I'm cool Ms Isle. I'm not guilty either. Mana ko anang guilt-guilty sa bata pa ko. As one gets older muabot ra nang feeling you don't have to prove yourself to anyone anymore (like one used to growing up). And I don't project myself either... that's why I don't exempt myself from any of those items mentioned in the joke. I laugh hard because some of them "hit home" (meaning, tinuod jamo). I take what applies to me, nonetheless. No pretentions. No finger-pointing. And more importantly, di pod ko manghambog sa akong personal accomplishments... because there nothing to brag about them. That's why I make fun out of life. Sa tinuod, everyday ang akong pasalamatan sa Ginoo mao ra jod nang "nimata pako anang adlawa" (life is God's greatest gift), otherwise, kung di nako momata on a certain day, all the other gifts one posesses don't mean a thing (balay, awto, bangko, mga higala, dokdok sa TB, facebook, everything)... kung "caput" na ka.
Father, you do not have to explain yourself to anyone. Because you know that you are loved and cherished by your hundreds of parishoners. You are a man of God, and from knowing you, a good, good, man.
We love you Pops. You keep on speaking the Truth. And as a priest, a representative of Christ amongst us.
We love you, Father. I love you.
God Loves You!
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1 Peter 2:9,
"But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light."
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