Friday. September 4. 2026. Saint Rosalia was born of a Norman noble family in Palermo, Sicily. In her youth, her heart turned from earthly vanities to God, devoutly religious, she retired to live as a hermit in a cave on Mount Pellegrino. She practiced great mortifications and lived in constant communion with God. She died alone in 1166. Tradition says that she was led to the cave by two angels. On the cave wall she wrote, “I, Rosalia, daughter of Sinibald, Lord of Roses, and Quisquina, have taken the resolution to live in this cave for the love of my Lord, Jesus Christ,” ending her strange and wonderful life unknown to the world.
In 1624, a plague beset Palermo. During this hardship, Saint Rosalia appeared first to a sick woman, then to a hunter, to whom she indicated where her remains were to be found. She ordered him to bring her bones to Palermo and have them carried in procession through the city. The hunter climbed the mountain and found her bones in the cave as described. He did what she had asked in the apparition. After her remains were carried around the city three times, the plague ceased. After this, Saint Rosalia was venerated, and a sanctuary was built in the cave where her remains were discovered. She is affectionately called the Santuzza, or the “darling little saint,” and people pray to her for salvation from any ordeal or terror, but most of all for her help when they fear disease. (Maridol: My Morning Prayer)
O God, our Father, mercifully look upon Your people who come to You and grant through the intercession of St. Rosalia, who turned away from earthly delights to the joys of contemplation, that we may be delivered from all harm here on earth and one day be welcomed to Heaven.
St. Rosalia, confessor and virgin, Ester, and I pray for your intercession to grace our children and their children’s children, to wholeheartedly respect and support the decisions of Article II of the Articles of Incorporation of the MONTINOLA CUMAGUN CARE FOUNDATION, “ceding their filial inheritance from me,” donating organized exclusively for charitable, educational, health, and social welfare purposes, without intent of profit.
WORD Today. Luke 5:33-39. The scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, “The disciples of John the Baptist fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but yours eat and drink.” Jesus answered them, “Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.” And he also told them a parable. “No one tears a piece from a new cloak to patch an old one. Otherwise, he will tear the new, and the piece from it will not match the old cloak. Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined. Rather, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins. And no one who has been drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good.’”
Reflection. The words of the Popes. “For new wine, new wineskins”. This “is the newness of the Gospel.” “What does the Gospel bring us? Joy and newness.” However, “these doctors of the law were locked up in their commandments, in their rules”. So much that “St Paul, speaking about them, tells us that before faith came — that is, Jesus — we were all held as prisoners under the law.” When Jesus reproaches these people, these doctors of the law, He admonishes them for not having safeguarded the people with the law but for having made them “slaves of so many little laws, of so many little things that they had to do.” St Paul “makes a good distinction: sons of law and sons of faith. To new wine, new wineskins.” This is why “the Church asks us, all of us, for a few changes. She asks us to leave aside fleeting structures; they aren’t necessary! And get new wineskins, those of the Gospel.” It is not possible to understand the mentality, for example, of these doctors of the law, these Pharisee theologians, with the spirit of the Gospel. They are different things.” In fact, “the Gospel’s approach is a different approach, which leads to the fulfillment of the law.” But “in a new way: it is the new wine in new wineskins”. (Pope Francis, Santa Marta, 5 September 2014)
Oh Lord Jesus Christ, to Your most Sacred Heart I confide this intention – for our children, and their children’s children, to wholeheartedly support Article II of the Articles of Incorporation of the MONTINOLA CUMAGUN CARE FOUNDATION, organized exclusively for charitable, educational, health, and social welfare purposes, without intent of profit.
PRIMARY PURPOSES
1. Education (Teachers). To promote and enhance education by providing scholarships, grants, training, professional development, instructional materials, welfare assistance, and other forms of support to teachers and educators, particularly those serving underserved or disadvantaged communities.
2. Health and Welfare ( Elderly). To promote the health, dignity, and well- being of elderly persons, through medical assistance, preventive health programs, wellness initiatives, access to healthcare services, and humanitarian aid.
3. Person with Special Needs. To assist, support, and advocate for children and adults with special needs, including those with physical, intellectual, developmental, sensory, or learning disabilities, through educational assistance, therapy support, inclusive programs, caregiver training, and access to specialized services.
SECONDARY PURPOSES
1. To establish, operate, or support programs, projects, facilities, and partnerships aligned with the foregoing purposes.
2. To solicit, accept, and manage donations, grants, legacies, endowments, and contributions, whether local or foreign, cash or in kind
3. To collaborate with government agencies, local government units, schools, hospitals, and other non-profit organizations.
