Comments on: MY ANCHORS — Dody Naguiat http://lnp.org.ph/2009/10/01/my-anchors-dody-naguiat/ Feature stories, testimonies, teachings of Ligaya ng Panginoon, a Christian covenant community Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:11:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Spanky Meer http://lnp.org.ph/2009/10/01/my-anchors-dody-naguiat/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Spanky Meer Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:12:48 +0000 http://lnp.org.ph/?p=362#comment-191 Its 1:00 pm. I am in the office, eating my lunch, a tuna sandwich i had my driver buy from a nearby Oliver's. An hour ago, i just spoke to Tess Pelejo, a single sister from SDF. She was consulting me about Dody's estate tax return which is due in 6 days, Apr.1. And here i find myself going over our LNP website, reading all the testimonies and just allowing the Lord, through all you brothers and sisters, to inspire me ! And to read Dody's sharing again brings back so many happy memories. I was his DGL in the CLP he and Josie took many moons ago. I remember our 1-2-1 at the Polo Club where i told him , we should trade places. He should be my leader and i his member. Dody was my brother's classmate and i knew him to be a former Jesuit scholastic. Soon, we were co-members in the same MWG, then brother Coordinators serving and sharing together. What a joy ! What a privilege ! Why am i even writing this ? I guess because i am overwhelmed by the feeling of love and being loved...by God and by all of you, my LNP brethren. Overwhelmed by gratitude ! Indeed, everything is GRACE...a GIFT from God...even suffering, even separation from a loved one. It gives us the opportunity to completely trust God and grow in intimacy with Him ! Peace and blessings to all...always !!! Warmly, Spanky Meer Its 1:00 pm. I am in the office, eating my lunch, a tuna sandwich i had my driver buy from a nearby Oliver’s. An hour ago, i just spoke to Tess Pelejo, a single sister from SDF. She was consulting me about Dody’s estate tax return which is due in 6 days, Apr.1. And here i find myself going over our LNP website, reading all the testimonies and just allowing the Lord, through all you brothers and sisters, to inspire me ! And to read Dody’s sharing again brings back so many happy memories. I was his DGL in the CLP he and Josie took many moons ago. I remember our 1-2-1 at the Polo Club where i told him , we should trade places. He should be my leader and i his member. Dody was my brother’s classmate and i knew him to be a former Jesuit scholastic. Soon, we were co-members in the same MWG, then brother Coordinators serving and sharing together. What a joy ! What a privilege !

Why am i even writing this ? I guess because i am overwhelmed by the feeling of love and being loved…by God and by all of you, my LNP brethren. Overwhelmed by gratitude ! Indeed, everything is GRACE…a GIFT from God…even suffering, even separation from a loved one. It gives us the opportunity to completely trust God and grow in intimacy with Him !

Peace and blessings to all…always !!!

Warmly,

Spanky Meer

]]> By: Conrad Virina http://lnp.org.ph/2009/10/01/my-anchors-dody-naguiat/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Conrad Virina Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:04:13 +0000 http://lnp.org.ph/?p=362#comment-114 Kuya Dody touched my soul with such deep gentleness, albeit for such a short short while. He led our Covenant Retreat two years ago. We are all much blessed to have met him in this journey. "In some mysterious way, we are glued together." --Dody Naguiat Kuya Dody touched my soul with such deep gentleness, albeit for such a short short while. He led our Covenant Retreat two years ago.

We are all much blessed to have met him in this journey.

“In some mysterious way, we are glued together.” –Dody Naguiat

]]> By: Alvin Zenarosa http://lnp.org.ph/2009/10/01/my-anchors-dody-naguiat/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Alvin Zenarosa Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:14:41 +0000 http://lnp.org.ph/?p=362#comment-22 Tito Dody led our Covenant Retreat just a few years ago. He is a sincere, humble, and very gifted retreat master. I was serving then as Executive Director of the Institute for Pastoral Development, so I told him that we need him to give the Ignatian Exercise, which he gamely said yes. Well this sadly never happened due to his sickness. I and those who went on that journey with him to discern to make public the covenant of Ligaya will definitely miss him. Such a rare gift he was to us. I pray that in my life, I can echo the words he made his own. "Everything is grace because everything is God's gift." Tito Dody you are God's gift to us whom you have served may we in turn be gifts to others. Tito Dody led our Covenant Retreat just a few years ago. He is a sincere, humble, and very gifted retreat master. I was serving then as Executive Director of the Institute for Pastoral Development, so I told him that we need him to give the Ignatian Exercise, which he gamely said yes. Well this sadly never happened due to his sickness.

I and those who went on that journey with him to discern to make public the covenant of Ligaya will definitely miss him. Such a rare gift he was to us. I pray that in my life, I can echo the words he made his own. “Everything is grace because everything is God’s gift.” Tito Dody you are God’s gift to us whom you have served may we in turn be gifts to others.

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