KIEFFER FERRARIS
Plus ultra. There is always something more, something further beyond.
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The Contemplative-in-Action
I strive to be one. My Tumblr page on things Ignatian or related to Ignatian spirituality, the spirituality of finding God in all things, even online. Ranging from faith, trivial things, to social issues and justice. (Thus, contains pretty much anything. Though I recommend reading the articles. Check out also The Ignatian Online.)
Pinoy
My Tumblr page on anything related to the Philippines--be it people, culture, faith, food, slices of life, etc.
Scopes
My Tumblr page on anything related to medicine and health--public health issues, medical breakthroughs, stories, slices of life in medical school.
Quotes
Inspiring, witty, thought-provoking
New Perspectives
My Tumblr page on things that somehow gave me new insights and different ways of seeing simple and ordinary things.
Alab ng Puso
Blog of the Social Awareness Committee of the Ateneo Student Catholic Action
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This will serve as my respite in the midst of the academic hell called medschool.
To the unexamining mind, this blog is just a hodgepodge of posts and mere reblogs. But actually, plus ultra. There is something further beyond. To me, this is a potpourri of sorts as the random posts and reblogs are actually things that moved me, gave new insights and perspectives, evoked memories, laughters, emotions, and reflect my personality, thoughts, moods, fantasies, ideas, interests, consolations, desolations, and more--which gives a glimpse of my "stream of consciousness", my life.
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BS Health Sciences 2011
School of Science and Engineering
MD / MBA 2016
School of Medicine and Public Health
Ateneo de Manila University
Don Bosco Technical Institute-Victorias 2007
Sabi ko nga.: From Mr. Ken Abante himself
You have to say no in order to make a bigger yes. In decisions involving two “goods”, it isn’t a question of why not choose the other, but why choose the one you chose.
The world isn’t black and white.
There are people who fall into the trap of reductionism; no’s are painful, but when given…
"Idleness begets a life of discontent. It develops self-love, which is the cause of all our miseries, and renders us unworthy to receive the favors of divine love."
- St. Ignatius Loyola (via acatholicrose)
“Perhaps not. I have thought of a better use for you…”
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God allows everything to happen for a reason. Circumstances will either direct you, correct you, or perfect you.
The ways Sherlock Holmes calls Watson.
| sherlock in books: mr. john watson, mr. watson, dr. watson, dear watson, my friend, doctor |
| sherlock on bbc: JAWNN |
"There are things the heart feels but which the tongue and even the mind cannot express."
- Story of a Soul (via jenbunny-star)
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The Dalai Lama visits Thomas Merton’s grave in 1997 at the Abbey of Gethsemani
“And the deepest level of communication is not communication, but communion. It is wordless. It is beyond words, and it is beyond speech,and it is beyond concept.
Not that we discover a new unity. We discover an older unity. My dear brothers, we are already one. But we imagine that we are not. And what we have to recover is our original unity. What we have to be is what we are.”
~ Thomas Merton from his Asian journal
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Translation: Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words.
"Material food first changes into the one who eats it, and then, as a consequence, restore to him lost strength and increases his vitality. Spiritual food, on the other hand, changes the person who eats it into itself. Thus the effect proper of this Sacrament is the conversion of a man into Christ, so that he may no longer live, but Christ lives in him."
- Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Book IV of the Sentences (via gonnagetmysoulfree)
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” One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend” (Proverbs 22:11, NIV).
When you’re talking with people throughout the day, do you speak with grace? In other words, do your words empower people? When others leave your presence, do they feel strengthened and want to rise higher?
Grace is simply God’s favor and empowerment. When you pass that grace on to others with no strings attached, the scripture says that you will have the king for a friend. In other words, you will have favor in high places. Influential people will want to be around you. People in authority will want to be your friend. When you sow grace and favor, you will reap it in your own life in return.
Today, look for ways to build up the people around you. When someone makes a mistake or lets you down, instead of being critical and faultfinding, show love. Let your words be filled with grace. Extend His favor everywhere you go and watch that grace and favor come right back to you.
"Love is the great conqueror of lust. Being in love is far better than either common sensuality or cold self-centeredness."
- C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (1952)
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