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ARTICLES OR COMMENTS WRITTEN BY INDIVIDUALS AND PUBLISHED IN THIS BLOG DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE OPINION OF Linundus Kinabalu.SJDisimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055629733499349296noreply@blogger.comBlogger419125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863107364681436311.post-254025884155839542010-06-24T13:35:00.005+08:002010-06-24T13:44:32.958+08:00Pig Farming Policy<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;font-size:13px;"></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"The Chinese always gamble. To them it is not</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><em><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">haram</span></span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(prohibited by religion). Why should we prohibit them? We can't stop them from eating pork because for them it is not “</span></span></span><em><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">haram</span></span></em><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">," </span><a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/135388"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Tun Dr. Mahathir</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> said.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I was having a coffee with my friends at Donggongon this morning and I was informed that there is now a pig farming policy formulated by the Government that pig farming is only allowed at specific locations. In Sabah, the Department of Veterinary has identified Telupid as the location approved for large scale pig farming industry. Telupid is the central part of Sabah.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There are two main reasons given by the Sabah Director of Veterinary, among others, for not allowing pig breeders to carry out their pig farming industry at places other than at Telupid: For religious and health reasons.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This policy has met strong objections from the pig breeders who attended the meeting held on 23</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">rd</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> June 2010 at Kota Kinabalu chaired by the Director himself. According to those local pig farmers who objected to this policy, their livelihood would be greatly affected since they could no longer rear pigs on their own pig farms on their own plot of land nearby. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It is even more disappointing for those small time pig farmers or kampong folks who depend on meat supply as well as getting extra income by rearing pigs at their backyards. They are actually dependent on pork for their own meat supply for consumption. If they are denied of this activity, then the Government is denying their extra income and regular meat supplies for their families. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Pig farming for non-muslims is not “haram”. Why should the Government restrict pig farming at specified locations? The policy may be applicable to a large scale pig farming industry for health (but not for religious reason), but it should not be applied to small scale or backyard industry. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We can’t stop the non-muslims from eating pork nor can we prohibit them from rearing pigs at their backyards on a small scale because it is not “haram” for them. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Government should formulate a policy for small scale pig farming industry by limiting the number of pigs or piglets to be reared at any one time on their own plot of land, but subject to providing with proper waste disposal system for health reason. Kampung people should be allowed to rear pigs at their own back yards but with limited number of pigs for their own meat supplies to supplement their diet. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Chinese or Kadazans are very particular about wasting foods. The left-over-foods are too good to be thrown away. Instead, the kampung folks in particular feed their pigs with their left-over-foods, and it is a great way to turn unwanted foods into meat supply. And it is perfectly 'HALAL' for the non-muslims.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">With proper waste disposal system in pig farming, health hazard (as being one of the reasons of formulating such a policy) should not be a problem. Again, you can turn the pig wastes into fuel energy for cooking or even providing light energy for your house! The Government should therefore come up with the design of waste disposal system so that small pig farmers can turn the pig waste into energy. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p></span><p></p></span><p></p><script type="text/javascript">a2a_linkurl="http://linundus.blogspot.com/";a2a_onclick=1;</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.addtoany.com/menu/page.js"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer">(This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more at http://linundus.blogspot.com/</div>SJDisimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055629733499349296noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863107364681436311.post-9614611958166645072010-05-22T19:00:00.006+08:002010-05-22T19:33:24.834+08:00PANGAZOU - also known as Huguan Siou<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; font-size:medium;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height:150%;Arial","sans-serif"; font-family:";font-size:13.5pt;color:#333333;">In the olden days headhunting was the practice of the KadazanDusunMurut peoples who in their quests to protect their communities of customary rights. Headhunting and collection of skulls were significance of bravery and strength to protect their own communities from the onslaught of their own communal enemies, particularly from land grabbing. The more skulls one had collected, the more he was considered and revered as their leader and thus known as PANGAZOU. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height:150%;Arial","sans-serif"; font-family:";font-size:13.5pt;color:#333333;"></span></span><span style=" line-height:150%;Arial","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:13.5pt;color:#333333;"><span class="apple-style-span">The term PANGAZOU was/is also known as HUGUAN SIOU (brave leader) - a roving fighter in his quest to protect his community from being harassed by the community’s enemies. Human skulls were considered trophies as a yardstick to show that one had killed his enemies in order to be known as PANGAZOU. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style=" line-height:150%;Arial","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:13.5pt;color:#333333;"><span class="apple-style-span">Legendary Monsopiad from Kandazon was one of them. His grave is still found at Kandazon, Terawi. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style=" line-height:150%;Arial","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:13.5pt;color:#333333;"><span class="apple-style-span">A person with prized possession of skulls in those days was recognized for his fighting prowess and as such he was most sought after by lady suitors. Perhaps the number of skulls he possessed would probably account to meet her dowry, without which one would not get married that easily.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style=" line-height:150%;Arial","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:13.5pt;color:#333333;">
<span class="apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL_b6NfzyHCmYy9VSLN_FEoy-dj-dgcn7ORxpbV9r8rxV71Yz0PuLwC0YCrjJ42NXgweKgfyp8wKb5EFcRF6zivHJHvVt_GlHHcLmAFvKJm9arVeK9eS0XIPGNwQ2yuIbV6i_5WeJUZQ/s320/1.jpg" /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Ina Bianti at extreme left.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style=" line-height:150%;Arial","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:13.5pt;color:#333333;"><span class="apple-style-span">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style=" line-height:150%;Arial","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:13.5pt;color:#333333;"><span class="apple-style-span">In Kadazan society, particularly from Penampang region, the skulls were appeased with animal sacrificial blood in a ceremony called ‘Magang’ or animistic rituals. This practice had since stopped long after the Catholic missionary had evangelized the Kadazan communities and when there was no longer ‘Bobohizans’ (Kadazan Priestess) to perpetuate the rituals.</span>
<span class="apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG3aWBsdMWDa4bFtImmt5PhwTJ2KYpyeW30plxdRoLNwbuhoQCmFe9myatbFGWofws8ABZCtrtv0MrUXncsyAVaiJ48AMcdkoa8bzeQljh1F2mvsTUQ0Mpg5ckR9k9FNz-t6tDXSKiKv0/s320/2.jpg" /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The actual picture of relocating the Skulls from Ina Bianti's house to a new location at Gundohing Dounsia Moujing's new house.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style=" line-height:150%;Arial","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:13.5pt;color:#333333;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; font-size: 16px; "><span style=" line-height:150%;Arial","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:13.5pt;color:#333333;"><span class="apple-style-span">
</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style=" line-height:150%;Arial","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:13.5pt;color:#333333;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; font-size: 16px; "><span style=" line-height:150%;Arial","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:13.5pt;color:#333333;"><span class="apple-style-span">The pictures shown in this video </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="Georgia","serif";font-family:";color:#333333;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS3ylIbDOQs" target="_blank" style="cursor:pointer"><span style="line-height:150%; Arial","sans-serif";text-decoration:none;text-underline: nonefont-family:";font-size:13.5pt;color:#3B5998;">http://www.youtube.com/wat<wbr>ch?v=WS3ylIbDOQs</span></a></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height:150%; Arial","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:13.5pt;color:#333333;"> are related to the Magang ceremony in Kandazon, Penampang in honour of the legendary Mosopiad who had killed and collected his enemies heads consisting 42 skulls.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="line-height:150%;Arial","sans-serif"; font-family:";font-size:13.5pt;color:#333333;">
<span class="apple-style-span">The Chief Kadazan High Priestess happens to be my great great grand mother, Bianti, the descendant of Monsopiad. I was one of those witnesses during the ceremony when the Skulls were actually relocated from the old house of Ina Bianti to the present house of Gundohing Dounsia Moujing. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="line-height:150%;Arial","sans-serif"; font-family:";font-size:13.5pt;color:#333333;"><span class="apple-style-span"></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">"The headhunting raids of the former days has stopped entirely, but the instinct to hunt is merely dormant ... "</span></i></span></span></p></span></span></div><script type="text/javascript">a2a_linkurl="http://linundus.blogspot.com/";a2a_onclick=1;</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.addtoany.com/menu/page.js"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer">(This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more at http://linundus.blogspot.com/</div>SJDisimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055629733499349296noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863107364681436311.post-1831721509537335512010-04-10T17:13:00.003+08:002010-04-10T17:24:13.556+08:00Recycled Cooking Oil: Latest Hazard in China?<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:13.0pt; mso-outline-level:1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">By </span></span><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/david_barboza/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More Articles by David Barboza"><span style="color:#004276"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">DAVID BARBOZA</span></span></span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 14.4pt; "><span style="color: gray; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 24px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">China has repeatedly been hit by </span></span><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/f/food_safety/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="More articles about food safety."><span style="color:#004276"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">food safety</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> scandals over the past few years, including contaminated milk, eggs and animal feed and the selling of diseased pigs. In 2007, the head of the State Food and Drug Administration was executed for failing to properly police the country’s food and drug industry, and China announced a major food safety crackdown.</span></span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><b><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Recycled Cooking Oil?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b>The latest scandal is “Recycled Cooking Oil”. </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black; "><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/world/asia/01shanghai.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Regulators</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> are investigating whether restaurants throughout </span></span><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/china/index.html?inline=nyt-geo" title="More news and information about China."><span style="color:#004276"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">China</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> are creating food hazards by </span></span></span><b><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">cooking with recycled oil</span></span></span></b><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, some tainted with food waste, and prominence given to the issue in the state-controlled media suggests that the problem </span></span></span><b><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">could be widespread</span></span></span></b><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Last November, regulators in southern China raided several workshops for turning</span></span><span style="color:#C00000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">discarded waste — possibly even sewage — into cooking oil.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 150%;mso-outline-level:1"><b><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(0, 176, 80); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Fake green peas:</span></span></span></b><b><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> Latest food scandal.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">But this week alone, state newspapers have reported that regulators found</span></span><span style="color:black"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> “</span></span></span><b><span style="color:#00B050"><a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/31/content_9664992.htm" title="China Daily report"><span style="color:#00B050"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">unsafe artificial green peas</span></span></span></a></span></b><span style="color:#C00000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">” </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">in Hunan Province and some 20,000 pounds of “</span></span><b><span style="color:#00B050"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">toxic vegetables</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">” in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.</span></span><span style="color:#C00000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Those vegetables had excessive pesticide residues, according to a government Web site.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"The peas were an unnatural color and had a penetrating odor. After 20 minutes of cooking, the peas did not turn soft but the water turned green," the report said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:17.6pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Source: </span></span></b><span style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/world/asia/01shanghai.html">The New York Times Asia Pacific</a></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:17.6pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><b><i>LINUNDUS</i></b> says ...</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:17.6pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><b>Keep your eyes peeled when buying foodstuffs in your next shopping.</b></span></span></p></div><div>
</div><a class="a2a_dd" href="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkname=&linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Flinundus.blogspot.com%2F"><img src="http://static.addtoany.com/buttons/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" border="0" alt="Share/Bookmark" /></a><script type="text/javascript">a2a_linkurl="http://linundus.blogspot.com/";a2a_onclick=1;</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.addtoany.com/menu/page.js"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer">(This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more at http://linundus.blogspot.com/</div>SJDisimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055629733499349296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863107364681436311.post-15924148843266473592010-04-06T15:30:00.004+08:002010-04-06T16:14:47.362+08:00Divine Mercy Devotion and Divine Mercy Mass at Stella Maris Church, Tg. Aru.<div style="text-align: center;">
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</span></b></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXMydCJRoisTp7cBk_POqw5Nk2GlA0ze8w0OnHlKedYhjRHsS0vGEoPrmGwVtkqEgW1ix0qUrKPSU6pDJallkxAYeqeRcF3EW5sfkWhjSIKdb9ef1OsFxVayjZgg9YNmSWWRK-pH_Om8/s1600/Divine+Mercy.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXMydCJRoisTp7cBk_POqw5Nk2GlA0ze8w0OnHlKedYhjRHsS0vGEoPrmGwVtkqEgW1ix0qUrKPSU6pDJallkxAYeqeRcF3EW5sfkWhjSIKdb9ef1OsFxVayjZgg9YNmSWWRK-pH_Om8/s320/Divine+Mercy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456928495461561650" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight: boldfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Stella Maris Parish Church at Tg. Aru started its weekly Divine Mercy Devotion on 11</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">th</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> February, 2009 and the number of devotees are ever increasing. The Devotion precedes the usual evening daily mass, starting at 5.30pm every Wednesdays.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CNfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight: boldfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Devotion was initiated by the Resident Parish Priest, Rector Rev. Fr. Fundes Motiung, following after St. Michael’s Penampang and Sacred Heart Cathedral which started theirs very much earlier.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CNfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:center;line-height:18.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:center;line-height:18.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-fj2UTzr0SF1bCqwei4ooVTRr2UEY-BVC3aNMdygryzWjRxS-_kVTdI5MhcKHoQajbuYCtjS5caVh-bKNk2n0drbggsAJ2u0hSNfgIKg_vT5S5pUGE1X9U9Pu6mCnipV9luyp_hbXbM/s320/scroller_activities_32_32.JPG" /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:center;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight:boldfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Pix show Rev. Fr. Fundes Motiung, Rector Of Stella Maris Church, Tg. Aru, Kota Kinabalu during the consecration of the wine.</span></span><span style=" font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CNfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight: boldfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The formation of the “Servants of Divine Mercy Stella Maris”, was initiated by Rev. Fr. Fundes (who is also its spiritual leader) and was ably assisted by Mother Cecilia and Datin Theresa William.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CNfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight: boldfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This is the second year that the “Servants of Divine Mercy Stella Maris” is praying the 9-day Divine Mercy Novena in preparation for the Divine Sunday Mass (also known as the Feast of Mercy or 2</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">nd</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Sunday of Easter) at Stella Maris Church, Tg. Aru this Sunday, April 11 commencing at 7.30am.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CNfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight: boldfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The liturgical texts of that day concern the institution of the Sacrament of Penance, the Tribunal of the Divine Mercy, and are thus already suited to the request of Our Lord. This Feast, which had already been granted to the nation of Poland and been celebrated within Vatican City, was granted to the Universal Church by Pope John Paul II on the occasion of the canonization of Sr. Faustina on 30 April 2000.