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WHEN HEAVEN WEPT
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(This should have been under the topic "Talk of the Town". Here's hoping the webmaster can transfer this thread, with thanks. My apologies.)
WHEN HEAVEN WEPT
Gospel: John 3:16ff.
By Bishop Pablo Virgilio S. David
Santa Quiteria Parish Church
Diocese of Kalookan
Caloocan city
Dear brother priests in the Diocese of Kalookan, especially the parish priest of Santa Quiteria Parish, Fr. George Alfonso, MSC, the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart here present today, the other guest priests, the De los Santos family, brothers and sisters in Christ, thank you for joining us in this Funeral Mass for the eternal repose of KIan Lloyd de los Santos.
Every human being has parents, even if some parents might choose not to acknowledge them. Jesus too was a human being; he too had parents. He acknowledged Mary and Joseph as his parents.
It is normal for a son or daughter to bury a dead parent. What we are doing today is not so normal; it is the parents who are burying their child. It’s a reversal of roles. It is not right.
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It is not easy to condole with parents who have lost a child. You cannot just say, “I know what you are going through,†if you have never lost and buried a child who is at the prime of his youth and is just learning to weave his dreams. In such circumstances, it is better to keep quiet.
But there is one mother who can truly condole with Lorenza today–The Blessed Mother Mary. She has the right to say to Lorenza, “I know what you feel; I also lost my son. Like your son, he was also arrested, beaten up, and murdered, even though he was innocent.â€
For us Christians, Jesus is not just a human being. We profess faith in him as a Son of God. And so even God the Father in heaven has a right to say to Zaldy today: “I know what you feel; I also lost a son. I gave him up, for love of you.†That is the reason why I chose the famous John 3:16 for our Gospel today. “For God so loved the world, He gave us His only Son so that all who believe might not perish but might have eternal life.â€
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islander:
That must be also the reason why it’s not just KIan’s family that is weeping today. Heaven too is weeping. The weather is dark and gloomy. The rain poured down very early this morning. All the agony and sorrow of heaven pours down whenever God in heaven loses a single one of His children.
Lorenza and Zaldy, you are not alone. We have here with us today the other parents who have also lost a son or daughter to the cruel drug war. Your son Kian was actually not the first among the very young victims of the drug war. Just here in our vicinity in Caloocan, Malabon and Navotas, I can cite more than a dozen of them:
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1) Nercy Galicio, 16 years old, from Bgy. Tumana, Navotas. He was shot in head on April 19, 2017.
2) Arjay Suldao, 16 years old, also from Navotas. He was abducted and murdered on March 20, 2017.
3) Alvin Preda, 19 years old. He was murdered at Kapak Liit, in Caloocan on March 29, 2017.
4) Allan Lastimado, 18. He was abducted by masked men at Market 3, shot along R10 in Navotas on May 3, 2017.
5) Raymart Siapo, 19 years old. He was abducted by masked men and shot in Bangkulasi, Navotas on March 29, 2017.
6) Irish Nhel Glorioso, 18 years old. He was also abducted by masked men on his way to market 3, shot along R10 Navotas on June 8, 2017.
7) John dela Cruz, 16 years old. He was shot by masked men outside their home along R10 near bus terminal Navotas on january 26, 2017.
8 ) Liezel Llimit, 16 years old. She was shot and killed by unknown assailants near Pescadres, Malabon on June 20, 2017.
9) Troy Villanueva, 17 years old from Libis Nadurata, Caloocan, abducted and killed. His body was found floating at a creek on June 6, 2017.
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The most gruesome cases happened to the former neighbors of the De los Santos Family: the Santor Family, who moved to Bagong Silang after the slumdwellers’ shanties in their area were demolished. Ten masked men were in search for an alleged drug suspect named Jay-R Santor. Perhaps incensed that his friends and family would not betray his whereabouts, they murdered all of them. Here’s the additional list:
10) Jonel Segovia, 15-year-old friend of Jay-R Santor, from Bagong Silang Caloocan city
11) Angelito Soriano, 16years old, also a friend of Jay-R Santor, from Bagong Silang Caloocan city,
12) Sonny Espinosa, 16 years old and also a friend of Jay-R Santor.
13) Kenneth Lim, 20 years old, another friend of Jay-R Santor.
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