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1. I can strengthen my "spiritual system" by praying and attending spiritual activities and avoiding distractions and temptations.

2. The time wherein I feel God's grace is when I receive the body of Christ through the sacrament of communion, in receiving the body of Christ I feel God's grace spreading through my body for when I receive the body of Christ it is a thing that nourishes my soul. God's grace is not only present in the sacrament of communion but it is also present in my home, The grace that I have at my house is my family because they are always their to help me even at my worst moment in life.

3. The recollection made me realize that we are not alone in our journey, we have God right beside us to guide us in making our choices in life. Even in times when we have difficulties God is still with us as we go through that challenges and we should always remember that it is a part of God's plan for us.

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I can strengthen my spiritual by praying everyday and keeping my faith in the lord.

I have felt gods grace in the pandemic when he guides me for my safety everyday.

I have realized that whenever we need guidance and help when we are in a struggle god gladly gives his helping hand

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1.I can strengthen my spiritual system by praying to God and thank you Him for all the blessings he gave us

2.There was one time my ate and her friends  and me and my kuya were at bgc then we saw a foodpanda delivery at first i thought he was asking for directions but then i realized when he was explaining with a teary eyed that he was scammed by a buyer and the food cost for 2000 pesos and i can see that he is tired for going around the whole bgc and then i whispered to my ate to pay kuya so my ate and my ate’s friends paid half half and i gave kuya 200 to take home to his family and he was crying and he thank us afterwards

3.My realization after the Lenten Recollection is to have faith, love and hope because when you have those three you will feel His love towards you and you can practice it by loving

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In God's grace we should believe for, he loves us.

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In God's grace we should believe for, he loves us.

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During the time of darkness it's undeniably hard for me to also strengthen my "spiritual (immune) system" but, nevertheless I, myself know that I can strengthen it by believing and being hopeful that the Lord would never just set as aside for he indeed loves us when we need assistance and guidance from him in prayer.

As the pandemic progress throughout the year the experience wherein I really felt the grace of the lord was in these past weeks . When I was feeling down about my academic performances and when I was stress and already willing to give up and let things be. Everyday I had prayed to the Lord, as I pray he always opens an opportunity for me to once again be back on tract and face challenges once more. As the days go by I also learned to trust in him and I continuously feel the grace of the   Lord every time I surrender my worries to him. Indeed he does keep saving us when we are willingly submitting to him and he would never let us down.

After the recollection,  I realized that we should never doubt the Lord because he is always doing something for us. We may not feel it at times but he always continues to be there for us when we need the him the most. We should be always hopeful in times  that we feel like giving up for he would never let us down. With his grace we should be fearless in facing these challenges because the Lord will always proved as I continue to do all things through him, after all "I can do all things through Christ" .

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Based on the sharing of Bro. Andreus, I can strengthen my spiritual immune system through prayer. We must always communicate with God through prayer all the things in our life and entrust everything to Him.

The experience I have wherein I feel God's grace is when I commit something wrong, I asked for God's forgiveness and I know in my heart that because of that grace, I am always forgiven and loved.

After the recollection, the realization I had is that God's love and grace for us is immeasuerable. He is always there for us even if we sin and even if we are undeserving of His love. No matter what we do, we just need to just always turn back to God and ask for His forgiveness if we have done wrong because His mercy endures forever.

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1. In order to strengthen my Spiritual System, i can achieve this in many multiple ways, such as praying, listening attentively to the gospel during mass and reflect on what the priests sayings. And respect and follow the commandments of the Lord

2.I feel like I experience God's Grace every time there are family meetings such as Christmas, holy week, and masses. I am thankful to God as he gives us the opportunity to become one with our family and share quality time with each other.

3. I realized that , everyday we can observe God's grace, its always there in our lives. It is God's grace that we are alive and well, our family is well. It is God's grace that we receive these things in life, and not only that but these are all according to His plan.

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1. I can strengthen my spiritual immune system by praying to him. Talking to him and worshiping him. Helping other people and setting God as an example.

2. An experience where I felt God's grace is that when I was struggling on a problem I was in. Someone offered me a helping hand. This made me felt God's grace because of them.

3. My realization after the Recollection is that God is always with us. And that he is always watching and guiding us to the right path. He always helps us in need and teaches us to help others who are in need.

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1. Through developing this deep attachment with him, praying, trusting, and centering him in everything we do, I can improve my "Spiritual system." I may claim that praying provides me greater strength and determination to do things.

