Province holds Thanksgiving Mass
(May 8, 2018)
Gov. Sol Matugas wholeheartedly spearheaded the conduct of a Holy Mass last May 4 at the Capitol Chapel to seek God’s blessing and Divine guidance in the run-up of events for the 117th Founding Anniversary of One Surigao.
Religious mass centered on ‘the law and essence of love which covers all sins, washes all smut and purifies all transgressions because nothing can separate us from the love of God.’
According to the officiating priest, warring couples must reconcile as much as colleagues and peers who are in conflict with each other.
Thus, ‘the greatest commandment is to love even those who curse you, because if you do not know how to accept and love them that do you wrong, you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.’
Marriage, he added, is sanctified by God and any outside force that seeks to destroy that bind will not be countenanced, and must be denounced outright.
By advocating the crusade against divorce and annulment, the celebrant also pointed out the forms of wedlock like marriage for convenience, marriage for the sake of social status, and marriage for practical intents and purposes, with the vernacular adage, ‘bahala na way gugma basta may kwarta.’
Meanwhile, he also reminded everyone regarding the principles of Stephen Covey and urged parishioners to always seek a win-win solution in every circumstance.
Hence, the demands of love require the minimum amount of justice even to those who despise, spurn and hate you.
“Altercations and clashes pass by and slip away with time. You should not focus on the hurt, on the suffering, on the heartbreak. Strive to forgive. We are one body in Christ. We must not lose track. Lawsuits will only ruin your day and waste the energy, time and resources you have,” said the cleric.
In addition, he said that material things do not stay forever but love is everlasting, it is undying, it is eternal, never-ending and never-failing.
Board Member Constantino ‘Bully’ Navarro IV also voiced his concern respecting the tragic death of former Quezon City Councilor Bong Suntay’s eldest son who committed suicide by shooting his own temple using a hand-held pistol.
He quoted excerpt of Suntay’s eulogy which was filled with excruciating pain after losing a child and how it literally changed the life he had ever again.
For Renzo.....
“Words will never be able to describe the sadness that I feel in the passing of my son Renzo, everyday I wake up with an emptiness in my heart. While losing a child is truly hard for any parent, my loss is doubly painful because of how Renzo changed my life.
I have two eldest children, Nikki my eldest daughter and Renzo my eldest son. I had Nikki when I was only 18 a time when I was too young to get married and too ill prepared, a time when I still had nothing to myself. Having Nikki taught me responsibility, gave me a sense of direction, and motivated me to work hard. She gave me the ambition to make something out of myself, made me want to be successful so she would grow up being proud of her father.
Renzo, taught me how to love and value my family, having him was the reason why his mom sheila and I decided to get married sooner than we planned. You see I did not want my new eldest child to grow up without his mother and father by his side, something which I failed to give to my other eldest child Nikki.
Renzo, was a happy child, he was a baby clown always having a big smile on his face, as a baby he would sleep with sheila and I and in some morning, he would wake me up by jumping on my tummy. Renzo was an easy child to have never demanding and always easy to please, whenever I asked him what he wanted to do he would always answer "ANYTHING DAD ITS UP TO YOU".
When he was 10 I asked him son do you want to learn karate, he answered me back with his usual reply, "OK DAD ITS UP TO YOU". He would try his best in karate, moving up the belt colors, until he became good enough to train with the national team.
When he was 12 I found out that the head of the radio communications department in Quezon City Hall was an avid pistol shooter and a shooting coach. I asked Renzo if he wanted to learn how to shoot a pistol, he replied with his usual answer "OK DAD ITS UP TO YOU". He started training and eventually joined various competitions and would bring home medals. He would always get excited when he did well and would call me inmediately and say "dad I won a medal", he always wanted to make me proud.
