it is like telling us "Hey you can see me in heaven immediately because I am the only one among all persons there who has a mark of nails in my hands."
they kept telling Thomas but Thomas refused to believe. he is convinced that Jesus is dead. But he is honest. He is firm to scientific evidence. I find him very scientific and it goes to show that Thomas is aware of everything, in his sanity all those times. Even if 100 are united in one testimony but he did not experience materially, he will doubt. other theories suggest that it is because of Thomas' temperament and frustrations because he expect Jesus to be a liberator of Israel. Either way, somethings are really wrong with Thomas and I would like to enumerate them one by one.
1. He did not pay heed to what Christ said during the time He is alive. Even doubted the Old testament.
2. He did not regard the testimony of the ten apostles who were men of integrity.
3. He tempted Jesus and limited Christ to the only method he knows which is science.
4. His offense gave discouragement to the apostles. All things went wrong with Thomas.
But I like to pinpoint that it was not only Thomas who doubted the Resurrection. Mk 16: 9-14 gives us a glimpse of how the apostles doubted. There is no inferiority to Thomas' faith. Jesus did not say more blessed are those, He only said "Blessed are those who believe yet did not see" So it is an approval of Jesus to Thomas not a rebuke. Both parties are blessed. If the other group is more blessed then the only one who is more blessed is John because he remained with Jesus up to his death and believed the resurrection without seeing it as read in last Sunday's Gospel.
Application;
What can we learn from Thomas experience?
1. We should mark how much Christians may loose by not regularly attending the assemblies of God's people {particularly the Mass}. Thomas absented with no good reason. The comfort you need might be there.
- If Jesus appeared during the Sunday Holy Mass but you weren't there, you might have missed something in your life.
2. How kind and merciful Jesus is to dull and slow believers. There is no record in the other gospels how patient and loving Christ is to this ungentle and stubborn child.
- I think this is why it is read during Divine Mercy Sunday. the mercy of Jesus to dull apostles and believers is limitless. there is no heroic act done by Thomas in all the gospel stories. It was only after the encounter with the Risen Lord. He proclaimed the greatest proclamation that venerates Jesus.
3. Corollary to the proclamation of Thomas after the encounter, how Christ was addressed by a disciple as "God" without rebuke and rejection and correction. A testimony of His divinity that He accepted and never refused. the divinity of Christ is one fundamental truth of faith.
- It was planned by Jesus so we can really say like Thomas after our encounter with Him in the Easter Vigil "My Lord and My God." I hope we all shout to the world all Easter long that Jesus is our God and we are children of the Easter Morning.
http://catholicism.about.com/od/holydaysandholidays/p/Divine_Mercy_Su.htm
we can read the following catholic info;
The Feast of Divine Mercy, celebrated on the Octave of Easter (the Sunday after Easter Sunday), is a relatively new addition to the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar. Celebrating the Divine Mercy of Jesus Christ, as revealed by Christ Himself to Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, this feast was extended to the entire Catholic Church by Pope John Paul II on April 30, 2000, the day that he canonized Saint Faustina.
A plenary indulgence (the forgiveness of all temporal punishment resulting from sins that have already been confessed) is granted on the Feast of Divine Mercy if to all the faithful who go to Confession, receive Holy Communion, pray for the intentions of the Holy Father, and "in any church or chapel, in a spirit that is completely detached from the affection for a sin, even a venial sin, take part in the prayers and devotions held in honour of Divine Mercy, or who, in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament exposed or reserved in the tabernacle, recite the Our Father and the Creed, adding a devout prayer to the merciful Lord Jesus (e.g. 'Merciful Jesus, I trust in you!')."
A partial indulgence (the remission of some temporal punishment from sin) is granted to the faithful "who, at least with a contrite heart, pray to the merciful Lord Jesus a legitimately approved invocation."
Sister Mary Faustina Kowalska is a Polish nun, mystic and visionary who is now a saint because of the Divine Mercy Devotion. The one we pray in Channel 2 every 3pm.
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This Sunday I want to talk a little about the Divine Mercy and inject once in a while some pondered thoughts from today s Gospel reading. The Gospel for Divine Mercy is taken from John 20: 19-31
On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."
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- With these words, Jesus reassured them of well being and personal convenience because they were too scared and because he is already there.
