Cory's Magic

Today Tita Cory's earthly remains is being put to rest. Her magic is working again. She is uniting the whole nation. Thousands of Filipinos line up the street to get a glimpse of their beloved former president. No political color is evident. Why not? After all she was an instrument in regaining our democracy. The housewife was chosen by God to lead the nation to what it is now - free from dictatorship.

As I write this the cortege bearing Tita Cory's earthly remains is moving toward where she will be buried, a simple burial place beside her beloved husband Ninoy. How do I feel? I wish that I could be there with the rest of my countryman, giving honor to my former president. Being old and sick I cannot do that anymore. However, there is much that can be done by people like me, pray. Each bead of the rosary is as powerful than any physical presence, if not more.I humbly pray that this Cory magic stays on, uniting everyone in the government, and wishing that there be a change of heart of those in power so that the spirit of Edsa will live on.

Soon all this will be over. The elegant funeral march will end. Each will go home, tired, happy, sad, all mixed emotions. The shout of Cory, Cory, a show of love and respect, will die down. The mixture of the rich and the poor will again disappear, each going to the lives they have been used to, the rich to their elegant houses, the poor to their humble homes. I hope and pray that Cory's magic of uniting them will work. I pray that there will less of the poor, hungry, unschooled, sick without means of medical attention. I will offer my Hail Mary for the rich that they also will give and sacrifice more for those who don't have much in life. May the promise land be given to all.

To you, my revered former President Cory, sleep now in peace. You are now with God, Mama Mary, Ninoy, Cardinal Sin, Sister Lucia of Fatima, and the rest of the angels and saints. Look down on us and pray that your magic lives on.