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Eulogy to the late martyr Bishop Alberto Ramento
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Eulogy to the late martyr Bishop Alberto Ramento, D.D,
by JC delos Reyes
SOLIDARITY
PHILIPPINES
Email add.: jcdelosreyes@ymail.com
In his last homily moments before his brutal assassination, El Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero as he reflected on Scripture proclaimed…“one must not love oneself so much as to avoid getting involved in the risks of life that history demands of us...those that fend of danger will lose their lives. I do not believe in death without resurrection...if they kill me, I will be resurrected in the Salvadoran People."
The Most Reverend Alberto B. Ramento, D.D, a man for others, a man of God, seemingly embraced the demands of the gospel and found meaning in Christ's suffering outside his ‘comfort zone’. He was the Bishop of the poor peasants and farmers as he promoted worker’s rights in Tarlac and Cavite. In every forum he sought and fought for the truth, denouncing massive cheating, electoral fraud and government corruption. His concern for the victims of extrajudicial killings and their families was noteworthy as he denounced the apathy and indifference of the government to solve it.
Not only was he a social prophet, a herald of God but a good shepherd as he stood by the poor and the marginalized. This ‘principled engagement’ with the people and his desire and struggle for a fullness of life they deserve characterized the life of Bishop Ramento.
Solidarity Philippines, a movement pro-actively advancing the Social Justice Agenda of the Church has found a martyr, a model whose life…and death will stand as a witness on how a true and faithful Christian ought to live…where social concern and love for one’s neighbor is not only a pastoral priority but a defining characteristic of our Christian faith.
The same faith, the same conviction, the same love for the poor and the oppressed, the same ministry, the same life, the same death, the same martyrdom, Bishop Ramento, like Romero will be resurrected in the Filipino people.
With praise and thanksgiving to the Almighty!
JC delos Reyes
Lead Animator
by JC delos Reyes
SOLIDARITY
PHILIPPINES
Email add.: jcdelosreyes@ymail.com
In his last homily moments before his brutal assassination, El Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero as he reflected on Scripture proclaimed…“one must not love oneself so much as to avoid getting involved in the risks of life that history demands of us...those that fend of danger will lose their lives. I do not believe in death without resurrection...if they kill me, I will be resurrected in the Salvadoran People."
The Most Reverend Alberto B. Ramento, D.D, a man for others, a man of God, seemingly embraced the demands of the gospel and found meaning in Christ's suffering outside his ‘comfort zone’. He was the Bishop of the poor peasants and farmers as he promoted worker’s rights in Tarlac and Cavite. In every forum he sought and fought for the truth, denouncing massive cheating, electoral fraud and government corruption. His concern for the victims of extrajudicial killings and their families was noteworthy as he denounced the apathy and indifference of the government to solve it.
Not only was he a social prophet, a herald of God but a good shepherd as he stood by the poor and the marginalized. This ‘principled engagement’ with the people and his desire and struggle for a fullness of life they deserve characterized the life of Bishop Ramento.
Solidarity Philippines, a movement pro-actively advancing the Social Justice Agenda of the Church has found a martyr, a model whose life…and death will stand as a witness on how a true and faithful Christian ought to live…where social concern and love for one’s neighbor is not only a pastoral priority but a defining characteristic of our Christian faith.
The same faith, the same conviction, the same love for the poor and the oppressed, the same ministry, the same life, the same death, the same martyrdom, Bishop Ramento, like Romero will be resurrected in the Filipino people.
With praise and thanksgiving to the Almighty!
JC delos Reyes
Lead Animator
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