LATHALAIN: Ang mapagpagaling na pagmamahal ng ating Ama sa

pamamagitan ni Fr. Fernando Suarez

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() - July 4, 2011 - 12:00am
(Isinalin sa Filipino ni Annalisa P. Astilla mula sa English article “The healing
love of our Father through Fr. Fernando Suarez” na sinulat ni Margie Ongkeko
at na-lathala sa The Philippine STAR noong Hunyo 19, 2011.)

(Huli sa serye)

SA lahat ng kanyang mga letrato at karatula o poster, sinisiguro ni Father

Suarez na natatakpan ng kalis at ostiya ang kanyang mukha upang masiguro
na maalala ng mga tao ang pinagmulan ng kanilang paggaling. Ayon sa
kanya, pagtitiwala at paniniwala ang nais ng ating Ama mula sa atin.

Isang kwento ng pagpapagaling ang naalala ni Father Suarez. Hiniling ng

kaibigan niyang si Trina David na nasa New York ang panalangin habang siya
ay nasa Baguio City. Kinabukasan, nakatanggap siya ng tawag mula kay
Trina. Sabi ni Trina, “Hi, Father Suarez, si Trina ito… Si Charlie ay nasa bahay
ko habang kayo ay nagmimisa… Meron siyang lung cancer at brain tumor…
Magaling na siya ngayon…. Nagulat ang doctor at hindi ito makapaniwala sa
pangyayari.” Sinabi pa niya, “Salamat, Father Suarez, sa pananalangin ninyo
sa telepono para sa aking kaibigan.”

“Ang importante pagkatapos na tayo ay gumaling sa pisikal,” paalala ni Father

Suarez, “ay ang makilala natin ang pagmamahal ng Diyos. Kapag tayo ay
magaling na, huwag tayong huminto. Marami pang maiibigay si
Hesus. Mayroon pang mas matimbang na uri ng kagalingan, at ito ay ang
kaligayahang dulot ng malalim na pagkakilala sa Diyos.”

Sa pamamagitan ng mga Healing Mass na ginawa niya sa Ireland, London,

Australia, Paris, United Arab Emirates, Bethlehem, Saudi Arabia, Canada,
Indonesia, New Jersey, California at iba pang dako ng mundo, marami sa mga
tao na napagaling na may ibang pananampalataya o relihiyon ang
nagsimulang magsaliksik kung saan nanggaling ang biyayang ito ang
nakatagpo ng mas malalim na kahulugan ng buhay mula sa kanilang
nasumpungang bagong pananalig.

Marami rin ang may pagdududa at sumubok sa kakayanan ni Father

Suarez. Naalala niya ang isang pangyayari sa kanyang Misa nang mayroong
isang tao na nagkunwaring hindi maka-lakad ng walang saklay ang lumapit sa
kanya. Sa pamamagitan ng inspirasyong banal, natukoy ni Father Suarez at
ipinanalangin ang kanyang totoong karamdaman na kanser sa tiyan.

Mayroon din naman na hindi agad napapagaling. Huwag dapat mawalan ng

pag-asa. Ang ating Diyos, sa kanyang karunungan, kapangyarihan at sa
tamang panahon, ay laging nagpapagaling. Ang higit na kaligayahan ay
natatamo natin mula sa lumalalim na relasyon natin sa kanya.

Naikwento ni Father Suarez ang istorya ng isang babae na pumunta sa Monte

Maria kasama ang buong pamilya upang magdiwang ng kanyang ika-85 na
kaarawan. Pagkatapos ng misa, sinabi ng babae na iyon ang
pinakamagandang pangyayari sa kanyang buhay na ikinagulat ng kanyang
mga anak. Ayon sa kanila, ginawa nila ang lahat ng paraan upang mapaligaya
ang kanilang ina, at ito ang nag-iisang pagkakataon na naramdaman nilang
ganap siyang maligaya. Totoo nga, lahat tayo ay nagugutom at nauuhaw sa
piling ng Panginoon at ang kapayapaan at kaligayahan na ibinibigay Niya ang
siya lamang makakatugon.

Pinili ni Father Suarez na bumalik sa Pilipinas at itayo ang Mary Mother of the
Poor Foundation sapagkat ang kanyang kaligayahan ay nasa piling ng mga
mahihirap. Ang kanyang Lupon, maliban sa misyon ng pagpapagaling, ay
sumusuporta sa maraming mahihirap na pamilya sa bansa.

