Chapel Notes | November 2009
Chaplain’s Message
The blessings that come our way and the opportunity to do good present themselves almost every minute of the day. The All Saints and Souls Day Commemoration at the start of the month of November gives us the chance to remember and think of those who have gone before us.
There are the saints who have led exemplary lives and have been recognized and whose names have been placed in the Christian calendar. Also, there are the saints who not too long ago passed away and whose memory are etched in our minds and hearts.
We love and remember the souls who in one way or another have touched our lives. Their attitude, good works and kindness inspire us to do the same.
Then, there are the saints who live and work right beside us – people at home, at school, in the workplace and in the field who honestly and humbly toil to provide for their family and others.
As we sit on the family dinner table, we give thanks for the food, the saints and the opportunity to live and to love.
God bless.
Fr. Benjamin A. Jance III
Chaplain / Registrar
Prayer for Healing
We are praying for healing and recovery of the sick:
Mrs. Gloria Reyes Basa, grandmother of Briana Campos Gr. 12-H and Dale Camille Campos Gr. 11-H.
Mrs. Jovita Domondon, mother of ESL Department Head Mrs. Marjory Alcantara and grandmother of Stephanie Alcantara 2001 graduate & Katrina Alcantara 2007 graduate.
John Lawrence Gabagat (profound hearing loss), 3 years old son of Brent School bus driver Mr. Ric Gabagat.
John Paul Jose (congenital heart disease), 13 years old son of school gardener Mr. Ronaldo Jose.
Jadin Caballero (castlemans), 8 years old grandson of MS English & Social Science teacher Dr. Judy Sands-Caballero.
Jumillaene Great Gepayo (profound hearing loss), 9 years old daughter of Seminary Intern Gonny Gepayo.
Mrs. Susana Mapili Caabay (diabetes), mother of Transportation Coordinator Mrs. Zosima “Sue” Bico.
Mr. Jay Yan, husband of IB and Academic Affairs Secretary Mrs. Elaine Yan.
Mrs. Geny Cabezas (breast cancer), grandmother of Gr. 6-N student Melissa Hevener.
Mr. Florencio “Lolo Ponsing” Cruz (diabetes), grandfather of the bus mother and Activities office staff Ms. Glenda Cruz.
Ms. Natalie Clifton, MS English teacher.
Mrs. Florence Bruskiewicz (breast cancer), mother of Gr. 11-K student Kenneth Bruskiewicz.
Mr. Socrates Varanal (glaucoma), father of Upper School Student Services Assistant Ms. Pauline Grace Varanal.
Mr. Froilan Bagalawis, brother of Assistant Director for Student Activities Mrs. Lulu Floresca.
Ms. Carolyn Tully (cancer), aunt of Gr. 1-E Homeroom teacher Ms. Christy Speicher.
Mr. Richard Kendall, husband of ELC Librarian Mrs. Maureen Kendall.
Ms. Nora Casas (cancer), cousin of US teacher & MS Student Services Coordinator Mr. Ericson Perez.
Mrs. Natividad Reyes Cruz, mother of MS teacher Mrs. Dalisay Dofitas.
Mrs. Gretchen White (cancer), grandmother of 2008 graduate Blake McClenny.
Mr. Joselito P. Laxa, brother-in-law of MS ESL teacher Ms. Eloisa Munden.
Mr. Eduardo Rocha, 1992 graduate.
Mr. Ronaldo Santi Godito, husband of ELC teacher aide Mrs. Judith Godito.
Mrs. Christina Rebudal (cancer), wife of Mr. Raffy Rebudal former Brent US Faculty.
Seth Maikiel Varanal, nephew of US Special Need teacher aide Ms. Pauline Varanal.
Mr. Gerson Markowitt, former Brent development officer.
Mrs. Edith Pelaez and Patricia Pelaez, grandmother and sister of MS Computer teacher Ms. Maita Francisco.
Ms. Catherine Marcelo-Buenviaje (breast cancer), cousin of MS Student Services teacher Ms. Marika Soriano.
Your love and prayers are deeply appreciated.
Thank you.
Poems and Prayers
Come, Ye Thankful People
Come, ye thankful people, come —
Raise the song of harvest home.
All is safely gathered in
Ere the winter storms begin.
God, our Maker, doth provide
For our wants to be supplied.
Come to God’s own temple, come —
Raise the song of harvest home.
All the world is God’s own field,
Fruit unto His praise to yield.
Wheat and tares together sown,
Unto joy or sorrow grown.
First the blade and then the ear,
Then the full corn shall appear.
Lord of harvest, grant that we
Wholesome grain and pure may be.
Thank you, O Lord,
for Thy gifts which
We are about to receive
From Thy bounty.
Amen.
Source: “Jesus Loves the Little Children: Treasury of Poems, Prayers, and Promises’
Saint of the Month
All Saints and Souls Day
1 November‑All Saints Day‑Principal Feast‑Gold or White
2 November‑All Souls Day‑Lesser Festival‑Purple, or Black, or White
From its earliest days, the Church has recognised as its foundation stones those heroes of the faith whose lives have excited others to holiness and have assumed a communion with the Church on earth and the Church in heaven.
Celebrating the feast of All Saints' began in the fourth century. At first, it was observed on the Sunday after the feast of Pentecost; this was to link the disciples who received the gift of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, the 'foundation of the Church, with those who were martyrs, giving their lives as witnesses for the faith. In the eighth century, a pope dedicated a chapel to All Saints in St Peter's at Rome on 1 November. Within a century, this day was observed in England and Ireland as All Saints' Day. (1 November-All Saints Day)
'The believer's pilgrimage of faith is lived out with the mutual support of all the people of God. In Christ all the faithful, both living and departed, are bound together in a communion of prayer.' This simple, agreed statement from the Anglican--Roman Catholic International Commission explains the purpose of the celebration on this day. Since its foundation, Christians have recognised that the Church, the ecclesia, the assembled people of God, is at its most perfect when it recognises its unity in God's redeeming love with all who have said, who say now, and who will say in the fullness of time, 'Jesus is Lord'. (2 November-All Souls Day).
Taken from: (http://www.excitingholiness.org/first-edition/index.cgi?m11/d02.html)