Are our hearts shut like this little library’s doors? Or blurred by netting of past grievances, just like the avocados? Or empty like the sardine can, yet precious body oil to the Mangyans?
I requested hubby to go buy Spam. He got back quickly: “I will sell for $10. That was a high – risk errand.” I laughed. I then brewed coffee, poured it into his favorite mug. “Here’s your coffee, for $30.” We both laughed.
(R) Hubby went on a high – risk errand to buy what I planned to make: spam musubi.
He then made us lunch, using canned sardines, avocado, calamansi both from our backyard and the cranberry walnut sourdough bread he baked.
Find gratitude each day, and be mindful of all you have and not what you want.
Dad of @heylindshay, mom of a son and quadruplets.
One summer in college, friends and I took the ferry and traveled to a friend’s ranch in Mindoro. After the ride, we rode an open bed truck that gave us a good dousing of brown dust. We arrived with dust in our hair, and white turned into light brown t-shirt. We took our shower and next am, we had tapa from deer, a gift from the locals. She asked if we were ready to visit the Mangyans.
Excited, we took our gifts of spam and sardines. I expected spam would excite them. Instead, they opened the sardines, took the oil and rubbed it all over their bodies. They believed this precious oil would keep their skin supple and soft. What I viewed as trash, was precious oil to them.
I woke up raring to go. I was prepared for an encounter with the Lord at Holy Family Artesia.
Savor the life the Lord the Lord gave us. We are being taught by Him a longing for the Eucharist, not as a habit, but a belief that Jesus will give us life. He is the Bread of Life. May the Lord’s life we all seek, that will only give us true satisfaction in this unsatisfying world!
Fr. John Cordero
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