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1. How can you strengthen your "SPIRITUAL (Immune) SYSTEM" based on the sharing of Brother Andreus?

I can strengthen my spiritual immune system by spending time with those I love as much as I can. I learned from Brother Andreus’ talk was to love life and live it according to God’s will. Attending this recollection made me realize how God has a way to make things work according to plan. So, whenever I get overwhelmed by my school work or have problems in my personal life, I will remember to ask God for guidance to lead me to the right path and reach my goals.

2. Share some of your experiences wherein you feel God's grace.

I felt God’s grace during my third (3rd) open-heart surgery. The first two, I wasn’t completely aware of what was happening because I was only 10 months old in the first one and 3 years old in the second one. I was 11 years old when I underwent my third operation so I knew everything that was going to happen and it terrified me. The thought of death flooded my brain on some days. But on the day of my surgery, I was nervous yet I felt assurance that my heart was already healed before I even got to the operation table. I felt God’s presence which assured me that I was safe and that He was always there, by my side, in my times of suffering. I felt the power of His love when He healed me and all my dark thoughts were suddenly gone and I knew He had already healed me.

3. What are your realizations/insights after the Lenten Recollection?

After attending the Lenten recollection and listening to Brother Andreus, I realized love conquers all and to live life by spreading the word of God and sharing His unconditional love to others. From Brother Andreus’ story about his mother, I realized that life is short, so don’t waste time by not telling those you love how much you appreciate them, before it's too late.

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1. I can help strengthen my spiritual immune system by not giving into temptation, and only do what I know is right. Doing this not only keeps me out of trouble, but it helps others to not get involved in doing something wrong

2. I used to think that everyone has the same life as mine, but as I grow older I grew to understand that not everyone is blessed to have a full family and isn't in a toxic family. And I grew to know on how to listen to their problems and give the advice I have depending on their situation.

3. I realized that we should help the people around us in the best way we can. Knowing that we all have different talents and each one of us have different blessing that God gave to us. We should help each other using the blessings that God has given us.

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1) I can help strengthen my spiritual (Immune) system by obeying God's commandments, helping the need, and helping others and myself. Brother Andreus had taught me and other students lots of great things, and I would want to learn more from him. If I ever had the chance to have a 15 minute talk with him, I will not hesitate to say yes.

2. Since I was influenced by social media at a very young age, I saw the bad side of it and decided to copy them.  When the pandemic came, my toxic side had also come out. I have had been very mean and toxic to my friends. My toxicness went on for 6 months. September 2020, that's the time where I realized that what I was doing is wrong and wanted to change, but it was hard knowing that a simple "sorry" is not enough for the harsh words and things I've said and done to them. When online school started, my mental health was starting to be more unstable. A lot of bad things happened, especially on Dec 2020. Past trauma, present trauma, low self-esteem, low self worth, pressure on acads, regrets, social anxiety, and developed bad habits. One day, I decided to pray, I told God that in 2021 I wanted to be more stable. Before I knew it, I was praying every night before I go to sleep. When July 2021 came, that's the time where I experienced God's grace. I have been mentally stable and slowly developed self confidence.

3. I have learned that God listens to our problems despite how hard it is.  He plans ahead of us, giving us a time to overcome and heal from our problems.

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1. I can strengthen my spiritual (immune) system by giving basic needs to the poor, helping other people, love everyone, and serve the lord. Brother Andreus has taught me a lot of things in the recollection and he has greatly motivated me to do the things I said above. I realized how to strengthen my spiritual system through his teachings and use them to my advantage for the betterment of the community.

2. During my early Elementary school, I freely roamed without a care in the world, despite the many problems I had to face. I usually did nothing but play with my friends all day. Then, late Elementary (Gr.5 & Gr.6) came. Only then I realized that school is really important and has the biggest impact on your life. I tried really hard to adapt to reality but my laziness said otherwise. After many days of walking back and forth, the consequences of my actions came. Many overdue tasks were overwhelming me and they really took a toll on my mental health. But one day, God reminded me that he was here for me. The words he said to me was the reason that I was able to accomplish said tasks even though they were overdue. From that experience, I became the person who I am today instead of the past that I had.

3. Through the teachings of Brother Andreus, I learned that problems are the root of success. Problems are the encounters that define us and make us who we are. Instead of running away from it, learn how to face it and then take your experience into your future problems. But despite that, I also learned how to strengthen my spiritual system by going good things to others.

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1. I can strengthen my spiritual immune system by being a good servant, and I can do this by obeying His commandments, doing the Acts of Mercy, and by simply being good to everyone, the creatures He has created. I can also pray to God to help me in whatever I am doing, to have patience and motivate myself that I can accomplish the challenge/s by believing in His will and pray to Him for guidance. I can also strengthen this by sharing His words, like what Brother Andreus did to us, that by doing this we can also help people who are at their lowest or they feel down and upset, to look at the brighter side and that is through God's goodness.

