Why We Need to Save Early

Time is more valuable than money. You can have more money but you will not have more time. – Jim Rohn



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 Let me tell you a story.

Juan and Pedro are best friends. They are the same in age and lived in the same neighborhood. They went in the same school. They played together, they studied together. But when they finished college, they were separated.

Is There Really Heaven?

First Reading: Book of Maccabees 7:1-2.9-14
Second Reading: Thessalonians 2:16—3:5
Gospel: Luke 20:27-38


“…and he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.” – Luke 20:38


Have you ever wondered what does it look like in heaven? Have you asked yourself, is there really heaven? Imagine your idea of the place called heaven, do the people there really dressed in white all the time? Do the people never grow old? Are there big houses as well as small houses there? Are there also typhoons and earthquake there? Are there cars and bicycles? There are many questions that we can come up and we can go on and on… But what are the real environment and the situation up in heaven, we really don’t know.
  

"Road to Heaven" by Emily Mueller



How my Wife Changed her Mindset about Financial Abundance

My wife was very excited to talk about what she learned from the successful Think Rich Quick 2.0 Seminar by my real estate mentor Trace Trajano last October 23-24 at AIM in Makati City, Philippines. My wife really had a great time learning and meeting new friends in the seminar. Imagine, we talked from 10pm up to 2am. That was 4 hours, non-stop chatting thru Skype.

Few days before the seminar, she had hesitations to go because she has no idea about real estate. She told me that she will not appreciate the concepts because it might be too complicated for her. Basically, I know that she does not want to go out of her comfort zone. To persuade her to go, we invited her friend Hazel to come with her so that she will have someone to talk to during the seminar.

A Tribute to Kuya Jun

Who is Kuya Jun? Why is he so special to us?

I first met Kuya Jun when we bumped along the hallway of our flat in what I call Apartment 45, my place of residence in Abu Dhabi. He was just living right next to our room. He has a smiling face. He is approachable and always ready to spare his time for a chat. I normally see him at the lobby of the building looking to the people passing by while smoking.


One time while washing the dishes in the kitchen, we talked about his life while in the Philippines few years ago. I learned that he was an altar server during his childhood until his college days. He even went to the seminary but got out to pursue Mechanical Engineer which served as a medium for him to go abroad. He is a fervent church goer every Friday; he is willing to give you a lift before and after the mass. He was even present on the weeklong healing series of Fr. Arlo in the Misyong Pilipino at St. Joseph Church here in Abu Dhabi, which he routinely do every year.

Misyong Pilipino Healing Series Day 6: Love of God

For the past 5 days, we experienced different kinds of healing in many aspects of our life.  We were enlightened and changed our personal lives and life as a community.  We started to become whole, because by becoming whole we will become holy. 

And this last day of the Misyong Pilipino in Abu Dhabi for 2010 completes what we have gone through all the nights that we were together.

Role of Mama Mary.  Being Christians, we cannot separate Mama Mary to us. We cannot just set her aside. We are celebrating the Feast of the Holy Rosary this October. During the Day 4 of the Healing Series, Fr. Arlo discussed about the original design of man is holy and blameless. And the ones who have the privilege to get it were Adam and Eve. And 2nd original design was Mama Mary who is the Immaculate Conception. This was claimed by Mama Mary during her apparition to Bernadette in Lourdes, France. She maintained to be holy and blameless because of her obedience to the Lord as opposed to Eve.

Different Names of Mama Mary. But why does Mama Mary has many names? Why is she called Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Our lady of Guadalupe or Our Lady of Fatima? The niece of Fr. Arlo asked these questions. He replied, “How do you call your Mama?” And she said, I call her Mama. The series of conversation went on, How do I call your Mama? You call her Ate Lei. She is the only sister and the most favorite sister of Fr. Arlo. =) How do people call your Mama at the office? They call her Leah. How would her boss call her at the office? He calls her Mrs. Zeta. Imagine one person but different names; this is just the same with Mama Mary. Names of Mama Mary may depend on her role like for example Perpetual Help and Immaculate Conception. They may depend also to the place of apparition like Our lady of Fatima, Portugal where Mama Mary appeared to Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta. Lastly they may depend on the characteristics of Mama Mary like Mary, Virgins of Virgins or Mary, Queen of the Apostles. The litany pertaining to Mama Mary shows her characteristics and the way we understand Mama Mary to our lives.