- With these words, Jesus made vivid that there is already union with God who formerly hates them.
- With these words, Jesus gave them subjective peace; the feeling that God is no longer hating but forgiving. He can now remove sins, so instead of "Shame on you!" the word given is "peace be unto you".
- Jesus understood that there is a hostile world of unbeliever waiting to persecute them for their belief so He wants them to be prepared by giving them a peace that comes from Him.
If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."
This is only for the apostles and those anointed after they died. Not everyone can forgive sins against God. if somebody hurts you, you can but unless a minister, we cannot absolve anyone from sins. They need to repent personally to God and go to confession. Only the priest representing God can absolve sins by the fact that God already forgave the person. Confession is a sacrament. It is the humane manifestation of divine forgiveness which we receive by directly confessing it to God but to assure us of the ecclesiastical forgiveness as a human person and as a manifestation, we need to go to Church and confess to someone anointed to forgive sins.
You see mercy can only be attained when there is peace but the effect of mercy is forgiveness. A person who is at peace with God can feel mercy towards others and thus be capable of forgiving those who made mistakes in the past.
Receive the Holy Spirit.--- A foretaste of the Pentecost/ Temporary infusion of the Paraclete
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Now I want to zero into the story of Thomas. I consider it a plan of God. Thomas was intended to be absent at the time Jesus showed himself to the apostles for a reason. It is Jesus' opportunity to show a deep mercy and an opportunity to let us know how we can distinguish him in heaven. it is like telling us "Hey you can see me in heaven immediately because I am the only one among all persons there who has a mark of nails in my hands."
they kept telling Thomas but Thomas refused to believe. he is convinced that Jesus is dead. But he is honest. He is firm to scientific evidence. I find him very scientific and it goes to show that Thomas is aware of everything, in his sanity all those times. Even if 100 are united in one testimony but he did not experience materially, he will doubt. other theories suggest that it is because of Thomas' temperament and frustrations because he expect Jesus to be a liberator of Israel. Either way, somethings are really wrong with Thomas and I would like to enumerate them one by one.
1. He did not pay heed to what Christ said during the time He is alive. Even doubted the Old testament.
2. He did not regard the testimony of the ten apostles who were men of integrity.
3. He tempted Jesus and limited Christ to the only method he knows which is science.
4. His offense gave discouragement to the apostles. All things went wrong with Thomas.
But I like to pinpoint that it was not only Thomas who doubted the Resurrection. Mk 16: 9-14 gives us a glimpse of how the apostles doubted. There is no inferiority to Thomas' faith. Jesus did not say more blessed are those, He only said "Blessed are those who believe yet did not see" So it is an approval of Jesus to Thomas not a rebuke. Both parties are blessed. If the other group is more blessed then the only one who is more blessed is John because he remained with Jesus up to his death and believed the resurrection without seeing it as read in last Sunday's Gospel.
Application;
What can we learn from Thomas experience?
1. We should mark how much Christians may loose by not regularly attending the assemblies of God's people {particularly the Mass}. Thomas absented with no good reason. The comfort you need might be there.
- If Jesus appeared during the Sunday Holy Mass but you weren't there, you might have missed something in your life.
2. How kind and merciful Jesus is to dull and slow believers. There is no record in the other gospels how patient and loving Christ is to this ungentle and stubborn child.
- I think this is why it is read during Divine Mercy Sunday. the mercy of Jesus to dull apostles and believers is limitless. there is no heroic act done by Thomas in all the gospel stories. It was only after the encounter with the Risen Lord. He proclaimed the greatest proclamation that venerates Jesus.
3. Corollary to the proclamation of Thomas after the encounter, how Christ was addressed by a disciple as "God" without rebuke and rejection and correction. A testimony of His divinity that He accepted and never refused. the divinity of Christ is one fundamental truth of faith.
- It was planned by Jesus so we can really say like Thomas after our encounter with Him in the Easter Vigil "My Lord and My God." I hope we all shout to the world all Easter long that Jesus is our God and we are children of the Easter Morning.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Amazing Singers
Wow... and all I can say is wow. No matter how small or big the screen, these AI finalist never cease to amaze me. Maliit lang ang TV nila tita dito sa Cavite pero ok lang kasi naman ang galing ni Kacey James and his rendition of Jealous Guy na kinanta at pinasikat ni John Lennon. Kung buhay ang tatay ko magugustuhan niyang panuorin na ini immortalize nila ang Beatles. My name was taken from Sir Paul McArtney who is leading singer of the band.