2. I always feel God's grace in my daily life, this is throught the blessings he always give. An event I can share was whenever we donate to people, I feel God's grace because I am one who can share His blessings to others. It makes my heart and soul so much happy that by donating, I feel like I was able to at least help a person and that by that donation he/she can also feel God's grace. I can also feel God's grace now that even if we are in a pandemic, my family is safe and protected by His love and mercy. There are many ways in which God has shown His grace to me and these are just some examples.

3. I have realized how good God is, and how He loves us so much. I have also learned how He helps us with the challenges we face, that He has a greater plan for us. I have also learned to spend time especially with the people whom I love. I learned that we were created because because we have a purpose, and that is to help each other and to share His blessings.

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1. I strengthen my spiritual immune system by the ability to withstand and thrive in life, through all its ups and downs, and to connect more deeply to myself and the community. Love and positivity can boost our spiritual immune system. Keep smiling.

2. I am fortunate to be healthy and safe at home. I think that no matter where you came from, there is benefit from more love, grace, and acceptance. One of the most touching experiences is when I saw my cousin struggling from death, but in God’s grace I know a miracle will happen she is now fighting for his life. God works I think in mysterious ways, and I trust Him.

3. I had realized that even if you don’t believe in God, he will still love you and take care of you, God will always be there every time you need Him no matter what. Making others happy, can help spread happiness and gratefulness and impact others’ lives and make others aware of the true meaning of the lent season.

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1. I can strengthen my spiritual system by doing activities that I love, things that bring me comfort and peace of mind and makes me happy.

2. When I get sick or hurt, I usually get comments from others wishing me to recover quickly without pain. I also get prayers wishing me good health during my recuperation. During these times, I am reminded of God's grace since it is truly a wonder that I am able to recover from such adversity. I truly believe in God's power because even if I'm in dangerous circumstances, I know that if I believe in him, he will never put me in danger.

3. I realized that we can be try to provide help to others by offering ourselves as a helping hand. We act as God's representative when we help our fellow brothers and sister, just like how the holy spirit is a representation of God's presence we are God's representative and act as the helping hand that God the father has sent out to help us get back on our feet.

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1. How can I strengthen my " SPRITUAL (Immune) SYSTEM)" based on the sharing of Brother Andrues

• By holding onto God, I can develop my spiritual immune system, based on Brother Andrues Casio's experiences, which were dreadful. By thinking that everything that happens to us has a purpose, that despite everything that has happened and the challenges that we have faced, God is good because he placed things in place for a reason, we can still claim that God is good because he put things in place for a reason, that God is Good because he created us, God is Good because he is there with us, anywhere and anytime.

•Another approach for me to develop my spiritual immune system is to do what God has commanded us to do, such as accepting the fact that things have gone wrong. That whatever happens to us, good or bad, we should accept it and continue to do as God commands, which is to be kind at all times and to make sacrifices at all times.

2. Share some of my experiences wherein you feel God's grace

• When my hard work paid off - Because, as we all know, we all work hard for things, just like I do, and when I achieve my goals, I am glad, and the first person I will thank is God's grace. Because without him, without his Grace, the things I achieve are nothing, and I wouldn't be able to achieve them without his support and assistance.

• When I face difficulties - Everyone has faced challenges, and even when I am exhausted or confronted with an obstacle, I am grateful for God's grace because I know that it is simply another chapter that God has given me. And God continues to write beautiful things into my story.

• Everytime I am with my Family - My family is without a doubt the greatest blessing that God has bestowed upon me. And I sense God's grace streaming through my heart and mind every time I see and feel my family. Because God has blessed me with a wonderful family who understands and accepts me at all times. Since the beginning of my existence, that has shown me unconditional affection. They are, without a doubt, God's greatest gift to me.

3. What are my realizations/insights after the Lenten Recollection

After the Lenten Recollection, one of my realizations/insights was that we must have faith in God and learn to accept His grace. His grace is based on His unfailing love for us. After all of the challenges, take a look at where we are now. Take a look at how prosperous our lives are right now. To be aware of the gifts and graces that God has bestowed upon us. It's logical that we'd come to terms with what we'd been through.

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1.  I can strengthen my Spiritual System through faith in the Lord, asking for the grace of God, and always following His commandments, because these are the actions/deeds that help me have a deeper connection with the Lord. Having a stronger immunity system or willpower, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, proves that through the guidance of the Lord, we know that God is Good all the time according to Brother Andreus.

2. One of my challenging experiences wherein I felt God's grace is that it happened during the time when my family got infected by the Covid-19 virus, through God's grace and divine power, we all had minor symptoms and eventually got healed within a few days. Another instance when I experienced God's grace was when I forgot to pass a major task in one of my subjects, but through God's grace the deadline was moved by our teacher.

