User:Maradjao

Maradjao and Magbalantay are two seperate words, with different meaning. Maradjao is used in Surigao City,Philippines dialect which means acceptable, admirable, agreeable, excellent, fine, first-rate, great, pleasant, pleasing, precious, positive, satisfactory, splendid, superior, tiptop, valuable or worhty. While Magbalantay is a surigaonon term for a defender, custodian, escort, guard, keeper, preserver, or trustee.

Maradjao Magbalantay is a Surigaonon term for “The Good Shepherd”. Taken from the gospel of Luke, the Parable of the Good Shepherd or Lost Sheep serves best for a name of a new Seminary. Its biblical term used to denote God’s mercy, not a punisher of delinquents and sinners, but a compassionate and understanding father. Never to be forgotten is that Jesus was crucified because he who claimed He was God was a friend of sinners, the prostitutes, the thieves and swindlers, the limbongan and mangingilad, the despised and desperate, higala sa mga sinalikway ug sinikmahan sa palad. Jesus Maradjao Magbalantay make us after your own heart.