BBM’s Undas message: ‘Make lasting impact while alive’

President Marcos joined millions of Filipinos in their “solemn” and “meaningful” observance of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day this weekend, as he called on everyone to make their time here on Earth worthwhile.

- By HELEN FLORES

“Even in the transience of our own mortality, we have the capacity to make a lasting impact in our communities and those around us,” he said in his message released yesterday.

Marcos said the first two days of the month are dedicated to prayer, reflection and recalling “the many people whose deeds and presence continue to be felt long after their passing.”

“During these twin feasts, we proclaim that those who came before us do not vanish into nothingness but continue to live on in our hearts and minds,” he added.

The Chief Executive stressed the meaning behind these acts of remembrance: to pray is to enter communion with the saints and deceased loved ones; to light a candle is to bind one’s conscience with their legacy and to lay flowers is to pledge to uphold their mission.

“Ultimately, these occasions remind us of the paradise that awaits in the hereafter — where poverty, pain and suffering no longer hold purchase, and where the Lord Almighty resides in splendor among His people. Until then, our duty is to fashion a foretaste of its splendor here on earth,” Marcos said.