3. My realization/insights after the Lenten recollection is that I have learned about the greatest gift of God which is the salvation of mankind that through grace and faith, we have been saved. I have learned the moral story of Bro. Andreus' teaching that God wants us to be united as one during these difficult times, but the devil uses his mischievous schemes and wants us to be divided. Lastly, the most important lesson I have been taught is that God is always good and will always be with us throughout the eternity.

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1.Based on the sharing of Brother Andreus, we can strengthen our Spiritual System by sharing the blessings that God gave us, serving him and sharing your blessings with others. He also taught us that we can strengthen our Spiritual System by praying and thanking God for everything. I also learned that we can strengthen our Spiritual System by loving one another like on how Brother Andreus cared for his mother. We can also strengthen our Spiritual System by being close to God and exposing ourselves to him, our heart, feelings, love, mind and much more to him.

2. One of the experiences when I felt God's Grace is during my student journey. Before, I always feel that I will not pass and survive my student journey but through God's Grace and prayers, he gave me energy and intelligence to survive and pass my whole Gradeschool journey and graduate as a Valedictorian.

3.My insights and realization after the Lenten Recollection are a lot. Firstly, in the mass I have learned that we must always be humble, we must not be boastful of our achievements and I also learned that we must not be boastful of our good things because a good thing or action is when you do it and expect for nothing. I have also learned that Mary is our spiritual mother, she is there to listen to us and help us communicate with Jesus and like what Father Aceron said "Mary is the way to Jesus". Next are my realizations and lessons that I learned in the sharing of Brother Andreus, that God is always there ready to help us and share his goodness and grace to us. Grace is something that creates love and kindness. Grace is something that fuels love, care, kindness and generosity for others. I also learned that because of Grace we love and care for each other, we give and share our blessings to others. I have also learned that God will help us more when we take his love and expose ourselves to him. I also learned that we must not be afraid to love and serve people, we must never be afraid of something that we do if it is for something good.

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1. From the experience I had in the Recollection, it was clearly stated that faith can help strengthen our spiritual immune systems. It has taught me that having faith in the Lord could affect everything in our lives. Through faith, God will help us overcome the challenges we face in our daily lives, whether it's easy or not. But even if we face difficult trials, we cannot blame the Lord for it. He chose to place us in the path because not only is it the best path to enter, but it is also made to help strengthen our own spiritual immune systems.

2. In my opinion, I feel God's grace everyday through a lot of ways. I can feel His grace whenever He forgives and blesses us with many blessings everyday. His grace can also be seen whenever He protects us and our family members through all the difficult challenges we are currently experiencing in our lives. There are a lot more ways we can feel His everlasting love and grace, but we can all agree that the Lord will always find a way despite the situations we continue to face in our everyday lives.

3. I have soon realized the importance of faith after the wonderful sharing of Brother Andreus in the Lenten Recollection. Just like the stories Brother Andreus has shared, I have learned that our faith should be our first priority no matter how difficult the challenges may be. In the end of the day, I have learned to continue to stay strong and conquer each and every trial with the help of the Lord.

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1. How can you strengthen your "SPIRITUAL (Immune) SYSTEM" based on the sharing of Brother Andreus?

I can strengthen my Spiritual System by doing what is right and what is just all the time. Amidst the pandemic and school, there are many adversities and challenges that come and go. This is one example of temptation, I will not give in to temptation no matter how difficult, and tiring life gets, I will always choose to do what is right and what is just to others. But I will ask for God’s grace that through prayer, perseverance, and hard work things get better. I will openly help people who seek my guidance and assistance to the best of my abilities and not expect anything in return. By doing so I even strengthen my faith in God. I believe that ‘’The happiest people in life are the givers, not the receivers’’.

2. Share some of your experiences wherein you feel God's grace.

A challenging experience I faced was some time, at the end of February 2019, my parents and I noticed that I became extremely sick, went to the hospital and the doctor said I had dengue. I was 11yrs. old. I had to stay in the hospital for a week. And some point in that time I would still hallucinate, I got worse, and my final exams were the next week. After hearing all of this I was devastated, being confined, I could not even go to the bathroom without assistance. I prayed to God that I would get well soon and will be able to take my exams.

I felt God’s grace when God answered my prayers, I recovered and was in perfect health. I was able to take my exams even if I was a day late. I am very grateful that everything turned out A-Okay. In this experience I felt God’s grace, my prayers were heard, and everything started to get better. As they say ‘’God is good’’, and I truly believe in this. Through His grace, I recovered, and I am forever grateful and thankful for that every day.