Three years ago I met Jake a friend of Sheila's brother in law Daniel, he was an avid skeet shooter, he asked me if I wanted to try the sport I replied huwag na Ako but I have a 17 year old son who was a competitive pistol shooters siya nalang. I spoke to Renzo and asked if he wanted to try shotgun I said he might like it and explained that it was an Olympic sport unlike pistol, he replied "OK DAD ITS UP TO YOU" . I brought Renzo to the range so he can try it out, he said that he liked it. I bought him a rifle and got him a shooting coach Buboy Mercado, he was a talented boy, he started competing here and abroad, and eventually became good enough to qualify for the National Team. I asked him Son do you want to continue he replied back "OK DAD ITS UP TO YOU"
Renzo was a wonderful son very easy to please and eager to please others, whenever some errand had to be done he would be quick to say " I can do it". He would go out of his way to do things for others always looking for something he can do for anyone.
He was a simple young man, in the way he carried himself and in the way he dressed, always wearing his blue jeans plain colored shirt and worn out rubber shoes, I gave him a Valentino shoe, something I thought teenagers would like but he never wore it. Whenever we travelled abroad I would bring him to the shops and tell him go Renzo get na what you want more often than not he would just say thank you dad, I don't need anything. Once when I had my new sports car and used it to bring him to school here in La Sale Greenhills a few meters away from the entrance he asked me to let him down, I said the gate was still far, he said dito nalang dad I will just walked to the gate, I asked why, he smiled gave me his mischievous “hehe” and said I don't want my friends to see me going down from This car.
We have a number of nice cars in our house and Renzo is free to use any of them, but he prefers to use a Toyota Vios or an avanza, cars which we use as taxis in our company. After he graduated from high school I gave him a Rolex watch, I though like any other young man going to college he would want to have one...I know I did. He smiled when I gave it to him, gave me a big hug and said thank you dad. But not once did I see him use the watch, I asked his friend Aika if she knew about the watch she said yes, I asked why Renzo did not use it she said, Renzo thought if was to flashy, too expensive and he was afraid he might lose it so he just kept it in a pouch locked in his cabinet.
Renzo is a wonderful kuya he would always take care of his three younger siblings in our various travel abroad we never had to bring a Yaya because he was there.
He was a responsible son always helping his mom, he would send her a message every night that he was already home. He had a 2 am curfew when out on weekends but he always went home way before the curfew that was imposed. When Renzo moved to a condo near his school we told him that if he would go out on a weekday he needs to be home before midnight. One time he and his cousin Maddie watched a movie, when he realized that it was almost midnight he told Maddie he had to leave even before the movie was finished. His cousin said just text your mom that your just finishing the movie he replied no I don't want my mom to get worried, and he left even before the movie was over.
So you see why words will never be able to describe the sadness I feel, for I lost a perfect son. Before April 21 I would always pray to the Lord for the wonderful life he has given me, I would always tell people that my life is so blessed that the Lord gave me much much more than i have ever dreamed off. He gave me a happy family, a beautiful and loving wife, five wonderful children who loves each other dearly, he gave me a growing and successful business, a beautiful house and cars, pictures of which you would see as posters in a young mans room. I had a perfect and wonderful life.
I asked myself why this had to happen, why the lord would ruin my perfect life.
During the first night of the day I lost Renzo, I went thru the picture album in my phone I had 18,740 pictures in it. I went thru it because I wanted to see the picture of my family, the pictures of my wife and kids and the picture of Renzo. I wanted to remember the happy times we all had together. It was then that I realized that more than 80% of the pictures that I had were pictures of me with other people, of me at work, pictures of other people, pictures of social gatherings I was in, selfies and groufies, picture of cars, of motorcycles and watches things which I know now are not the important thing in my life because what I wanted to see where pictures of my family and the happy memories we all had together. What I know for sure now is that I would willingly give everything that I have to get my Renzo back.
I do not know if that is what God wanted me to realize, but what I do know is that the emptiness I have in my heart will never be filled. Renzo, I will try to live my life for your mom, brother and sisters one day at a time, because I know that is what you would have wanted.
But son know that I Love you with all my heart, that I have always been proud of the young man you are and the man you would have been and that I would not have wanted you to be any other way, for in my eyes and in my heart you have always been and will always be a perfect son for me.
