By Marlon Ramos, Maricar Cinco Philippin
12:20 am | Monday, November 18th, 2013
TACLOBAN CITY—A woman stood in front of the altar at Santo Niño Parish Church here on Sunday, unmindful of the rain falling on her from the damaged ceiling of the century-old church that had its roof ripped off by Super typhoon “Yolanda” on Nov. 8.My faith is stronger than Yolanda. I didn’t fear Haiyan (Yolanda). She should fear my God,” Anita Carillo told the Inquirer after the Mass.“Even the rains cannot stop me from thanking the Lord for saving me and my family. He is truly a caring and loving God,” she said, wiping her face dry with a white veil.Others, like Marilyn Refugio of Sta. Rita town in Samar, dropped by the church to seek Divine Intervention in the search for her 67-year-old mother, one of the more than 12,000 people reported missing after Yolanda swept across the central Philippines.“I know God will lead me to my mother. He is our only hope,” Refugio, 40, said, her voice breaking.
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Rosario Capidos, who attended an earlier Mass celebrated by Monsignor Alex Opiñano, said she went to church to reaffirm her faith and ask for courage in facing the tragedy that had befallen hundreds of thousands of people in the region. “We’re now homeless. But I’m very thankful I was able to save the two most important people in my life, my grandsons,” she said. Capidos and many others wept as they sang “The Lord’s Prayer.”
In his homily, Opiñano reminded the typhoon survivors to keep their faith in God and to continue working together.
“Just hold on to Him. It’s our strong faith in Him that will save us from this tragedy. We should draw our strength from him,” he said. “As the song goes, there’s got to be a morning after.”
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