I had a blast! I served the Holy Mass this Good Friday. The mass took 3 hours. I read the second reading. There are so many parishioners who attended the mass. People of Bacolor's from nearby towns and provinces gathered together to commemorate this solemn event. I feel quite nervous before I read my part. But I took a very prayer and asked God's guidance to deliver the reading well. And I am really thankful that I did it not only well, but very well. After the mass, people approached me and praising me the way i read it. even I, I will admit, it is the best reading I had for my entire lector's life. It is really important that whenever you read God's words, you ask for His spirit and guidance to be over you so you can read them from and with your heart.
After the mass, there was the procession. I joined the Rotary Club of Villa de Bacolor and I had a great time with them. They asked me to join them again this Rotary Year, but I'll see. It depends on my schedule. After the procession, I had a wonderful time with the Puno family. I love being with Kuya Manulet and Kuya Gary, the bachelors of Bacolor, achiever but very humble. They talked more about me and my future plans. I thank them for all the brotherly care.
Most of all, I love the reflections of the mass. It is on how well you perform your role in your life. It is when you perform it wholly and with all your heart, there you can say, you have done your part very well and completely. it is really nice to hear the way it was reflected in Kapampangan language. "Kapag genapan meng tutu ing kekang gagagnapan, karin mu asaping iti ya ganap."
This Holy week, I know I am lucky for I have achieved something for myself, to reflect something about myself. I may not be like Christ who have died in cross to perform the role that God asked Him to do, but I can say, I am just Josh, whom God send to shower love, to have fully perform it by constantly proving how love should be even people would take you away, forsake you, or just neglect you. It is not what people do for you but what you can do for people. It is how much you are willing to show people that you are weak and yet comes your strength from Him. I may not perfectly perform my role for I have some flaws, but I know, I have done it perfectly the way God want me to do.
