Happy Birthday Fr. Peewee!

peewee, naghuhulat lang kami san pasalubong mo :-)




















THE GRACE OF PEEWEE

Yayes Basares

Hey, relax classmate. I am not talking about Grace Dimaunahan or Grace Dimagulangan; I am not talking about anybody else's Grace. It's your birthday and I am talking about your grace: your priesthood.

We have always been proud of your priesthood as we are proud of you as MAELSTROM's one and only one priest.

No, you are not a square peg in a hole in our company. Beneath the jest and the jokes is our admiration for you.

And, believe me, you serve as the most tangible link to our past because looking at you we see each of ourselves then hoping to be what you are now.

You can never have sons and daughters as we have, perhaps will miss the joy of fatherhood as you see your son on his first walk and little by little dislodge you as the only authority in the house. On the other hand, you will be spared from the pains of watching over your son overnight as you wait for that fever to break. You will be spared from the daily pressure of living and caring for a family and will perhaps miss the joy of your sons smile on his first bike. You will miss the rush of early morning in sending your son to school and the anxiety of waiting for him in the afternoon. You cannot marry, literally that is. For in your chosen field of endeavor you are to walk a carved path designed by the Divine Father sacrificing personal joys and pleasures demanding celibacy so that you can give everything in you in service.

You cannot amass millions in terms of fat bank accounts or a fleet of cars or a palatial house. Yet you will not have to work hard to gain power and prestige, clout and influence to gain respect of society. Your priesthood alone already demands respect and prestige.

You will not have a family of your own, yet you will be a father to many. You cannot amass wealth yet your riches cannot be measured.

Such is your grace. Such is Peewee’s grace.

Happy birthday, classmate, and we look forward for more birthdays of Rev. Father Philip Aurelius Renovalles.