32nd Sunday
Gospel Acclamation MT 24:42A, 44
STAY AWAKE and be ready! For you do not know on what day your Lord will come. As a prelude, the Gospel speaks of the need to be ready for the coming of Christ! MT 25:1-13.
Fr. James Gascon, S.J., in his homily shares about God’s coming in unexpected ways. God surprises us in the best of times. Fr. Arnel Ang, S.J., tells us to cease the day, be attentive to God’s presence and wisdom, to guide us in our choices, actions and words. There is a need for fidelity to duty; do what we are supposed to do; to be aware and conscious, vigilant, and be prepared by anticipating what God would want us to respond to.
This week, as observers, we tried to be awake following the US elections that took on sleepless nights of vigilance for the 270 mark of Electoral College. The need to be awake and ready to witness His and Her story unfold. As observers from a distance, there are valuable lessons to learn from with relevance to our daily lives. St. Ignatius teaches us to “read the signs of the time” and what God teaches us.
Last Friday, I expressed gratitude for the US Government through their troops who gave Zamboanga City three tents for frontliners to process our Covid response. Congratulations were in order for their Civic Duty to vote, people rediscovered the value of the right to vote. As far as the President-Elect Joe Biden spoke of healing, and very important is for me to realize the God-given mandate by the people to serve and do our duty.
Public service means dedication to work for the people’s benefit especially in this pandemic. “Making herstory” was made by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as the first female of mixed ancestry who spoke of women’s right and Black women’s right to vote.
For women we have a place in building a nation. We thank our grandmothers, my Abuelita Isabel Cortes Climaco, who was a suffragist, who championed Filipina women’s right to vote. Our democracy taken from the US with Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who led the National Suffrage Movement. As events unfold in this time of the pandemic, may we value our duty to protect the family with basic safety protocols that would protect our community.
My Lola taught us the value of Love para Dios Patria y Familia. Indeed, God awakens us in ways that will surprise us for good. I thank Michelle Saavedra and her Kuya Mike (Marius Sotto Saavedra) and Edu for gifting me a book which is “Making herstory.”
Gratitude to God for the opportunity to be Mayor, Wife, Tita and Lola para Dios, Patria y Projimo junto con La Virgen Maria! A NEW CHAPTER BEGINS!
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