4. To conduct seminars, research, advocacy, and community outreach consistent with the Foundation’s objectives.
Look upon me, then do what Your love inspires
Let Your Sacred Heart decide.
I count on You. I trust in You. I throw myself on Your mercy.
Lord Jesus, You will not fail me.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in You.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I believe in Your love for me.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Your kingdom come.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I have asked You for many favors,
but I implore this one. Take it, place it in Your open Heart.
When the Eternal Father looks upon it,
He will see it covered with Your Precious Blood.
It will be no longer my prayer, but Yours, Jesus. Sacred Heart of Jesus,
I place all my trust in You. Amen.
Business Enterprises are not Legacy: the wake you leave, WHO you leave it to, WHAT you leave (Designated Donation). Let the Montinola Cumagun Care Foundation’s Good Work Speak, Not Our Name.
Our Lady of the Impossible, grace those late in life but had more in life who tried to be their brothers’ keepers for those who have less in life – “Ester and I pray for your blessings to grace our children, and their children’s children, to wholeheartedly support The MONTINOLACUMAGUN CARE FOUNDATION OBJECTIVES: (1.) Special Children SPED, a child’s mind is the most precious thing to waste. (The motto of the American Negro College), and the Handicapped Senior Citizens – Physical Therapy. (2.) Financial Support for Diocesan priests and Grade School Teachers for the rural areas. (3.) Computer Start-up Education Tools for selected public schools and (4.) Selected Start-up Management and Financial Support for Small Businesses. “From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.” Luke 12:48. “The sin of the rich man was not that he did wrong things, but that he did nothing. (William Barclay, in Antonio G. Cumagun Autobiography Song of Myself Memoirs, Looking Back at Serendipity, 2002) Our Lady of the Impossible, “Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection was left unaided. . .” the good news of peace and justice through Ester and my founding the Montinola Cumagun Care Foundation. Business Enterprises are not Legacy: It is the fruits of the wake you leave, and who you leave it to, and what you leave. Let your wake speak, not your name.
Ester and my state of health – vital stats are recorded by Ester’s everyday, 24 hr. PDNs.
Ester’s morning BP was 110/70. HR 74. O2sat 97%. Temp. 36.3
Last Night’s BP 110/70. HR 78. O2sat 98%.Temp. 36.4
Tony’s morning BP was 120/80. HR 59. O2sat 98%. Temp. 36.6
Last Night’s BP 110/70. HR 78. O2sat 98%. Temp. 36.8
Beata John Paul 1, watch over Cristina C, Justice Jun’s state of health – surgical procedure/operations, and Ester’s health recovery from stomach adhesion, our autistic son John Paul’s (was baptized John Paul a decade before Cardinal Luciano of Milan took the regnal name of John Paul) Mental/emotional limitation, 57 years old, and my weakening 89-year-old body.
FOR THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED AND SOULS IN PURGATORY
In Memory of all those who left us. We remember you in the morning and at night. You are always with us. We pray for the souls in Purgatory.
Blessed Mother Mary, I bring to you for your intercession the souls of Amb. Manuel R. and Dolores G. Cumagun, Juana Cumagun, Annette Cumagun, Lina Beltran, Judge and Mrs. Dolores Cumagun, Gov. Primo & Magdalena H. Gaffud, Dr. Trino, Sr. & Angeles Montinola, Betty, Luie, Trino, Jr. Montinola, Bernardino, and Isabel Jalandoni. Dr. Terry Lirio-Montinola, Dr. & Mrs. Tomacruz, Akira Tsusaka, Boy Eugenio, Jesus Ibañez, Sen. Nene Pimentel, Santiago Ranada 111, Boysie Villavicensio, Patria Manuel, Dr. Mariano Laurel, Rene Datu, (Ateneo ’54 – Jimmy Ongpin, Atty. Ato Gonzales, Buddy Joaquin, Fr. Unson, Msgr. Tantoco, Atty. Art Alafriz, Robert Arevalo Ylagan, Maximo Abesamis, Jr., Jesse Paredes), Atty. C. Platon, Araceli Rivera, Rey Castañeda, Col. Tanseco, Dr. E Fores, Dr. J. Caedo, Christine Syjuco, Leni Panganiban, Raul Boncan, Atty. Spanky and Dolly Perez, Amb. Albert del Rosario, Nellie Valdez, Toti Herbosa, Tec Syjuco, AL, Umberto (Beck) Gonzales, and Rufo Colayco. Pray 7 Our Father and The Credo
Mother Butler First Friday Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
