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LNP Community Conference 2020

Members of Ang Ligaya ng Panginoon gathered for their annual Community Conference last February 16, 2020 at St. Paul Pasig. Likened to a “family meeting”, the Community Conference discussed the direction of Ang Ligaya ng Panginoon in pursuing its mission of proclaiming the Gospel, and urged on its members to respond to the call of the times.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE LNP COMMUNITY CONFERENCE 2020

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Road to Victory

"Will you walk with me, my child?"

 

Every year we put ourselves in a disposition of reflection during the Lenten season in order to prepare ourselves for Holy Week to be able to remember and walk with the Lord on his journey, on his Road To Victory.

 

This year through One Touch Productions, Bobby Quitain has crafted a 6-week-long podcast recollection series called, "Road To Victory", which aims to aid us in our walk with the Lord this season.

 

"Road To Victory", is a podcast recollection, which means it can be listened to on-the-go, wherever you may be and whatever you may be doing.

 

It will be released at the start of the Lenten Season beginning on Ash Wednesday (March 6), then every Sunday after.

 

All the posts will be posted through

One Touch Plus' Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/onetouchdigital/

with the tag #RoadToVictoryLent2019 for easier access.


Ang Ligaya ng Panginoon celebrates Day of Dedication 2019

In Ang Ligaya ng Panginoon, it takes a community to raise a child.

 

Last January 13, 2019 we celebrated the Day of Dedication, wherein the community lifted up and prayed for its children, especially the newly born.

 

Why does Ang Ligaya ng Panginoon celebrate the Day of Dedication? Watch this video

 

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This Covenant is all about the Audacity of God

It is not simply about our capacity to become, it is all about the loving God.

 

The moment you embrace a covenant you must understand that you have to die with it. It is never about you anymore, it is about the God who calls you. It is not about your strength, it is about God’s providence. It is not about your faithfulness, it’s about the faithfulness of God.

 

Ligaya never taught me how to serve, Ligaya taught me how to love the Lord.

 

We are called to this community to learn to love the Lord. When you are in love, you serve.

 

Ligaya is a community that allowed me to experience how to love and to be loved. It was difficult to enter the Seminary but my Pastoral Leader, Paquito Tanjangco said, “If you feel it is not for you, do not be afraid to come back. Remember, you have a Community that loves you.”

 

It is by the GRACE and MERCY of God that I was able to reach this long.

 

When you reach a milestone in your life, two things you have to ask: what have you become and what have others become because of you?

 

Excerpt from the sharing of Fr. Dave Concepcion at the Feast of the Covenant on September 9, 2018 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City, Fr. Dave Concepcion is a Covenanted member of Ang Ligaya ng Panginoon and Parish Priest of Sta. Maria Goretti Parish in Paco, Manila. He is a sought after homilist and retreat master, and has journeyed with many pilgrims to the Holy Land and other holy sites as pilgrimage chaplain and President of Catholic Travel, Inc.

 

 

 

Limitless: Kairos Summer Games 2018
How far would you go for him?

 

This was the question answered by many during the recently held Kairos Summer Games (KSG) on June 2 and 3 at Malayan Colleges Laguna and Marikina Sports Center, respectively, as they competed in different sports and fun games during the two-day event.

 

KSG is an annual event that aims to gather the youth from the different movements, and hone excellence and endurance, while strengthening camaraderie among young people. It is an opportunity for them to use their talents and skills as they engage in competitive and high-energy sports, and to grow in character as they develop discipline, sportsmanship, and grit.

 

More than 800 young people from several colleges and universities in Metro Manila, young professionals from various fields, as well as families, friends, and supporters gathered together to celebrate as one community. Participating teams include different Christ’s Youth in Action (CYA) hubs – University of Santo Tomas (UST) Royals, Unified Manila Chapter (UMC) Titans, Quezon City (QC) Immortals; and programs and outreaches of Kairos – Millennial Falcons (Singles and University District), YA Youngbloods (young adults), and Lingkod Warriors (young professionals and CYA alumni).

