Sunday Reflection by Mayor Beng Climaco

 ‘The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ’

Exodus 24:3-8 and Psalm 116:12-13, 15-16, 17-18

Hebrews 9:11-15 and Mark 14:12-16, 22-26

Today on the Feast of Corpus Christi we give God all Glory and Praise. Jesus addresses the Apostles: “Take it; this is my body.” Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it. He said to them: “This is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed for many. Amen, I say to you, I shall not drink again the fruit of the vine until the day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.” 

Here our Lord gives Himself to us in totality. Can we do likewise? Love made perfect in death so that we might have life. In June 6's anticipated mass in St. Joseph Church, Monsignor Chris Manongas calls us to have gratitude and forgive those who have wronged us, in offering ourselves to Jesus. A life of gratitude to God even for misfortunes. A life of union to share in the body of Christ. To forgive those who wronged us. Eucharistic life share same bread and cup. A life of Hopeful expectation. Eucharist is God's love beyond compelling. 

The entire week, we worked at the Emergency Operations Center to respond to our people in this pandemic. Using virtual meetings, we had multiple sessions with the RIATF (Regional Inter-Agency Task Force), even dual meetings with National Resilience Council to include Mayor (Oscar) Moreno of Cagayan de Oro; Mayor Richard Gomez of Ormoc, and Mayor Madeline Alfelor of Iriga. 

On the part of City Government, we needed to step-up our efforts on PROTECTION, DETECTION, ISOLATION, TREATMENT and REINTEGRATION with Test, Trace, Treat and Vaccination. I visited Barangays and met the Chairpersons, Kagawads, BHERTS (Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams) and Contact Tracers with their efforts very evident to respond to the medical emergency. I reminded them to wear face masks, face shields at all times. 

I found the work of contact tracers of the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the City Government with previous Largo Vida staffs all working very hard to reach and contact affected families. I could see their dedication and hard-work and the pride; they have been doing a special mission. With 2,107 Active Cases on May 31, 2021, God showed a miracle of decreased cases on June 2, 2021 at 1,833 Active Cases. 

On June 5, 2021, the Active cases are 1,461 and the number continues to go down. God is sending us hope in new recoveries. We give our gratitude to God. It is in this moments amidst the loss of lives that we mourn and pray for the dead and the families who are in pain. We seek the Lord who gave Himself to us, who suffered, died, was buried and rose again. He gives Himself to us to find life in Him because of His penultimate love to save us! Jesus, bread of Life, hear our prayer. (MBC)

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