3. What are your realizations/insights after the Lenten Recollection?

My realizations/insights after the Lenten Recollection are that for one, we must have faith in God and learn to accept His grace. His grace comes from His unconditional love for us. In John 3: 16 he shows his unconditional love for us, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life’’. His grace is a gift with no strings attached.

Second, I realized that during trying times, we must have hope and trust that God has a good plan for us all no matter how difficult things get. We must learn to avoid temptation because temptation leads to sin. We must be united during this pandemic as one community, for the devil wants us divided but our Lord wants us united.

And lastly, we must always be reminded that everything that happens to us is for a reason because ‘’When God Closes a Door, He Opens a Window’’. Without question the most important lesson/takeaway from the Lenten Recollection, in my opinion, is that ‘’God is good, all the time’’ and he always is and will always be.

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1. I can strengthen my spiritual system by doing good things. This is something that you do freely, not asking for anything in return, or helping them comfortably, not thinking that it makes you cool. Doing good things doesn't mean only assisting other people but also yourself.

2.  There's this one experience where I felt God's grace, and it was the time I was so lost and destroyed because I felt so stressed. So after that, I cried and cried, and the thing is, I felt God's goodwill or grace because I thought I was done with facing my obstacles, and then suddenly I said, "God is so good for doing that to me." After that, I received a message from my old friend from my previous school, and he said that his parents were comparing him to his cousin. I suddenly clicked back from what happened to me and I thought of sharing God's grace with him that I experienced.

3.  My insight after the Lenten recollection is that we may do bad things in order to meet our expectations because I do not want to disappoint myself over and over again. When he said, "I cheated on my exam because I did not review, and the fact that it was my first time cheating, I realized that what if I did that because I did not want my parents to be mad at me." I said to myself, "In doing that so, I just don't want to experience being failed, so if I try doing that, is it for doing a good thing for myself or for doing a bad thing for real?"

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1. I may improve my "Spiritual System" by praying to God at all times, regardless of circumstance, continuing in His footsteps by being a good steward, and attending mass whenever possible.

2. When I feel particularly hopeless and anxious about anything, I always have an experience when I felt God's grace. When I couldn't think of anything else to do, I simply prayed to God. Sooner or later, I gathered the strength to eventually go through those difficult moments, which I accomplished.

3. I really like words "God's grace is always available" as well as the topic he shared with his family experiences, especially with his mother, it made me realize that God is always with us, ready to assist and guide us in our daily lives, and we need to spend more time with our family because we never know when God will take them back to the kingdom of heaven. I am certain that God does actually lead us in the correct route and makes us aware that He is always present in our lives, manifesting Himself by blessings and miracles.

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1. I can strengthen my spiritual system by believing in the Lord, having faith in him and, by following his preaching and commandments. We should be content and happy of what we have as not all people have these kind of blessings. Be thankful and share the blessings, His words and, the good news as we are his followers.

2. I felt God's grace when me and my family were positive for covid after the new year celebration 2022. I spent most of my time in the hospital and tried to think positive as I was enduring the pain with coughs, colds and, by taking medicine from time to time. I attended my classes while being positive and did all that I can to pass most of my requirements that time. In present, I am now healthy because I know  that God was with me as I was facing my battle with my health. I am beyond thankful and blessed that me and my family recovered from it. It is true that God will always be there every time by our side especially if we are facing battles in our life.

3. After the Lenten Recollection, I realized that being a help/good to others is a way of showing others God's presence. I was inspired by Brother Andreus' talk as he mostly told us about his life and how he overcome the time when he is in battle. No family is perfect, even if you are rich or a part of showbiz, it will not show how perfect you are. If a family prays whole-heartedly, we will all come as one and with his grace, he will continue on blessing us. Just 'be good, do good'.

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I. Answer the guide questions below.

II. Attach the screenshot of your favorite part of the Recollection.

GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1. How can you strengthen your "SPIRITUAL (Immune) SYSTEM" based on the sharing of Brother Andreus?

2. Share some of your experiences wherein you feel God's grace.

3. What are your realizations/insights after the Lenten Recollection?

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1. To strengthen your spiritual System you need Is to always Exercise, meditate, and Practice Yoga.

2. I feel the Grace of God, in this time of pandemic because He never let anyone in my family suffered from Covid19, even we were apart He always guide us.

3. I realize that after the recollection I need to get closer to God and meditate then practice yoga to strengthen my Spiritual system. And of course always pray to God to maintain the communication and my Faith to God.

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1. I can strengthen my spiritual immune system by doing the good things I love. I can also strengthen it by asking for God's grace in my life and for my family.

2. I felt God's grace when He keeps us safe this pandemic. He gives our family good health always. Also, the one time we got sick, God gave us the strength to fight the sickness.

3. In this Lenten Recollection, I had realized something and it is to love God back. God did many things for us human beings. He gave His only begotten son to save us from our sins. He is also the first one to love us so let us not sin to repay His love.