Justice with equity

Charlie Señase csenase@yahoo.com

Sublimejustice is pure and simple non-partisan and therefore impartial that the learned and people-in-know are torn-apart due to vested interest and inherent peculiarities.

The country’s much-talked about violent incidents that killed a Negros Oriental governor, a Metro Manila-based broadcast journalist; which were allegedly orchestrated by authorities who are mandated to secure lives of constituents are reportedly on the loose to ignore summons and arrest warrants for “security reason.”

Authorities must lead as role models of righteousness from the Office of the President and members of the judiciary and legislative bodies, considered the three major constitutional estates. Media practitioners made up the country’s Fourth Estate whose entities uphold truth and neutrality in its news and information dissemination. But the question is – Are they true to their mandated task as enshrined in the Constitution? To all the accused and mere witnesses, if truth is involved say so, and if falsehood, admit in humility if done willfully or unintentional. God will surely vindicate you.

A biblical passage worth pondering reads: God abhors those who call evil good and good evil, who regard darkness for light and vise-versa (Isaiah 5:20). And whoever rewards evil for good, evil will not depart from him. For he who justifies the wicked and condemns the righteous, God’s wrath will be upon them (Proverbs 17:13-15).

Members of Congress are called legislators and they are supposed to make not break as in lawmakers not lawbreakers, like some lawyers-turned liars. We hope and pray that our recent BAR topnotchers and passers would not fall into the evil trap of circumventing the law and other manipulation to gain justice the monetary way. It’s reality that we (lawyers and nonlawyers) need money, but there are things in life that money cannot buy that we have to treasure. We ought to know by now that visible things are temporal but the unseen things are eternal (2 Corinthians 4:18).

Early this week former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario passed away at 83. He also served as PH envoy to the US in 2001 to 2006. As former president of a business group known as MAP, his 45 years in the business catapulted him as the “Management Man of the Year 2014,” according to family members, who mourn his demise.

This only proves to show that in death no one is invincible that a fugitive Negros Oriental member of the House refuses to appear before colleagues citing security reason; despite divine intervention “not to fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear God who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell” (Matthew 10:28). A corollary biblical assurance on salvation states: Whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for God-sake will find it (Matthew 16:25).

All About Biblical Justice and Justification do intermittent fasting, but they are all based on choosing regular time periods to eat and fast.

God judges people with righteousness and His justice is on the poor (Psalm 72:2). The LORD assures to make justice His measuring line and righteousness the plummet (Isaiah 28:17). God’s Spirit of justice is upon His Son intended for the Gentiles. He will not fail nor be discourage till He has established justice on earth & the coastlands will wait for His law (Isaiah 42:1-4).

Intermittentfasting is an eating plan that switches between fasting and eating on a regular schedule. Research shows that intermittent fasting is a way to manage your weight and prevent — or even reverse — some forms of disease. But how do you do it? And is it safe?

What is intermittent fasting?

Many diets focus on what to eat, but intermittent fasting is all about when you eat.

With intermittent fasting, you only eat during a specific time. Research shows fasting for a certain number of hours each day or eating just one meal a couple days a week may have health benefits.

Johns Hopkins neuroscientist Mark Mattson has studied intermittent fasting for 25 years. He says our bodies have evolved to be able to go without food for many hours, or even several days or longer. In prehistoric times, before humans learned to farm, they were hunters and gatherers who evolved to survive — and thrive — for long periods without eating. They had to: It took a lot of time and energy to hunt game and gather nuts and berries.

Experts note that even 50 years ago, it was easier to maintain a healthy weight in the United States. There were no computers, and TV shows turned off at 11 p.m.; people stopped eating because they went to bed. Portions were much smaller. More people worked and played outside and, in general, got more exercise.

For instance, you might try eating only during an eight-hour period each day and fast for the remainder. Or you might choose to eat only one meal a day two days a week. There are many different intermittent fasting schedules. Mattson says that after hours without food, the body exhausts its sugar stores and starts burning fat. He refers to this as metabolic switching.

“Intermittent fasting contrasts with the normal eating pattern for most Americans, who eat throughout their waking hours,” Mattson says. “If someone is eating three meals a day, plus snacks, and they’re not exercising, then every time they eat, they’re running on those calories and not burning their fat stores.”

Intermittent fasting works by prolonging the period when your body has burned through the calories consumed during your last meal and begins burning fat.

Intermittent Fasting Plans

It’s important to check with your doctor before starting intermittent fasting. Once you get his or her go-ahead, the actual practice is simple. You can pick a daily approach, which restricts daily eating to one six- to eight-hour period each day. For instance, you may choose to try 16/8 fasting: eating for eight hours and fasting for 16.

