for two days and two nights, i was at the kitchen and refectory assisting the cooks of dom andrew's ordination banquet... not to mention the unbearable noise in the kitchen, the from-time-to-time misunderstanding brought about by communication barrier between me and the other non-english speaking vietnamese monks helping at the kitchen, the emotional restraints that i had to struggle within me just to maintain and promote peace and harmony with the cooks and their tribe, the physical exhaustion that i surmounted during the two days-feasting and frolicking from all the buffet table preparations and all that.....all of these are just but parts of my good learning process and experience(of other cultures)in the community....
who says i am grumbling? noooo, not at all..as a matter of fact, i am glad that amidst all these, another priest has been added to our community who will serve us and be a sure sign of God's love and reflection of His mercy on us....
Today, the newly ordained priest officiated his first Mass as thanksgiving for the blessings he received yesterday, with me as his MC (master Of Ceremonies)!....
Flaws? if ever there were , ah, it's not really important. (monks are not that fault finders anyway) what mattered was that he was able to deliver the Eucharistic celebrations even with his off-tone notes in the consecration, or the high pitched notes during the Eucharistic Prayers and an out-of-this-world tune (i dunno where he learned that tune) of his Closing Prayers...we really didn't care about all those flaws-- because what matters most to us now is that he has received the Sacrament of Holy Orders after spending a very remarkable number of years in the Academe... and now, his ordination to priesthood would mean another blessing to our community.....
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God bless you Dom
wow... DOM Law in all his "Pacute" Glory hahahaha....
kidding aside...
i was touched by what you wrote here dear brother. I saw the deeper side of you. at first akala ko wala ka non coz we always fool around on each other's blog. pero I had a glimpse today of your being a monk. ngayon lang.
before I was like "he's a monk but I can't really picture him even if I see him in his habit" pero ngayon.. ahhhh at last I saw the monk in you that I was looking for noon pa...
don't get me wrong, it's not that you are not a monk material, but its just that I always see you as the simple "Law" and not the monkee "Dom". maybe because I always see you as a monk who can never ever stop talking and smiling in front of the camera. and someone i'm very comfortable with to talk anything under the son kaya medyo naooverlook ko yung kabanalan mo hahahah at hahaha ulit....
this is a simple yet striking post.
continue the inspiration my dear bro. and always put pics of the food that you cook... i will put them on my blog to repost... i will make a series and call it "Food for the MOnks" hehehehe then I will always link to your blog para mabasa rin nila blog mo...
ang sarap kasi ng food nyo zeus!
Pax et Bonum, Benedictinum et Franciscanum Cappuccinorum...
wait... u mean u are an ordained priest already? wow, sorry po for calling you 'brother' or i just missed some lines sa binasa ko hahaha!
Hi Dom! Good to know na may bago na namang sumapi sa inyo... baka naman kay Christina Aguilera nya nakuha yung tono nya for the closing prayer bwahahaha!
PS. Ngayon ko lang napansin na nandyan na pala si Ina Magenta ano? patis si gabriela silang nag appear na rin from africa... hehehe
@alex
ei, thnks to you err- alex?....nice meeting you .... and thank you really for dropping a line for me....God bless you to buddy!
siguro dahil sa experience mo na yun na appreciate mo siguro ang worth ng silence... ;)
@bluepanjeet
sure sure my frend..para naman makita nila ang mga pinaghirapan kong i post na sandamukal na mga retrato ng mga kinakain ng mga monks dito- at tamang tama ang title na yan hahahahahaha----alam mo bang we have launched also our newest addition to our income generating projects? and that we call the beverage as "MONKS ALE"? hahahaha--may serbesa kaming tinatayo= pero hindi pa siya ganun kasikat--
ngeeekkkkkss-- hindi ko lang mai project ang sarili ko na naka smiling face dahil nasa harapan ako ng buong sambayanan noh--at saka baka pag ginawa ko yung pag papacute ko sa camera ay baka mapagkamalan akong may sayad sa utak bwahahahahahah--- actually, yan talaga ang mukha ko pag hindi ako nakatawa--- mabagsik ba? or what? actually ay ayaw kong ang mukha ko ay laging ganyan--kasi napagkakamalan akong mabagsik at unapproachable hahahahahaha....ok, will wait for yur re-post- ..mas ok sa site mo kasi mas madami kang frends na nagbibisita sa site mo kesa sa akin hahahaha-actually kayu kayo lang naman nina jeff at ronnie at rebecca ang nagpupunta sa site ko at nag da drop down ng comments--with that, nagpapasalamat ako dahil kahit papano ay nasusulit ang pagud ng mga daliri ko sa kakatyp sa laptop ko doing this picture postings and all that...peace to you kapatid!
