“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us…”

2 Corinthians 4:7

Saturday, October 31, 2009

10/31/09 GOSPEL READING IN VIETNAMESE, ST. POLYCARP, REFORMATION DAY


10/31/09 GOSPEL READING IN VIETNAMESE, ST. POLYCARP, REFORMATION DAY

10/31/09 I JUST LEFT THE CHRIST-O-LANTERN IN THE BACKYARD AT MY MOM & DAD's HOUSE


10/31/09 I JUST LEFT THE CHRIST-O-LANTERN IN THE BACKYARD AT MY MOM & DAD's HOUSE

10/31/09 READING the BEATITUDES, OLQA, NEWPORT


10/31/09 READING the BEATITUDES, OLQA, NEWPORT

10/31/09 the PASTOR SAYS 144,000 in REVELATION is SIMPLY A SYMBOLIC #, REPRESENTING "FULNESS"


10/31/09 the PASTOR SAYS 144,000 in REVELATION is SIMPLY A SYMBOLIC #, REPRESENTING "FULNESS"

10/31/09 GOSPEL @ St. JOACHIM, Luke 14.7-11, HUMBLE SELF & be PROMOTED rather than EXALT SELF & be DEMOTED


10/31/09 GOSPEL @ St. JOACHIM, Luke 14.7-11, HUMBLE SELF & be PROMOTED rather than EXALT SELF & be DEMOTED: excellent wisdom from the MASTER who gives an example of going to a wedding feast, & rather than sit in the BEST SEAT only to be asked to MOVE DOWN to an inferior place, sit in the WORST SEAT only to be INVITED CLOSER ...that's a good analogy for LIFE IN GENERAL. Let us NOT overly EXALT OURSELVES, but also do not be FALSELY HUMBLE & do NOT HIDE YOUR LIGHT !

10/31/09 LIVE from McCafe: KARAOKE KOK "ITS YOU I LOVE, NOT THE THOUGHT OF YOU" by PICTURES & SOUND


10/31/09 LIVE from McCafe: KARAOKE KOK "ITS YOU I LOVE, NOT THE THOUGHT OF YOU" by PICTURES & SOUND: Your love, you're as fine as fine can be Your beauty, worth anything I've ever seen I try, to listen when you speak to me Try to make you see But what good would that do? It's you I love and not the thought of you You're the proof I use to measure what is true Its not what your parents hoped would be Or how I imagine you to look at 83 I twist your story around into some fantasy Like I always do But what would that prove true? It's you I love and not the thought of you You're the proof I use to measure what is true It's you I love and not the thought of you Darling its you It's you I love and not the thought of you You're the proof I use to measure what is true

Friday, October 30, 2009

10/30/09 MORE FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH, FOUNTAIN VALLEY,CA


10/30/09 MORE FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH, FOUNTAIN VALLEY,CA

10/30/09 I LOVE SINGING IN VIETNAMESE !


10/30/09 I LOVE SINGING IN VIETNAMESE !

10/30/09 GOSPEL READING, VIETNAMESE, HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH 7pm


10/30/09 GOSPEL READING, VIETNAMESE, HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH 7pm

10/30/09 HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH (GIVE ME A DOSE OF THE SPIRIT !)


10/30/09 HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH (GIVE ME A DOSE OF THE SPIRIT !)

10/30/09 THEY DIDNT HAVE PHO SO I ORDERED SOMETHING ELSE, NOT BAD, BUT NOT PHO


10/30/09 THEY DIDNT HAVE PHO SO I ORDERED SOMETHING ELSE, NOT BAD, BUT NOT PHO

10/30/09 Im at a NEW (For me) VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT called XANH BISTRO 615pm


10/30/09 Im at a NEW VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT called XANH BISTRO 615pm

10/30/09 So I tried a NEW VIETNAMESE place & asked for PHO TAI & he said, "WE'RE VIETNAMESE, WE DONT HAVE PHO"


10/30/09 So I tried a NEW VIETNAMESE place & asked for PHO TAI & he said, "WE'RE VIETNAMESE, WE DONT HAVE PHO" . What the ?! I thought PHO was a Vietnamese dish. Wasn't the place I went to last week Vietnamese ? (Pholicious)