I don't know why you left us so soon but son, I want you to know it's "Ok SON ITS UP TO YOU".
by: John Glenn Platil
Gov. Sol Matugas wholeheartedly spearheaded the conduct of a Holy Mass last May 4 at the Capitol Chapel to seek God’s blessing and Divine guidance in the run-up of events for the 117th Founding Anniversary of One Surigao.
Religious mass centered on ‘the law and essence of love which covers all sins, washes all smut and purifies all transgressions because nothing can separate us from the love of God.’
According to the officiating priest, warring couples must reconcile as much as colleagues and peers who are in conflict with each other.
Thus, ‘the greatest commandment is to love even those who curse you, because if you do not know how to accept and love them that do you wrong, you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.’
Marriage, he added, is sanctified by God and any outside force that seeks to destroy that bind will not be countenanced, and must be denounced outright.
By advocating the crusade against divorce and annulment, the celebrant also pointed out the forms of wedlock like marriage for convenience, marriage for the sake of social status, and marriage for practical intents and purposes, with the vernacular adage, ‘bahala na way gugma basta may kwarta.’
Meanwhile, he also reminded everyone regarding the principles of Stephen Covey and urged parishioners to always seek a win-win solution in every circumstance.
Hence, the demands of love require the minimum amount of justice even to those who despise, spurn and hate you.
“Altercations and clashes pass by and slip away with time. You should not focus on the hurt, on the suffering, on the heartbreak. Strive to forgive. We are one body in Christ. We must not lose track. Lawsuits will only ruin your day and waste the energy, time and resources you have,” said the cleric.
In addition, he said that material things do not stay forever but love is everlasting, it is undying, it is eternal, never-ending and never-failing.
Board Member Constantino ‘Bully’ Navarro IV also voiced his concern respecting the tragic death of former Quezon City Councilor Bong Suntay’s eldest son who committed suicide by shooting his own temple using a hand-held pistol.
He quoted excerpt of Suntay’s eulogy which was filled with excruciating pain after losing a child and how it literally changed the life he had ever again.
For Renzo.....
“Words will never be able to describe the sadness that I feel in the passing of my son Renzo, everyday I wake up with an emptiness in my heart. While losing a child is truly hard for any parent, my loss is doubly painful because of how Renzo changed my life.
I have two eldest children, Nikki my eldest daughter and Renzo my eldest son. I had Nikki when I was only 18 a time when I was too young to get married and too ill prepared, a time when I still had nothing to myself. Having Nikki taught me responsibility, gave me a sense of direction, and motivated me to work hard. She gave me the ambition to make something out of myself, made me want to be successful so she would grow up being proud of her father.
Renzo, taught me how to love and value my family, having him was the reason why his mom sheila and I decided to get married sooner than we planned. You see I did not want my new eldest child to grow up without his mother and father by his side, something which I failed to give to my other eldest child Nikki.
Renzo, was a happy child, he was a baby clown always having a big smile on his face, as a baby he would sleep with sheila and I and in some morning, he would wake me up by jumping on my tummy. Renzo was an easy child to have never demanding and always easy to please, whenever I asked him what he wanted to do he would always answer "ANYTHING DAD ITS UP TO YOU".
When he was 10 I asked him son do you want to learn karate, he answered me back with his usual reply, "OK DAD ITS UP TO YOU". He would try his best in karate, moving up the belt colors, until he became good enough to train with the national team.
When he was 12 I found out that the head of the radio communications department in Quezon City Hall was an avid pistol shooter and a shooting coach. I asked Renzo if he wanted to learn how to shoot a pistol, he replied with his usual answer "OK DAD ITS UP TO YOU". He started training and eventually joined various competitions and would bring home medals. He would always get excited when he did well and would call me inmediately and say "dad I won a medal", he always wanted to make me proud.
