HIS SACRIFICE

Acts 2:24
“You shall love the Lord, your God… The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
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About two weeks ago, the Filipino people and the world witnessed the funeral march for Philippine’s greatest democracy icon – President Corazon Aquino. She was the president after that tumultuous martial law years. And this day, August 21, Filipinos commemorate the day when her husband was assassinated in 1983. That event led to the almost daily rallies and street demonstrations that made Marcos eventually call for a snap election. Marcos won, but charges of cheating came up and more unrest followed. He eventually quit paving the way for Cory to assume the presidency.

To her death, Cory Aquino remained a firm believer in people power. People power, she says, “will bring change but not the ultimate or desired change that will continue.” This is why, she says, “we have to change first within ourselves and we have to continuously find out what it is that we can do to offer to our country.”

Constantly sacrificing herself for freedom and the Filipino people, all for the glory of God.

"You know," she says, "when Ninoy was in prison, I used to think all of us have a quota for suffering and when Ninoy was assassinated, I supposed I'd filled up my quota of suffering. But that isn't so, and when we think of Jesus Christ who did not do anybody any wrong, He was goodness Himself, and yet He was prepared to make all of these sacrifices and His suffering did not end until he died. So I suppose, each of us, while we are in this world, while we are here in the Philippines, must think of what it is that we can still offer to make life better for our fellow Filipinos."

Let us pray +

Lord Jesus, all power in heaven and on earth has been given to You. May we go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit as we put our trust and faith in You until the end of the age. Amen +

Praise the Lord, my soul!