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A Blessed Christmas to all my readers

December 24, 2011

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Thank you.

Thank you for dropping by my blog and taking part in the discussions.

Thank you for taking the time to point out my typo errors and my mental lapses.

It’s been a wonderful, sometimes painful and gruelling adventure with you all.

I’m here for the long haul, don’t worry. And I know you’ll be joining me, too, every step of the way.

To celebrate Christmas and as a way of thanking you, I’d like to share two photos I took some years back and one of my favorite poems.

The first photo is a wall fresco showing Christ in the manger. It was painted around the 1400s, long before that Portuguese adventurer landed on our shores and planted the cross.

The picture isn’t that sharp since it was very dim inside the Church and camera flash was forbidden. Amazing how the fresco has endured time.

In contrast, we have so little left of our history from that era.

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The second is a very intimate moment in the life of Christ and his mother Mary.

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As for the poem, it is one that has given me much strength to go beyond personal and national tragedies and keep on living as a human being and writing as a journalist, never losing hope. It was written by a Spanish mystic nun who was born a few years before that Portuguese adventruer stumbled on our shores.

Here is Santa Teresa de Avila’s little poem that reaches out from across several centuries:

Nada te turbe;
nada te espante;
todo se pasa;
Dios no se muda,
la paciencia
todo lo alcanza.
Quien a Dios tiene,
nada le falta.
Solo Dios basta.

Let nothing upset you,
let nothing startle you.
All things pass;
God does not change.
Patience wins
all it seeks.
Whoever has God
lacks nothing:
God alone is enough

Maligayang Pasko!
Raissa

Tagged With: Santa Teresa de Avila

Comments

  1. Targrod says

    January 4, 2012 at 6:25 AM

    Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Miss Raissa!

    Cheers!

  2. Rallie F. Cruz says

    December 28, 2011 at 6:25 AM

    Dear Raissa,
    I wish I could great you in the same way and fashion like you and your lots of fans here.
    Long ago already, I have changed my way of taking my spiritual journey into an Old and different course. Though I firmly recognize and believe the presence of the Great Giver of life, may I just say and wish you a very happy and joyous celebration you are having with your family, relatives, friends, fans and neighbors. May you also live a very successful life in your physical, mental and spiritual journey. I wish you the best in many more years to come.
    Mabuhay Ka!

  3. clearpasig says

    December 28, 2011 at 4:05 AM

    Maligayang pasko rin sayo at sa iyong pamilya at nawa’y magpatuloy na kasihan ka ng lakas at talino sa pagbibigay linaw sa mga bagay bagay. Salamat.

  4. arbee balaba says

    December 27, 2011 at 8:12 PM

    A prosperous new year to you Raissa!

    I have always admired writers who got ‘balls’, especially those who back their articles with facts. You are one of them. Do not stop writing, as we your readers would not cease supporting you.

    Mabuhay ka!

    Ang iyong kabahagi sa panulat.

    • raissa says

      December 27, 2011 at 9:23 PM

      Thank you, Arbee

      I hope to see on my site again.

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