2. When some people in my life go, but there is someone who comes into my life and teaches me how to love myself even more, this is also the moment when I feel ninety-nine percent left out in all of my friendships, but she is the one percent that I don't feel left out, I feel loved and cared about. This gave me a sense of God's grace since she came to me when no one else was, and made things better than they were before.

3. After the Lenten Recollection, I realized that God has a bigger plans for all us. We should all look forward to a better tomorrow and put all of our trust in him. In the Recollection it is also mentioned that "God loves us that he created us that he took risk in giving us free will that he keeps saving us" this statement made me realize that he is willing to do anything for us and we shouldn't take it for granted but use it in the things that will help us grow and become a better person. Lastly, we should always appreciate the blessings that we receive in our daily lives even the small things like being able to wake up in a cozy bed and a food to eat for everyday, all of this we should be thankful for and also share it to others that really needs it.

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1. By trusting God with my life's journey, I can strengthen my spiritual system. There are good times and bad times in life, and we may feel like giving up at times, but anytime that thought occurs to me, I remember the blessings that He has bestowed upon me.

2. I struggled to adjust to the new normal. Almost everything had turned virtual, and as a result, I spend a lot of time on social media. Social media portrays unrealistic beauty standards that I believed I had to adhere to in order to accept myself, to the point that it had a negative impact on my mental health. I tried to accept and love myself for who I am as I grew closer to God. I'm thankful to God for keeping me going. I was kept company by my close friends and family, it was then that I felt God's grace.

3. This recollection was delightful, and Brother Andreus' stories reminded me that even though we sin, God will always accept us if we repent. Now that I know God would always be there for me in good and difficult times, I felt a sense of closure and relief. I now focus on the positive sides of life and I am grateful for what God has bestowed upon me.

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1. I can strengthen my spiritual immune system in ways such as praying and worshipping him through his commandments. Through prayers, I can strengthen my relationship with Him. It's like what I do with my parents, I have a conversation with them by sharing what happened with my day. Also, something I've always try to do is worshipping Him by following his commandments.

2. I think I felt God's grace through my father's wise words. I remember that time that for weeks I've silently cried myself to sleep, none of them knew. Then, one night I was exercising, he found having a break down. Those were the days I felt so meaningless in this world. After that, he talked to me. And, that made me felt a bit better.

3. This is by far the best recollection I had. I've learned a lot in the Brother Andreus' stories. It made me realized that God's grace is always available. Even through the times we feel like we've done the most horrible thing, God's grace will always be available in many ways, or people. At some point in our lives we might not need it at that time but when we do it will be there for us. Maybe not right away but surely we will have our time.

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1. I can strengthen my spiritual system by praying to him, trusting him on what he does, and by surrendering myself to him.

2. One of my experiences where I felt God's Grace was when I met someone that changed my life. He flipped my emotions and point of view in life upside and down. I felt God's Grace through him because after all our talks and realizations, I felt that I've changed a little; I became a better person that I've ever been.

3. My realizations/insights after the Lenten Recollection are that God's action is always there to save us; We should surrender all our worries to God, and that we can all feel God's Grace. You have to wait for your turn to feel God's Grace; but in the end, it will be worth it.

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1. I can strengthen my spiritual system by praying to God and making sure that I will give him time to worship and thank him for all of the blessings he gave to us.

2. One of my experiences where I feel God's grace is when I feel hopeless in everything. Probably in terms of my academic performance. I was very worried and didn't know what to do. I have a lot of requirements to complete, and I'm not sure how I'll manage to do them all. So I pray to God to keep me from losing hope in this. After that, I feel his presence, and I proceed to complete everything before the deadlines.

3. After the Lenten Recollection, I realized that God is always there for us. God is constantly with us, guiding and protecting us from our challenges. People may leave you, but God will never abandon us. He will always welcome us into his home. You can always pray to God if you're having trouble. He can guide you in the right direction.

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Based on the sharing of Brother Andreus, I can strengthen my "Spiritual System" by knowing to forgive, forget and move on base from his stories. I can strengthen my spiritual system by having an open heart with proper closure.  Having a good relationship with God can help strengthen my system and prayer can be applied in this. Being a servant of God can lead us in our rights paths, by believing and being a good neighbor to the naked, to the hungry, etc. With this, we can understand his plans, and doing this without any expectations in return can bring us a stronger bond, especially with our hearts.