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CNfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight: boldfont-family:";color:#960105;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Divine Mercy Sunday Indulgence</span></span><span style=" font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CNfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></b></span></p><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 18pt; display: inline !important; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight: boldfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">On 29 June 2002, the Apostolic Penitentiary of the Holy See promulgated a decree creating new indulgences that may be gained by the faithful in connection with the celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday. This decree grants a <a href="http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/mercy/indulgence.htm">plenary indulgenc</a>e to those who comply with all the conditions established, and a partial indulgence to those who incompletely fulfil the conditions.</span></span></p></span></b><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight: boldfont-family:";color:#960105;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">What is an Indulgence?</span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CNfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight: boldfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In his homily last year, Rev. Fr. Fundes told his congregation to check the meaning of Plenary Indulgence in the internet as it was difficult for him to explain its significance due to time constraint.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CNfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight: boldfont-family:";color:#002060;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">However, to help my readers, they may read the Plenary Indulgence and its General Conditions</span><a href="http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/mercy/general_conditions.htm"> HERE</a>.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight: boldfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Briefly, the summaries (truncated) of the <a href="http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/mercy/summary.htm">Decree of Indulgence</a> are as follows:</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight:boldfont-family:";color:#C00000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Plenary indulgence</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CNfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight:boldfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I. The usual conditions for every plenary indulgence:</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CNfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent: -.25in;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight:boldfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">· sacramental confession [according to previously issued norms, within about 20 days before or after];</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CNfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent: -.25in;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight:boldfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">· Eucharistic communion [according to previously issued norms, preferably on the day, or the days before or after];</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CNfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent: -.25in;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight:boldfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">· prayer for the intentions of Supreme Pontiff [certain prayers are not specified].</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CNfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight:boldfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">II. The specific conditions for this Indulgence</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CNfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight:boldfont-family:";color:#C00000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">On Divine Mercy Sunday</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CNfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent: -.25in;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight:boldfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">· in any church or chapel, in a spirit that is completely detached from the affection for a sin, even a venial sin, take part in the prayers and devotions held in honour of Divine Mercy</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CNfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent: -.25in;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight:boldfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">· or, in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament exposed or reserved in the tabernacle, recite the Our Father and the Creed, adding a devout prayer to the merciful Lord Jesus (e.g. Merciful Jesus, I trust in you!")</span></span><span style=" font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CNfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight:boldfont-family:";color:#C00000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Partial Indulgence</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CNfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight:boldfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A partial indulgence, granted to the faithful who, at least with a contrite heart, pray to the merciful Lord Jesus a legitimately approved invocation. [e.g. “Jesus I Trust in You”; “My Jesus mercy”; or any other approved invocation]</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CNfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight: boldfont-family:";color:#960105;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Other related links are as follows:</span></span><span style=" font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CNfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CNfont-family:";color:#0070C0;"><a href="http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/mercy/what.htm"><span style="color:#0070C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">What is an Indulgence?</span></span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CNfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight:boldfont-family:";color:#0070C0;"><a href="http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/mercy/indulgence_vs_promise.htm"><span style="color:#0070C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Indulgence versus The Promise</span></span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CNfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CNfont-family:";color:#0070C0;"><a href="http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/mercy/decree.htm"><span style="color:#0070C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Decree of Indulgence</span></span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CNfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight: boldfont-family:";color:#0070C0;"><a href="http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/mercy/summary.htm"><span style="color:#0070C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Summary of the Decree of Indulgence</span></span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CNfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></span></b><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">‘Today, Easter Sunday, is not just another Sunday,’ said Rev. Father Tony Majiwat in his homily this morning at Stella Maris Church, Tg. Aru, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. He said, ‘today is the most significant day in the Christian calendar in that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead. He is alive and all Christians celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.’</span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11.25pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">‘Today is more important feast day than Christmas because </span></span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(36, 64, 97); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">it is celebrated on Jesus' resurrection</span></span></b></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">,’ he added in his homily this morning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11.25pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Christians around the country celebrated </span></span></b><a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/4/4/nation/20100404104858&sec=nation"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Easter Sunday</span></span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></b></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> by attending church services held to mark the solemn occasion.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11.25pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">In Sabah and Sarawak, where both Good Friday and Easter Sunday are celebrated on a large scale, thousands of Christians thronged the churches in these two states.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11.25pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">In some churches, worshippers came as early as 5am in the morning for their services.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11.25pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Churches (throughout Malaysia) were also filled to the brim.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11.25pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ three days after his crucifixion on Good Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11.25pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">For the Catholics, Easter also marks the end of Lent (and the beginning of Easter Season for the next 50 days until Pentecost Sunday day).<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11.25pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">In Vatican City, the Pope is expected to conduct the traditional mass for Easter and address the crowds gathered at the St Peter's Square. (As I am writing, I am watching a direct telecast of our our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, celebrating the Easter Sunday Solemn Mass at the Vatican Square under heavy rain).<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(36, 64, 97); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"The greatest sign of Jesus being the Son of God is that He rose from the dead," </span></span></b><b><a href="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/entering_the_holiest_time_in_the_church/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Father Nigli</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(36, 64, 97); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">of St. Patrick Church in O'Neill, Nebraska</span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(36, 64, 97); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> said. "Everybody's born, but rising from the dead - that's the part where we are certain that Jesus Christ has power over life and death."</span></span></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain…your faith is futile and you are still in your sins…If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most to be pitied" (1 Cor 15:14,17, 19).<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">READ MORE </span></span></b><a href="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/column.php?n=1162"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">HERE</span></span></b></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">: </span></span></b></span><span style="line-height: 150%; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(36, 64, 97); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">And because of its importance, Easter is more than just a day. It's a seven-week season of the church year. The 50 days begin at sundown the evening before Easter Sunday and last until Pentecost Sunday, which is considered the birthday of the church.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(36, 64, 97); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Father Nigli said the Easter season is the time for new Catholics - those who came into the church at the Easter Vigil - to experience mystagogia, which is "the unraveling or unpacking of the church's mysteries and sacraments."<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(36, 64, 97); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">All other Catholics, Father Nigli said, are called to celebrate at the same time a </span></span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">renewal</span></span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(36, 64, 97); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> of their own faith.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(36, 64, 97); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"That is why we have the baptismal water sprinkling rite ... that we are renewed in our own baptismal promises and take a new vigor in our faith," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(36, 64, 97); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The colours used during the Easter season are white or gold, which are symbolic of Jesus' transfigured body when he showed his glory, Father Nigli said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(36, 64, 97); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"We also understand that at the time of the resurrection, He had a glorified body that came through and so symbolic of that, we use white or gold to reflect the glory that God attached to the human body," he said.</span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(36, 64, 97); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b></b></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.preachwithpower.com/Free_Sermon_Notes/Pictures-of-Jesus/Jesus-The-Risen-Lord.pdf">Jesus, the Risen Lord, gives us hope! </a></span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><a class="a2a_dd" href="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkname=&linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Flinundus.blogspot.com%2F"><img src="http://static.addtoany.com/buttons/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" border="0" alt="Share/Bookmark" /></a><script type="text/javascript">a2a_linkurl="http://linundus.blogspot.com/";a2a_onclick=1;</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.addtoany.com/menu/page.js"></script></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none">
</p></b></span><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">(This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more at http://linundus.blogspot.com/</div>SJDisimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055629733499349296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863107364681436311.post-86292323969827837412010-04-03T08:13:00.005+08:002010-04-04T23:34:57.074+08:00The Holy Week: Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil) (Pt.4)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/images/Holy_Thurs.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 285px; height: 233px;" src="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/images/Holy_Thurs.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Celebrating the Easter Vigil last year at the Vatican,</span></span><a href="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/holy_father_explains_symbols_of_the_easter_vigil_light_water_and_the_alleluia/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Pope Benedict XVI</span></span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> spoke of the difficulties in understanding Jesus’ resurrection. He explained that the Church assists the faithful in </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">understanding this mysterious event through three symbols in the Easter Vigil: Light, Water and the “Alleluia.”</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Easter Vigil is celebrated on Saturday evening with the lighting of the Easter Candle in the Church. This is followed by a procession, as do the Liturgy of the Word and the baptism of catechumens.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">First of all, there is light.</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> God’s creation – which has just been proclaimed to us in the Biblical narrative – begins with the command: "Let there be light!" (Gen 1:3). Where there is light, life is born, chaos can be transformed into cosmos. In the Biblical message, light is the most immediate image of God: He is total Radiance, Life, Truth, Light.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">At the Easter Vigil, the Church represents the mystery of the light of Christ in the sign of the Paschal candle, whose flame is both light and heat. The symbolism of light is connected with that of fire: radiance and heat, radiance and the transforming energy contained in the fire – truth and love go together. The Paschal candle burns, and is thereby consumed: Cross and resurrection are inseparable. From the Cross, from the Son’s self-giving, light is born, true radiance comes into the world. From the Paschal candle we all light our own candles, especially the newly baptized, for whom the light of Christ enters deeply into their hearts in this Sacrament.</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The second symbol</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> of the Easter Vigil – the night of Baptism – is water. It appears in Sacred Scripture, and hence also in the inner structure of the Sacrament of Baptism, with two opposed meanings. On the one hand there is the sea, which appears as a force antagonistic to life on earth, continually threatening it; yet God has placed a limit upon it. Hence the book of Revelation says that in God’s new world, the sea will be no more (cf. 21:1). It is the element of death. And so it becomes the symbolic representation of Jesus’ death on the Cross: Christ descended into the sea, into the waters of death, as Israel did into the Red Sea. Having risen from death, he gives us life. This means that Baptism is not only a cleansing, but a new birth: with Christ we, as it were, descend into the sea of death, so as to rise up again as new creatures.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The third great symbol</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> of the Easter Vigil is something rather different; it has to do with man himself. It is the singing of the new song – the alleluia. When a person experiences great joy, he cannot keep it to himself. He has to express it, to pass it on. But what happens when a person is touched by the light of the resurrection, and thus comes into contact with Life itself, with Truth and Love? He cannot merely speak about it. Speech is no longer adequate. He has to sing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This year, the Holy Father, </span></span><a href="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope_benedict_christians_conquer_not_through_sword_but_through_the_cross/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Pope Benedict XVI</span></span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> reminded that Christians, like Christ, do not “conquer” through the sword, but through the Cross.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It is at this Mass that the church welcomes new Catholics.</span></span></span></b><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">For those of us who have been baptized, let us remember St. Paul’s words in the second reading for this Sunday: <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"If you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory"</span></span></b></span></span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> (Col 3:1-4).</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Update:</span></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> In Part 1 of this series, I mentioned that, “</span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Families are encouraged to attend all three liturgies to experience the whole thing like a three-part movie.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">‘The third-part movie’ consists of two sub-parts, i.e., Easter Vigil (Holy Saturday) and Easter Sunday liturgies. </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Contrary to the belief of some Christians that, if one has already attended the Easter Vigil on Saturday, there is no longer need to attend the following Easter Sunday Mass, or vice versa. </span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color:red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Easter Vigil is NOT considered as the usual sunset mass</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. It is therefore equally important to attend both Saturday (Easter Vigil) and Easter Sunday Mass, otherwise </span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color:red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Sacred Easter Triduum</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> is rendered incomplete. </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Source: Stella Maris Church announcement during last Holy Thursday Mass.