Thursday, January 25, 2007

An Bantugan Na Danaw: Lake Mainit

Waya gadjud karadjao masuta kon uno'y pinakasinugdan nan paghingayan nan danaw na kilaya kuman na Lake Mainit. Pero kon diin man gikan an ngayan nan danaw, an mga lokal na naghuya sa Habungan (Jabonga, Agusan del Norte) nagtuo na an tag-gikanan nan ngayan nan danaw mahitagik sa mga estorya nan mga katiguyangan.

Nan una pa kuno na mga panahon, sa lugar na kon diin nahimutang an danaw kuman, may naghuya kuno na mga gamhanon na mag-asawa na taghinganlan Haring Kamig sanan Raynang Ding. Malipadjon karadjaw pirmi an mag-asawa adlaw-adlaw kaibanan an ila mga binuhi na mga ginhayupan sa ila gingharian. Duro an ila mga kaibanan ugsa bibo karadjaw pirmi an ila ginharian.

Kada buyanon, malipadjon pirmi karadjaw an ila lugar kay mapawa man an ila tag-huy-an. Pero isa ka okasyon, ingkasubrahan ra karadjaw an pagka-budjong nan kayaw na nakapuwesto hasuod ra karadjaw sa hari sanan rayna.

Nan jadto na tungora, ingka-sobrahan ra kabudjong nan iban pa na mga hadjup, sobra ra seguro karadjaw ang kalipay nila, ugsa nadjuhot an mag-asawa amo na nakadesidir sila na mupanaw dajon nan jadto na tungora, bisan jaon pa sila sa tunga nan pag-lipay-lipay nan mga ginhayupan nila.

Sa pagdayungali nila na pagpanaw, daya nila an tanan nila mga kabtangan sanan an ila lupam mahimo man jaon nila himoon kay mga gamhanon man sila. Sa ila pagdali, hingkalimtan nila an isa ka gamay na gahin nan lupa sanan isa ka usa (deer).

Hingkalimtan sab nila an ila pinasubo na tubig sa takuri na naka-takilid - ingkahubsan na nan tubig, sanan an ila buyawan na luwag, nahilabog isab nila.

Pag-abot nan hari sanan rayna sa may dapit nan Butuan Bay, pasingud sa Misamis, hindumduman ni Haring Kamig an isa ka gamay na luna nan lupa nila na nabilin. Gusto kuman nila na mobalik kay kuhaon.

Kon kuhaon nila ang lupa na ila hingkalimtan, kinahanglan na makabalik gadjud sila nan dili pa musidlit an suga kay may mahitabo dila, segun sa ila pag-tuo, na dili kon maradjaw an dangatan.

Nahitabo na hingkab-utan gadjud an hari nan pagsidlit nan adlaw, may hindangatan gadjud didja, an lupa na daya nidja, nahimo na isa ka gamay na lugar na kuman nakilaya sa ngayan na Tubay-tubay kay naka-abot man ini sa munisipyo nan Tubay.

Pagkatapos pagpamanaw nan mag-asawa, nagpahi-uyan nan akang ka kusog na amoy hinungdan kuman nan pagduro nan tubig sa lugar na tagkuhaan nila nan luna nan lupa na ila tagdaya pag-iwat nila didto.

Hikit-an na nato kuman ini na nahimo na danaw. An tubig na gikan sa nagsubo na takuri amoy kuman hinongdan na mapaso an tubig, ugsa na inhinganlan ini na danaw kuman na LAKE MAINIT.

An usa na nabilin nan mag-asawa nan ila pagpanaw amoy nahimo na isa ka puyo (islet) na tagtawag kuman na Usa-usa kay kon tan-awon isab matuod, bagan usa an idja porma.

Tagtuohan isab kuman an Camiguin Island na an bag-o na gingharian ni Haring Kamig sanan si Raynang Ding. Kon tan-awon isab matuod kuman sa taas, hilabina kon sa bintana nan eroplano, an isla, amo ra isab matuod an idja mga baybay an porma nan danaw, taglaong sa ingles na directly proportional an danaw sanan an puyo nan Camiguin.

Tanan an mga tanum sa lupa sanan sa mga bukid sanan an mga langgam sa kakahudjan sanan mga hadjup sa mga bukid, parahes ra gadjud tanan sa duha ka lugar.

Kuman, an Lake Mainit an ika-upat na pinaka-dako na danaw sa tibuok nasod na an gidak-on, an area, moabot sa 17,060 ektaryas, an shoreline moabot sa 62.10 kilometros. Ini na danawa, tag-tungaan nan diha ka probinsiya sa northern side nan Mindanao – an Agusan del Norte sanan Surigao del Norte.

An pinakahalayum na lugar nan danaw, moabot nan 223 metros, sakto-sakto na ihimos an isa ka 52 andanas na building, may 28 ka suba na jaon tag-laong na tributaries, sanan 87,072 ektaryas na watershed area.

Bantugan ini na danaw kay duro man ang mga isda dinhi, hilabina kay duro an mga tayagsaon ra, parehas pananglit nan puyo na tawag sa ingles climbing perch sanan mga gabot. Dako an panginahanglan nan pidjanga na tagtawag sa ingles na goby kay kilaya man ini na delicacy nan mga taga-did-on, mga estranyo sanan mga bisita.

May kasili (freshwater eel), karpa, hayuan, bugwan, igi, tilapia, piguk, langub, kikilo, bayanak, sanan iban pa na mga endemic species na isda nan danaw.