Ang ganda ng mga comments ng mga judge at syempre hindi kumpleto ang saya kung hindi ko babanggitin ang fantastic ang overwhelming dance and song number packed in one ni Jason Derulo. Oh shit! talagang fantastic ang talents niya at halatang proud na proud na proud sa kanya si Kara DioGuardi. ang galing naman din Katie Stevens at Siobhan at ni Mama Sax. Wow the songs are so good. Eh kasi naman lahat ng kinanta nila nasa Beatle playlist ko. Ang saya kasi walang tinanggal this week at madami pang aabangan next week although hindi kasing hot ng week na ito dahil sa hindi na Lennon MacArtney ang repertoire at wala nang Jason Derulo. Pero ok pa rin as long as music is a part of it ok lang.
Ang ganda ng mga comments ng mga judge at syempre hindi kumpleto ang saya kung hindi ko babanggitin ang fantastic ang overwhelming dance and song number packed in one ni Jason Derulo. Oh shit! talagang fantastic ang talents niya at halatang proud na proud na proud sa kanya si Kara DioGuardi. ang galing naman din Katie Stevens at Siobhan at ni Mama Sax. Wow the songs are so good. Eh kasi naman lahat ng kinanta nila nasa Beatle playlist ko. Ang saya kasi walang tinanggal this week at madami pang aabangan next week although hindi kasing hot ng week na ito dahil sa hindi na Lennon MacArtney ang repertoire at wala nang Jason Derulo. Pero ok pa rin as long as music is a part of it ok lang.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Shakingly Shocking
Things that shocked me lately;
Lumindol nanaman and just as it used to be, again, sa America. Mexacali ang sentro pero damged din ng 7.2 magnitude na lindol ang ilang parts ng Estados Unidos at Mexico. I immediately checked on Kolby Houghton, my facebook friend, para mabalita kung apektado ba sila. Thank God, patuloy pa rin siyang nabubuhay. What's even worse is the fact na walang paliwanag kung bakit napapadalas ang lindol at puro hinala na lang na que sio mainit daw ngayon dahil sa El Niño at kung anu-ano pa. Last January lang sa Haiti, na malapit sa Mexico, lumindol. February, hindi pa tumatagal, lumindol naman sa Chile. Both Latin countries at ngayon Mexico. Sobrang hot kasi ngmga chicks doon eh baka hindi mapigilan ng mga bulkan. Sa dami ng mga infrastructure na kailangang itayo this year, kailangan ng extrang pagiingat para maiwasan ang mga pagguho tuwing lindol. Dalawa ang namatay sa nakaraang lindol, 1oo sugatan. Lalo dapat magingat ang mga nagtatayo ng additional buildings sa mga schools.
Speaking of schools, sa Ateneo, latest issue yung nangyari kay Manny Pangilinan. Isn't it shocking na isang chairman of the board ng Ateneo de Manila who graduated cum laude sa college of economics ang paratangang hindi nagiisip ng bagong speech. Kahit na sabihin pang may iba pang gumawa ng speech, he is responsible about it. Dapat binasa at niresearch niya yun. I mean, we are talking here of property rights. Sa mga ginagawa ko gusto ko may permission bago pakialaman o gayahin kaya dapat talaga maayos ito at huwag ng tularan. Hindi enough na siguruhin mong walang nagta-transcribe niyan pero dapat may respeto tayo sa pagaari ng isip ng iba.
10 days to go na lang pala before the first gala of Olivier Ochanine sa CCP. Shocked by the fact na baka magkabiglaan na lang. Sir Mario Barlolong will be there with his students. Hindi ko pa alam about me. Gusto ko talaga makapunta. Bakit ang bilis ng araw?
