GABRIELA YARELIZ

The Hound of Heaven: excerpt

By: FrancisThompson

“Ah, fondest, blindest, weakest,
I am He Whom thou seekest!
Thou dravest love from thee, who dravest Me.”

Vegetarian

He already had me, but now….

This is my man.

A promise of grace and salvation

By: Gabriela Yareliz

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:9

Grace noun \ˈgrās\ :

a:unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification

b:a virtue coming from God

c: a state of sanctification enjoyed through divine grace

-From the Merriam Webster Dictionary

Praying in the name of Jesus

By: Ellen G. White

These excerpts are from chapter 20 in the book Prayer.

“To pray in Christ’s name means much. It means that we are to accept His character, manifest His spirit, and work His works. The Saviour’s promise is given on condition. “If ye love Me,” He says, “keep My commandments.” He saves men, not in sin, but from sin; and those who love Him, will show their love by obedience.” (Pr 219.1)

“But to pray in the name of Jesus is something more than a mere mention of that name at the beginning and the ending of a prayer. It is to pray in the mind and spirit of Jesus, while we believe His promises, rely upon His grace, and work His works.” (Pr 219.2)

“Christ illustrates the willingness of God to bless by the willingness of a father to grant the request of his child. He says, “If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him? Luke 11:11-13 (Pr 219.4)

“Whatever spiritual blessing we need, it is our privilege to claim through Jesus. we may tell the Lord, with the simplicity of a child, exactly what we need. We may state to Him our temporal matters, asking Him for bread and raiment, as well as for the bread of life and the robe of Christ’s righteousness. Your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things, and you are invited to ask Him concerning them. It is through the name of Jesus that every favor is received. God will honor that name, and will supply your necessities from the riches of His liberality.– (Pr 221.2)

There is only one name by which we can be saved. Jesus.

Hispanic Heritage: Chico and Rita

By: Gabriela Yareliz

In honor of Hispanic Heritage, I continue to post some cultural bits. On NPR, I listened to an interview, with Fernando Trueba, about Chico and Rita, a film about pre-revolution Cuba. It was absolutely inspiring, and the music sounds so exquisite and dreamy. The film is animated, and it has some of the most brilliant musical minds, talents and voices in it (Bebo Valdez). The film has an Oscar nomination.

A clip with Estrella Morentes, one of the most incredible, if not the most incredible recent flamenco singers.

Orgullo Latino

By: Gabriela Yareliz

Some of our most famous feminine faces. They aren’t world leaders, but we’ll call them the talented and the gorgeous.

Ana de la Reguera

Eva Longoria

Penelope Cruz

Salma Hayek

Shakira

Rosario Dawson

America Ferrera

Paz Vega

Eva Mendez

Hispanic Heritage Month: Sept. 15-Oct. 15

By: Gabriela Yareliz

This PBS special from the White House of the Fiesta Latina is awesome. George Lopez, Jimmy Smits and Eva Longoria hosted. It includes awesome performances and some Latin flavor through our music. Just to hear George Lopez’s jokes makes it worth it.

PBS Fiesta Latina at the White House

More Latino/a pride to come.

New York: San Gennaro festival, Little Italy

Festa de San Genaro — Photo by: Gabriela Yareliz

By: Gabriela Yareliz

I decided to walk through SoHo into Little Italy to see if something was going on today for the San Gennaro festival. I knew that Wednesday there is going to be a procession, but I wanted to do something today; so with fingers crossed, I set out on my journey.

When I turned from Broadway onto Grand and walked a bit; this was what I saw.

Then, I went into the Italian American Museum. There I saw a CD of the twins that sang at the church for the night of remembrance on 9/11.

The twins, Will and Anthony Nunziata, can be seen here:

Following that, I wandered the streets and in and out of shops and clouds of smoke. Radio stations were there with their DJ’s giving out prizes for games they were hosting. I saw overly tanned faces, gelato, cannolis, meatballs, kiosks brimming with food, steam and good looking waiters who looked irritated.

Kiosk on Mulberry — By: Gabriela Yareliz

The San Gennaro shrine was behind the church, and so I visited that first. There was an entrance to the church, but then I discovered it was an entrance through the very front and a service was going on, and I was wearing bright red sweatpants and a bright red Graduate Assistants United t-shirt. I couldn’t exactly go unnoticed, so then I went around to Baxter, I think it was, and entered the church from the back.