Ibinahagi rin ni Father Suarez na ang kanyang paglalakbay ay nakakatulong

din sa ating mga kababayang nagtatrabaho sa ibang bansa. Sa maraming
pagkakataon sila ay pinapahirapan ng ibang uri ng karamdaman—sakit na
dulot ng kalungkutan ng pag-iisa at malalim na pangungulila sa Inang Bayan.

Hinihimok ni Father Suarez ang mga kababayan natin sa ibayong dagat na

itaas sa ating Ama sa Langit, sa pamamagitan ni Hesus, ang kanilang
pangungulila. Ipinapaalala din niya ang importansya na kumapit lamang sila
sa pagmamahal ng Diyos. Ayon pa kay Father Suarez, maaaring ang mga
manggagawa ay may mga maliliit na trabaho ayon sa kanilang pananaw,
subalit sa kabila ng lahat sila ay lubos na minamahal at pinahahalagahan ng
ating Diyos. Importanteng maramdaman nating lahat ang pagpapahalaga sa
atin ng Diyos. Sa pamamagitan nito ay makikilala natin ng lubos ang ating
mga sarili: isang matibay na pagkakilala na hindi kayang sirain ng
panghuhusga ng ibang tao.

Sa pamamagitan ng malalim na pagmamahal ng Diyos ay makikilala natin

ang ating pagkatao at ang ating halaga bilang tao: Isang katauhang kumpleto
at karapat-dapat mahalin at magmahal. At dahil sa pagmamahal na nakamtan
natin, maghahangad tayo na maging mabuting tao, mapagmahal at
maunawain din kagaya ng pagmamahal na naranasan natin.

Ngayong Linggo sana’y maunawaan niyo, kung gaano Kadakila ang pag-ibig
ni Hesus at nawa’y makilala ninyo ang di matingkalang pag-ibig na ito upang
mapuspos kayo ng kapuspusan ng Diyos. Dahil sa ating pakikipag-isa at
pananalig sa kanya, makakalapit tayo sa Diyos nang panatag ang loob.

Sa Diyos na makagagawa nang higit kaysa lahat ng maari nating hilingin at

isipin sa pamamagitan ng kanyang kapangyarihang naghahari sa atin at kay
Hesus magpakailanman.
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Isabela - Rice Granary Of The North

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Isabela, the biggest province in the Cagayan Valley Region, is now one of the premier provinces of the north. It has

been dubbed as the "Rice Granary of the North" having been adjudged as the Most Outstanding Province in Food

Security in the Gawad Sapat Ani Awards 2000 conducted by the Department of Agriculture. It is also home to the

famous Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park, a protected seascape and landscape of exceptional biodiversity.

Santiago City, the commercial center of Region 2, has been declared an independent-component city through a

plebiscite on July 3, 1994 under Republic Act 7720.

Cauayan City, the trading center in Isabela, is also a component city ratified in a majority vote on March 30, 2001.

Agriculture is the major industry of the people of Isabela. Farming is highly mechanized as most of the agricultural

lands are irrigated. With the presence of the Isabela State University, joint ventures and other foreign assisted

projects are viable while the Magat Dam Tourism Complex contributes to the high productivity in agriculture. Isabela is

acknowledged as the hub of trade and commercial activities in the region due to its central location in the region.

Furniture making using narra and other indigenous forest materials/products like Gmelina continue to exist. Potential

investments are in fisheries and tourism. The reservoir of the Magat Dam is utilized for fishcage operations,

particularly tilapia production. Tourism is relatively a new industry being developed in the province especially in the

coastal areas. Support services and accommodation facilities are likewise being developed.

Isabela geographically straddles the heart of Cagayan Valley

region, bordered by the Northern Sierra Madre Mountain Range in
the east and the Cordillera mountains in the west with
predominantly rich agricultural terrain. The province’s economy is
primarily agricultural with rice and corn as the dominant crops.
Today, Isabela is the premier province of the north and one of the
most progressive in the country.

The province of Isabela is dubbed as the new “Rice Granary of the

Philippines.” It is blessed with water as complementary natural
resources through the Magat River Integrated Irrigation System
that irrigates about 85,000 hectares of farmlands favoring the
large-scale production of premium quality grain crops like rice and
corn.