Manny Pacquiao, ininsulto ng isang podcaster na Italian-American. Hahaha... ang nakaka-shock lang dito ay binastos ang buto ng mga Pilipino. Napakasensitive daw natin dahil ayaw magpakuha ng sample blood ni Pacquiao. Eh ano naman.! Bakit damay pa lahat ng Pilipino? Ano ang kinalaman namin doon? Ang hina ng kukote nung komedyanteng yan. Baka isang suntok lang yan ni Pacquiao. Sa bagay. Yan talaga ang napapala ng isang bansang umaasa lang ng katanyagan sa isang tao na nanununtok at pinapatunayan ang sarili sa pamamagitan ng pagpapatumba ng isang tao. I have nothing against boxing pero yan repercussion ng ganitong buhay. Dapat may iba pang pride ang Pilipinas. Meron naman pero hindi nabui-build up gaya ni Efren Peñaflorida na youth leader.
Napagusapan ang youth leader. Nakaka-shock malaman na si Sheena Loraine Orolfo is running as councilor for Rizal. Hanggang ngayon kino-confirm ko pa ito. Allegedly, tatakbo daw for public office itong si Sheena. Yes si Sheena Loraine nga. Isa sa pinakapinagkakatiwalaan kong tao si Sheena sa mundo pero teka, parang kailan lang eh batang yagit lang si Sheena at ngayon ay tumatakbo sa konseho, alam kaya niya ang pinapasok niya? Una kaming nagkita noong 2007. Third year highschool siya at third year college naman ako. Umattend ako ng graduation niya noong 2008, highscool. So that means third year college pa lang siya ngayon. Kaya please pakitigil na ang rumors na may gusto ako sa kanya... napakalayo ng agwat namin sa edad. Yung iba kasi pinagpapatuloy lang yung tradition ng pamilya kahit hindi talag anatural politician. Just like the case of Keshia. I am not saying na wala akong tiwala sa pagtakbo niya. Keshia is an intelligent woman, tapos na siya ng college unlike Sheena, at may experiences na talag siya sa Nursing dept ng FEU. Ang sinasabi ko baka pareho sila ng case, kasi ang Daddy ni Keshia ay dating councilor who finished the term.
Lastly, bukas na pala, surprisingly ang anniversary noong outing namin last year sa Sabang, the first complete attendance outing na hindi pa nasusunda hanggang ngayon. I hope that we will have another round with Regine, Daryl, Jopeth, isaac, Jemoy, Je, and Edison. Bukas na nga...
Well, things are shaky lately. Pero pinakamaganda, no matter what shocked us, remain calm and placid so that everything will go well.
Lumindol nanaman and just as it used to be, again, sa America. Mexacali ang sentro pero damged din ng 7.2 magnitude na lindol ang ilang parts ng Estados Unidos at Mexico. I immediately checked on Kolby Houghton, my facebook friend, para mabalita kung apektado ba sila. Thank God, patuloy pa rin siyang nabubuhay. What's even worse is the fact na walang paliwanag kung bakit napapadalas ang lindol at puro hinala na lang na que sio mainit daw ngayon dahil sa El Niño at kung anu-ano pa. Last January lang sa Haiti, na malapit sa Mexico, lumindol. February, hindi pa tumatagal, lumindol naman sa Chile. Both Latin countries at ngayon Mexico. Sobrang hot kasi ngmga chicks doon eh baka hindi mapigilan ng mga bulkan. Sa dami ng mga infrastructure na kailangang itayo this year, kailangan ng extrang pagiingat para maiwasan ang mga pagguho tuwing lindol. Dalawa ang namatay sa nakaraang lindol, 1oo sugatan. Lalo dapat magingat ang mga nagtatayo ng additional buildings sa mga schools.
Speaking of schools, sa Ateneo, latest issue yung nangyari kay Manny Pangilinan. Isn't it shocking na isang chairman of the board ng Ateneo de Manila who graduated cum laude sa college of economics ang paratangang hindi nagiisip ng bagong speech. Kahit na sabihin pang may iba pang gumawa ng speech, he is responsible about it. Dapat binasa at niresearch niya yun. I mean, we are talking here of property rights. Sa mga ginagawa ko gusto ko may permission bago pakialaman o gayahin kaya dapat talaga maayos ito at huwag ng tularan. Hindi enough na siguruhin mong walang nagta-transcribe niyan pero dapat may respeto tayo sa pagaari ng isip ng iba.
10 days to go na lang pala before the first gala of Olivier Ochanine sa CCP. Shocked by the fact na baka magkabiglaan na lang. Sir Mario Barlolong will be there with his students. Hindi ko pa alam about me. Gusto ko talaga makapunta. Bakit ang bilis ng araw?