</span></span><span style="color:#C00000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(112, 48, 160); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">“The Lord is Risen, </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(112, 48, 160); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Alleluia”. Happy Easter to all my readers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p><p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height:150%;Arial","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0;"></span></b></p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Tomorrow’s Posting: </span></span></span><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(36, 64, 97); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Easter Sunday: Not just another day (Pt. 5)</span></span></span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style=" line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;color:#244061;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><i><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#244061;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><a class="a2a_dd" href="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkname=&linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Flinundus.blogspot.com%2F"><img src="http://static.addtoany.com/buttons/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" border="0" alt="Share/Bookmark" /></a><script type="text/javascript">a2a_linkurl="http://linundus.blogspot.com/";a2a_onclick=1;</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.addtoany.com/menu/page.js"></script></span></span></span></i></p></b><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">(This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more at http://linundus.blogspot.com/</div>SJDisimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055629733499349296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863107364681436311.post-78187886968635995902010-04-02T08:59:00.006+08:002010-04-04T23:36:25.399+08:00The Holy Week: The significance of Good Friday (Pt.3)<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Good Friday</span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">“When Jesus took the wine, He said, ‘Now, it is finished.’ Then He bowed His head, and delivered over his spirit.” (John 19:30)</span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><a href="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resource.php?n=1094"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">On Good Friday</span></span></b></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, the entire Church fixes her gaze on the Cross at Calvary. Each member of the Church tries to understand at what cost Christ has won our redemption. In the solemn ceremonies of Good Friday, in the Adoration of the Cross, in the chanting of the 'Reproaches', in the reading of the Passion, and in receiving the </span></span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">pre-consecrated* Host</span></span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, we unite ourselves to our Savior, and we contemplate our own death to sin in the Death of our Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">* On Good Friday, there is no Mass anywhere in the world. All churches are made bare the previous night at the conclusion of the Holy Thursday Church service whence the Holy Eucharist and consecrated Hosts are transferred to the Chapel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Veneration of the Cross</span></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%;background:white"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b></b></span></span></p><b><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">In Christianity, the "</span></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><a href="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resource.php?n=1095"><b><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Veneration of the Cross"</span></span></span></b></a></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">is a ceremony during which a person pays respect to the cross on which Jesus was crucified. Normally this is done during Good Friday services; either everyone performs the veneration in unison by kneeling in place when the cross is brought into the church or some people perform the veneration of the cross individually by coming forward and, while kneeling, kiss the foot of the cross.</span></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b></b></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="line-height:150%;Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-UScolor:#C00000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></span></p></b><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">n the seventh century, the Church in Rome adopted the practice of Adoration of the Cross from the Church in Jerusalem, where a fragment of wood believed to be the Lord's cross had been venerated every year on Good Friday since the fourth century. According to tradition, a part of the Holy Cross was discovered by the mother of the emperor Constantine, St. Helen, on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 326. A fifth century account describes this service in Jerusalem. A coffer of gold-plated silver containing the wood of the cross was brought forward. The bishop placed the relic on a table in the chapel of the Crucifixion and the faithful approached it, touching brow and eyes and lips to the wood as the priest said (as every priest has done ever since): </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">'Behold, the Wood of the Cross.'</span></span></b></span></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Adoration or veneration of an image or representation of Christ's cross </span></span></b><b><span style="color:#C00000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">does not mean that we actually adore the material image</span></span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, of course, but rather what it represents. In kneeling before the crucifix and kissing it we are paying the highest honor to our Lord's cross as the instrument of our salvation. Because the Cross is inseparable from His sacrifice, in reverencing His Cross we, in effect, adore Christ. Thus we affirm: </span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">'We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee because by Thy Holy Cross Thou has Redeemed the World.'<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C00000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b></b></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#C00000;"><b><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#C00000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Stations of the Cross</span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:text1;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color:text1;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In some Churches, the Stations of the Cross is celebrated on Good Friday morning. </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-theme mso-bidi-font-style:italiccolor:text1;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It is a Catholic custom of Lent that commemorates the passion of Jesus on Good Friday. </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color:text1;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-theme mso-bidi-font-style:italiccolor:text1;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Stations of the Cross, also called The Way of the Cross, is a devotion to the Passion of Christ consisting of prayers and meditations on fourteen occurrences that were experienced by Christ on His way to Mt. Calvary where He was was crucified, and culminating on the fifteenth Station to meditate His glorious resurrection on the third day (Easter Sunday).</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-theme mso-bidi-font-style:italiccolor:text1;"></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color:text1;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It </span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color:text1;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">is a popular devotion used by individuals or groups who wish through prayer and reflection to follow Jesus Christ on His way to Calvary. Many Christians practice the devotion, but the Stations hold a special significance among Roman Catholics. It is one of the most important devotions honoring the passion of Jesus. </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color:text1;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:text1;"><span style="color:text1;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">What matters most in the Stations of the Cross is to follow Jesus Christ in His passion and to see ourselves mirrored in him. To face life's dark side in ourselves and in our world, we need images of hope, and Jesus offers images of hope in His passion. By accompanying Him on the Way of the Cross, we gain His courageous patience and learn to trust in God who delivers us from evil. </span></span></span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;Arial","sans-serif";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The devotion originated in the late 4th century when pilgrims flocked to the Holy Land from all parts of the world to visit the land of Jesus. Heading the list of places they visited was the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, which had been built by the Emperor Constantine in 335 AD atop Calvary and the tomb of Jesus </span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There following are 15 Stations of the Cross</span></span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height:150%;Arial","sans-serif"; color:#C00000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style=" line-height:150%;Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The First Station: Jesus is Condemned to Die</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Second Station: Jesus is Made to Bear His Cross</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Third Station: Jesus Falls the First Time</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Fourth Station: Jesus Meets His Mother</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Fifth Station: Simon Helps Jesus Carry His Cross</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Sixth Station: Veronica Wipes Jesus' Face</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Seventh Station: Jesus Falls the Second Time</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Eighth Station: Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Ninth Station: Jesus Falls the Third Time</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Tenth Station: Jesus is Stripped</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> of His garment</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Eleventh Station: Jesus is Nailed to the Cross</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Twelfth Station: Jesus Dies on the Cross</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Thirteenth Station: Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Fourteenth Station: Jesus is Laid in the Tomb</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Fifteenth Station: Jesus is Risen from the dead</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a class="a2a_dd" href="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkname=&linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Flinundus.blogspot.com%2F"><img src="http://static.addtoany.com/buttons/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" border="0" alt="Share/Bookmark" /></a><script type="text/javascript">a2a_linkurl="http://linundus.blogspot.com/";a2a_onclick=1;</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.addtoany.com/menu/page.js"></script></span></span></span></p></b></span><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">(This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more at http://linundus.blogspot.com/</div>SJDisimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055629733499349296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863107364681436311.post-22788447716220249732010-04-01T11:26:00.006+08:002010-04-04T23:37:21.170+08:00The Holy Week: The significance of Holy Thursday (Pt.2)<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt;mso-outline-level: 2"><b><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Holy Week: Holy Thursday</span></span></span></b><b><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt;mso-outline-level: 2"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Except for the resurrection on Easter, </span></span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><a href="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resource.php?n=1087"><b><span style=" ;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Holy Thursday</span></span></span></b></a></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> is possibly one of the most important, complex, and profound days of celebration in the Catholic Church. Holy Thursday celebrates the institution of the Eucharist as the true body and blood of Jesus Christ and the institution of the sacrament of the priesthood.</span></span></b></span><b><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt;mso-outline-level: 2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">During the Last Supper, Jesus offers himself as the Passover sacrifice, the sacrificial lamb, and teaches that every ordained priest is to follow the same sacrifice in the exact same way. Christ also bids farewell to his followers and prophesizes that one of them will betray him and hand him over to the Roman soldiers.</span></span></b></span><b><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:18.0pt;mso-outline-level: 2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Later that night, after sundown – because Passover began at sundown- the Holy Thursday Liturgy takes place, marking the end of Lent and the beginning of the sacred "Triduum,” or three, of Holy Week. These days are the three holiest days in the Catholic Church.</span></span></b></span><b><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.25pt;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom: 5.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:18.0pt;mso-outline-level:2"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Washing of the feet.</span></span></span></b><b><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.25pt;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom: 5.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:18.0pt;mso-outline-level:2"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I am privileged this year to have been selected as one of the 12 disciples for the washing of the feet ceremony during this Holy Thursday (tonight) in my Parish Church, Stella Maris, Tg. Aru, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. The washing of the feet done by a priest who humbled himself, is the amazing act we share in continuity with the wonderful, sacred scene we find in John 13.</span></span></b></span><b><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.25pt;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom: 5.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:18.0pt;mso-outline-level:2"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I reckon that from the priest’s point of view, it is a humble gesture to wash feet, but hardly so in the highly stylized setting of Holy Thursday where, after all, the priest – or bishop or cardinal or pope – stands in for Jesus and thus ironically still secures for himself the place of honor, as if the servant of the servants was really better than the servants themselves. (And I will make sure that I will have me feet scrubbed properly in advance, lest any dirt might fall into the bowl in Father’s presence.)</span></span></b></span><b><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.25pt;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom: 5.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:18.0pt;mso-outline-level:2"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The washing of the feet ceremony is not to be confused with the sinful and repentant woman in the other Gospels, Mary washes the feet of Jesus, and lavishes costly perfume on them. Jesus accepts this ministry, and only Judas condemns it as overdramatic and wasteful. One can only imagine that when the Last Supper came, Jesus was still been reflecting on the tender intimacy and care of that scene, and realized that even on this most solemn night He might share the experience with his friends at table: as my feet have been washed, I wash yours; and you too, care for one another in this way.</span></span></b></span><b><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.25pt;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom: 5.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:18.0pt;mso-outline-level:2"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">On Holy Thursday 2010, we need to take all this to heart. The Church is still a place of holiness, love, and service, yet it is also a Church that is partly dirty, partly in need of cleansing. There is no longer a Church in which anyone can imagine himself only the washer of feet, and not one in need of washing as well. It is no longer a Church in which cleansing comes only from above. Perhaps the priests — and bishops and cardinals and the pope — can rethink how they commemorate Jesus’ humble, cleaning, tender action this Holy Thursday? </span></span></b></span><b><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.25pt;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom: 5.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:18.0pt;mso-outline-level:2"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Even today, the priests may indeed be a lot like Peter the first Pope — who did not want his feet to be washed — but like that same Peter, even today they (the priests) might learn to be like Jesus, who let His feet be washed by a woman who was His friend, and then shared the experience with His other friends by doing the same for them.</span></span></b></span><b><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.25pt;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom: 5.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:18.0pt;mso-outline-level:2"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Source: Abridged from the </span></span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;color:black;"><a href="http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&entry_id=2704"><span style=" ;color:blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">National Catholic Weekly by Francis X. Clooney, S.J</span></span></b></span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">.</span></span></b></span><b><span style=" font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning:18.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CNfont-family:";font-size:12.0pt;color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 5.25pt; margin-right: 11.25pt; margin-bottom: 5.25pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-GB"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><a class="a2a_dd" href="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkname=&linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Flinundus.blogspot.com%2F"><img src="http://static.addtoany.com/buttons/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" border="0" alt="Share/Bookmark" /></a><script type="text/javascript">a2a_linkurl="http://linundus.blogspot.com/";a2a_onclick=1;</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.addtoany.com/menu/page.js"></script></span></span></b></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">(This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more at http://linundus.blogspot.com/</div>SJDisimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055629733499349296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863107364681436311.post-49212771977514901262010-03-31T15:30:00.002+08:002010-04-04T23:38:13.944+08:00Sacred Triduum of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday.<h1 style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px; font-size:medium;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">