The agriculture department reported that the province produced

1,049,954 metric tons of corn and 1,068,275 MT of rice last
cropping year.

With the sustainability of these golden yields, the province was

awarded Top Corn Producer in the Philippines and second in rice
production.

On a cut-flower farm tour in San Mateo, Isabela,

young ladies enjoy the pick-and-pay promo offered as a marketing strategy of the owners.
Believed to be the biggest in Southeast Asia established by
Mindanao Grains Processing Co. and the Philippine Maize
Federation Inc., a P750-million corn processing plant established in
Reina Mercedes town is seen to have answered the major
postharvest problems confronting corn farmers in the region

Along the province’s Pacific coastline of Divilacan town is the

white-sand beach on Honeymoon Island. The municipality of
Maconacon is said to be the Lobster Capital of the North because
of the enormous lobsters that flourish in its coastal waters that
enterprising traders export to Japan.
Another hidden paradise is the coastal town of Palanan where
exotic seafood, blue marlins and humpback whales abound,
attracting game fishers to the town. At the foot of the Sierra Madre,
the country’s longest mountain range and home to the rare and
endangered species like the Philippine Eagle, the Golden Crowned
Flying Fox, the Green Sea Turtle and the Dugong. The Northern
Sierra Madre Natural Park is a biodiversity hot spot and the largest
of 10 priority protected areas in the Philippines.

A m dern broiler poultry facility in Roxas, Isabela,

houses thousands of well-ventilated chickens.
A joint venture among Japanese, Taiwanese and Filipino partners,
Green Future Innovations Inc. has erected a 54-million liter ethanol
plant in San Mariano town. The multinational investment has
substantially converted many idle lands in the province into
lucrative sugarcane farms. The town also pioneered in honeybee
culture through the Isabela State University (San Mariano)
apiculture farm.

Despite the influx of multinational food companies in the province,

Isabela’s cuisine like the popular “Pancit Cabagan,” the chunky
glutinous “Bibingka of Naguillian,” patupat (glutinous rice tightly
wrapped in coconut leaves cooked in boiling sugarcane syrup) and
muscuvado sugar of Santiago City are popularly enticing to
enthusiasts who crave for organic food products.

For growing vegetables associated with the hugely popular

Ilocano pinakbet dish, this town in the second congressional district
of Isabela has been dubbed “Pinakbet Capital of the North.”
With its enormous production of mung bean, the multiawarded San
Mateo town is dubbed as the “Munggo Capital of the Philippines.”
When one thinks of San Mateo, Isabela, mung beans always come
to mind. The town is also known for watermelons and salted eggs.

The adjacent town of Alicia is popular for sweet melons and

watermelons.

Cherry (left) and Christy Base entice motorists

with a creative showcase of sliced watermelons at the farm gate of Centeno Farms in Alicia,
Isabela. The two help their father sell his harvest of sweet watermelons during the summer break.
Famous for its Santa Victoria Cave System and Wildlife Sanctuary
is the young city of Ilagan, better known for its Binallay rice cake.
The city is the provincial capital of Isabela province since May 1,
1856. It has a total land area of 116,626 hectares.

The municipality of Aurora is the vegetable basket of the province

and home to CornWorld seed processing plant.

Known for large-scale cattle and carabao production, San Pablo and
San Agustin towns play as livestock and dairy capital of the
province.

One of the fastest-growing cities in the region is Cauayan City,

which plays as the literal domestic gateway to the valley, home of
the Cauayan Domestic Airport.

With over 100,000 hectares of farmlands planted with corn, the

province is the country’s No.1 corn producer. Its fields of gold are
dotted with bambanti—scarecrows created by Isabelinos to keep
away birds, pests and other threats to their rice and corn crops.
Often dressed in scary tatters and colorful hand-me-downs,
the bambanti symbolizes the best of Isabela, its impressive
beginnings, intense growth and dazzling future.

Because of its predominantly agricultural setting, bambanti, an

Ilocano term for “scarecrow, was the adopted name for the annual
thanksgiving festival as it symbolizes food security.

The festival aims to showcase Isabela’s rich cultural heritage, the

ingenuity of its people, industry and the pristine beauty of its 35
towns and three cities.