Manny Pacquiao, ininsulto ng isang podcaster na Italian-American. Hahaha... ang nakaka-shock lang dito ay binastos ang buto ng mga Pilipino. Napakasensitive daw natin dahil ayaw magpakuha ng sample blood ni Pacquiao. Eh ano naman.! Bakit damay pa lahat ng Pilipino? Ano ang kinalaman namin doon? Ang hina ng kukote nung komedyanteng yan. Baka isang suntok lang yan ni Pacquiao. Sa bagay. Yan talaga ang napapala ng isang bansang umaasa lang ng katanyagan sa isang tao na nanununtok at pinapatunayan ang sarili sa pamamagitan ng pagpapatumba ng isang tao. I have nothing against boxing pero yan repercussion ng ganitong buhay. Dapat may iba pang pride ang Pilipinas. Meron naman pero hindi nabui-build up gaya ni Efren Peñaflorida na youth leader.
Napagusapan ang youth leader. Nakaka-shock malaman na si Sheena Loraine Orolfo is running as councilor for Rizal. Hanggang ngayon kino-confirm ko pa ito. Allegedly, tatakbo daw for public office itong si Sheena. Yes si Sheena Loraine nga. Isa sa pinakapinagkakatiwalaan kong tao si Sheena sa mundo pero teka, parang kailan lang eh batang yagit lang si Sheena at ngayon ay tumatakbo sa konseho, alam kaya niya ang pinapasok niya? Una kaming nagkita noong 2007. Third year highschool siya at third year college naman ako. Umattend ako ng graduation niya noong 2008, highscool. So that means third year college pa lang siya ngayon. Kaya please pakitigil na ang rumors na may gusto ako sa kanya... napakalayo ng agwat namin sa edad. Yung iba kasi pinagpapatuloy lang yung tradition ng pamilya kahit hindi talag anatural politician. Just like the case of Keshia. I am not saying na wala akong tiwala sa pagtakbo niya. Keshia is an intelligent woman, tapos na siya ng college unlike Sheena, at may experiences na talag siya sa Nursing dept ng FEU. Ang sinasabi ko baka pareho sila ng case, kasi ang Daddy ni Keshia ay dating councilor who finished the term.
Lastly, bukas na pala, surprisingly ang anniversary noong outing namin last year sa Sabang, the first complete attendance outing na hindi pa nasusunda hanggang ngayon. I hope that we will have another round with Regine, Daryl, Jopeth, isaac, Jemoy, Je, and Edison. Bukas na nga...
Well, things are shaky lately. Pero pinakamaganda, no matter what shocked us, remain calm and placid so that everything will go well.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Jesus' Resurrection is Always FIRST
This year, the Resurrection Sunday falls on the first Sunday of April. First Sunday both of the month and of the season. The very first glorious mystery of the Holy Rosary. The Lord Jesus did not accidentally rise on the first day of the week, He planned to. I also believe that He rose the first hour of that day. Jesus wants to be first in your life. I want to write about Him first as we approach the season of Easter. And as a special column, I will expound on the Scripture verse by verse so that the message will be richer in substance.
Now on the first day of the week Mary Mag'dalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. Jn 20: 1
John started to narrate the Resurrection account with the time element for two reasons. To testify that he is certain of the event and by such, verify that it is historical; and the second one is to give a point for the impossibility of stealing. Because they say that the body of Jesus was stolen but it was still dark and the previous day was a Sabbath, a day of rest and nobody would dare steal on a Sabbath. Mary Magdalene signifies the role of women in the mission of bringing Jesus which is also visible in John chapter 4, remember the Samaritan woman who left her jar and told her neighbors about Jesus.
So she ran, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him." .v2
The authority of Peter which is regarded by the apostles and by women is showcased in this verse. Mary Magdalene went to Peter and the other disciple which is John himself. John testifies that he is present on the occasion. The assumption of Mary Magdalene is that the body was stolen. No one is thinking about the resurrection yet.
Peter then came out with the other disciple, and they went toward the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first ,v3-4
My explanation to this is about the way they reached the tomb. Peter was the first to run but it was John who reached the tomb first. It is symbolic to the way they think and the way the Spirit moves to them. Peter is always first to receive the gift and information but it is always John who is first to process the information and master the gift of the Spirit.
