The Church that God Built: FROM THE PASTOR

2.2 @ 22

Built Together into a Dwelling Place

of God in the Spirit

EPHESIANS 2 : 22

KASALI KA NA BA?

My dear Parishioners,

Warmest greetings!

It is everybody's dream that the ceiling of our church is completed. I am very much aware that every time you come to church, you can't help looking up and wonder at the unfinished ceiling.

There were issues involving our construction project be we have slowly resolved these issues and we are ready to start anew. The cost of the roof and ceiling works is estimated at PhP3.4 million; our funds available as of July 30, 2008 are PhP1.2 million from the Souvenir Program and the 888 by December 8. We need PhP2.2 million for the completion of the project. That is why we are launching 2.2 @ 22.

If we are to realize our dream of completing the project, we need to work hand in hand to raise this amount. I know we can. By God's grace and our collective effort, as we celebrate the 22nd anniversary of our Parish, we will have a new ceiling on the Feast Day of Our Lady of the Pillar on 12 October 2008. Let us go and fulfill our dream.

In Christ through Our Lady of the Pillar,

Rev. Fr. Gregory H. Ramos

Parish Priest

The Lord Brought Me Back

Then he brought me back to the door of the temple; and behold, water was issuing from below the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east); and the water was flowing down from below the south end of the threshold of the temple, south of the altar.

Then he brought me out by way of the north gate, and led me round on the outside to the outer gate, that faces toward the east; and the water was coming out on the south side.

And he said to me, "This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah; and when it enters the stagnant waters of the sea, the water will become fresh.

And wherever the river goes every living creature which swarms will live, and there will be very many fish; for this water goes there, that the waters of the sea may become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes.

And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing."

-- Ezekiel 47: 1 - 2, 8 - 9, 12

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