 

The opening program was graced by the Summer Games Board Chairman, Peter Jess Legaspi who led the Parade of Colors, which was followed by the torch-lighting ceremony and Sportsmanship Oath where each team was represented by their Captains.

 

Several sports events include Basketball, Volleyball, Football, Ultimate, Badminton, Table Tennis, Swimming; fun and board games such as Tug of War, Relay, Obstacle Course, Chess, Scrabble, Game of the Generals; and the much anticipated Cheer Dance competition which was bagged by the QC Immortals. UMC Titans emerged as the over-all champion of Kairos Summer Games 2018.

 

With this year’s theme Limitless guided by the verse “For nothing is impossible with God” taken from Luke 1:37, Kairos Summer Games has proven that the youth has great potential and if we aim high and do things together for God’s glory, then what we are capable to do is beyond what we can imagine. What we are bound to do is limitless, because we have a limitless God.

 

KSG 2018 was made possible in partnership with Ligaya ng Panginoon and supported by Alaska Milk and Malayan Colleges Laguna. Special thanks are also given to Trans Access, Ayala Land, Monde Nissin, Red Bull, Gold Seas, Oishi, VDR Enterprises, Del Monte Fit N Right, the Local Government of Marikina, Fit Bar, Dole, Zalora, Boy Bawang, Glade, and Milcu.

 

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A Life Undaunted and Victorious
Jesus died. For real. He was a man at the same time He was God. And as man, he experienced what it meant to die. The difference was that He not only died for our sins (1 Corinthians 15:3) and, by the grace of God, tasted death for every one (Hebrews 2:9) but that while his human existence died, His divine nature continued. Thus, the resurrection. He was the promise keeper, the fulfillment of prophecy, the one over whom death had no hold. He is the Sovereign King who lives undaunted and victorious over death. As we celebrate our Lord’s resurrection, we ask for the grace to claim victory over sin and death in our lives, through our Lord Jesus. We ask for the grace to not turn back to our old lives, having journeyed with our Lord to the cross and beyond, and to live new lives triumphant and undaunted. We pray with hope and joy, “Maranatha! Come Lord Jesus!”

 

Reflection by Theodore Te, a Member of the North Sector of Ang Ligaya ng Panginoon

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ligaya ng Panginoon joins the Christian community in remembering the passion, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ at the Holy Triduum 2018.

 

The Holy Triduum is one liturgical celebration in three parts, spread over Thursday, Friday and Saturday. This is open to guests, with no registration fees.

 

Reflections on the Joy of the Covenant

 

The covenant relationship God has called us into is a covenant of JOY.

 

We declare and celebrate the truth that nothing can rob us of this joy. We look above and beyond what we see, hear, and experience and be comforted on the truth that all these will not and cannot take away our Joy in the Lord.

 

Our Joy – rooted and grounded in Love.

 

The source of our Joy is rooted and grounded On God’s unconditional love. The more we experience the Joy that is rooted in God’s love, the

more we grow in our confidence in the GOD who is the source of joy.

 

The secret of Joy is not discovered in the absence of trials, but in the midst of them.

 

JOY is a FRUIT of the spirit, independent of circumstances; but dependent on God alone who dwells within us. God alone is the source of our Joy.

 

Joy is grace that is received and that is lived.

 

Joy is a gift. We cannot manufacture joy, we cannot get it on our own effort. It is freely given. When we live and walk in the Spirit, the fruit of Joy will follow.

 

JOY is a conscious choice. We can choose to rejoice! Let us choose Joy!

 

How do we sustain our covenant of joy?

 

Our experience of joy flows from our abiding relationship with God.

 

To abide is to sustain unbroken fellowship with someone. Abiding is an essential requirement for joy. Abiding builds our confidence in the Lord, in good times and in bad.

 

Our Joy, God’s Joy.

 

Our joy is the joy of the Lord. And the source of our Joy is God alone.

