Posted below is the Oratio Imperata or Mandatory Prayer for Deliverance from Calamities released by Auxiliary Bishop Lucilo Quiambao of the Archdiocese of Legazpi in light of storms forecast by the Philippine weather bureau as well as calamities in the Asia-Pacific region and elsewhere in the world in this time of accelerated global warming:
Almighty Father, we raise our hearts to You in gratitude for the wonders of creation of which we are part, for Your providence in sustaining us in our needs, and for Your wisdom that guides the course ...of the universe. We acknowledge our sins against You and the rest of creation. We have not been good stewards of Nature. We have confused Your command to subdue the earth. The environment is made to suffer our wrongdoing, and now we reap the harvest of our abuse and indifference. Global warming is upon us. Typhoons, floods, volcanic eruption, and other natural calamities occur in increasing number and intensity. We turn to You, our loving Father, and beg forgiveness for our sins. We ask that we, our loved ones and our hard earned possessions be spared from the threat of calamities, natural and man-made. We beseech You to inspire us all to grow into responsible stewards of Your creation, and generous neighbours to those in need. Amen.
Made public with permission below are excerpts of an e-mail sent to me by Ms. Jaja Chiongbian-Rama of clubs Vudu and Formo regarding the "Typhoon Ondoy Live Aid" relief effort, an event which is part of my story on Cebu Daily News' "Life! Indi" section for tomorrow October 2, 2009:
"[T]he ones who should be credited for the Ondoy Live Aid efforts are Meg Eteve for championing the volunteer work today and Joseph Catillo and Jay Young for putting the whole Ondoy Live Aid Team Cebu efforts together. Plus the Cebuanos as a whole for truly banding together for this cause.
"The ONDOY LIVE AID container vans are care of Mr. Joseph Castillo who, along with Jay Young, are heading all the efforts in collecting the relief goods in Cebu. Joseph will be personally accompanying the vans to Manila via Lorenzo Shipping. Victory Liner and security c/o CIDG are on standby for distribution of goods to Cainta. Distribution will be coordinated with the Red Cross.
"Today, sorting and packing of medicines, toiletries, men's women's and kid's clothes, food, slippers, water resulted in one container van being filled and sealed ready to be shipped to Manila. The other container van is almost full as well.
"It doesn't really matter though which drop off center the goods are donated or to which organizations as long as we all help in our own little ways by sharing our time, effort or through donations.
"What is most heartwarming is getting messages from strangers wanting to help out and saying even if they can't give much since they don't have a job and don't have much to give they can offer their two hands and the time and energy to help sort and pack relief goods.
"Thank you Jason and hope to see you soon. Take care and stay warm. Let's all pray the other supertyphoon doesn't hit Luzon again :-("
Made public below is a letter written to the University of the Philippines in the Visayas Cebu College (UP Cebu) Union of Progressive Students by its chair, Euvic Ferrer regarding their efforts to help victims of typhoon Ondoy (the essence of this mail is retained even without the translation of parts in the Cebuano language):
"Salamat sa inyong gpanghatag nga clothes ug food.
"Pero, the survivors need more than just clothes. they also need medicine, etc.
"That's why the union of progressive students is devising a way to raise funds through a RUMMAGE SALE. this is instrumental in our aim to donate essential stuff like medicines to our brothers and sisters in luzon.
"This is also one way of transorming not-so-useful stuff like books and magazines into money so that we can donate more sa mga nanginahanglan.
"Ang halin kay it's either ipalit ug meds and other stuff nga necessary or idonate directly as money.
"And guys, thanks for the support.
"We gathered a total of php1,080.00 in one day lang sa atong rummage sale.
"Kini tanan idonate for the bagyong ondoy victims in luzon together with the clothes and food nga inyong gihatag.
"So, please continue to support WHATEVER advocacy of WHATEVER organization in collecting relief goods for the storm victims.
"Thanks.
"And yes, if anybody diha nga naay mabaligya nga BOOKS or MAGS or unsa ba kaha diha nga butang, pwede pud idonate ninyo para maapil sa rummage sale para mas daghan tag ma-halin.
"If wala muy clothes or food nga madonate, let's transform whatever "sellable" nga item to money for other needs like medicines para sa mga victims.
"Naa ra mi malax whole day, whole week (or we might extend til next week sa rummage!).
"Basta ang point is we are encouraging you all to donate essential, sellable and still useful nga stuff.
"We'll find good use for it!!
"Rest assured the organization will provide honest and transparent auditing of any monetary donation including ang halin sa rummage sale.
"Thanks."
Excerpt from "Epic Flood: A Call for Compassion" by Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), September 29, 2009:
Almighty Father, we raise our hearts to You in gratitude for the wonders of creation of which we are part, for Your providence in sustaining us in our needs, and for Your wisdom that guides the course ...of the universe. We acknowledge our sins against You and the rest of creation. We have not been good stewards of Nature. We have confused Your command to subdue the earth. The environment is made to suffer our wrongdoing, and now we reap the harvest of our abuse and indifference. Global warming is upon us. Typhoons, floods, volcanic eruption, and other natural calamities occur in increasing number and intensity. We turn to You, our loving Father, and beg forgiveness for our sins. We ask that we, our loved ones and our hard earned possessions be spared from the threat of calamities, natural and man-made. We beseech You to inspire us all to grow into responsible stewards of Your creation, and generous neighbours to those in need. Amen.