Three years ago I met Jake a friend of Sheila's brother in law Daniel, he was an avid skeet shooter, he asked me if I wanted to try the sport I replied huwag na Ako but I have a 17 year old son who was a competitive pistol shooters siya nalang. I spoke to Renzo and asked if he wanted to try shotgun I said he might like it and explained that it was an Olympic sport unlike pistol, he replied "OK DAD ITS UP TO YOU" . I brought Renzo to the range so he can try it out, he said that he liked it. I bought him a rifle and got him a shooting coach Buboy Mercado, he was a talented boy, he started competing here and abroad, and eventually became good enough to qualify for the National Team. I asked him Son do you want to continue he replied back "OK DAD ITS UP TO YOU"
Renzo was a wonderful son very easy to please and eager to please others, whenever some errand had to be done he would be quick to say " I can do it". He would go out of his way to do things for others always looking for something he can do for anyone.
He was a simple young man, in the way he carried himself and in the way he dressed, always wearing his blue jeans plain colored shirt and worn out rubber shoes, I gave him a Valentino shoe, something I thought teenagers would like but he never wore it. Whenever we travelled abroad I would bring him to the shops and tell him go Renzo get na what you want more often than not he would just say thank you dad, I don't need anything. Once when I had my new sports car and used it to bring him to school here in La Sale Greenhills a few meters away from the entrance he asked me to let him down, I said the gate was still far, he said dito nalang dad I will just walked to the gate, I asked why, he smiled gave me his mischievous “hehe” and said I don't want my friends to see me going down from This car.
We have a number of nice cars in our house and Renzo is free to use any of them, but he prefers to use a Toyota Vios or an avanza, cars which we use as taxis in our company. After he graduated from high school I gave him a Rolex watch, I though like any other young man going to college he would want to have one...I know I did. He smiled when I gave it to him, gave me a big hug and said thank you dad. But not once did I see him use the watch, I asked his friend Aika if she knew about the watch she said yes, I asked why Renzo did not use it she said, Renzo thought if was to flashy, too expensive and he was afraid he might lose it so he just kept it in a pouch locked in his cabinet.
Renzo is a wonderful kuya he would always take care of his three younger siblings in our various travel abroad we never had to bring a Yaya because he was there.
He was a responsible son always helping his mom, he would send her a message every night that he was already home. He had a 2 am curfew when out on weekends but he always went home way before the curfew that was imposed. When Renzo moved to a condo near his school we told him that if he would go out on a weekday he needs to be home before midnight. One time he and his cousin Maddie watched a movie, when he realized that it was almost midnight he told Maddie he had to leave even before the movie was finished. His cousin said just text your mom that your just finishing the movie he replied no I don't want my mom to get worried, and he left even before the movie was over.
So you see why words will never be able to describe the sadness I feel, for I lost a perfect son. Before April 21 I would always pray to the Lord for the wonderful life he has given me, I would always tell people that my life is so blessed that the Lord gave me much much more than i have ever dreamed off. He gave me a happy family, a beautiful and loving wife, five wonderful children who loves each other dearly, he gave me a growing and successful business, a beautiful house and cars, pictures of which you would see as posters in a young mans room. I had a perfect and wonderful life.
I asked myself why this had to happen, why the lord would ruin my perfect life.
During the first night of the day I lost Renzo, I went thru the picture album in my phone I had 18,740 pictures in it. I went thru it because I wanted to see the picture of my family, the pictures of my wife and kids and the picture of Renzo. I wanted to remember the happy times we all had together. It was then that I realized that more than 80% of the pictures that I had were pictures of me with other people, of me at work, pictures of other people, pictures of social gatherings I was in, selfies and groufies, picture of cars, of motorcycles and watches things which I know now are not the important thing in my life because what I wanted to see where pictures of my family and the happy memories we all had together. What I know for sure now is that I would willingly give everything that I have to get my Renzo back.
I do not know if that is what God wanted me to realize, but what I do know is that the emptiness I have in my heart will never be filled. Renzo, I will try to live my life for your mom, brother and sisters one day at a time, because I know that is what you would have wanted.
But son know that I Love you with all my heart, that I have always been proud of the young man you are and the man you would have been and that I would not have wanted you to be any other way, for in my eyes and in my heart you have always been and will always be a perfect son for me.
I don't know why you left us so soon but son, I want you to know it's "Ok SON ITS UP TO YOU".
by: John Glenn Platil