@bluepanjeet
PD: ngeeeks, nakalimutan ko-aside from you pala ay sympre si bro vince FMS at si elmo na laging dumadalaw din sa site ko.... kayu , kayo lamang ang tanging mga gintong butil na bumabagsak lagi sa aking palayan este sa aking blogsite hahahahah-- kaya kahit nakukulitan na kayo -ay lagi kong sinasabi parati na---salamat sa pagdalaw--...alam mo bang dahil sa regular na pagpunta at pagcomment nyo ay sinisipag akong mag update kesehodang isingit ko ito sa aking mga workloads dito sa cloister?....hahahahahaah.
Good morning! tama si blue...pag hindi ka pala nakatawa para kang sobrang banal! he! he! hindi bagay ...gusto ko na yata mag-confession...naks! j/k lang po!
btw, kidding aside, by any chance may kilala ka ba dati sa San Beda na Jose Antonio Martinez aka Tony Martinez? I told him about you...sabi nya para daw familiar ka...anyway, he is very seriously ill...he needs all our prayers...thank you as always.
sarap nio talaga cguro magluto kya tuwing may event eh lagi na lng kayo sa kusina. ehehe. kya pag-uwi nio sampulan nio kami ng iyong mga lutuin. wee!
congrats na rin sa bagong ordained. God bless!
@brovincefms
ngeksss- hindi ako ang inordain kapatid- a...ako ang naatasaan ng aming superior na mag MC sa arsobispo na nag ordain sa isang monk deacon namin dito...at nung mag FIRST MASS siya the next day ay ako pa rin ang ginawa nilang MC--- ano kaya ang meron ako na wala ang mga ibang monkee dito at lagi na lang akong ibinabalandra nila sa gitna ng simbahan everytime na may mga malalaking Eucharistic Celebrations? hindi naman ako gwaping. hindi din naman ako bata as in still young like 26 yrs old or whatnot....yan ang aking malaking katanungan sa aking sarili..
anyways, salamat bro sa pagdalaw...
hahahaha-certainly you missed some lines sa binasa mo---although let me say na-kahit naman mga monks dito sa amin ay na ordain na at lahat-still ang tawag namin sa kanila ay brother pa rin....
we do not supercede the title of a priest in our monastic title BROTHER or in latin= DOMinus for short ay Dom.
matagal pa ako bro na ma oordain- i am just goin to start with my MA in Theology as requirement for my ordination --i will be goin to St Meinrad Seminary by next year of august.
@jeprocks
hahahahaah--ewan ko ba dyan kay andrew...husss mio, kung anu ano na lang na tono ang pinagdududugtong sa eucharistic prayer nya at sa prayer of consecration ....siguro dala ng excitement at nerbiyos---alam mo bang sa akin siya nagpapacoach sa mga steps ng Misa nya?--sabagay talagang obligasyun ng MC sa Misa na i prompt ang celebrant on what to do next--pero naman naman naman--parang ako na nga ang nag misa ehh--lahat na lang ibubulong sa akin kung ano gagawin nya--- pero at the outset- pasalamat pa rin naman kaming lahat dito sa loob na at long last ay nakamit nya na ang fruits of his labor na inabot ng anim na taon in the making--- siya na lang ang pinakahuling member ng batch nila sa seminary ang kaka ordain pa lamang dahil lahat ng classmates nya ay na ordain na two years ago pa--- if i will put my feet in his shoes-talagang ma eexcite at maninerbyos din ako ng todo--may linya pa nga siya sa kanyang homily na..i have been waiting for this to come.....etc etc etc..and he was i guess in cloud nine habang nag dedeliver ng mga lines nya----
he indeed was a character during his first mass hehehehehe.
