“Death in the Family”

I received a phone call from home that my friend died.  It was a big blow.  At the back of my mind why was I not able to perform the last sacraments?  He was buried immediately in a shallow graveyard.  No funeral, no rites, no requiem mass.  I did not even had the chance to view him: there was no viewing at all, nor he was embalmed.  Just like that, after his death, immediate burial.

He did not contact any virus, nor any contagious disease, nor he contacted any.  Symptoms showed last night.  He was vomiting, the next day he could not eat anymore.  His expiration was very fast.  I missed him.  When I come home to visit my mother, he usually greets me, always the first one, kissing my hand, searching for it almost in panic, not because he is afraid but because he loves and missed me.  How could they not informed me before hand?  I could have rushed home.  How come they did the burial immediately?

It is only now and perhaps more in the years to come that I begin to miss him. He was very important to our family.  In him I learned the greatest lesson of my life.  "If you cannot be kind to animals, how could you be kind to people?"  Rest in peace, Brownie.  You were really a good and very friendly puppy.

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We are here in the middle of ruins left by Ondoy

Dear all,   For those who have been with us in these days in one way or the other: thank you for all your text messages, e-mails, material help, prayers….  Many of you are asking how we are…. The Housing Project "Sulyap" for our needy families which we just built in Bagong Silangan, Quezon City was like an island sorrounded by water last Saturday and became the home for hundreds of families around the area.  In the neighborhood there are 1,500 families affected, 26 confirmed dead and about a hundred still missing.   Sulyap is now a centers for relief distribution by members of the Focolare, friends, and individuals…   Yesterday, I, with my students, went to Sulyap to join the Focolare community who, for 24 hours a day, stay with the people, continuesly cook food and distribute clothes and basic needs. Only four pillars remained in many houses. Mud is still high with no water nor electricity. People stay in their houses to look after the few belongings that remained, besides, evacuation centers are full. What we do is almost nothing, but more than the material things, is our presence and our love for them.  There is so much suffering here, yet, there is so much love and kindness! I want to share with you an experience of a married focolarino, who is there since the beginning, with some pictures.  Please click link: http://tonyendaya.multiply.com/photos/album/141/Must_to_View_Help   remaining with you in God's love! Mary Ann www.focolare.org; http://www.newcityph.com/; http://gen4.focolare.org/

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