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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=496853" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Virgen La Purissima</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">virgen la purisima <br>virgin most pure <br>a family icon brought from the rocky island of bohol <br>to the promised land of mindanao <br>by my great, great ancestors <br>on a wooden sail <br>facing the rough seas <br>for nights and nights <br>as they all ran away from the their oppressors <br>who compelled them to make those big churches <br>of rocks and lime <br>using their free labor <br>or face death, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">or face the drowning death of the uncertain seas <br>if luck did not side with them <br>if faith they did not have </div><div style="margin:10px 0">they arrived on this island of mindanao <br>and cleared the forest to <br>build their farms </div><div style="margin:10px 0">they married <br>and built their houses <br>and farmed <br>and marked their territories </div><div style="margin:10px 0">that was a hundred years ago <br>the family still lives <br>the tradition alive <br>the children and grandchildren and greatgrandchildren <br>had since multiplied like the sands of the sea <br>and they all prayed <br>and they still prayed <br>with heads bowed, kneeling <br>in silence, in song, in novenas, in dance, <br>in merrymakings where food is shared <br>where a new child's name is added <br>to the list of this huge family tree <br>where everyone has a name <br>and a responsibility <br>for centuries <br>mother mary most pure <br>virgin most pure <br>virgin la purisima <br>you have showered this family with intercession <br>some blessings from God <br>the protection from the rough seas <br>the strength of the wooden sails <br>which once sailed from Bohol <br>on that dark night <br>and for more dark nights <br>when there was no light seen ahead <br>when there was no hope of finding land <br>it was you <br>most dear mother <br>mother pure <br>virgen la purisima <br>our Dear Mother Mary, Mother of God <br>Who interceded for Light <br>Who gave the direction <br>For this clan to survive <br>to find land and to find anchor of its restlessnes <br>We are here again, and as always <br>Praying for your guidance and protection.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ric+S.+Bastasa">Ric S. Bastasa</a><div class=q>
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virgin most pure 
a family icon brought from the rocky island of bohol 
to the promised land of mindanao 
by my great, great ancestors 
on a wooden sail 
facing the rough seas 
for nights and nights 
as they all ran away from t..."></div>
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