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Our Lady of Mediatrix of All Grace performed dozens of miracles in the Philippines. One of the most spectacular was in Matalam, North Cotabato, Mindanao. The Miracle of the Sun at Fatima on December 13, 2017 was repeated at Matalam, North Cotabato on December 13, 2017, on its 100-year anniversary EXACT TO THE DAY ANDContinue reading “Mediatrix Repeats Fatima Miracle of the Sun”

Like a thief in the night, on December 4, 2012, super-typhoon Pablo sent a deadly ‘river tsunami’ across New Bataan in Compostela Valley in Mindanao. About 80 people drowned, but it could have been thousands more if not for the Miracle of the Flood. Let this story in pictures be a source of inspiration andContinue reading “Mediatrix Saves Thousands From River Tsunami”

This story is inspired by the Valedictory address of Omid Siahmard of Philippine General Hospital (PGH) class 2021. The street vendors outside the PGH gate made him study harder. He bought 6 squid balls for 30 pesos every morning from Aling Marissa. Omid, mabuhay ka, at lahat kayong magiging frontliners na ilaw sa kadiliman ngContinue reading “The Valedictorian and the Vendor”

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‘True Tales’ series – volume 1 A book on a collection of ‘True Tales’ is forthcoming. This fiction story is inspired by Filipino-American Grandmaster Wesley So, who recently won an award in a chess tournament, and who was himself a Child Grandmaster at the age of 15 in 2009. The youngest Child Grandmaster, as ofContinue reading “The Child Grandmaster (#1)”

A Mach-10 Hypersonic Missile has ten times the speed of sound. There will be no time for the entire US Fifth fleet to react in defense. A US Admiral said his carrier fleet would “not be caught like a sitting duck” in the Strait of Hormuz. eastwind journals, September 10, 2021 By Bernie V. Lopez,Continue reading “Super Weapons”

‘True Tales’ – series – volume 6 This is based on a true story. Early 70s. Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines. The town of Dimataling was a “no man’s land” after Christian soldiers and Muslim rebels had been killing each other for a decade. Settlers from both sides had left. Sister Josephine of the Medical MissionContinue reading “The Rebel and the Nun (#6)”

The Philippines is one of the last remaining bastions of anti-abortion. But now, there is an imminent threat. The very Catholic Ireland and Argentina, home of Pope Francis, and most Christian nations worldwide have fallen, legalizing abortion. Mexico recently decriminalized abortion, a shrewd pro-abortion strategy to render anti-abortion laws useless without repealing them. THE PHILIPPINESContinue reading “Philippines Defies Global Abortion”

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The ethnic minorities of Mindanao (Lumads) are an endangered species. They have been victims of slow protracted ethnic cleansing in the last two decades. They are the rope in a tug-of-war between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the New People’s Army (NPA). Forced by the AFP to be informants, the NPA massacresContinue reading “‘Lumads’ – An Endangered Species”

Serendipity is the psychic gift of discovering beautiful people and magical places by sheer chance or ‘accident’. Here is an excerpt from the book WINGS AND WANDERLUST (the author’s daring adventures through Europe and North Africa, hitch-hiking for three years). eastwind journals, August 31, 2021 (archive tr30v2) By Bernie V. Lopez, eastwindreplyctr@gmail.com Share with friendsContinue reading “Serendipity While on the Road”

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This story was inspired by a Pinay maid I met in New York, ‘imported’ by a Pinay matron who did not realize she could import the maid but not the ‘maid culture’ back home. eastwind journals, August 21, 2021 (archive tr82) By Bernie V. Lopez, eastwindreplyctr@gmail.com Share this article by sending this blog link –Continue reading “A Lesson in Humility”