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BY JOHNNY NOVERA
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Tuesday, September 5, 2017
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WE THOUGHT Fr. Angry was American or English because of this name they call him. We found out that he is very Filipino.
But the moment we attended his mass one Sunday morning, we agreed that he deserves to be called Fr. Angry because he is always angry when delivering his sermon.
He is very angry at politician-hypocrites we have today who migrate from one party to another once they lose in the elections, depending on where the take is better.
He is angry at actors and actresses becoming politicians, and at politicians becoming like actors and actresses.
He is angry at the graft and corruption in government and society; he is angry at couples having more children than they can care for.
He is angry at the killings happening on our streets done by hooded men riding in tandem on motorcycles without the police catching any of them; he is angry at disguised policemen who arrest and torture suspects, plant drugs or guns in their pockets and kill them putting up the reason, “nanlaban eh…”
On the overall, he is angry at the seemingly hopeless world of the Filipino today, especially those from the poor and powerless.
But one Sunday, he was telling us the story why he was angry at his driver. He already fired him for failing again to strictly follow his instructions, but he refused to leave.
It appears that he was always telling his workers in the parish that “here the Lord God is our Boss. We are all serving Him through His son, Jesus Christ. In other words, all of us are merely His servants.”
The driver took this teaching to heart and told Fr. Angry why he was not leaving: “You cannot fire me, Father, because you are not my boss. It is the Lord!”
Note: The foregoing story was taken from our book, “My Brother-in-Law & Other Stories”, published under Copyright © 2013 Class A, Reg. No. A-2013-00192. (For comments or re-actions, please e-mail to jnoveracompany@yahoo.com/PN)
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