10/30/09 So I tried a NEW VIETNAMESE place & asked for PHO TAI & he said, "WE'RE VIETNAMESE, WE DONT HAVE PHO"


10/30/09 So I tried a NEW VIETNAMESE place & asked for PHO TAI & he said, "WE'RE VIETNAMESE, WE DONT HAVE PHO" . What the ?! I thought PHO was a Vietnamese dish. Wasn't the place I went to last week Vietnamese ? (Pholicious)

10/30 I THOUGHT THEY WERE PLAYING AS i was leaving but the KID HIT HIM & TOOK HIS POCKET BIBLE


10/30 I THOUGHT THEY WERE PLAYING AS i was leaving but the KID HIT HIM & TOOK HIS POCKET BIBLE

10/30/09 the KID (JULIO) CAME UP TO THE DESK, KNOCKED THE JAR OVER & BROKE THE GLASS


10/30/09 the KID (JULIO) CAME UP TO THE DESK, KNOCKED THE JAR OVER & BROKE THE GLASS

WALKING AROUND the ROOM, MAKING SURE THEY ARE ON TASK


WALKING AROUND the ROOM, MAKING SURE THEY ARE ON TASK

10/30/09 READING the INSTRUCTIONS TO THE LIFE SCIENCE CLASS


10/30/09 READING the INSTRUCTIONS TO THE LIFE SCIENCE CLASS

10/30/09 CHECKING IN AT MY ASSIGNMENT, 730am


10/30/09 CHECKING IN AT MY ASSIGNMENT, 730am

10/30/09 CHECKING IN AT MY ASSIGNMENT, 730am


10/30/09 CHECKING IN AT MY ASSIGNMENT, 730am

Thursday, October 29, 2009

NEVER LET YOUR LIGHT BE BLOWN OUT LIKE I'M BLOWING OUT THE CANDLE TONIGHT


NEVER LET YOUR LIGHT BE BLOWN OUT LIKE I'M BLOWING OUT THE CANDLE TONIGHT

10/29 IT ONLY TAKES A SPARK TO GET GOD'S FIRE GLOWING !


10/29 IT ONLY TAKES A SPARK TO GET GOD'S FIRE GLOWING !

10/29/09 IT ONLY TAKES A SPARK TO GET A FIRE GLOWING...by the CHRIST-o-LANTERN !


10/29/09 IT ONLY TAKES A SPARK TO GET A FIRE GLOWING...by the CHRIST-o-LANTERN !

JESUS SAID, "Your BODY is the TEMPLE of GOD", or "YOU, YOURSELF, ARE A CHRIST-o-LANTERN" !


JESUS SAID, "Your BODY is the TEMPLE of GOD", or "YOU, YOURSELF, ARE A CHRIST-o-LANTERN" !, shining the light of GOOD NEWS in the darkness to the world, letting the WHOLE WORLD know the LOVE OF GOD ! BE A CHRIST-o-LANTERN this HALLOWEEN & every day of the year !

10/29/09 The CHRIST-o-LANTERN GLOWING in the DARK ! SHINE JESUS SHINE !


10/29/09 The CHRIST-o-LANTERN GLOWING in the DARK ! SHINE JESUS SHINE !

10/29/09 THE OFFICIAL FIRST LIGHTING of the 2009 CHRIST-o-LANTERN


10/29/09 THE OFFICIAL FIRST LIGHTING of the 2009 CHRIST-o-LANTERN

10/29/09 LEAVING SAN GABRIEL MISSION, 12:30


10/29/09 LEAVING SAN GABRIEL MISSION, 12:30

10/29/09 LORD's PRAYER, SAN GABRIEL MISSION


10/29/09 LORD's PRAYER, SAN GABRIEL MISSION

10/29/09 GOSPEL: JESUS had THINGS to DO, PLACES to GO, NOT ON HEROD's (The "Fox") TIMELINE


10/29/09 GOSPEL: JESUS had THINGS to DO, PLACES to GO, NOT ON HEROD's (The "Fox") TIMELINE

