Change is indeed inevitable. It takes a
good courage to let go of the familiar and embrace a new one. In this 16th
of September, our community here in Montalban celebrated again another night of
celebrating and reminiscing the spirit of our founder, St. Luigi Orione.
With our thankful hearts, we started the
night with a solemn celebration of the Holy Eucharist as one community with Fr.
Anthony, Fr. Stan and Fr. Justin. There were religious brothers, novices and seminarians
wearing different dress codes who occupied the seats in the chapel- hearing
nice insights of Fr. Anthony about the chosen theme for this month. “Tayo ang pagbabago, tayo ang kapayapaan”.
And he noticed that there were shifts in his homily prepared in due time after
he saw the theme projected in the LED screen. Fr. Anthony said that it is nice
to reflect if, “Ako ang pagbabago, ako
ang kapayapaan”. The peace and change must be something subjected. Fr. Stan after the homily, blessed the sacred vessels for the liturgical use. Our gratitude to Fr. Oreste, our Superior Delegate for this nice gift for the community. In the
latter part, the mass maintained its solemnity and through emulating the life
of Don Orione, we ended up reaffirming ourselves as true sons of Divine
Providence by receiving the blessings from the hands of the three priests in
the mass.
The celebration will not be complete if
there are no receptions. After the mass, the community flocked themselves in
the seminary refectory to share stories and foods. Ironically, because of not a
so fair weather, the cultural night held in the session hall gave us hope and became
productive- even if there were lack of preparation beause of some academic
commitments. We witnessed variety of tableau presentations, from the Sophomores
and Juniors. They have serenaded the crowd with such legacy of the New
President of the Philippines Rodrigo Roa Duterte about drugs and other
pertinent vices.
Lastly, as we empower lives we commit to
enhance change in such a way that we first change our own defects. Let us pray to St. Luigi Orione to help us in actualizing
what we are desiring for.
Sem. Pablo Jordan, Contributor
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