Skepticism, Kindness and more...
Photo from Flickerhappy I was at the House of Representatives earlier to attend a healing session and mass officiated by Fr. Fernando Suarez . As part of the HOR Week celebration, the Congressional Spouses Foundation (CSFI) invited the healing priest over. The south lobby was lined with chairs and an altar was set-up. Some congressmen like Speaker Nograles , and their spouses were present as well as the house employees and their families. The organizers asked the attendees to stick-on color-coded cards (where we're also asked to write on our ailments/concerns). Color coding was based on the gravity of the ailment. I was given a red card which was the color assigned to the gravely ill and cancer patients. Technically, I am neither a cancer patient nor gravely ill. I was - then. But friends and organizers (who were privy to my condition) insisted that I get the red card - and so I did. Red card holders were supposed to sit in front, especially since most were wheelchair-bound. ...