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  Ilan ang sumasang-ayon, at ilan ang tumututol?

Ilan ang natatakot, at ilan ang walang pakialam?
Ilan ang magbubukas ng tunay na kalooban, at ilan ang pipiliing manahimik na lamang?

Ang wika'y di ako taga-riyan, kaya huwag makialam.
At di naman daw sumasamba sa simbahang ipinaglalaban.
Ang tuligsa ng salita at talas ng dila, walang pasintabi sa harap ng madla,
Na maging itong ebanghelyo'y tila nasasalaula.

Ang kabutihang asal, at pagpapakumbaba
ang sumasalamin sa anino ng Bathala.
Nasaan ang awa, at ang pagkadakila
kung mismong alagad ay palalo sa halimbawa.
 
Ako'y taga-Cabuyao, ikaw taga-saan?
Ang bantayog at templo, pamana ng nakaraan
Yaman ng lahing patuloy kong ipaglalaban.
Kung ikaw man ay hari, pari o paham,
'Wag kalilimutang dayuhan ka lamang

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    Mike L. Cariño In a batttle of wits, the other one is unarmed!
    

    November 15 at 10:20am ·
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    Cabuyao - Stories, Anecdotes and Remniscences As the Master Jedi intones, so do I Tito Mike..."May the Force be with us!"
    

    November 15 at 10:40am ·
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    Mike L. Cariño It will be so, I'm sure!
    

    November 15 at 10:43am ·
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    Evie C. Locsin i agree with you!!!
    

    November 15 at 12:44pm ·
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    Guring Ramilo the most powerful force is with you, RB- GOD'a Power!!! Can anybody beat that?
    

    November 15 at 1:55pm ·
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    Cabuyao - Stories, Anecdotes and Remniscences Thanks, Guring...and may his wisdom and grace guide us all, always!
    

    November 15 at 2:07pm ·
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    Pilut Schuler Iyan ang gusto kong malaman!
    

    November 15 at 3:42pm ·
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    Mariavictoria C. Go The last verse is quite strong! What does "paham" mean? My Tagalog is a bit rusty & never that deep - shame on me! PS Is the angel statue from the Cabuyao church? It's lovely!
    

    November 15 at 10:17pm ·
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    Cabuyao - Stories, Anecdotes and Remniscences Paham means a sage, Tita Evic...and no, the lovely statue is "English".
    

    November 15 at 10:39pm · · 1Loading...
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    Mariavictoria C. Go How do you find the "provenance" of an image/photo?
    

    November 15 at 10:48pm ·
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    Cabuyao - Stories, Anecdotes and Remniscences It is from the album of a friend in Flickr, he is Brit who takes photos of the English countryside, Tita Evic...
    

    November 15 at 10:50pm · · 1Loading...
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    Guring Ramilo Tutol ako na baguhin ang simbahang minahal ko... Ang simbahang kasaysaya'y bahagi na ng buhay ko... Palakihin ang simbahan nguni't hindi po ganito... Pagwasak ng ala-ala, Kapalit po ba ay ito????
    

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