From the past months, all I have felt was stress and pressure. I was put in a place wherein I almost gave up and I didn't want to disappoint anybody, so I continued. I cried every night thinking if I made the right decision, or if this was for me. I have felt God's grace with the people who give me strength. My dearest friends were there for me giving me strength and comfort wherein God's grace was there because I always cry at night and talk to him, whether should I continue and put those practices behind. God is good all the time they say, and I agree as I felt him communicate with me through my friends. They say that I should always go back on why I am doing this and who am I doing this for. It has been a stressful and tiring ride, but I have learned many things and I had the guidance that I needed. I took those learnings as a sign that I should continue and apply this to influence others. I am thankful that God is there because he is the only one that can tell what is hiding under those smiles.

Always think that you can do it no matter what. In this recollection, I have learned that there is always a path for us that we could go, nothing is planned out because it is ours to go. Let us never feel hopeless as someone is always guiding us in our journey. I have realized that God can show us his graces through things or people, so let us be grateful and cherish these actions. Overall, I had fun listening because this recollection made me feel connected with God as brother Andreus made me realize many things, he made me think deeply in many aspects and I believe that we should all spread Faithdemic and stop the pandemic to continue with our journey.

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

By telling the truth and not hiding anything, I can strengthen my Spiritual Immune System. I need to be more truthful to myself and to God. We will feel more relieved if we are more honest because we will have let go of the thing that has been holding us back.

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

Every day, I am aware of God's grace. These things help me realize that God's grace surrounds us and is always with us when I wake up, breathe, and continue living. But I’m able to feel God’s grace stronger when praying or attending a mass with my family.

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

I realized that all I needed to do was be more honest with God and not keep anything hidden from Him. I also need to be exposed to people who can assist me in growing and developing. I can also assist them without expecting anything in return.

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1. I can strengthen my “spiritual system” by getting to know God. A way to do this is through prayer. In having a good conversation with God, we get to feel his goodness and affection like never before, we are familiarized with his character, which in return feeds our spiritual system.

2. An experience I went through wherein I felt God’s grace is when I was going through something awful. This experience occurred in my roughest time so far this year. It came to the point where I cried to God every night and asked him to fix this for me because I didn’t know how to do it. It felt like I was alone with that fight because I did not want to bring a heavyweight to my friends and other people by telling them my problem. God became my crying shoulder at those moments. Whenever I can’t sleep, I try to pray and ask for his guidance and love and by that, I fall asleep knowing that I can seek comfort from him. It was also amazing that at that period of my life more posts about God kept coming up on my social media when they rarely did in the past. When reading or watching those, I took it as a sign that God is aware of my pain and that he is present with me and will never leave me. By the grace of God, I have had lighter and happier days and l truly appreciate him for always loving me and helping me conquer my problems even little by little.

3. One greatest realization I had during this Lenten Recollection focuses on the story of Brother Andreus’ and his family, particularly with his father. In brother’s sharing, he mentioned that he had issues with his relationship with his father. As I was listening I find myself relating to some of what he said. My father and I do not exactly have the best relationship. I can connect our relationship with the statement brother said which was even though we are in the same house, our emotions or feelings towards each other are long-distance. This of course hurts me as I also want to have a nice bond with my father. But I hope there will come a time where I can move our differences aside and initiate to fix our situation.

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1. By doing good, I may fortify my spiritual system. This is something you do freely, without expecting anything in return, and without believing that it makes you cool. Doing good does not only include supporting others, but also oneself.

2. There was this one time when I felt God's grace, and it was when I was so helpless and devastated from pressure. So I cried a lot, and indeed the thing is, I started to feel God's positive reputation or grace seeing as I assumed I was done facing my challenges, and then unexpectedly I said, "God is so good for doing that to me." Then I got a message from my best friend from my previous school, and she said that his parents were comparing him to her friend. I took a step back from what had occurred to me and thought about how I might share God's grace through her.

3. My realizations/insights following the Lenten reflection are that I have learnt about God's greatest gift, which is the salvation of mankind, which we have received via grace and faith. Bro's spiritual narrative has been taught to me. Andres' message that God wants us to be one throughout those tough times, but the adversary utilizes his cunning methods to separate us. Finally, the most essential thing I've learned is that God is always good and will be with us throughout eternally.

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1. Based on the sharing of Brother Andreus, I can strengthen my spiritual immune system by having an open heart. By that it can help me strengthen my relationship with Him. I believe that by worshiping Him by following His commandments can also help me strengthen my spiritual immune system.

