Most Filipinos Visits Their Loved Ones Who Have Passed Away
Many of us flock to the cemetery on Nov.1 just to show our big visit to those dear to us. It’s our tradition already to bring baskets of flowers, special ones, and very decorative candles. Some also bring food and eat supper at the cemetery. Maybe most of us would like to think that our loved ones are now saints in heaven.
On the gospels at Mass today, it have been speaking about having to be prepared for the day when the groom would arrive or that we have to be fruitful otherwise like the fig tree which did not bear fruit we could be cut down and burned as useless trees. When you try to reflect and observe the ways of many people, there is one distinction that clearly delineates two types of persons. One is the giver and the other is the taker.
Cebuanos call the takers as ang nagpatara lang (people who do not budge to lift a helping hand). Like Juan Tamad, they just wait for the guavas to fall into their laps. There are many of us are like that. They are sometimes called parasites, friends who do not respect boundaries of friends who abuse their friendship.
The givers are generous souls, the concerned and compassionate Disciples of Christ who think nothing of sharing their food or their shirt. They go out their way to help even a stranger. Actually, a cemetery visit can be a place where we can be awakened to the temporary time we live on earth. In such a case, it is temporary, or maybe we can try to make life better for the living, too. The living also needs flowers, food, and our immediate loving care.
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