#PRAY FOR ZAMBOANGA 13

Here is another song calling for PEACE!

Oh, Lord, we cry out and plead for PEACE!
All we want is PEACE...
And we pray that we achieve it very soon!

Many hearts are bleeding...
as we experience surprise and disbelief...
as we see suffering and death...
as we feel fear and panic...
as we get lost and not know what the new day brings!

But, we also see compassion and generosity...
We see simplicity and appreciation...
We see unity and dedication...
We see creation and innovation...
We feel wholehearted service and willingness to do more!

This is so inspiring...

This will be the foundation where rebuilding Zamboanga would lay upon!

Let PEACE reign in Zamboanga City, Oh Lord!


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#PRAY FOR ZAMBOANGA 12: PEACE BEGINS WITH A SMILE

When children smile, our hearts melt! 

According to Mother Teresa, PEACE begins with a smile.

Now, during the MNLF stand-off or what we call the Zamboanga City Crisis, a simple smile may not stop the war!

Life is no longer simple now... 

It is so difficult to understand the differences in ideology... which for us, is distorted on their side!

I really cannot fathom their minds!

And I am sure, parents only experience fear when they think of the safety of their precious children!

For ourselves, we feel lucky our kid is already away from Zamboanga.

Now the Zamboanga Crisis has already dragged on to Day 15 and we continue to hear exchange of fires, snipers, mortar hits in residential areas, airstrikes, stray bullets and sirens.

We, then, see that parents want to bring their children away from Zamboanga City.

Children already want to bring their elderly parents to another place.

As we said, a simple smile may not stop the war...

But, I see a smile from the wounded soldier I talked to... so positive that the war will end soon...

Smiles from healthcare workers just after caring for bloody patients...

Smiles from hostages and evacuees, who now have a difficult life... but still can do so!
Smiles from my friends (from all walks of life) who have exerted extra effort to share their time, talent and treasure to the evacuees, the soldiers, the informal sectors!

With these, YES!!! It may not stop the war, but it continues to infect the people around them... for them to continue to HOPE for PEACE!

We continue to pray that Zamboanga City will attain PEACE very soon!

Let PEACE reign in Zamboanga City!!!

  

ZAMBOANGA CRISIS: HEAL THE WORLD

During our mass last weekend, our recessional song was "Heal The World".

I just like to share this song which really touches our heart and very apt for our emotions this Zamboanga Crisis 2013! 

"Heal The World"

There's A Place In
Your Heart
And I Know That It Is Love
And This Place Could
Be Much
Brighter Than Tomorrow
And If You Really Try
You'll Find There's No Need
To Cry
In This Place You'll Feel
There's No Hurt Or Sorrow

There Are Ways
To Get There
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Little Space
Make A Better Place...

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

If You Want To Know Why
There's A Love That
Cannot Lie
Love Is Strong
It Only Cares For
Joyful Giving
If We Try
We Shall See
In This Bliss
We Cannot Feel
Fear Or Dread
We Stop Existing And
Start Living

Then It Feels That Always
Love's Enough For
Us Growing
So Make A Better World
Make A Better World...

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

And The Dream We Were
Conceived In
Will Reveal A Joyful Face
And The World We
Once Believed In
Will Shine Again In Grace
Then Why Do We Keep
Strangling Life
Wound This Earth
Crucify Its Soul
Though It's Plain To See
This World Is Heavenly
Be God's Glow

We Could Fly So High
Let Our Spirits Never Die
In My Heart
I Feel You Are All
My Brothers
Create A World With
No Fear
Together We'll Cry
Happy Tears
See The Nations Turn
Their Swords
Into Plowshares

We Could Really Get There
If You Cared Enough
For The Living
Make A Little Space
To Make A Better Place...

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me

Heal the world we live in, save it for our children
Heal the world we live in, save it for our children
Heal the world we live in, save it for our children
Heal the world we live in, save it for our children

Writer: JACKSON, MICHAEL / PAICH, MARTIN
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

#PRAY FOR ZAMBOANGA 11: PIGEONS

#PRAY FOR ZAMBOANGA 10

This is really a PRAYER FOR ALL OF US

...   that we pray for PEACE HERE ON EARTH!

... particularly, PEACE FOR OUR BELOVED CITY, ZAMBOANGA!!!

It is Day 13

...  the Zamboanga Crisis has dragged on too long

... and doesn't seem to end, even if things appear less tense.

... We pray that the final outcome would really be worth all the sacrifices of the people!

But, We are always hopeful, and these BEAUTIFUL INNOCENT SMILES are our inspiration!!!

P.S. Now I ask the parents' permission for posting this throwback picture of their very cute children!

#ALL WE WANT IS PEACE: BEGIN WITH CHILDREN

ZAMBOANGA CRISIS 2013: HASTA CUANDO

It is now Day 9...

It has been too long...

Everyone is asking "HASTA CUANDO?"





P.S. This unedited sunset was seen from the back part of Ciudad Medical Zamboanga on Day 2.