“If we in this community don’t come out from our own shells, we’re BUGOKS (unborn Hatchlings)!”
These were the resounding words uttered by Fr. Arlo Yap, SVD, priest-homilist and teaching resource person at the June 7TH community celebration held at the Layforce, in connection with his talk on Stewardship and Blessings.
The talk, it was observed by many, appropriately presaged and buttressed the formal launching of the Community’s fund drive.
In pointing how members of the community can really live up to the name Magis, Fr. Arlo delved on the three convictions on which Stewardship is based. The first is that every good thing comes from God. And that since God is the giver of life in all its forms; He too, is and should be the taker of life.
Human beings used to be whole in body, mind and soul but because of sin, the human spirit is being drained. Fr. Arlo likened the situation to a bottle filled with water, the latter slowly being drained as a result of a leak in the bottle.
The root of all sinfulness, he added, is our selfishness, as we tend to play like God. It was only when Jesus came into our lives to save us that human beings became whole again.