“all I have is yours and all you have is
mine. . . I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I am
coming to you. Holy Father, keep those you have given me true to your name, so
they may be one like us.”-John 17:10-1
Jesus’
whole being is perpetual seeing of the Father. Jesus’ life and works are an
uninterrupted contemplation of His Father.
The coming of the Holy Father
Francis to our native land is a great privilege for us all. He is going to be
with us to bring Christ in us. Our lives as a Filipino citizen is destined to
become like the life of Jesus especially as Catholics. Pope Francis’ visit here
is to bring and unite us to the house of God and to lead us into the intimacy
of God’s divine life. The pope will come here so that we may be led to the full
truth of the divine life. Truth here does not mean an idea, concept or
doctrine, but rather the true relationship with God in communion with the
faithful especially the excluded and marginalized citizens. To be led into the
truth is to be led into the same relationship that Jesus has with the Father.
Together as we all get excited with his visit let us not also forget the true
message of Pope Francis upon coming here.
Filipinos are known to be religious,
and as we enter into this spiritual life we are precisely the ones who were
sent into the world to continue and fulfil the work that Jesus began. Indeed,
living a spiritual life requires a change of heart, a conversion. Such
conversion may be marked by a sudden inner change, or it can take place through
a long, quiet process of transformation. But it always involves an inner
oneness with all the Filipinos. We realize that we are in the center and that
from there all that is and all that takes place can be seen and understood as
part of the mystery of God’s life with us, so let us not lose hope with our
country. Our conflicts and pains, our tasks and promises, our families and
friends, our activities and projects, our hopes and aspirations no longer
appear to us as a fatiguing variety of things which we can barely keep
together, but rather as affirmations and revelations of the new life in us with
our pope. Together with our Holy Father, we’ll journey! 
Pope Francis comes here to bring the
message of Christ, to share Christ’s joy in the Philippines to the full. He
comes here to be one with him in the call for conversion to truth, for God’s
word is the ultimate Truth. God has consecrated the life of Pope Francis to
lead us to truth, oneness, charity, hope and love. Poverty, pain, struggle,
anguish, agony and even inner darkness may continue to be a part of our
experience. They may even be God’s way of purifying us. But life is no longer
boring, resentful, depressing or lonely because we have come to know that
everything that happens is part of our way to the house of the Father. So I
say, his visit is a one-of-a-kind event here in our country, let’s cherish and
treasure it!
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