</span></p></span></span></h1> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;">As Christians prepare to celebrate Christ's resurrection at Easter, they must first remember His suffering and death. Several liturgies during Holy Week, considered the most important week in the church's liturgical year, provide the opportunity to do so.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" line-height: 150%; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>HOLY WEEK</b></span></p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Holy Week is the week which precedes the great</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">festival</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">of the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; "><a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12789a.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Resurrection</span></span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">on </span></span></span><a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05224d.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Easter Sunday</span></span></a><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, and which consequently is used to commemorate the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Passion of Christ, and the event which immediately led up to it. It is also known as the “week of lamentation’ during the interval between </span></span></span><a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11432b.htm"><span style="color:darkblue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Palm Sunday</span></span></span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">and</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05224d.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Easter Day</span></span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> , and </span></span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">is</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">known</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">par excellence as</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Holy Week.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <h1 style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Palm Sunday<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></h1> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The sixth and last</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Sunday</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">of</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; "><a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09152a.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Lent</span></span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">and beginning of</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07435a.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Holy Week</span></span></a><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, a</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Sunday</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">of the highest rank, not even a commemoration of any kind being permitted in the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Mass. In</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09068a.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">common law</span></span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">it fixes the commencement of</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05224d.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Easter</span></span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05215a.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">duty</span></span></a><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">.</span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Holy Week, the last week of Lent, includes the religious holidays of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday referred to as the Triduum – the three separate days celebrated as one feast.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Holy Thursday Mass</span></b> recalls Christ's Last Supper and the institution of the Eucharist. It also includes the washing of the feet ceremony.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">On Good Friday</span></b>, there is no Mass anywhere in the world, and churches are bare. The Stations of the Cross often are prayed that day and liturgies are held to commemorate Christ's Passion.</span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Jesus offered His life as a sacrifice for the remission of the sins of humankind, choosing the most cruel and humiliating death: crucifixion.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Holy Father in his general audience this morning (March 31) explained that, “There exists an indissoluble link between the Last Supper and the death of Jesus", explaining how in the Upper Room "Jesus offered His Body and Blood (that is, his earthly existence, Himself), anticipating His own death and transforming it into an act of love. And so death, which by its nature is the end, the destruction of all relations, is made by Him an act of communication of Self, an instrument of salvation and a proclamation of the victory of love".</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Holy Saturday</span></b> is considered a day of silence and prayer. </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This is the time of expectation and hope, believers are invited to prayer, reflection and conversion, also through the Sacrament of Reconciliation, so that, intimately renewed, they may participate in the celebration of Easter.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">No Mass is celebrated until that evening at the Easter Vigil, which takes place after sundown. </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">That silence will be broken by the cry of Alleluia, announcing the resurrection of Christ and proclaims the victory of light over darkness, of life over death. The Church starts its joyous occasion in the meeting with her Lord, entering the day of Easter which the Lord inaugurated by rising from the dead.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It is at that Mass that the church welcomes new Catholics. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Families are encouraged to attend all three liturgies to experience the whole thing like a three-part movie.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><a class="a2a_dd" href="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkname=&linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Flinundus.blogspot.com%2F"><img src="http://static.addtoany.com/buttons/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" border="0" alt="Share/Bookmark" /></a><script type="text/javascript">a2a_linkurl="http://linundus.blogspot.com/";a2a_onclick=1;</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.addtoany.com/menu/page.js"></script></span></span></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">(This is a content summary only. 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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">With the kind permission from Dr. M. Bakri Musa the following article, which was</span></span><a href="http://www.bakrimusa.com/archives/early-skirmishes-of-a-malay-civil-war"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> originally posted on Sunday, January 17th, 2010 in his website</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, is hereby published.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><b><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">By Dr. M. Bakri Musa*</span></span></span></b><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Recent attacks on churches are not a sign of an impending religious war in Malaysia. There is no doubting that in a plural society like ours those incendiary incidents could easily explode out of control. That notwithstanding, these recent ugly acts are merely sub-plots of a much larger and more dangerous drama that is now unfolding, one that is far more consequential and destructive. These are the early skirmishes of an explosive, protracted and very ugly civil war among Malays.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">There is a definite pattern between these recent events and earlier ones involving only Malays, specifically the whipping of a young mother for consuming beer and the call for apostasy to be a capital offence. Connect the dots and you have a Malay community in deep conflict.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">What struck me most with the recent spate of church arsons were the relatively muted responses from the victims. This reflected not merely a charitable “turning the other cheek” reaction, rather an intuitive realization by non-Muslims that they were not the target but merely innocent victims of a much larger conflict raging under the surface: a vicious Malay civil war. Those poor Christians were caught in a cross-fire in a conflict they did not realize was going on around them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Contrast the reactions of non-Muslims to those of Malays. No, the Malay vitriol was not directed at non-Muslims rather to fellow Malays. On one side were those who view those attacks as debasing our great faith, and the other, those who consider them as the purest jihad. When commentators use epithets like “idiots,” “racists” and “</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">pengkhianat</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">” (traitors), we know this is a serious matter, beyond the reach of sensible dialogues.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The issue of the use of the word “Allah” is merely a symptom. Today it is over that, yesterday over </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Ketuanan Melayu</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> versus </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Ketuanan Rakyat</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, while much earlier it was the use of English to teach science and mathematics. Tomorrow, God (or Allah) knows what else. Already some of the sultans are weighing in on this Allah issue. Expect another battle soon over the sanctity of the sultan’s</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">titah</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> (command) versus a court decision.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I do not mean to belittle the seriousness of those arson attacks on churches. Indeed it was hard to describe the sinking feeling in the pit of the my stomach as I watched CNN News, and the ticker tape kept blipping the latest newsbreak, “Fourth Church Attacked!” and then, “Fifth Church Arson Attack,” and now the eleventh, and realizing that those were happening not in war-torn Lebanon or strife-ridden Sudan but in our own “Truly Asia” Malaysia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">A more sickening feeling was seeing Home Minister Hishammuddin smugly ‘reassuring’ us that everything was ‘under control.’ That was after the third or fourth arson attack. He could hardly refrain from patting himself on the back for (presumably) a job well done. His “government’s commitment to maintain peace” had averted a major religious catastrophe, he asserted. Obviously to him, the damage wrecked was only the burnt buildings and scorched church doors.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Somebody ought to tell Hishammuddin to wipe the grin off his face, and make him realize that the enormous damage wrecked upon the nation went well beyond the physical defacements of those churches. Those can be readily fixed, with or without government grants. With simple technologies like surveillance cameras, those attacks could also be prevented.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Hishammuddin could not see beyond his broad nose the inevitable enormous economic fallouts, as in scaring away potential tourists and investors. Even a taxi driver realized that, but not Hishammuddin. If he cannot make that connection, I have little faith in his assurance of “everything under control.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><b><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Deeply Polarized Malay Society</span></span></span></b><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Bluntly put, what we are witnessing today are the external manifestations of a deeply divided and conflicted Malay society. This divide is already irreversible and unbridgeable; meaning, expect continuing turmoil with increasingly ugly and brutal skirmishes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Civil wars are always much more brutal and difficult to resolve. Look at Indonesia. The Aceh insurrection, pitting essentially ethnic Malays against fellow ethnic Malays who are also Muslims, was more protracted, more vicious, and more difficult to resolve then the Irian Jaya conflict of the 1960s and 70s, or the anti-Chinese pogroms of the 1950s. The scars of those later conflicts, which began way after the Aceh rebellion, have all healed, but the wounds of Aceh are still raw, ready to flare up at any moment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I do not anticipate Malaysia having another May 1969 race riot. Malaysians have come a long away since those dark days. Non-Malays in particular realized that the constraints of the NEP notwithstanding, they could still thrive in Malaysia. There are enough examples of successes to discredit those who would assert otherwise.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">For Malays, gone too were the days when we would meekly and almost as a reflex follow our leaders or their dictates. When they tell us that the Christians have nefarious motive in using the word “Allah,” we scoffed at our leaders. Our leaders – hereditary, political, religious, and others – face unprecedented cynicism and scrutiny, and rightly so especially after they have failed us all these years.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">What Malaysia faces today is an entirely new and novel challenge: conflict among Malays. We have never experienced that. We are used to considering ‘outsiders’ as enemies, beginning with the colonialists and later the ‘</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">pendatangs’</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> (newcomers). We therefore cannot fathom much less anticipate this new ‘internal’ danger; it has yet to enter our collective consciousness. This lapse is most noticeable among our leaders; hence their continuing to egg on their followers, oblivious of the dangers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Malay leaders have also failed to prepare us for the modern age. Instead of acknowledging and learning from their mistakes, these leaders resort to the oldest tricks, of creating phantom external enemies. Today the new enemies are those who would infringe upon our faith, or so our leaders would like us to believe.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">There are still sufficient numbers of Malays who believe in rallying around their leaders especially during times of crisis, real or manufactured, the old circling-of-the-wagon instinct. These leaders, specifically in UMNO, are bankrupt of ideas on how to improve our lot. These manufactured enemies help divert our anger away from these leaders, so they hope. Their frequent and misplaced calls for Malay ‘unity’ are also part of this strategy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">As a society we have not learned to disagree agreeably. Again this is the deficiency of our leaders for they too have not demonstrated the ability to disagree among themselves civilly. The Mahathir-Anwar disagreement for example, nearly ripped our society apart, and we have yet to recover from that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Our leaders lack the intellectual capacity or leadership qualities needed to solve the myriad problems facing our people, from the lack of jobs to rampant crimes, from our failing schools to corrupt institutions. About the only activity they are capable of is to engage in such puerile activities as worrying how the Christians address God.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">There is not much that we can do about these leaders; they will continue their ineffective and destructive strategies until they are relieved of their leadership positions. In a democracy, that power resides only with the people. Thus the more we can let our people see through the hollowness of these leaders, and the hoax they are attempting to perpetrate upon us, the faster will these leaders reach their day of reckoning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">In these days of Internet, twitters, blogs and cell phones, the avenues for reaching and educating our people on the emptiness of our leaders are limitless. Thus it behooves us to enlighten our people, and we do this one person at a time. We need not convert everyone, only a sufficient critical mass. Once we reach that, the momentum will carry us through.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Only by getting rid of these incompetent and useless leaders could we ever hope of finding more enlightened ones who could diligently work through our many problems. This is the only route. The alternative would lead us to a civil war and a path of continued destruction.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:center;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">*Malaysian-born Dr. M. Bakri Musa writes frequently on issues affecting his native land, Malaysia. He works as a surgeon during day time in private practice in Silicon Valley, California. He and his wife Karen live on a ranch in Morgan Hill. He publishes his articles in his website at </span></span></i></span><a href="http://www.bakrimusa.com/"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">http://www.bakrimusa.com/</span></span></i></a><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">(This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more at http://linundus.blogspot.com/</div>SJDisimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055629733499349296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863107364681436311.post-38608991744700247462010-03-27T19:18:00.002+08:002010-03-27T19:37:25.181+08:00Lawyer: Pope gunman wants to visit Fatima shrine<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/files/2010/01/agca-handcuffs-247x349-custom.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 349px;" src="http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/files/2010/01/agca-handcuffs-247x349-custom.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>
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text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Lawyer Hacı Ali Özhan says he has written to Portuguese leaders seeking permission for Mehmet Ali Ağca to travel there for the May 13 event.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Ağca, who was released from prison in January after completing a sentence for the 1979 killing of a journalist, </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(0, 176, 240); "><a href="http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=5835"><span style="color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">has also said he wishes to </span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=5835"><span style="color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">visit the Vatican and pray at the tomb of the man he once tried to kill</span></span></span></a></span><span style="line-height: 150%; 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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Freemasonry and Christianity are incompatible. The Holy See in 1983 reiterated the traditional position that Catholics who are Freemasons are in a state of grave sin and may not receive the sacraments - the Declaration on Masonic Associations was signed by the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and makes it clear that local bishops cannot dispense from its provisions.</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The overriding problem is that in spite of what Freemasons claim, their way of life is a religion, with all of religion's hallmarks. You can no more be a Freemason and a Christian than you can be a Muslim and a Christian. Catholics are committed to inter-faith dialogue and mutual respect, but this requires Freemasons to be honest about what they are. For Catholics, thinking about the reasons for the gulf between us can deepen our understanding of the Christian faith.</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Fr Beck is assistant priest of Beckenham in south London and author of</span></span></span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><i><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Freemasonry and the Christian Faith</span></span></span></i></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, published in 2005 by the Catholic Truth Society.</span></span></span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Source: </span></span><a href="http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=34763&page=1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Catholic Online</span></span></a></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:13.5pt; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><i><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Reproduced hereunder is the most recent decree from the Vatican on the subject of Freemasonry.</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><i><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">“</span></span></b></span></i><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It has been asked whether there has been any change in the Church's decision in regard to Masonic associations since the new Code of Canon Law does not mention them expressly, unlike the previous Code.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This Sacred Congregation is in a position to reply that this circumstance is due to an editorial criterion which was followed also in the case of other associations likewise unmentioned inasmuch as they are contained in wider categories.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Therefore the Church's negative judgment in regard to Masonic associations remains unchanged since their principles have always been considered irreconcilable with the doctrine of the Church and therefore membership in them remains forbidden. The faithful who enroll in Masonic associations are in a state of grave sin and may not receive Holy Communion.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It is not within the competence of local ecclesiastical authorities to give a judgment on the nature of Masonic associations which would imply a derogation from what has been decided above, and this in line with the Declaration of this Sacred Congregation issued on 17 February 1981 (cf. AAS 73 [1981] pp. 240-241).<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">In an audience granted to the undersigned Cardinal Prefect, the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II approved and ordered the publication of this Declaration which had been decided in an ordinary meeting of this Sacred Congregation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Rome, from the Office of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 26 November 1983.”</span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">JOSEPH Card. RATZINGER
Prefect<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">+ Fr. JEROME HAMER, O.P.
