The Anawim - RCAMMHC

NAKAKAMANGHA! After attending to an emergency call at the ER around 11:00 o’clock in the evening, I roamed around outside the ER and talked to some patients who has been there early in the morning waiting and hoping to be accepted in the Emergency Room. As I came closer to Tatay Jose (not his real name) I noticed he was carrying with him palm branches or palaspas. Iniisip ko, Palm Sunday is still a week away.

So I asked him, ”Tatay bakit ka may palaspas?Para saan mo gagamitin ang palaspas? Sabi niya, “Baka maadmit ako Sir, mabuti nang may palaspas na ako at handa na para sa Lingo ng Palaspas.”

Nakakamangha lang isipin na sa gitna ng kanyang malubhang karamdaman nakuha pa niyang magdala ng palaspas papuntang ER ng PGH para siya ay handa kung sakali mang maadmit at maaabutan ng Palm Sunday which is still a week away. According to initial findings may butas daw ang kanyang bituka at may butas din ang kanyang pantog. Kung tayo kaya may butas sa bituka at may butas sa pantog makaisip pang magdala ng palaspas papuntang ER? What an amazing preparation you have for the Holy Week. Nakakamangha ka! Saludo ako sa yo! Sana po ikaw ay gagaling sa iyong karamdaman. Indeed, in matters of faith and practice, we don’t only learn from great and brilliant theologians, professors and pastors, but we always learn from simple people like Tatay Jose – the Anawim!