10/29/09 ENTERING SAN GABRIEL MISSION, NOON


10/29/09 ENTERING SAN GABRIEL MISSION, NOON

10/29/09 ARRIVING AT SAN GABRIEL MISSION for NOON EUCHARIST


10/29/09 ARRIVING AT SAN GABRIEL MISSION for NOON EUCHARIST

10/29/09 THATS ALL FOLKS ! VANDERKOK & his CHRIST-o-LANTERN & his DIRECTOR's CHAIR


10/29/09 THATS ALL FOLKS ! VANDERKOK & his CHRIST-o-LANTERN & his DIRECTOR's CHAIR

10/29/09 CLEANING the BROKEN CROSS out of the HEART of the PUMPKIN


10/29/09 CLEANING the BROKEN CROSS out of the HEART of the PUMPKIN

10/29/09 shazam ! I did it ! Its a CHRIST-o-LANTERN ! by vanderKOK


10/29/09 shazam ! I did it ! Its a CHRIST-o-LANTERN ! by vanderKOK

10/29 THATS A TESTIMONY TO THE STRENGTH of the CROSS, NOT EASILY BROKEN


10/29 THATS A TESTIMONY TO THE STRENGTH of the CROSS, NOT EASILY BROKEN

10/29/09 KIDS, DONT TRY THIS YOURSELF AT HOME. VERY DANGEROUS, ha ha. PUSHING IN THE CROSS


10/29/09 KIDS, DONT TRY THIS YOURSELF AT HOME. VERY DANGEROUS, ha ha. PUSHING IN THE CROSS

10/29/09 STILL CUTTING out the CROSS, LET THERE BE LOVE, LET THERE BE LIGHT !


10/29/09 STILL CUTTING out the CROSS, LET THERE BE LOVE, LET THERE BE LIGHT !

10/29/09 CUTTING out the CROSS on the CHRIST-o-LANTERN


10/29/09 CUTTING out the CROSS on the CHRIST-o-LANTERN

10/29/09 TAKING A BREAK, DRAWING the CROSS on the PUMPKIN


10/29/09 TAKING A BREAK, DRAWING the CROSS on the PUMPKIN

10/29/09 CLEANING OUT THE CHRIST-o-LANTERN


10/29/09 CLEANING OUT THE CHRIST-o-LANTERN

10/29/09 TAKING OUT the TOP of the CHRIST-o-LANTERN


10/29/09 TAKING OUT the TOP of the CHRIST-o-LANTERN

10/29/09 MAKING the FIRST CUT for my 2009 CHRIST-o-LANTERN !


10/29/09 MAKING the FIRST CUT for my 2009 CHRIST-o-LANTERN !

10/29/09 GOSPEL: JESUS CALLS HEROD A "FOX", INCARNATION CHURCH


10/29/09 GOSPEL: JESUS CALLS HEROD A "FOX", INCARNATION CHURCH

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

10/28/09 GOSPEL READING, ST. ROSE of LIMA, SIMI VALLEY, 530Pm


10/28/09 GOSPEL READING, ST. ROSE of LIMA, SIMI VALLEY

10/28/09 MY NAME IS CAM, PLEASE ADOPT ME ! (AGOURA HILLS HUMANE SOCIETY, CALIF)


10/28/09 MY NAME IS CAM, PLEASE ADOPT ME ! (AGOURA HILLS HUMANE SOCIETY, CALIF)

10/28/09 MY NAME IS BEAR, PLEASE ADOPT ME ! (AGOURA HILLS HUMANE SOCIETY, CALIF)


10/28/09 MY NAME IS BEAR, PLEASE ADOPT ME ! (AGOURA HILLS HUMANE SOCIETY, CALIF)

10/28/09 a CLIP of the VIDEO on Display at ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM (re CHINA)


10/28/09 a CLIP of the VIDEO on Display at ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM (re CHINA)

10/28/09 GOSPEL READING, ST. JOAN OF ARC CHURCH, 8am


10/28/09 GOSPEL READING, ST. JOAN OF ARC CHURCH, 8am

10/28/09 ALLE, ALLE, ALLE, LEUUUJAH, ALLELUJAH !


10/28/09 ALLE, ALLE, ALLE, LEUUUJAH, ALLELUJAH !