Titular Archbishop of Lorium
Secretary
</span></span> </span><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> Source: </span></span></span><b><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span style="color:windowtext;"><a href="http://www.freemasonrywatch.org/vatican_declaration.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Catholic Information Network (CIN)</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">LINUNDUS comments ...</span></i></b></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The book written by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><i><span style="line-height: 24px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Fr Beck</span></span></b></span></span></i></span> is a very important topic for all, especially those Christians who are still members of Freemasons movement, to be conscious of, that as Christians and Catholics, should not be a Mason for any reason. We cannot serve two masters at the same time.</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.bibleprobe.com/freemasonry.htm">Related article on Freemasonry</a></span>.</b></span></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">(This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more at http://linundus.blogspot.com/</div>SJDisimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055629733499349296noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863107364681436311.post-82844688244083431522010-03-23T17:51:00.004+08:002010-03-23T18:06:43.665+08:00SESB maintains coal stand<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QH1KbvTkhRrvo4r0kHbLE4E9b0XoHxAcbK67bbJH-zDuKWzBA-cbNJIYtyfp1rq9bvXnkXzguYpKYtPUBX8EsUYGnykRxx7GyobDEEOJ_zyEBM9jO6j8DwYdENaLSYKw0v3IGTdaBLM/s1600-h/Ghapur+Salleh+dd99650979ed814324924707e599104f.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QH1KbvTkhRrvo4r0kHbLE4E9b0XoHxAcbK67bbJH-zDuKWzBA-cbNJIYtyfp1rq9bvXnkXzguYpKYtPUBX8EsUYGnykRxx7GyobDEEOJ_zyEBM9jO6j8DwYdENaLSYKw0v3IGTdaBLM/s320/Ghapur+Salleh+dd99650979ed814324924707e599104f.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451767929909546450" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; "><a href="http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/3/23/nation/20100323125017&sec=nation"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Kalabakan MP Datuk Abdul Ghapur Salleh</span></span></b></span></a></span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) reiterated its stand, Saturday (DE Mar 21,2010), that there is no alternative to coal that is most viable for generating power in the east coast in terms of both reliability and security.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Despite the many environmental problems known to accompany coal power, the coal plant is being pushed by both the federal </span></span><a href="http://www.tnb.com.my/tnb/index.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Tenaga Nasional Berhad</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> and the state energy company, </span></span><a href="http://www.sesb.com.my/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Sabah Electricity Sdn. Bhd.</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">At Copenhagen last December, the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, pledged a 40 percent cut in carbon dioxide intensity by 2020. By moving forward on coal energy, Malaysia would make meeting this goal even more difficult, since coal is the most carbon intensive of the fossil fuels.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span style="line-height:150%;Arial","sans-serif""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Professor Daniel Kammen, director of </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">the </span></span><a href="http://rael.berkeley.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> (RAEL) at the University of California, Berkeley shows that pollution-intensive coal doesn't have to be in Sabah's future. Read “</span></span><a href="http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/innovations/data/000162"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Borneo Can Say “No” to Coal Power</span></span></span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">.”</span></span><span style="color:red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:red;"></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Meanwhile, </span></span><a href="http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/3/23/nation/20100323125017&sec=nation"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Kalabakan MP Datuk Abdul Ghapur Salleh</span></span></b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> said that Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd should abandoned its plans for a 300MW coal plant and instead look at the potential of green energy from abundant supply of oil palm biomass.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">He said the SESB insistence of going ahead with a coal-fired power plant was completely wrong as coal usage was outdated, an environmental problem and the fuel had to be imported.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">“It is not a security. How reliable is the coal supply especially we have to import its fuel and what happens if countries like Indonesia stop such exports?” said the outspoken MP whose Tawau constituency has been in hit by frequent power failures.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">He said it was also uneconomical in the long run to use coal as a source of energy and such fuel was not friendly to Sabah’s fragile eco environment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Ghapur said that enough studies had been done by experts to confirm that biomass was a sufficient resource in Sabah to provide green energy and could reduce production cost to RM0.20 per unit.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Furthermore, the Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry had also confirmed the abundance of about 8 million tones of Biomass from 160 palm oil mills.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">(This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more at http://linundus.blogspot.com/</div>SJDisimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055629733499349296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863107364681436311.post-83350068089660380522010-03-20T11:15:00.003+08:002010-03-20T11:31:21.444+08:00Da Vinci code: Doomsday in 4006<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-outline-level:3;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; "><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci predicted that the world would end in 4006, a </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); letter-spacing: 0.1pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Vatican researcher</span></span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> has claimed.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height: 150%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">According to Sabrina Sforza Galitzia, da Vinci foresaw<i><b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">the end of the world in a "universal flood" which would begin on March 21, 4006 and end on November 1, 4006.</span></b></i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%;background:white; vertical-align:baseline"><i><span style="line-height: 150%; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Leonardo da Vinci predicted that the world would end in 4006</span></span></b></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height: 150%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"He believed that this would mark a new start for humanity," she said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height: 150%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Vatican researcher came to the conclusion by deciphering the clues which are available in da Vinci’s ‘</span></span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); letter-spacing: 0.1pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b>Last Supper’ mural</b></span></span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> - the lunette above his painting of Jesus Christ with his disciples before crucifixion.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height: 150%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">“There is a da Vinci code - it is just not the one made popular by Dan Brown,” said Galitzia, who studied da Vinci manuscripts as a researcher at California University in Los Angeles and now works in the Vatican archives.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height: 150%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Last year, the Vatican published her study ‘The Last Supper of Leonardo in the Vatican’, in which she examined a tapestry of the Last Supper made for King Louis XIII of France, based on da Vinci’s design for his famous mural.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height: 150%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Galitzia said she was working on a sequel which would explain da Vinci’s hidden “code”, involving signs of the zodiac and his use of the 24 letters of the Latin alphabet to represent the 24 hours of the day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height: 150%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Da Vinci had seen the story of humanity as leading to "the sum of all things, the final reckoning" described in the Book of Revelations but also by ancient writers such as Plato and Aristotle, the Times quoted Galitzia as saying.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height: 150%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">He had been a scientist and man of faith who had lived in "difficult times" and had hidden his messages "so as not to be attacked", she said. Da Vinci began working on the Last Supper in 1495 and finished it in 1498.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It was restored between 1978 and 1999 after it had badly deteriorated.
