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Batas Mauricio .

SADNESS and confidence. These were the twin emotions that came to me and my siblings as a consequence of the demise on April 18, 2018, of our 84-year-old mother, Mrs. Salvacion Haber Lazo Mauricio, two years from the time our father, Mr. Melanio Pauco Mauricio Sr., and our brother Ariel, both died in 2016.

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My siblings, Philip, Leny, and Marisa, and I, as well as our respective families and other relatives, became very sad by Mommy’s death, because we know we will be missing her terribly, in much the same way that we have been missing Daddy and Ariel.

The truth was that, when Daddy, Mommy, and Ariel were all still alive, we were all united in love and understanding, although just like any other Filipino family whose members entertained their own thoughts, beliefs, and perceptions about many things in life, we’ve had our regular differences and spats which, nevertheless, lasted only temporarily.

But that feeling of sadness notwithstanding, we felt some degree of confidence after Mommy died. We are of the belief that whatever sins she may have committed have been forgiven, her soul had been cleansed, and that she would be among those who will meet Jesus in the clouds, and who would then be brought by Jesus to Paradise in eternal life.

The reason for this confidence arises from something that happened which we believe was God’s own will for her. This was the fact that, 24 hours before she was hit by a massive brain stroke on April 15, 2018, Mommy was among the people who went to law office in Diliman, Quezon City, to participate in a despedida (or farewell) party for one cousin of mine who was going back to Canada.

In that despedida party on April 14, 2018, discussions were held, yet another time, about who are the children of God. Mommy have had previous occasions to listen to me discuss this matter before that Saturday event, but it was only on that despedida that she rose to ask a question, in the presence of our relatives who were there, too: “How can one become a child of God?”

Now, after we have interred her remains on April 21, 2018, I saw that this question of Mommy turned out to be life-changing for her. I knew, deep in my heart, that after she listened to my explanation–that a person becomes a child of God after accepting and having faith in Jesus as God and Savior, and as God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit–Mommy became a child of God herself.

This happened because after hearing my explanation, I invited Mommy and all those present during the despedida (which turned out to be her own farewell party, as well) to pray, as we indeed prayed and accepted, and gave our faith to, Jesus, as our God and Savior, and as God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

I am certain this happened because that was the will of God for her. God willed that Mommy would become, as she indeed became, a child of God, because in her lifetime, she performed fully her faith as a Christian–by being a good and loyal wife, a model and selfless mother, and a servant of the God in the church where she belonged to, and, in general, as a human being who loved God and her fellowmen.

Thank God in the Name of Jesus, Amen!

 

E-mail: batasmauricio@yahoo.com

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