@ironnie
naku tama ka dyan ronnie..talagang sa dalawang araw ko na na expose sa vietnamese community -na talaga namang parang mga ibon na nagtitiririt sa lakas ng mga huni ay narindi talaga ako pero compse pa rin ang byuti ko dahil ayaw ko naman na masabi nilang napaka uncooperative kong kitchen manager- but honestly- during those two days na ang buong kitchen at refectory ay parang naging talipapa na ang bawat tindera ay isinisigaw ang kanyang paninda , ay talagang na appreciate ko ang silence---na dati rati ay dedma ko lang dahil sympre araw araw ay yun ang aming ginagawa kaya no pansin na lang ito sa akin granting na ito mismo ang nagpapatakbo ng aming routines sa loob ng monasteryo-=..pero i tell you talaga-- i did miss being in silence while at work during those two chaotic days!....salamt sa dalaw mo frend..
@rebecca,
uy becca my fend... salamt naman at napadaan ka as early as now---oo, tama nga si blue--seryos ang projection ng mukha ko sa camera dahil sa napaka solemn na selebrasyun ng Ordination---and for all you knew it, i was already day dreaming na ako ang nakadapa at nakaluhod sa harapan ng obispo na ino ordain as priest--hayyyyy, matagal pa yun--- six years in the making pa yun dahil i still have to go to Indiana to take my Theology in St Meinrad Seminary -then pagka graduate ko ng MA in Divinity ay saka pa lang nila ako isasalang para ma ordain.... but it was so good to day dream--nakaka inspire at nakakadagdag ng sezt for life and to go on and move forward amidst the hardship along the way....
ay parang narinig ko na yang name na yan...baka nakilala ko yan while i was still a teacher in San Beda--ok, i will pray for jose antonio artinez' healing and recovery..
salamt becca sa pagdalaw....:) be well and stay well!
@elmo
hahahah--hayaan mo at pag nauwi ako ay mag oovernight ako sa bahay mo at ipagluluto kita ng chicken adobo- chicken asado- at ground pork bola bola---or whatever you like me to cook for you--name it, and you'll taste it real good..... hahahahahah.
eh frend salamt sa dalaw...take care my frend......:)
@bluepanjeet
oo talagang masaya ang araw na yun dahil nagkasama sama kaming lahat na mga CID monks-kahit nga na assign na sila sa malalayong kabihasnan ng ibang lupain, still they come back to once again join the merry making and joy of celebrating with us the blessings of the occasion..pero si jseph gabriel ay babalik na sa 14th, then si Ina magenta ay aalis na naman at sasama sa bagong ordain na pari pag uwi nito sa Vietnam--and they will stay there for more or less a month--hayyy, iiwanan na naman kami ng aming butihing tagapamayapa sa buong engkantasya bwhahaahahahahah....
oy kapatid hindi naman... friends halos yun ni macaronnie at jeprocks na nadalaw lang sa blog ko. yung iba dun mga sawing palad hahaha...
alam mo masuwerte ka nga kasi kahit konti readers mo eh halos araw araw dumadalaw sila sayo... ako, mas gusto ko yun kesa sa sandamak mak na readers na di mo alam kung kelan babalik sa blog mo...
btw, i'll be posting the monastery soon..... pero di ko maiuupload sa youtube, la pa ako way to convert hayyy
@bluepanjeet
hoyy-- hindi ka pa ba matutulog? bwhahahaha--naku,kapatid,baka maglabnaw ang dugo mo nyan sa kakapuyat hahahaha--naku, nagsalita ang hindi nagpupuyat bwhaahahh-eh kagabi lang ala una na ako natulog-at nanood pa ako ng movie na Sky High hahahahahah....
ay ganun ba yun? sabagay mabuti na ngang kaunti lang na araw araw naman dumadalaw--hindi pa ako nagbubukas ng feedreader ko -kasi inuna ko muna ang mga sagot ko sa comments nyo-by and by ay punta na ako sa site mo--naku, actually madami talaga kayong dinadalaw ko thru my feedreader- kaya ang nangyayari ay nag lu lurk na lang ako para lang mapuntahan ko kayong lahat na mga frends ko--kaya tuloy nauubusan ako ng tym na mag comment---
take your time kapatid--- basta kung kailan mo na lang ma po post yun.... gud nyt na romulo! matulog na ikaw noh--at baka magka eyebags ang magaganda mong mga mata hahahahahahaha......
@bluepanjeet,
PS:i gotta go na at triple triple ang work assignment ko ngayun- guesthouse cleaner na shopping list pa at water system maintenace pa...hayyy--monastic life talaga..nakakalumata!...
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