I WAS DEEPLY MOVED BY POPE FRANCISs MESSAGE TO THE YOLANDA SURVIVORS! (Makahilak!) Excerpts: I come to tell you that Jesus is Lord and he never lets us down. Father, you might say to me: I was let down because Ive lost so many things, my house, my livelihood, I have illness. It’s true, if you would say that, and I respect those sentiments. But Jesus there, nailed to the cross, and from there he does not let us down. We have a Lord who is capable of crying with us, capable of walking with us in the most difficult moments of life. So many of you have lost everything. I dont know what to say to you, but the Lord does know what to say to you. Some of you lost part of your families. All I can do is keep silence, and I walk with you all with my silent heart. Many of you have asked the Lord: Why, Lord? And to each of you, to your heart, Christ responds from his heart upon the cross. I have no more words to tell you. Let us look to Christ. He is the Lord. He understands us because he underwent all the trials that we, that you, have experienced. In moments when we have so much pain, when you no longer understand anything, all we can do is grab hold of her hand firmly and say Mom. As a child does to her mother when he or she feels fear. It is perhaps the only word that we can say in such difficult times: Mother, Mom. Let us look to the Christ on the cross. He understands us because he endured everything. Let us look to our mother and like that little child, let us grab hold of her mantle and with a true heart say: Mother. In silence, let us say it as a prayer; say to the mother what you feel in your hearts. Let us know that we have our Mother Mary and our senior brother, our great brother, Jesus. We are not alone. We also have many brothers who in this moment of catastrophe came to help you and we, too, because of this, we feel more brothers and sisters because we helped each other. This is what comes from my heart and forgive me if I have no other words to express this but please know Jesus never lets you down. Please know that the love and tenderness of Mother Mary never lets you down. Were holding on to her mantle. And with the power that comes from Jesus love on the cross, let us move forward, always forward, and work together as brothers and sisters in the Lord forward.
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 05:05:21 +0000