Made public with permission below are excerpts of an e-mail sent to me by Ms. Jaja Chiongbian-Rama of clubs Vudu and Formo regarding the "Typhoon Ondoy Live Aid" relief effort, an event which is part of my story on Cebu Daily News' "Life! Indi" section for tomorrow October 2, 2009:
"[T]he ones who should be credited for the Ondoy Live Aid efforts are Meg Eteve for championing the volunteer work today and Joseph Catillo and Jay Young for putting the whole Ondoy Live Aid Team Cebu efforts together. Plus the Cebuanos as a whole for truly banding together for this cause.
"The ONDOY LIVE AID container vans are care of Mr. Joseph Castillo who, along with Jay Young, are heading all the efforts in collecting the relief goods in Cebu. Joseph will be personally accompanying the vans to Manila via Lorenzo Shipping. Victory Liner and security c/o CIDG are on standby for distribution of goods to Cainta. Distribution will be coordinated with the Red Cross.
"Today, sorting and packing of medicines, toiletries, men's women's and kid's clothes, food, slippers, water resulted in one container van being filled and sealed ready to be shipped to Manila. The other container van is almost full as well.
"It doesn't really matter though which drop off center the goods are donated or to which organizations as long as we all help in our own little ways by sharing our time, effort or through donations.
"What is most heartwarming is getting messages from strangers wanting to help out and saying even if they can't give much since they don't have a job and don't have much to give they can offer their two hands and the time and energy to help sort and pack relief goods.
"Thank you Jason and hope to see you soon. Take care and stay warm. Let's all pray the other supertyphoon doesn't hit Luzon again :-("
Made public below is a letter written to the University of the Philippines in the Visayas Cebu College (UP Cebu) Union of Progressive Students by its chair, Euvic Ferrer regarding their efforts to help victims of typhoon Ondoy (the essence of this mail is retained even without the translation of parts in the Cebuano language):
"Salamat sa inyong gpanghatag nga clothes ug food.
"Pero, the survivors need more than just clothes. they also need medicine, etc.
"That's why the union of progressive students is devising a way to raise funds through a RUMMAGE SALE. this is instrumental in our aim to donate essential stuff like medicines to our brothers and sisters in luzon.
"This is also one way of transorming not-so-useful stuff like books and magazines into money so that we can donate more sa mga nanginahanglan.
"Ang halin kay it's either ipalit ug meds and other stuff nga necessary or idonate directly as money.
"And guys, thanks for the support.
"We gathered a total of php1,080.00 in one day lang sa atong rummage sale.
"Kini tanan idonate for the bagyong ondoy victims in luzon together with the clothes and food nga inyong gihatag.
"So, please continue to support WHATEVER advocacy of WHATEVER organization in collecting relief goods for the storm victims.
"Thanks.
"And yes, if anybody diha nga naay mabaligya nga BOOKS or MAGS or unsa ba kaha diha nga butang, pwede pud idonate ninyo para maapil sa rummage sale para mas daghan tag ma-halin.
"If wala muy clothes or food nga madonate, let's transform whatever "sellable" nga item to money for other needs like medicines para sa mga victims.
"Naa ra mi malax whole day, whole week (or we might extend til next week sa rummage!).
"Basta ang point is we are encouraging you all to donate essential, sellable and still useful nga stuff.
"We'll find good use for it!!
"Rest assured the organization will provide honest and transparent auditing of any monetary donation including ang halin sa rummage sale.
"Thanks."
Excerpt from "Epic Flood: A Call for Compassion" by Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), September 29, 2009:
"Typhoon Ondoy’s destructive path may be the worst flood in more than half a century. Through the ravages of nature in the past, the Filipino sense of compassion, which we also call “bayanihan,” has been called forth. The pictures we have seen in the past few days are pictures of Filipinos responding to the call for compassion, of people willing to “suffer with,” people with the spirit of “bayanihan.”
"We pray against typhoons, earthquakes, floods and other natural calamities. But when they do occur, the heroism of the Filipino comes out. We salute, for example, to that 18-year old teen-ager, Muelmar Magallanes, who lost his life after saving more than a dozen neighbors, the last of whom was a six-month old baby.
"This one heroic example is an inspiration of our appeal with the CBCP National Secretariat for Social Action. The CBCP NASSA has been mobilized to help with its limited resources the victims of the flood. Relief goods have started to be gathered and distributed to the flood-affected provinces around Metro Manila. Caritas Manila has started to respond to the flood victims in Metro Manila. Compassion is drawing many Filipinos to unite with their unfortunate brothers and sisters. Social Action Centers of other Dioceses may join the campaign by sending to CBCP NASSA whatever they may collect. Profound gratitude to the Knights of Columbus Supreme Council and the US Bishops’ Conference – Catholic Relief Services. They were among the first to respond.
"Other Institutions like the RED CROSS, have also started to respond to the call for compassion, as we have seen in GMA network and ABS-CBN network in the spirit respectively of “KAPUSO” and “KAPAMILYA.”
"We bend our knees in prayer for salvation against natural calamities, but when they do come, we are not so helpless as not to respond with heroism. We have said it before and we say it again “In the Church, no one is so poor as to have nothing to give, and no one is so rich as to have nothing to receive.” We are humbled by the crises that come to us. We pray to God and appeal for our neighbor."
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