 

We are created for the glory of the Lord. We are formed as covenanted people to glorify HIM. God is glorified when we declare – Ligaya ko ang Panginoon.

 

When God is glorified, we are filled with joy. The joy of the Lord becomes our joy, the joy of the Lord becomes our strength. So the encouragement for us is to be a people of joy by being faithful in giving glory to the God who called us.

 

Not only that we are called, we are chosen.

 

Why me? And for what purpose?

 

The song of John Keating can best answer the question – Chosen and precious, beloved as my own, set apart for me, destined for my throne. Go, for I send you, My will you are to do. You did not choose me but I have chosen you. You did not choose me, but from eternity, my own love to be, I have chosen you.

 

That is the Joy we have…being chosen to give joy to our God.

 

Our covenant, Our journey of joy.

 

We are called to Love one another as Christ has loved us.

 

We are all in this journey together. Sa ating paglalakbay, tayo ay masasaktan at makakasakit. Kaya nga may grasya ng pagpapatawad at paghingi ng tawad.

 

We are called to draw strength from one another.

 

We are called to open our life to serve and be served. The joy of the covenant is knowing that we are not alone in our struggle and difficulty.

 

We are a community not because of our activities and our common service, we are a community because of our relationship, God’s great gift to us.

 

We are chosen and appointed to go and bear fruit

 

Not only we are called to a life of joy through our covenant with one another, but as we love one another, we accomplish the call to be witnesses of God’s love in the world.

 

Obedience…Our joyful response.

 

When we have Joy, gratitude follows. When our heart is full of gratitude, the best response is Obedience. Obedience is our grateful

response to the exceeding goodness of God.

 

The more we recognize that everything is grace the more we will be challenged to put everything at the disposal of the Lord, especially those that we value and treasure most. And as we respond,the Lord is glorified.

 

C.S Lewis said, “Obedience is the key that opens every door”. What is

the door that God wants to open through your obedience? Ask for the

grace of God to grant you courage to use the key of obedience so the

name of the LORD maybe glorified through you. There is no other way to fullness of joy except through obedience.

 

 

Excerpts from the Reflections on the Joy of the Covenant by Chito Morales, North Sector 1 Coordinator, at the Feast of the Covenant 2017, Aliw Theater, Pasay City.

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I am God the Almighty. Walk in my presence and be blameless. Between you and me, I will establish my covenant, and I will multiply you exceedingly. (Genesis 17:1-2)

 

What is a Covenant?

 

Covenant is an intimate relationship that reflects God’s holiness, love and fidelity. It is a mutual commitment to a shared life with certain responsibilities to protect the relationship and to let it grow.

God is the initiator of the covenant and we are the respondents. It is the Living God who calls, and what He is offering is a blessing.

 

On September 17, 2017, Ligaya ng Panginoon celebrates the Feast of the Covenant and as a community profess that life of communion with God is what we value most. He alone is our highest joy.

 

 

 

Happy 42nd Anniversary, brothers and sisters!

In July 1975, God said...

KAYO ANG AKING LIGAYA

Thus, our name...

ANG LIGAYA NG PANGINOON

This July 16, 2017

as one people, let us exclaim...

LIGAYA KO ANG PANGINOON!

for indeed He is the source of our all!

 

 

 

 

Kairos Summer Games 2017: ALL IN!

 

 

LNP Supports Lakbay Buhay!

 

Last May 21, 2017 North University District members expressed their support to the call of the church to stand up against the re-imposition of death penalty! The members went straight to the University of Santo Tomas, coming from their NUD outing, to join the other LNP members who are against Death Penalty and Extra Judicial Killings. It was also a time to serve the attendees as there were a lot of spanish bread that came from their NUD outing. A lot of people were fed during that time. It was a worthwhile event so that the youth can be in solidarity with the Church in the battle against death penalty and human injustice. We are the youth of the Church!

 

-by Rico Bautista, NUD

 

 

 

 

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Ligaya ng Panginoon joins the Christian community in remembering the passion, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ at the Holy Triduum 2018.