Jao'y sab mga wildlife species sa area nan danaw na hikit-an sa mga kuweba, sa mga langub, an mga cave bats, paniki, mga Philippine deer, usa, baboy ihayas o wild boar sanan jaon taglaong na mga mighty hawk.

May mga freshwater sab na mga buyak parehas pananglit nan mga pink sanan white pagosi (sacred lutos) sanan duro isab an mga tabukali na kilaya isab sa ngayan na water hyacinth o water lily.

Guwapo dinhi sa danaw mag-spelunking, canoeing, scuba diving sanan wind surfing sanan puwede pa gadjod mag-explore sa mga waya pa hikit-i na mga kuweba sa mga puyo, waterfalls, sanan mga guwapo na rock formation.

Ini na danawa, tag-konsidera na isa ka oligotropic lake na buot ipasabot, an tubig dinhi transparent, malinaw karadjaw sanan may low density nan mga plant life na jaon sa lain-lain na lugar, sanan halayum karadjaw ini, sanan amo ray ini danaw na wayay mga solid waste, dili kon maligtim.

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Thursday of the First Week in Ordinary Time - January 11, 2007

Reading 1
Heb 3:7-14

The Holy Spirit says: Oh, that today you would hear his voice,“Harden not your hearts as at the rebellion in the day of testing in the desert, where your ancestors tested and tried me and saw my works for forty years. Because of this I was provoked with that generation and I said, ‘They have always been of erring heart,and they do not know my ways.’ As I swore in my wrath,‘They shall not enter into my rest.’” Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you may have an evil and unfaithful heart,so as to forsake the living God. Encourage yourselves daily while it is still “today,”so that none of you may grow hardened by the deceit of sin. We have become partners of Christ if only we hold the beginning of the reality firm until the end.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 95:6-7c, 8-9, 10-11
R. (8) If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

Come, let us bow down in worship;let us kneel before the LORD who made us. For he is our God,and we are the people he shepherds, the flock he guides.
R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

Oh, that today you would hear his voice: “Harden not your hearts as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the desert, Where your fathers tempted me;they tested me though they had seen my works.”
R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

Forty years I was wearied of that generation; I said: “This people’s heart goes astray,they do not know my ways.” Therefore I swore in my anger: “They shall never enter my rest.”
R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

Gospel
Mk 1:40-45

A leper came to him and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand,touched the leper, and said to him, “I do will it. Be made clean. ”The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean. Then, warning him sternly, he dismissed him at once. Then he said to him, “See that you tell no one anything, but go, show yourself to the priestand offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed; that will be proof for them.” The man went away and began to publicize the whole matter. He spread the report abroadso that it was impossible for Jesus to enter a town openly. He remained outside in deserted places,and people kept coming to him from everywhere.

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Reflection

THE DEMON OF UNFAITHFULNESS

"We have become partners of Christ only if we maintain to the end that confidence with which we began." –Hebrews 3:14

Some people, priests, and ministers we thought were the pillars of the Church have fallen away "from the living God" (Heb 3:12).

If we take an honest look at our own weakness, we will "take care" lest any of us "have an evil and unfaithful spirit" (Heb 3:12).

We open the door to the spirit of unfaithfulness through sin, as we harden our hearts against the voice of God (Heb 3:7-8; Ps 95:8).

At this point, we desperately need encouragement to repent "so that" we won't grow "hardened by the deceit of sin" (Heb 3:13).

This is why all believers have been given the ministry of reconciliation (2 Cor 5:18).

If we remain in sin, we get harder and harder until the evil spirit of unfaithfulness dominates our whole lives. At this point, we are beyond encouragement. However, encouragement could have prevented us from reaching this point. When did you last invite someone to go with you to the Sacrament of Reconciliation? If you don't invite them to Confession now, you may have to take them to deliverance later. We must strongly encourage one another to repent and close the door of sin before demons come in and take over.

Pause for a moment......

Is the Lord calling you to encourage someone to repent? Go now, speak the truth in love (Eph 4:15).

PRAYER: Father, I repent and remove the plank from my own eye, so I can take the specks out of the eyes of others (Mt 7:5).

PROMISE: "Moved with pity, Jesus stretched out His hand, touched him, and said: 'I do will it. Be cured.' " –Mk 1:41

PRAISE: Carol encouraged her son to go to Eucharistic adoration. By doing so, he was able to hear and heed the Lord's call to the seminary.

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Saint of the Day

Bl. William Carter (William was a married layman. An apprentice to Catholic printers, he was imprisoned and tortured for 18 months for printing Catholic pamphlets, possessing books upholding Catholicism, and hiding vestments in his home. He was condemned to death for these actions.)

St. James tells us that this virtue comes from Heaven and that we shall never have it unless we ask it of God. We should therefore, frequently ask God to give us purity in our eyes, in our speech, and in all our actions.

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Scripture Verse of the Day

1 Corinthians 13:4-6

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.

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One Minute Meditation

Naturalness

To be effective you must be natural. What can one expect of a brush – even in the hands of a great painter – if it is wrapped in a silk cover? – St. Josemaria Escriva

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Word of the Day scrupulous (adjective) acting with extreme care

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Life in Christ: Catechism
Faith in God's love encompasses the call and the obligation to respond with sincere love to divine charity. The first commandment enjoins us to love God above everything and all creatures for him and because of him.