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Death maybe understood as the end of life, a state in which the internal organs and the whole system of the body are not anymore functioning. The Passion of Christ showed how His body gone through the same process. In our observance of the Holy Week, we mourn of Christ's death. We feel guilty of what we have done that caused our Savior to die and not to see Him anymore. Indeed, we never saw Him but the promise He said that He would be with us until the end of time, brings new eyes for us to see Jesus again. To be able to do this, one has to see that wisdom of a Son of God hanging on the cross. His death was indeed a mystery but he left something for us to understand the whole thing - LOVE. Love is common by the time Jesus was born and until His death on the cross. This is a love of a Father for his children, a love of Jesus for all of us. There we can see how life is formed in each one of us when His body is suffering. While the body of Jesus is dying, a new strength in us is flowi...

Courtesy of Manila Bulletin (Wednesday issue: April 2, 2009) pls. click the link for the whole story... Fr. Rico Ponce (center) says some Carmelite formators even encourage seminarians to go out temporarily to find growth and development. (Photos by RICHARD VIÑAS) http://mb.com.ph/articles/201098/a-peek-life-inside-seminary A peek into the life inside the seminary By RACHEL C. BARAWID April 1, 2009, 8:39pm