2. I believe that I felt God’s grace when I was having a hard time. I felt the pressure, pain, and stress. During those times I didn’t know what to do. I cried everyday and I always ask Him “What did I do to deserve this?”. I always ask Him that and I felt that I was alone, even though my friends and family were there, I still felt that no one was there for me. I know that my friends have problems too and I didn’t want to be a burden to them. I wanted someone to be there for me and to comfort me whenever I feel down and miserable, so I decided to talk to Him. During the days when I was talking to Him it somehow made me feel good and relieved. By His grace, He gave me the strength to continue and push me to accept myself again.

3. I realized that God’s grace is always there. Everywhere you go God is always there to listen to you, make sure you feel loved, help you, etc. I believe that anyone can receive God’s grace; all we have to do is to wait patiently and always talk to Him. Whenever you feel down or lost at some point, always remember that God is always there. People might think that when will God’s grace come? I believe that it will come at the right time. We just have to wait patiently.

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1. Based on the sharing of Brother Andreus, I can strengthen my "Spiritual System" by following in His path, being a faithful servant, attending attentively in the Holy Mass, and serving to our neighbors whenever possible are all manners. The most significant aspect would be to pray for us to feel His greatness and compassion like never before when we have a meaningful talk with him; we get to know Him more, and we get to understand His plans for us more, which I believe, sustains our spiritual system. Crucially, by doing good because it is something you do without expectation of reciprocation. However, individuals must make sure that they can help themselves too after aiding others.

2. As I have shared in our Fish Magazine activity, it has been five straight months where my life continues to flip upside down with the girl I cherish the most, who exits the door from my life after everything that had happened. When I have a lot of time to feel the pain in our current situation, I always burst into tears to the point that I see myself begging God to release all the heaviness in my heart. During this rough healing process, God sent me an angel that brought back my genuine happiness. Slowly by slowly, I am starting to accept things more. And I have realized,  you have to ask for Him to give it, especially if He knows that you need it.

3. God has a better plan for us; all we have to do is trust Him and let Him lead us through our journeys. He will always provide us with what we require, even if we do not ask for it; He will undoubtedly demonstrate his grace. Furthermore, God bestows graces in a variety of ways. People must wait patiently for their turn and be dissatisfied with what He has provided them for the time being.

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1.  I can strengthen my "spiritual system" by praying to God, removing the space of the hearts, and doing good deeds.

2. The experience wherein I felt God's grace is where we go to communion in the holy mass and kneel to pray, after I received the body of christ, my body and soul felt light and clean. It feels like you have a beautiful chat with God and when I was done talking to him at prayer, God's grace feels every calm and peaceful like a beautiful sunrise at the morning. That's my experience with feeling God's grace.

3. After this recollection event, I like the the words "God's grace is always available" and the topic he shared with his family experiences especially with his mother because I found myself relating to his story and it made me go to a realization that God is always with us, ready to help and guide us to our daily lives and we need to spend more time with our family since we don't know when will God take them back to the kingdom of heaven. Overall, this year's recollection with the whole JHS grade level is very wholesome and a breathing time to stop doing our school works and connect with God for a little while. Even though it's in online mode, I still felt the joy and happiness of the event.

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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. I can strengthen my "Spiritual System" by praying to God at all times no matter the circumstance, following in his footsteps by being a good steward, and attending the mass whenever there is an opportunity.

2. An experience I had wherein I felt God's grace is this one time, I felt very hopeless and stressed about something. I did not know what to do anymore at that time so I just prayed to God. Sooner or later, I had gathered some strength once again to finally get through those tough times, and I did.

3. My realizations/insights after the Lenten Recollection is that after thinking about my experiences wherein I felt God's grace, it reminded me that though we can feel hopeless at times, God is always there whenever we need him and just through communicating with him through prayer, he can give us the strength and hope we need to face daily challenges and difficulties. After hearing Brother Andreus' stories, I was then very sure that God does indeed guide us in the right direction and makes us realize that he is with us at all times and makes himself present through blessings and miracles.

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I can strengthen my spiritual system by praying and thanking God at all times and do good deeds to others.

The experience that I had wherein I felt God's grace, was when I was at my lowest point. I had no one to talk to because I was afraid to be judged. I was feeling hopeless and tired. I can't move forward because I feel like everyday is just the same, fast, and tiring. What I did was pray to God. It helped me get off this burden in my chest that I've been hiding for a long time. It made me happy because I had someone to share my problems with at any day and time. It helped me get through my lowest point.

My realization after the Lenten Recollection is that whenever we feel hopeless because of the situation you are in right now, we need to remember that God will be always there and this is just His challenge for us because He knows that we can get though it. We also need to remember to thank God for all the things He did for did for us.