</span></span> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- PTI<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline"><i><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 28px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><a href="http://www.squidoo.com/nostradamuspredictions"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Nostradamus Predictions</span></span></a></span></o:p></span></i></p> <h2 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.4pt;vertical-align: baseline"><span style="color: rgb(26, 103, 184); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
</span></span></span></h2><h2 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.4pt;vertical-align: baseline"><span style="color: rgb(26, 103, 184); "><a href="http://www.squidoo.com/nostradamuspredictions"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Is the End of the World for December 2012?</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></h2> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This topic is making a buzz on internet right now: is december 2012 the date of</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> <span style="border-style: initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial;background-origin: initial !important;background-clip: initial !important; cursor:pointer !important;background-repeat:repeat !important;background-position-x: 0%;background-position-y:50%;background-attachment:scroll" id="IL_AD3"></span></span></span></span><span class="ilad"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">the apocalypse</span></span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">? Are we already doomed and will a giant comet strike</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> <span style="border-style: initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial;background-origin: initial !important;background-clip: initial !important; cursor:pointer !important;background-repeat:repeat !important;background-position-x: 0%;background-position-y:50%;background-attachment:scroll" id="IL_AD1"></span></span></span></span><span class="ilad"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">planet earth</span></span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">?</span></span></span></span></span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Many predictions from all over the world and ages tend to agree on one point: the world should change within the next few years. Some believe it will be a dramatic event and they call it doomsday. Some prefer to believe in an era change, with</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">planet earthsurviving.</span></span></span></span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I'm making this lense to explore the passionnating subject of 2012's predictions. From Mayas to Nostradamus and from mythology to science, I will try to be as complete as possible to make sure you won't miss anything about the "2012 apocalypse".</span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b><i><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(0, 112, 192); "><a href="http://www.squidoo.com/nostradamuspredictions"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Prophecy of the Mayan Calendar</span></span></a></span></i></b></span></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">First, we need to say a few words about the people that lived in Central America until the Spanish conquests. Apart from Aztecs, the mayan civilization represents an important period of the Mexican history. Located in the Yucatan province, Mayas had powerful shamans who were studying the cycles of the universe. They believed an accurate observation of the stars and planets would allow them to predict the future. Actually, they did! Long before these events happened, Mayan shamans foresaw Christopher Colombus' arrival and the end of their civilization. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Another prediction made by the shamans directly concerns us, today. They believed that an important event would happen in 2012, precisely on December 21st.</span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This prediction would have no importance if it wasn't confirmed by science. Thanks to technology and complex calculations made by advanced computers, astronomers confirm what Mayan shamans felt, giving credit to their prediction.</span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We know today that on 21 December 2012, planet Earth and the Sun will be exactly aligned with the center of the galaxy, the Milky Way. Scientists are not sure, yet they think this could cause magnetic turbulences. Concretely, this possibly means the happening of volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and such. Actually, that's exactly what Mayan shamans prophesied.</span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); "><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">LINUNDUS says …</span></span></b></i></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(0, 112, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The end of the world is the time when we leave this earthly world for eternal life to come … either in HELL or in Heaven. We are the architects of our own eternal life. So, let us design our earthly lives to suit where we go after the end of the world.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(0, 112, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">You might be interested to read more of this topic at </span><a href="http://lambnetwork.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">REVELATION REVEALED</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(0, 112, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
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Visit my website for full links, other content, and more at http://linundus.blogspot.com/</div>SJDisimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055629733499349296noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863107364681436311.post-85449875198406273512010-03-20T10:10:00.003+08:002010-03-20T10:16:42.927+08:00Anwar: Racism, not Christians, is the threat<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.themalaysianinsider.com/images/stories/2008_may/0316/003_anwar2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 330px; height: 244px;" src="http://media.themalaysianinsider.com/images/stories/2008_may/0316/003_anwar2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 109, 163); line-height: 18px; ">Anwar (left) greets a participant at his talk in London yesterday. — Picture by Danny Lim</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><i><span style="line-height: 115%; color:black;"><a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/56756-anwar-racism-not-christians-is-the-threat"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">By Shannon Teoh (Malaysian Insider)</span></span></a></span></i><span style="line-height: 115%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 5.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="line-height: 115%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">LONDON, March 19 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has slammed as “ridiculous” the idea that Muslims in Malaysia were under threat from Christians, and instead accused Umno of sanctioning racism.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 5.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="line-height: 115%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">“In this Allah issue, the idea that Muslims are under threat from Christians is ridiculous to say the least,”</span></b> he said at a press conference, after his talk at the London School of Economics here yesterday.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 5.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="line-height: 115%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">“They are playing with fire,” he said and added that the prime minister’s 1 Malaysia slogan, based on a united Malaysia, was not consistent with what was happening on the ground.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 5.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="line-height: 115%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">“Malaysia is not a Muslim state, or... well, I’m not sure now,” he joked. “But it is not secular either because there is not a total separation of religion and state.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 5.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="line-height: 115%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">He explained that while countries like the United States are seen as secular, they were in fact built on religious principles.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 5.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="line-height: 115%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Earlier in his talk, which saw hundreds being turned away, he accused Umno of simply feigning interest in Islamic values.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 5.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="line-height: 115%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">“What Umno has done is not about Islamic issues at all. If you find a committed Muslim, you can argue with him, but in Umno, they don’t even want to understand what Islam is about.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 5.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="line-height: 115%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">“It is just political expediency and a crude blend of politics. It is distasteful, the way they abuse the Chinese,” he added, in seeming reference to a recent racist statement by Datuk Nasir Safar, made when he was still an aide to the prime minister.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 5.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="line-height: 115%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">“There should be freedom not just for an ex-deputy prime minister,” he said in reference to the overturning of his sodomy conviction in 2004, “but all Malaysians.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 5.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="line-height: 115%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Anwar went on to explain that the basic issue was one of governance, and added that the strength of Islam in South East Asia was in its inclusivity and moderate position, which took into consideration the interests of other religions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 5.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="line-height: 115%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">“The moment Syariah courts can compel non-Muslims, it transgresses fundamentals of the Constitution. It becomes contentious when you deny the rights of non-Muslims or use obscure Syariah interpretation to impose on non-Muslims.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 5.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="line-height: 115%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">“We need to educate Umno leaders,” said the former deputy president of the Malay party, drawing laughs from the 400-strong audience of mostly Malaysian students at the talk.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: rgb(0, 109, 163); "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="line-height: 115%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Comments by Dayak Sarawak, March 20, 2010 <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="line-height: 115%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">@yearofsnake
One cannot be converted to Christianity. One, on his or her own conscience and FREE WILL choose to become a Christian. "Conversion ceremony" is not enough or necessary. Even though many Christians are born into Christian families, they need to affirm their faith on their own FREE WILL. </span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="line-height: 115%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Other Christians are supposed to show good examples and live respectable lives that others may turn to God. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="line-height: 115%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><b><span style="line-height: 115%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">St. Matthew advised, "Let your good works so shine before men that they may see and glorify your Father who is in heaven". This makes life for a Christian very challenging. Christians are supposed to turn the other cheek when provoked with violence. Also a man who says he loves God but hates his brother is a liar as how could he love God that he has not seen but hates his brother that he has seen. In some way, we can view Christianity as about self-regulation for good. As such it has to be self-conversion. </span></span></span></b></span></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="line-height: 115%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><b><span style="line-height: 115%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Now if the Muslim Malays are turning away from Islam due to the wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony of UMNO; hardly "Good Light" KPI. Who is to be blamed? Certainly not the Christians.</span></span></span></b></span></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="line-height: 115%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><b><span style="line-height: 115%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">So I agree with Saudara Anwar. </span></span></span></b></span></o:p></span></b></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">(This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more at http://linundus.blogspot.com/</div>SJDisimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055629733499349296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863107364681436311.post-25634824828535554472010-03-19T18:55:00.005+08:002010-03-20T09:18:59.397+08:00Sabah could have been far better if …<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The following is an open Letter to Alfred Jabu Anak Numpang, Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak on the rights of Sabah & Sarawak written by Daniel John Jambun reproduced from the e-mail I received.</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><b><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"</span></span></b><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We want to call on Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Alfred Jabu Anak Numpang to prove that he's a 'somebody' as he implies by briefing the people on his track record in defending the rights of Sabah & Sarawak under the 1963 Malaysia Agreement.</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We challenge Jabu to an open debate on the issues raised by Cigma during the briefing to members of the House of Commons in London on Mar 9.</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Jabu is turning a blind eye to the serious plight of Malaysians in Sabah.</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Or, is it more likely that he is actually ignorant about the horrendous problems faced by Sabahans, for example, because he had not been to Sabah often enough.</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Cigma’s memorandum titled </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“Shattered Hopes and Broken Dreams”</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> detailed Sabah’s expectations upon independence as was promised by Tunku Abdul Rahman and under the Malaysia Agreement, the Intergovernmental Committee Report and the 20 Points, the issue of state security and threats to national sovereignty through ‘reverse takeover’ arising from the influx of illegal immigrants, poverty, unfair sharing of oil revenue, lack of fair benefits from land alienation to Felda and Felcra, and other socio-economic problems as a result of the unjust distribution of wealth and opportunities for Sabah from the national economic cake.</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Over the past 50 years, “various modifications and adjustments” to the M’sia Agreement have eroded the rights and privileges of Sabahans. Forty-six years after independence, Sabah is now the poorest state despite its abundant natural resources.</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Whatever good we had received from Malaysia, is all totally negated by the fact that we are not secure as a state, and that the federal government had reaped a huge economic harvest from Sabah and returned so little to us.</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Since the takeover of Umno/BN in Sabah in 1994, Sabah had been plundered to the point of becoming the poorest state in Malaysia. We are in such dire straits with a very uncertain future, so what is the point of praising the government?</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Jabu surely knows that Sarawak had no better deal in Malaysia than Sabah.</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">He must not think Sabah is in the same position as Sarawak which still has some of its original rights intact.</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Even Umno daren’t enter Sarawak. But we in Sabah are in a much more different situation. We are under a state government which is under the directive of Kuala Lumpur.</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Brunei which opted out of Malaysia, and Singapore which later left the federation, are in a much better economic position regionally and globally. In fact, with all the rich natural resources that we have, Sabah should be richer than Brunei.</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We reiterate that we are ready for an open debate on these issues with Jabu anytime at any venue of Jabu’s choice. Let the people judge who is a "nobody in his own country."</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">At the moment, the consensus of public opinion is that Jabu is a proxy & stooge of the ruling elite in Kuala Lumpur & hence a traitor to our people.</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">There is nothing wrong in Cigma (Common Interest Group M'sia) calling for the re-activation of the Inter-Governmental Committee on the M'sia Agreement. The IGC was meant to be a permanent institution to monitor the M'sia Agreement.</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Jabu must explain why the IGC has fallen into inactivity & disuse over the years.</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We call upon the M’sian Federal Gov't and the gov'ts of Sabah, S'wak, S'pore & the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland to return to the IGC as soon as possible, failing which we will relentlessly pursue the matter further in various international forums.</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We appeal that the gov'ts of Indonesia & the Philippines be accorded observer status at the IGC.</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The presence of Indonesia will ensure that the re-colonisation of Sabah & S'wak by Malaya, after the departure of the British, is reversed. The late President Sukarno of Indonesia did warn against re-colonisation when he launched his policy of konfrantasi (confrontation) & ganjang M'sia (hang M'sia) in 1963.</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The presence of the Philippines will ensure that we can bring the so-called Sabah claim to a closure.</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Following the successful briefing at the House of Commons in London on Mar 9, we intend to pursue the introduction of an EDM (Early Day Motion) on the M'sia Agreement in the British Parliament as soon as the forthcoming UK General Elections are over.</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">”</span></b></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Daniel John Jambun</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Deputy Chairman</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Common Interest Group Malaysia (Cigma)</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Kota Kinabalu 19, Mar 2010</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; 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Visit my website for full links, other content, and more at http://linundus.blogspot.com/</div>SJDisimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055629733499349296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863107364681436311.post-51452197655245546162010-03-19T14:46:00.003+08:002010-03-19T15:21:53.249+08:00Lim Kit Siang Visit to Donggongon.<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; "><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This Sunday, 21</span></span></b><sup><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">st</span></span></b></sup><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> March, </span></span></b><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">the DAP Parliament Leader Lim Kit Siang</span></span></b></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> will hold the walk about in Donggongon town and the Tamu ground. Later he will adjourn to the statue of the late Peter Mojuntin in Donggongon Square to place a wreath for the remembrance of the Golden Son of the Kadazan. A lunch function is prepared in his honor in Kg. Inobong, Penampang.