10/28/09 ARRIVING AT GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH, BEVERLY HILLS, FOR NOON EUCHARIST


10/28/09 ARRIVING AT GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH, BEVERLY HILLS, FOR NOON EUCHARIST

10/28/09 PRAYER of ST. JUDE for HOPELESS CASES (which we ALL are said the priest)


10/28/09 PRAYER of ST. JUDE for HOPELESS CASES (which we ALL are said the priest @ ST. JOAN of ARC CHURCH

10/28/09 AT THE LAUNDROMAT


10/28/09 AT THE LAUNDROMAT

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

10/27/09 I FOUND A PERFECT PUMPKIN for a CHRIST-O-LANTERN


10/27/09 I FOUND A PERFECT PUMPKIN for a CHRIST-O-LANTERN

10/27/09 SHOPPING FOR A PUMPKIN TO MAKE A CHRIST-O-LANTERN


10/27/09 SHOPPING FOR A PUMPKIN TO MAKE A CHRIST-O-LANTERN.. last few years I've made CHRIST-O-LANTERNS rather than JACK-O-LANTERNS

10/27/09 GOSPEL: Luke 13.19 re MUSTARD SEED, ST. PAUL APOSTLE CHURCH, WESTWOOD


10/27/09 GOSPEL: Luke 13.19 re MUSTARD SEED, ST. PAUL APOSTLE CHURCH, WESTWOOD

10/26/09 GOSPEL READING re JESUS HEALING on the SABBATH, HOLY FAMILY CHURCH, GLENDALE, CA 530pm


10/26/09 GOSPEL READING re JESUS HEALING on the SABBATH, HOLY FAMILY CHURCH, GLENDALE, CA 530pm

10/27/09 THE CLASS IS TAKING STANDARDIZED TESTS


10/27/09 THE CLASS IS TAKING STANDARDIZED TESTS

10/26/09 GOSPEL READING re JESUS HEALING on the SABBATH, HOLY FAMILY CHURCH, GLENDALE, CA 530pm


10/26/09 GOSPEL READING re JESUS HEALING on the SABBATH, HOLY FAMILY CHURCH, GLENDALE, CA 530pm

10/27/09 ARRIVING AT MY ASSIGNMENT, 745am


10/27/09 ARRIVING AT MY ASSIGNMENT, 745am

10/27/09 CRUISING thru BEVERLY HILLS, CA, LOOKING for the HILLBILLIES


10/27/09 CRUISING thru BEVERLY HILLS, CA, LOOKING for the HILLBILLIES

10/27/09 CRUISING thru BEVERLY HILLS, CA, LOOKING for the HILLBILLIES


10/27/09 CRUISING thru BEVERLY HILLS, CA, LOOKING for the HILLBILLIES

10/27/09 "CLEAN UP, PUSH IN YOUR CHAIRS", END OF THE DAY (IN A DIFFERENT ROOM)


10/27/09 "CLEAN UP, PUSH IN YOUR CHAIRS", END OF THE DAY (IN A DIFFERENT ROOM)

10/27/09 FAMOUS ALUMNI of the SCHOOL IM AT TODAY INCLUDE, JUDY GARLAND, RICKY NELSON, & jERMAINE JACKSON, among others


10/27/09 FAMOUS ALUMNI of the SCHOOL IM AT TODAY INCLUDE, JUDY GARLAND, RICKY NELSON, & jERMAINE JACKSON, among others. (BANCROFT MIDDLE SCHOOL)

Monday, October 26, 2009

10/25/09 DO NOT BE AFRAID, I AM WITH YOU


10/25/09 DO NOT BE AFRAID, I AM WITH YOU

10/25 OLQA "I love you & you are Mine"


10/25 "I love you & you are Mine"

