i have nothing to write for now...i posted here instead an e-mail i received from my brother priest about a foreigner's view on Filipinos...and it's worth posting here... Filipino Catholics Here's something very positive written by a foreigner named Steve Ray, about Filipinos. Steve Ray authored many best-selling books, among which are, Crossing the Tiber (his conversion story), Upon This Rock on the papacy), and just recently John's Gospel (a comprehensive Bible study guide and commentary). STEVE RAY'S OPEN LETTER TO THE FILIPINO CATHOLICS: We stepped into the church and it was old and a bit dark. Mass had just begun and we sat toward the front. We didn't know what to expect here in Istanbul, Turkey . I guess we expected it to be a sombre Mass but quiet and sombre it was not - I thought I heard angels joyously singing behind me. The voices were rich, melodic and beautiful. What I discovered as I spun around to look did not surprise me because I had seen and hea...