Bag-ong opisyales sa “Provincial Coffee Association of Davao de Oro” ug “Cacao de Oro Provincial Council” nanumpa

 

Opisyal na nga nanumpa aron pagtuman sa mga tahas ug buluhaton nga gisalig kanila sa mga katawhan ang bag-o napiling mga opisyales sa Provincial Coffee Association of Davao de Oro (PCADDO) ug Cacao de Oro Provincial Council, sa atubangan mismo ni Gov. Jayvee Tyron Uy nga maoy nag administer sa ilang Oath-Taking sa milabayng semana diha sa Davao de Oro Capitol Ground.

 

Ang ilang paghural nahitabo niadtong Nobyembre 19, 2021 atol sa giusang mga dagkong kalihokan nga gipasiugdahan sa D.A. Regional Office XI, sa opisina ni Sen. Cynthia Villar, ug sa PLGU-DdO ilalom sa pagdumala ni Gov. Tyron Uy ug SP Members sa pagpanguna nila ni Vice Gov. Maricar Zamora ug Senior BM Arturo “Chiongkee” Uy.

 

Atubangan mismo sa Gobernador dungan nga nanumpa ang mga napiling opisyales sa Provincial Coffee Association of Davao de Oro nga sila si Arcadio Sabella sa MAGROW Maragusan-ilang Chairman; si Delio Cesar sa Pine Valley Maragusan- ilang Vice Chair; si Jesilyn Calanao sa Life Brew Nabunturan-ilang Secretary; si Alma Custodio sa LAFARMCO Pantukan-ilang Treasurer; ug ilang BODs nga sila Cipriano Ellaga, Jr. sa New Leyte Maco, Remelito Amabao sa Mabini (MAFAASO), Merelyn L. Sinon sa Montevista, ug Doming Guilabtan sa New Bataan.

 

Samtang, ang mga napiling opisyales sa Cacao de Oro Provincial Council nga dungan sad nga nanumpa niadtong adlawa atubangan ni Gov. Tyron Uy sila Juanito Aquino sa Monkayo-ilang Chairman; Armando Esquadro sa Maragusan-ilang Vice Chair; Norma Panarez sa Maragusan-ilang Treasurer; Noel Molijon sa Montevista-ilang Auditor; ug BODs nga sila Mercedes Sabanal sa New Bataan, Rodel Balingcos sa Compostela, Noel Molijon sa Montevista, Francisco Benaro sa Maco; Jerry Ellaga, Jr. sa Masara line Maco, Jerry Bacote sa Mabini, Wilfredo Alfante sa Pantukan, Feliciano Cal sa Laak, Ethel Angco sa Nabunturan, Armando Esquadro sa Maragusan, ug Ricardo Ramos sa Mawab.

 

Human sa ilang Oath Taking gipangunahan sad dayon sa Gobernador ang pagtunol sa mga farm toolkits ngadto sa pampublikong mga eskwelahan sa DdO nga nagpartisipar sa Gulayan sa Paaralan, ug ang pagtunol sad nila ngadto sa mga rice-based farmer’s and irrigators association sa Davao de Oro sa mga Agricultural Machineries nga gipalit sa DA pinaagi sa Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) gamit ang P35.2 Milyones nga Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) sa palasyo. (Gilbert Magadan Cabahug PAO-ID DdO)

What really is God’s word?

By Fr. Roy Cimagala *

          “HEAVEN and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass

away.” (Lk 21,33)

          With these words of Christ, we should feel the need to know

what exactly is God’s word. Why will it not pass away?

          The simple answer is that God’s word is not just an idea, a

doctrine, an ideology. It’s not just a strategy, a culture or a

lifestyle. Of course, God’s word involves all these, but unless we

understand God’s word as Christ himself, the God who became man to

reveal to us all that we need to know, all that we need to do to be

God’s image and likeness as God wants us to be, we will miss the real

essence and character of God’s word.

