Ang tanging minimithi.

Panginoon, mahal Kita

'Yan ang sa puso'y awitin

Sa buhay na 'to ay una Ka

Na unang umibig sa akin

Sa bawat araw biyaya Mo

Ay higit pa sa pangangailangan ko

Aking Panginoon

Kahit anong mangyari

Kahit anong kapalit

Ang lagi kong dalangin,

Ako ay gamitin mo, O Diyos

Susunod ako

Wala nang nanaisin

Wala nang nais gawin

Ang tanging minimithi

Ay ang kalooban Mo, O Diyos

Susunod ako


Tanggapin mo itong alay
At malugod ka ngang tunay
Ako ay tanging sa'yo lamang
Maglilingkod ng habang buhay
Sa kadiliman at bagyo
Ay maalala kong pangako sa'yo

Susunod ako, Handog - Musikatha

Go deep.

Helen of Troy, known as the face that launched a thousand ships. Daughter of Zeus and the most beautiful mortal goddess. Loved by Paris. A protagonist.
Penelope, wife of Odysseus, the protagonist on the Odyssey, who had one hundred eight suitors during her husband's absence. A symbol of connubial fidelity. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope)

Compare and Contrast

In my point of view, I see Helen and Penelope as two beautiful women. With Helen having the face that men cannot resist and with Penelope, having many suitors and remaining beautiful despite her age. Helen is considered as a protagonist in the movie Helen of Troy despite the fact that she became unfaithful to her husband because she went with Paris to Troy. She did a thing that a wife should not do. But what she did is often considered by the watchers of the movie as a strong move, fighting for the one you really love. And even though their love for each other (Paris and Helen) ruined Troy and the other homes of Trojans, we still see them as protagonists because they fought for love till the end.

Meanwhile, in the Odyssey, Penelope is not considered as a protagonist but her husband, Odysseus. However, she is one of the main characters. Although, she has not seen her husband in twenty years, she remained faithful to him. A love that endures and is patient.

I consider Helen as the antagonist on the poem because she was the reason why all of the chaos happened. The Trojan war, the death of Paris and Hector, and the destruction of the lives of the Trojans. On the contrary, I consider Penelope as the protagonist compared to Helen because of her faithfulness and unchanging love to his husband despite the distance and not knowing if Odysseus is still alive or not.

Fidelity.

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience. (Thomas Merton)

Helen of Troy, the face that launched a thousand ships. The wife of Menelaus. But when she saw Paris, she fell in love with him at first sight. If I were Helen, would I pursue my love for Paris? My answer is NO.

22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is head of

the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Saviour of the body. 24

Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own

husbands in everything. [NKJV]

Before marrying, one should know very well a woman's responsibilities to her husband-to-be. If I were Helen, I would be faithful to my husband and I would not look into another man. If my love for Paris would cause chaos for Troy, I would not take the risk to be with him. Oh, yes, true love. Many people say that if it is true love, one would need to fight for it. But, does it always have to be that way? Sometimes, we do not need to do something for ourselves, like what Helen did when she went together with Paris to Troy. If something is bound to happen, it will happen in the right time, just as God's timing is always right. Never behind and never ahead. Always perfect. And we need to be patient enough to wait. LOVE IS PATIENT, Apostle Paul said. What will happen if we got carried away by our desire for that person? Well, what happened to Helen and Paris? A war rose between Troy and Sparta. Paris died. Helen came back to his husband. Helen and Paris love each other so much, and they were happy to be together. But what have their love caused others? It caused others to die. Something that is not supposed to happen, happened. What if our love for a person causes other people to breakdown? I would not take the risk. If something is really right, every one and every thing would go well.