There are two theoretical reasons why Peter was late to reach the tomb.
- Peter is older than John. John is young and of course physiologically capable than an old man.
- Peter weighs heavier than John. John is slimmer and capable to run faster than Peter who is heavier.
And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; he saw the linen cloths lying, and the napkin, which had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself.
John may have reached the tomb first but his respect for Peter is very visible because he did not enter the tomb but let Peter be first in entering the place. Other theories will involve the difference of their personalities. Peter is more impulsive than John. John use to pause a while and ponder and think and investigate but Peter always want to be in action without reference to critical thinking. Yet in the difference of the two they were able to live in a good communion as Christians. Other theories suggested that John hesitated to walk inside because of the Jewish customs of paying respect to burial places which was disregarded by Peter out of his love for Jesus. There are also lots of old folk stories, myth and traditional courses which hindered John from entering the tomb.
Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not know the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. ,v8-9
If you will take a deeper look into this, we can say that
Peter was the first to run but John first reached the place.
John was the first to reach but Peter was first to enter.
Peter was first to enter and to see the cloth and the evidences but
John was first to understood and to believe about the Resurrection.
John believed the Resurrection without any remembrance of the scripture prophecies as proven by verse 9. It was John who first understood the message of Resurrection yet Peter was there. Now how did he understand it?
and the napkin, which had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself.===
It is evident that the linen cloths were rolled up and no thief will do that if they really stole the body they would have taken the cloth but it was rolled up in a place by itself which means Jesus did not remove the cloth from his body but He just stood out leaving it. His body is not anymore bounded by space it can move out from that cloth without removing it and that is proven in Luke chapter 24 verse 36 “As they were saying this, Jesus himself stood among them. But they were startled and frightened, and supposed that they saw a spirit” Jesus pass through the walls and stood among them so they were frightened.
Jesus assumed a glorified body and that John understood when he saw the burial cloth still rolled as if nobody removed it from Jesus.
Commentary =
What can we learn about the Resurrection account of John? It is not only a beautiful literature but also a preaching for Catholic Christian. Here are some of the conclusions we can draw from what we read;
1. The Resurrection of Jesus is historically, rationally, and criminologically true. All detailed statements of John suggest that the apostles are on their right mind when they approached the tomb as narrated in verse 9. They is no foreknowledge of the prophecies and of the teachings about the rising of Jesus on the third day. They believed because of the evidence they found inside the burial place.
2. The promise of Resurrection in the Last Day and Glorious Body is true. If Jesus did not rise from the dead, we cannot be certain about the resurrection on the last day, the Christian belief is futile if not for the Resurrection. Paul makes it clear by writing about it as proven by 1 Cor. 15: 12-19; 22; 42-44; 50-57. All these verses testify to the truthfulness of Christian resurrection and the promise of a glorified body. Jesus assumed a glorified body which can transit from physical boundaries. We will have that type of body too in a flash. A glorified body we will wear for eternity. Still the same but not as it used to be. The perishable will be changed into imperishable, the body of weakness will become body of power and glory, a body once natural will be changed into spiritual. Our faith is not in vain.
3. Jesus, among all founders of religion, is God. Only Jesus rose from the dead and that brings us to conclusion that He is God. Ninoy Aquino and Mahatma Gandhi were men of righteousness and credibility, but they did not rose from the dead. they died and until now dead. They are called martyrs. Jesus is not a martyr, not even a hero. Jesus is a redeemer. he is the only way for ever lasting life. We can rest assure that there is victory over death as St. Paul said "Where oh death is your sting? Where oh death is your victory." For a Christian who believes in the resurrection there is fear of death no more. We are not scared of death because Jesus Christ is alive and He can raise us again in last day. Maybe the matrix is true
Peter was the first to run but John first reached the place.
John was the first to reach but Peter was first to enter.
Peter was first to enter and to see the cloth and the evidences but
John was first to understood and to believe about the Resurrectionbut it is not about who among these two was first. Here is the good news---
Jesus is first to rise from the dead, the first fruit of new creations. it doesn't matter who came to the tomb first. What really matter is who is the first one to rise from the grave. He who raised up Jairus' daughter, He who raised up Lazarus from the grave. He who will raise us up again in glory in the Second Coming. If he did not then everything else is non sense but He did. Jesus is first!
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