Dear Parishioners,
I came across a beautiful story online and I want to share with you. “An anthropologist proposed a game to children in an African tribe. He put a basketful of fruits near a tree and told the children that whoever got there first would win the sweet fruits. When he told them to run, they all took each other’s hands and ran together, then sat together enjoying their treats. When he asked them why they did it, they responded, “‘Ubuntu.’ How can one of us be happy if all the others are sad?”
“Ubuntu” in that culture is a philosophy that says, “I am because we are.” This philosophy runs consistently with what St. Paul says in his Letter to the Corinthians: “For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot says, ‘Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,’ it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body. And if the ear says, ‘Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,’ it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired. If they were all one member, where would the body be? But now there are many members, but one body," (1 Cor 12: 14-20).
This weekend, as we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity and onwards, remember "Ubuntu." That’s the spirit of the life of the Trinity. That's the goal we want to achieve for our parish.
Sincerely in Christ,
Father Lito