The first Sunday after Easter Sunday is celebrated in Catholic churches all over the world as the Feast of the Divine Mercy. A nine day novena that begins on Good Friday ushers in the festivities for this Mercy Sunday which was when Jesus, our Lord, expressed the wish to give honor to the divine Mercy; and in answer to Jesus’s claim and appeal, novenas are held for both the general and particular daily intentions of the Divine Mercy.

Maria Faustina Kowalska, also known as Maria Faustina Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament, was a Polish Catholic religious sister and mystic. Saint Faustina had apparitions of Jesus Christ which inspired the Catholic devotion to the Divine Mercy and earned her title of “Secretary of Divine Mercy. Throughout her life, Saint Faustina reported having visions of Jesus and conversations with Him which she noted in her diary.

She joined a convent in Warsaw, later transferred to Vinius where she met Father Michal Sopocko who was her confessor and spiritual director and who supported her devotion to the Divine Mercy. With this priest’s help, she commissioned an artist to paint the first Divine Mercy image based on her vision of Jesus, and first celebrated Mass in the presence of this painting. About this painting, Jesus promised that “the soul that will venerate this image will not perish.”

In 1938, she died at the age of 33, one year before the outbreak of WW II, a war she foretold even indicating its extent and horrors. She wrote in her diary, the words: “I bear a special love for Poland, and if she will be obedient to My will, exalt her in might and holiness. From here will come forth the spark that will prepare the world for my final coming.”

The invasion of Poland began the 2nd WW. During this terrible war the Devotion to the Divine Mercy became a shield of strength and hope for many. Cities throughout Poland suffered major damage. However the cities of Vilno and Cracow were completely spared. In Cracow, explosives planted for the deliberate destruction of all major historic buildings and precious national landmarks unexplainably were detonated. The devotion spread rapidly during this time of crisis, penetrating prison camps throughout Poland and even beyond its borders. Eventually, it was carried by refugees to all parts of the world.

Saint Faustina’s Diary contains a prophesy that for a time being due to this devotion , God’s action would come upon the scene with great power, which would bring witness to the truth. In 1959, the Holy See, acting upon inaccurate data concerning the revelation prohibited the spreading of the devotion in the forms proposed.

Meanwhile, in 1967, the Archbishop of Cracow, Karl Cardinal Wojtyla, successfully completed the first stage in the process for the beatification of St. Faustina. It was primarily through his efforts and intervention that on April 15, 1978 the Holy See completely reversed to the original decision in March 1959 and lifted the ban. In this event we see the further fulfillment of her prophesy. Despite this setback, 20 years in all, it was by faith that devotees continue their prayers for the Divine Mercy.

Six months after the ban was lifted, Cardinal Wojtyla became Pope John Paul II. Saint Faustina Kowalska OLM was beatified on the 18th of April, 1993 at Vatican City by Pope John Paul II, and canonized in 2000 on the 30th of April , also by Pope John Paul II.

Though most of my friends and relatives are certified devotees of the Divine Mercy, Belinda and Desiree Dulay, a mother daughter tandem, goes as far as Libungan to spread the devotion and enthrone the image of the Divine Mercy, aiming to have this in as many homes as possible.

With internet, TV and other entertainment available 24/7, many adults and children stay awake for longer hours to watch TV, scroll through social media, play games and chat online. That can mean sitting and snacking all day — and most of the night.

Although some people find it easy to stick with this pattern over the long term, one research study that was not designed specifically to look at an intermittent fasting pattern found that limiting your daily time window of eating does not prevent weight gain over time or yield significant weight loss results. That study’s results showed that reducing the number of large meals or eating more small meals may be associated with minimizing weight gain or even with weight loss over time.

Extra calories and less activity can mean a higher risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and other illnesses. Scientific studies are showing that intermittent fasting may help reverse these trends.

How does intermittent fasting work?

The unjust trust on empty words and there’s no truth in them; for they conceive evil and bring forth iniquity (Isaiah 59:4). Christ has declared: “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is abominable in the sight of God” (Luke 16:15). A man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ who suffered and died to redeem mankind of their iniquities (Galatians 2:16). Thru Christ everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses (Acts 13:39). Who could annul God’s judgment? Can we condemn Him that we may be justified? Do we have an arm like God or can we thunder with a voice like Him? (Job 40:8-9). MC MC

There are several different ways to

Another intermittent fasting plan, known as the 5:2 approach, involves eating regularly five days a week. For the other two days, you limit yourself to one 500–600 calorie meal. An example would be if you chose to eat normally on every day of the week except Mondays and Thursdays, which would be your one-meal days.