10/26/09 WALKING THRU THE SCHOOL CROWD to the CAFETERIA for LUNCH


10/26/09 WALKING THRU THE SCHOOL CROWD to the CAFETERIA for LUNCH

10/26/09 THEYRE WATCHING "FINDING FORRESTER" about a SMART INNER-CITY KID being DISCOVERED


10/26/09 THEYRE WATCHING "FINDING FORRESTER" about a SMART INNER-CITY KID being DISCOVERED

10/26/09 LONG INTRO TO HG WELLS "TIME MACHINE" , READING to the CLASS


10/26/09 LONG INTRO TO HG WELLS "TIME MACHINE" , READING to the CLASS

10/26/09 READING the INTRO to "TIME MACHINE" by HG WELLS to the CLASS


10/26/09 READING the INTRO to "TIME MACHINE" by HG WELLS to the CLASS

10/26/09 READING the INTRO to "TIME MACHINE" by HG WELLS to the CLASS


10/26/09 READING the INTRO to "TIME MACHINE" by HG WELLS to the CLASS

10/26/09 READING the INTRO to "TIME MACHINE" by HG WELLS to the CLASS


10/26/09 READING the INTRO to "TIME MACHINE" by HG WELLS to the CLASS

10/26/09 IM READING the INTRO to TIME Machine By HG WELLS, & GET RUDELY INTERRUPTED


10/26/09 IM READING the INTRO to TIME Machine By HG WELLS, & GET RUDELY INTERRUPTED

Sunday, October 25, 2009

10/25/09 AMAZING GRACE by VANDERKOK @ ST. NICHOLAS, LAGUNA WOODS, 12:30pm(pst)


10/25/09 AMAZING GRACE by VANDERKOK @ ST. NICHOLAS, LAGUNA WOODS, 12:30pm(pst)

10/25/09 GOSPEL READING re BLIND BARTIMAEUS, ST. NICHOLAS, LAGUNA WOODS,CA


10/25/09 GOSPEL READING re BLIND BARTIMAEUS, ST. NICHOLAS, LAGUNA WOODS,CA

10/25/09 HOLY HOLY HOLY, LORD GOD ALMIGHTY !


10/25/09 HOLY HOLY HOLY, LORD GOD ALMIGHTY ! ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH, LAGUNA WOODS 12:30pm

10/25/09 NICENE CREED part 2 by vanderKOK, OLQA, NEWPORT, 830am


10/25/09 NICENE CREED part 2 by vanderKOK, OLQA, NEWPORT, 830am

10/25/09 NICENE CREED, part 1, OLQA, NEWPORT, by vanderKOK


10/25/09 NICENE CREED, part 1, OLQA, NEWPORT, by vanderKOK

10/25/09 NICENE CREED, part 1, OLQA, NEWPORT, by vanderKOK


10/25/09 NICENE CREED, part 1, OLQA, NEWPORT, by vanderKOK

10/25/09 NICENE CREED, part 1, OLQA, NEWPORT, by vanderKOK


10/25/09 NICENE CREED, part 1, OLQA, NEWPORT, by vanderKOK

"IMMEDIATELY, BARTIMAEUS COULD SEE": Jesus CAN HEAL ANYBODY, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, with FAITH !


"IMMEDIATELY, BARTIMAEUS COULD SEE": Jesus CAN HEAL ANYBODY, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, with FAITH ! (Gospel reading at OLQA, NEWPORT, 830am, 10/25/09

10/25/09 The GOSPEL READING was about BLIND BARTIMAEUS & the leader...


10/25/09 The GOSPEL READING was about BLIND BARTIMAEUS & the leader expounded upon the passage analogically as OUR OWN VARIOUS FORMS of BLINDNESS (NOT LITERAL) which need healing. Maybe its arrogance, pride, ...etc. that needs to be confessed...& he also tied this into the Melchizedek passage as the reason Catholic Christians should confess to their priest, not because he is perfect but because he is human & can empathize with human weakness & sinfulness. It is BECAUSE a priest is ALSO a sinner that confession is important, NOT because the priest is perfect. Interesting analysis. Coming from the Protestant tradition & the emphasis on confession to Christ alone I need some convincing to confess to a priest. Maybe they will convince me , but I'm still in the contemplative/reflective stage.

10/25/09 1st READING "ACCORDING to the ORDER of MELCHIZEDEK..." (See link)


The first BIBLE READING @ OLQA (Our Lady Queen Of ANGELS, NEWPORT) this morning mentioned "Melchizedek" which many believe is two words "melchi" (king) & "tsedeq" (righteousness) meaning "KING of RIGHTEOUSNESS" & is associated with JESUS IN VARIOUS ways.... I've always found this reference intriguing but mysterious & periodically search for clarity about it. Today I found the following link which sheds some further possible light on the subject : http://www.biblestudy.org/basicart/who-was-melchizedek.html