          We have to realize that the word of God cannot be separated

from God himself. That’s because God is so perfect as to be in

absolute simplicity. As such, God has no parts, no aspects, no quality

or property that are distinct from his very being. His word and his

being are just one. There is no distinction at all in him.

          Of course, from our point of view, we cannot help but to

describe God according to our own terms and ways that cannot help but

make distinctions between the essence of a being and its properties

and qualities. But in himself, God does not have distinction between

his essence and the properties that we attribute to him.

          Of course, this is a mystery, a supernatural truth that our

reason cannot fully fathom. That is why we need to have a strong faith

to be able to accept this truth. And once we accept by faith the

absolute unity between God and his word, then we will realize that

reading and meditating on the gospel is actually having a living

encounter with God through Christ.

          Thus, St. Jerome, a father of the Church, once said that to

read the Scripture is to converse with God—“If you pray, you speak

with the Spouse. If you read, it is he who speaks to you,” he said.

          Only when we realize that God’s word is Christ himself and

that reading it is like having an encounter with Christ can God’s word

truly be as the Letter to the Hebrews described it: “Alive and active.

Sharper than any double-edge sword, it penetrates even to dividing

soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and

attitudes of the heart.” (4,12)

          Of course, we have to be that good, rich soil referred to in

that parable for God’s word to take root in us and be fruitful.

Otherwise, no matter how powerfully effective God’s word is, if the

reader of that word does not have the right condition, that word would

have no effect. It would fail to produce fruit, “thirty, sixty and

even a hundredfold,” as Christ assured us.

          That means that we should handle the word of God with great

faith and piety. We should not just treat it as some literary or

historical or cultural reading. We have to realize that we are

listening to Christ and that what we hear from him should be taken

very seriously.

          That means that we have to involve our whole being when

reading God’s word. It should not just be an intellectual affair,

though we have to make full use of our intelligence and all our other

faculties when reading and meditating on it.

* Chaplain Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise (CITE), Talamban, Cebu City

Email: roycimagala@gmail.com

IN TOTAL DARKNESS

When I was still hosting my radio shows with classical music  on different radio stations, I really got surprised how many people tried to come in touch with me after listening to not only the (wonderful?) classical music as well as my inspirational thoughts in between. Yes, I really felt glad and honored to be on air and getting the chance to share my passion for classical music with a really great listener ship. Once upon a time -  already several years ago.

In total darkness are many people right now because of the pandemic and the number of cases increasing to astronomical heights all over the world. Strategies against darkness?  "Why am I so sad? What am I so troubled about?" (Psalm 42,11).

If it's becoming dark, we usually turn on our lights. But, it's still daylight. It's a magnificent and wonderful day! The sun shines with might in the sky. The flowers are ablaze with amazing colors; the birds are chirping cheerfully. - "Yet, why am I so sad? Why am I so troubled?"

We experience feelings, as if darkness lies onto our souls, and light cannot get through any more. Yes, we make head or tail of it, because some really bad things happened since a couple of  months in many of our life and surroundings:

Several good friends passed away unforeseen; a wish, carried with us in our hearts never became true; all doors seem to be locked forever; financial problems because of Covid-19 bother us and don't allow the chance for three daily meals; and arduous illness seems to become incurable.

Why are we so sad? Why are we so troubled? The psalm's poet voices out innermost feelings and emotions during those times.

A very good friend ( a really very good one!) asked the following question: "How can you praise and worship this God, who allowed me always to get into a never-ending darkness?" Is my friend a dyed-in-the-wool-atheist", who underpinned his opinion with even the Psalm: "Day and night I cry and tears are my only food; all the time my enemies ask me, "Where is YOUR "God"?""

I was trained how to survive such periods of life. Even in this pandemic situation. Be patient and pray. Yes, pray! Or: "Quarrel with your soul!" No, it's not nonsense, it really works.

"Don't make such a fuss; get out of your dump and be happy!"

Or, read Psalm 103: "The Love of God".