</span></span></b></span></div><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Last Friday, 12</span></span></b><sup><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">th</span></span></b></sup><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> March, the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had held his walk-about in Donggongon town and Tamu ground accompanied by the Sabah Chief Minister including the local leaders like MP for Penampang, YB Tan Sri Bernard Dompok; Assemblyman for Moyog YB Donald Peter Mojuntin; Assemblyman for Kepayan YB Edward Khoo and other local dignitaries.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">After visiting the Tamu ground, they adjourned to a breakfast with the Rakyat at Maimunah Restaurant which is a stone’s throw (about 100 yards) from the imposing 15 feet high bronze statue of the Golden Son of the Kadazan located in the middle of Donggongon town.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 150%; "><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img src="http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/9660/petermojuntinstatues.jpg" /></span></span></b></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The bronze statue of the late Datuk Peter Joinod Mojuntin in the middle of Donggongon Town.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Since the DPM was already in the heartland of Penampang and was within the vicinity of the late Peter Mojuntin Memorial Square, I was surprised why the organizers did not include the visit to the monument as a mark of respect to the Golden Son of the Kadazan. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 150%; "><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img src="http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/8665/dscn1111s.jpg" /></span></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A picture paints a thousand words.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Regrettably, YB Donald Peter Mojuntin, the son of the late Datuk Peter Joinod Mojuntin, did not even have the courtesy to invite the DPM by just walking him over to the Square as a show of respect to his (Donald’s) late father. A brief visit to see the bronze Statue, albeit no prior ceremony arrangement, would have been a monumental opportunity for the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia to pay his respect to the Golden Son of the Kadazan who was known to have fiercely fought for the Kadazan rights in particular.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Have the organizers missed this important itinerary of the DPM’s visit to the Penampang heartland? <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Such rare visit to Peter Mojuntin Memorial Square by DPM himself would have been seen by the Kadazan community as magnanimous.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">And here is the irony - the</span></span></b><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> DAP Parliament Leader Lim Kit Siang</span></span></b></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> accompanied by Sabah DAP team with the two DAP MP Teo Nee Cieng and Lim Lip Eng are coming to Donggongon Town but with a difference – to visit Peter Mojuntin Memorial Square and pay respect to the Golden Son of the Kadazan by laying a wreath in remembrance of this great Kadazan leader.</span></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">(This is a content summary only. 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</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-outline-level:2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; "><b><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">By Joseph Bingkasan</span></span></span></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 11.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">KOTA KINABALU: Maverick politician Jeffrey Kitingan wants to renegotiate the Malaysia Agreement, the founding document of federation, and is seeking a meeting with the Prime Minister to do so.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 11.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">He hopes to strike a renewed agreement on the rights of Sabah and Sarawak as members of the Malaysian federation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 11.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">He said the two states were in an advantageous position because the federal administration depended on the bloc of MPs from the two states to remain in power. (There are 56 parliamentary seats for the two states out of a total of 222 in the Dewan Rakyat; all but four are held by Barisan Nasional members.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 11.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"Sabah and Sarawak control the Parliament. We control the government. Without Sabah and Sarawak, the present government would have collapsed," he said, in a reference to the crucial importance of the Barisan Nasional's eastern seats underpinning the party's current 61-seat majority in the Dewan Rakyat.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right" style="border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-table-lspace:2.25pt; mso-table-rspace:2.25pt;mso-table-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-table-anchor-horizontal: column;mso-table-left:right;mso-table-top:middle;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 150%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column; mso-element-left:right;mso-element-top:middle;mso-height-rule:exactly"><b><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Dewan Rakyat</span></span></b><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> <td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 150%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column; mso-element-left:right;mso-element-top:middle;mso-height-rule:exactly"><b><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">222</span></span></b><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 150%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column; mso-element-left:right;mso-element-top:middle;mso-height-rule:exactly"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Barisan Nasional<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> <td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 150%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column; mso-element-left:right;mso-element-top:middle;mso-height-rule:exactly"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">138<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 150%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column; mso-element-left:right;mso-element-top:middle;mso-height-rule:exactly"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Pakatan Rakyat<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> <td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 150%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column; mso-element-left:right;mso-element-top:middle;mso-height-rule:exactly"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">77<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 150%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column; mso-element-left:right;mso-element-top:middle;mso-height-rule:exactly"><b><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Majority</span></span></b><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> <td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 150%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column; mso-element-left:right;mso-element-top:middle;mso-height-rule:exactly"><b><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">61</span></span></b><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 150%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column; mso-element-left:right;mso-element-top:middle;mso-height-rule:exactly"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Independents<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> <td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 150%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column; mso-element-left:right;mso-element-top:middle;mso-height-rule:exactly"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">7<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 150%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column; mso-element-left:right;mso-element-top:middle;mso-height-rule:exactly"><b><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Balance of power</span></span></b><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> <td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 150%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column; mso-element-left:right;mso-element-top:middle;mso-height-rule:exactly"><b><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Sabah</span></span></b><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> <td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 150%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column; mso-element-left:right;mso-element-top:middle;mso-height-rule:exactly"><b><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">25</span></span></b><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> (BN 22 Ind 2 DAP 1)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 150%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column; mso-element-left:right;mso-element-top:middle;mso-height-rule:exactly"><b><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Sarawak</span></span></b><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> <td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 150%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column; mso-element-left:right;mso-element-top:middle;mso-height-rule:exactly"><b><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">31</span></span></b><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> (BN 30 DAP 1)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> </tr></tbody></table> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 11.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><b><i><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"We can capitalise on this situation and actually bring the federal government to the table and negotiate a new deal, a renewed Malaysia Agreement, a renewed 20 Points,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 11.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><b><i><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">However, he would need the backing of Sabah's BN leaders to make such a meeting happen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 11.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><b><i><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"If they don't use this opportunity to capitalise on the advantage, that means our leaders are not interested in solving Sabah's problems and are only interested in money."</span></span></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 11.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Earlier this month, Jeffrey, who is PKR's chief for Sabah and Sarawak, led a delegation from the so-called Common Interest Group of Malaysia on a visit to London where they met members of the British Parliament to present the East Malaysian states' grievances over the Malaysia Agreement, to which Britain was a signatory.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 11.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"We consider the British government still responsible for our welfare, our interests and our rights in the Federation of Malaysia as Britain was the one which had handed us to the federation," he said when announcing the visit last month. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 11.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><a href="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/politics/pakatan-rakyat/3471-jeffrey-seeks-meeting-with-pm-to-strike-new-deal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">READ MORE HERE AT FMT.</span></span></span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">“Sabahans have been warned that their marginalisation will become irreversible unless they retake control of their destiny from the ruling elite in Putrajaya’, Jeffrey said at the public forum organised by a group of citizens calling themselves </span></span><a href="http://www.sayaanakbangsamalaysia.net/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">“Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia”</span></span></b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">.</span></span></b></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">READ MORE HERE at FMT: </span></span></span></span><b><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><a href="http://freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/politics/sabah-and-sarawak/3459-change-or-forever-be-on-the-margin-jeffrey-tells-sabahans" target="_blank"><span style="color:#DF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Change or be forever on the margin, Sabahans told</span></span></span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 11.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height:150%;Arial","sans-serif"; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">At the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s ex-right hand man Mohd Zahrain </span></span><a href="http://justread-whatever.blogspot.com/2010/03/boy-who-cried-werewolf.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">blasted the opposition leader for all his lies</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, about how some Pakatan Rakyat's Members of Parliament went to Taiwan to woo their BN counterparts, about how Anwar claimed victory for his Sept 16 'took over of Putrajaya' and how they were cheated on so many things.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><span><span style="color:black;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">They were forced to believe that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong has consented Anwar as the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia, the lie that managed to suck all PR MPs to believe that their plan has worked well enough.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><span><span style="color:black;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2010&dt=0318&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Muka_Hadapan&pg=mh_01.htm"><b>Read Utusan Online here for more details.</b></a></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Even Anwar lied to them that the Chief of Armed Forces was throwing his full support for him to be installed as the new PM.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:black;"><a href="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/politics/pakatan-rakyat/3436-anwar-walks-out-in-protest-of-zahrains-speech"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Anwar Ibrahim walked out of the Dewan Rakyat in protest of the maiden speech</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> of Bayan Baru MP Mohd Zahrain Hashim as an Independent member.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">What next?</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%">
</p></span><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">(This is a content summary only. 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However, due to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b>constitutional amendment made to</b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b> </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b>Article 1(2)</b></span></span></span></span></i><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b> </b></span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b>of the Federal Constitution,</b></span></span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b> the position of Sabah and Sarawak has been relegated to a mere </b></span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">one of the 13 States of Malaysia,”</span> </span></span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Bawin added. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Referring to </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Borneonisation </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">of the civil service, he said that <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">the reverse process of domination by Malayan officers has taken place.</span></b> Almost all top civil service are dominated by Malayan officers down to the rank and file. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Bawin alleged: </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">“<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">The quota for the employment of natives in the service</span></b> no longer applies in view of the flooding of civil service with Malayan officers as well as preference only to certain tribal groups. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><i><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">“<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">The giving of scholarships and educational grants are also very discriminatory</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">.</span> Children of native people are not given their dues when it comes to the award of scholarship and educational grants.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><i><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Those are strong statements made by Dr. Nicholas Bawin at the House of Commons, London on 9</span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">th</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> March. Read them all </span></span><a href="http://thebrokenshield.blogspot.com/2010/03/trails-of-broken-promises.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">HERE at </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">THE BROKEN SHIELD</span></span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><i><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">SUHAKAM is now being blamed for not </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">exerting its role in view of Malaysia’s dipping ratings on human rights policing in the country.</span></b></span></span> <a href="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/politics/barisan-nasional/3441-suhakam-must-report-to-parliament-not-pm">READ HERE.</a></span></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.25in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt; margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height: 16.8pt;mso-outline-level:2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">
</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">(This is a content summary only. 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Waythayamoorty, Chairman Hindraf movement, </span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Labour party MP, Virenda Sharma, and Daniel John Jambun of Sabah</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11px; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); ">.</span></strong></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:15.0pt"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px; "><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">A Memorandum on the Fate of Sabah</span></span></span></strong><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">in the Malaysian Federation</span></span></strong></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></strong></b><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Presented by DANIEL JOHN JAMBUN, Esq, at the House of Commons, London, the United Kingdom on</span></span></span></b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">March 9, 2010.</span></span></span></b></span></o:p></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">“For decades now, we the people of Sabah, have been haunted by ghosts of history dating back to August 31, 1963, the day we gained independence from Great Britain. Malaysia was conceptualised and constituted with the best of promises, endearing in us hopes and dreams for a greater future. It is with sadness that I stand here to witness that what had transpired since September 16, 1963 had been a series of events that had led us to the present situation in which we can justly proclaim to be a situation of shattered hopes and broken dreams!</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">”</span></span></b></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">READ THE ENTIRE SPEECH BY DANIEL JOHN JAMBUN</span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><a href="http://thebrokenshield.blogspot.com/2010/03/shattered-hopes-and-broken-dreams.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">HERE</span></span></span></a></b></span></span><span style="Arial","sans-serif"font-family:";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">(This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more at http://linundus.blogspot.com/</div>SJDisimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055629733499349296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863107364681436311.post-4969213963940703302010-03-16T13:31:00.003+08:002010-03-16T13:35:37.471+08:00Change the shirt<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/images/stories/pairin.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/images/stories/pairin.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
</span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 11.25pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><b><span style="color:#FF9900;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">COMMENT</span></span></span></b><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">By Phlip Rodrigues<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><b><span style="color:#FF9900;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">After nearly 50 years in Malaysia, Sabah is not a story that has a happy ring to it. It is still a backward state; in fact, it remains one of the poorest in the country. The gulf that separates the “land below the wind” from the peninsula is as wide and deep as the South China Sea.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="color:black;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Let's take a walk down history lane. In the early years, politics over there had a laid-back quality. After the northern Bornean state joined Malaysia in 1963, Sabah was ruled by a succession of parties -- the United National Kadazan Organisation (1963-64); the Sabah Chinese Association (1965-67); United Sabah National Organisation (1967-75), which continued to hold power until 1976; and the shortlived reign of Berjaya (44 days). Then a new leader named Datuk Harris Salleh helmed Berjaya and went on to govern the state from 1976 to 1985. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It was during Harris' watch that politics took a turbulent turn and Sabah was never the same again. Harris grew increasingly autocratic and arrogant and thought the sky would not fall on him. But one man in his ruling party had had enough of his antics. The rebel: Datuk Seri Joseph Pairin Kitingan.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">READ MORE </span></span><a href="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/opinion/comment/3332-change-the-shirt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">HERE</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:150%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">
</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">(This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more at http://linundus.blogspot.com/</div>SJDisimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055629733499349296noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863107364681436311.post-42172086069952465782010-03-06T11:16:00.014+08:002010-03-07T11:06:53.412+08:00The Lord’s Payer in Kadazan Language in Holy Land.<div style="text-align: center;">
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 24px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> posted a picture of the Lord’s Prayer in Kadazan dialect (see pix below) in my Facebook Wall a week ago and it drew interests from the Facebook fraternities. I took the picture in May 2005 when I went to Jerusalem for my first pilgrimage in the Holy Land.</span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img src="http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs102.snc3/15013_1230943134054_1243387201_30501514_2128570_n.jpg" /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Lord' Prayer in Kadazan Language in the Church of Pater Noster in Jerusalem.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; "></span>The Lord’s Prayer (the Our Father) was translated in Kadazan (</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Tama’ Za</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">) and transcribed on a six-piece of coloured tiles edged with tainted motifs of different colours and designs. I was told by one of the initiators responsible for putting up the plaque in the Church of Pater Noster in Jerusalem after he and his fellow pilgrims came back from their Holy Land pilgrimage in December 1995.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">A plaque consisting of six decorated tiled panels is the smallest available size to display the Lord’s Prayer in your own language, and this would cost US1,000.00.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">One of the Facebook subscribers wrote to enquire the criteria by which the initiators used to choose the Kadazan dialect in particular as a language translation of the Lord’s Prayer and, for that reason the “Tama’ Za” prayer is now being displayed in the Holy Land.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img src="http://www.clarion-call.org/yeshua/ground/pater2.jpg" /></span></span></span></p> <p class="style7" style="text-align: center;line-height: 150%; "><span style="line-height:150%;Arial","sans-serif""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Church of Pater Noster in Jerusalem</span></span></span></p><p class="style7" style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span style="line-height:150%;Arial","sans-serif""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Well, for the benefit of those readers who have yet to visit the Holy Land, let me begin by describing briefly the Pater Noster Church. </span></span><span class="style8"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The church is built on top of a cave on the Mount of Olives, long ago associated with the teachings of Jesus. It's focal point is the cloister, decorated with tiled panels of the Lord's Prayer in 62 languages. </span></span></span></span><strong><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></strong></span></p> <p class="style7" style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span class="style8"><span style="line-height: 150%;Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Church of the Pater Noster remembers Jesus' teaching of the Lord's Prayer to His disciples. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p><p class="style7" style="text-align: center;line-height: 150%; "><span class="style8"><span style="line-height: 150%;Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img src="http://www.clarion-call.org/yeshua/ground/prayer.jpg" /></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="style7" style="text-align: center;line-height: 150%; "><span style="line-height:150%;Arial","sans-serif""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Lord' Prayer in 62 panels outside the Church</span></span></span></p><p class="style7" style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span style="line-height:150%;Arial","sans-serif""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The initiators happened to be Kadazans from Penampang and Papar who were amongst the pilgrims when they visited the Holy Land in December 1995. The Pilgrimage (I was told) was dubbed as “Christmas in the Holy Land’. </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The pilgrims, to mention a few, were Clarence Bongkos Malakun, Marcel Leiking, Thasius Joeman, Cladius Roman, Cosmas Abah, Cyril Pinso, Anselmus Dusain, (the late) Cornellius Matunjau, (the late) Charles Jayasuria, Robert Chin, Louis Jalin, George Evaristus and their wives accompanied by Rev. Fr. Dapoz as their spiritual leader. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">When they visited the Church of Pater Noster they discovered that it was cloistered with the Lord’s Prayer all of which were written in different languages and dialects on decorated panel tiles embedded on concrete walls. The names of the originating country are conspicuously written on top part of the plague so that visitors can easily identify if one were to look for country’s name.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The initiators then thought it appropriate that, as a mark of remembrance of their visits to the Holy Land, they decided to put up a plaque of the Lord's Prayer in Kadazan dialect. But unfortunately the Church management disallowed it despite the fact that they could afford to pay the requisite sum of US1,000.00 for a 12" by 18" size decorated tile-paneled plaque. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">To display a plaque, one has to get the concurrence and approval from the Bishop of their Diocese who will then forward the approved prayer to the church management of Pater Noster. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">When they came back from their pilgrimage, the initiators approached His Lordship, the Bishop of Kota Kinabalu Diocese to consider and approve (as required by the authority in Pater Noster's Church) the translation of the Lord's Prayer in Kadazan dialect and thence to forward it to the Holy Land. This was done and the initiators never heard about it since then.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">To all intents and purposes, the Lord's Prayer was translated in Kadazan dialect and to be captioned with ‘Sabah’ as the place of its origin. But it was not to be - the plaque was inadvertently captioned as “Kadazan” instead. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Before I left for my pilgrimage in May 2005, that was 10 years later after Datuk Marcel Leiking visited the Holy Land, he specifically told me not to fail to locate the ‘Tama Za” plaque in the Church of Pater Noster. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">When we arrived at the Church of Pater Noster, we failed to locate the plaque. We were only able to see the other plaques displayed outside the Church building because it was closed for public viewing on that particular day. We could only manage to see those plaques displayed on the specially constructed concrete walls within the church compound. We left the church with disappointment since we could not find ‘Tama’ Za’ plaque.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Upon our insistence, our guide obliged us to go back to the same Church the following day. This time it was our lucky day that the church was opened for public viewing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">At long last, we managed to find the ‘Tama’ Za’ plaque embedded onto one of the walls within the Church building itself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Leiking was surprised and bemused when I showed him the photo of the plaque captioned with the word "KADAZAN' instead of the usual name of the country from which the prayer is originated, in this case, either Sabah or Malaysia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Marcel told me that there might have been a miscommunication between the Diocese of Kota Kinabalu and the Church of Pater Noster with regard to the caption. Or was there a Divine intervention? <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Well, as we all know, man proposes, God disposes. In His own mysterious way, God found a place of the word ‘Kadazan’ permanently displayed in the Holy Land!.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Coming back to the enquiry, there was in fact no criteria whatsoever used by the initiators. It so happened that the initiators are Kadazans from Penampang and Papar, who are familiar with the Lord’s Payer in proper Kadazan language and, for this reason, the ‘Tama Za’ prayer found its way to the Holy Land! </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">(This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more at http://linundus.blogspot.com/</div>SJDisimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055629733499349296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863107364681436311.post-19248236547675219162010-03-05T08:46:00.008+08:002010-03-07T11:13:43.340+08:00Malaysian Archbishop rues government failure to act on desecration<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 72px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a href="http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=5623"><span style="color:#445566"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">CCO March 4:</span></span></a></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Archbishop Murphy Pakiam of Kuala Lumpur has denounced a decision by the Malaysian government not to prosecute journalists who desecrated the Eucharist.</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.75pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI7QacazLvtH6J_rGSJMlZjaucKYtd5XCVO5gfigVtI51-o-POOSkAjjT9y766k-s6_gf23gIomVLd2vsnxnCcReB_WfAW2QkxTL0vkDIiXR3Ae4JPG3ElmUAVSo40Js-Y3zsoE1WJZl0/s320/Gani+Patail.jpg" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The attorney general of Malaysia, Abdul Gani Patail, said that the government saw no reason to take action against two reporters from the journal </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Al Islam</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, who had attended Mass and received Communion as part of their investigation into complaints that Catholics were seeking to convert Muslims. The reporters said that they had later spat out the Blessed Sacrament, stirring outrage among Catholics. But the attorney general, after studying the case, concluded that the reporters "did not intend to offend anyone," but acted out of "sheer ignorance."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.75pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Archbishop Pakiam said that the Church was willing to forgive the journalists, and would not pursue any legal action, if </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Al Islam</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> merely apologized for the episode. But he said that the government's failure to intervene "would appear to legitimize" the reporters' behavior.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.75pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Source(s): </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">these links will take you to other sites, in a new window.</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5incolor:black;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";"><a href="http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Malaysia/Story/A1Story20100304-202490.html" target="top"><span style="color:#0081CF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Malaysian archbishop raps inaction over 'desecration' (AFP)</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5incolor:black;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/04/AR2010030401227.html" target="top"><span style="color:#0081CF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Malaysia won't punish Muslims for taking Communion (AP)</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5incolor:black;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";"><a href="http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/3/4/nation/20100304163320&sec=nation" target="top"><span style="color:#0081CF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Archbishop wants apology over desecration (</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Star</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">)</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></span></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">(This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more at http://linundus.blogspot.com/</div>SJDisimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055629733499349296noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863107364681436311.post-9464324429220563832010-03-04T11:51:00.006+08:002010-03-05T09:07:32.891+08:00THE ORIGINS AND MEANINGS OF THE TERMS “KADAZAN” AND “DUSUN”<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">(Note: Protect and Preserve your 'Kadazan' and 'Dusun' identities. Read the articles published </span></b></span></span><a href="http://linundus.blogspot.com/2010/01/beginners-kadazandusun-dictionary.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">HERE</span></span></span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> and </span></b></span></span><b><a href="http://linundus.blogspot.com/2010/02/beginners-kadazandusun-dictionary.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">HERE</span></span></span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> and participate in the survey Poll located at the top right-hand column of this page.)</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#00007F;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
</span></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div><p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><a href="http://kdca.org.my/kadazandusun_meaning.shtml"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Richard F. Tunggolou wrote an article</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> “The Origins and Meanings of the terms “Kadazan” and “Dusun” on Feb. 21, 1999</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. He did a research and explored the many explanations and theories about the origins and meanings of the word ‘Kadazan’ and ‘Dusun’.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This article may give further explanation to those who claim that ‘Kadazan’ comes from the ‘Kaka</span></span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">d</span></span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">azan’. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The article may very well confirm that there is no such race as ‘Kadazandusun’</span></span></span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> as being propagated by some.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">“There have also been claims that word ‘Kadazan’ had been coined by politicians in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. According to this view, the late Datuk Peter J. Mojuntin and the late Tun Fuad Stephens invented the word for political purposes.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Some people also claimed that the word ‘Kadazan’ was derived from the word ‘kedaian’ from the Malay word ‘kedai’.</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">How come these people, who never stayed in a town (Old Donggongon Town), suddenly decided to call themselves after ‘town’ when only one shop (Selamat Chari Nasip) was owned by the only Kadazan at that time, the late OKK Sikopit Siganul? <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">“Those who proposed this view have not come up with answers as to why these people - who did not live in a town – had decided to call themselves ‘people of the town’”.</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">“</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Those who espouse this explanation have not (even) come up with valid reasons why the people of Penampang and Papar called themselves after a shop,” said Tunggolou.</span></span></span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Tunggolou also said, “that the word ‘Kadazan’ was already in existence before any towns or shops were built in the Penampang District and that Kadazan politicians did not invent the word in the late fifties and early sixties.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Bobolian or Bobohizan (priestesses) say that the meaning of ‘Kadazan’ is ‘tulun’ or ‘tuhun’––people.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">“Thus, the most likely explanation for the term ‘Kadazan’ is that it means ‘the people’”, Tunggolou said in his article.</span></span></span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The writer, Richard F. Tunggolou, hopes that his article will in some way make the blurred picture of the ongoing question on the origins and meanings of the terms/words ‘Kadazan’ and ‘Dusun’ clearer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><span style="line-height: 150%; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Read the article </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">‘</span></span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(0, 0, 127); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">THE ORIGINS AND MEANINGS OF THE TERMS “KADAZAN” AND “DUSUN”</span></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(0, 0, 127); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">written by Richard F. Tunggolou </span></span><span style="color:#00007F;"><a href="http://kdca.org.my/kadazandusun_meaning.shtml"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></b></a></span><a href="http://kdca.org.my/kadazandusun_meaning.shtml"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">HERE</span></span></b></a><span style="color:#00007F;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;line-height: 150%; "><b><i><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Richard F. Tunggolou is a </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Member of the Committee of Management of</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Kadazandusun Language Foundation (KLF)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. By his membership in KLF, he should take necessary steps to rectify the </span></span></span></i></b><span class="apple-style-span"><b><i><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(0, 112, 192); "><a href="http://linundus.blogspot.com/2010/01/beginners-kadazandusun-dictionary.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Beginner’s Kadazandusun Dictionary</span></span></a></span></i></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><i><span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> published by KLF, wherein the term ‘Kadazandusun’ is classified as an indigenous race, whilst the ‘Kadazan’ and ‘Dusun’ races have been purposely declassified. – LINUNDUS.</span></span></span></i></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="mso-bidi-line-height: 150%;Arial","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">(This is a content summary only. 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