Happy Death Anniversary?
Fr. Mar's gravestone is laden with flowers and the love of the many people touched by his priesthood. How do you ‘greet’ someone on the anniversary of his death? Is there really a proper ‘greeting’ for it at all? Just the thing happened on the first death anniversary of Fr. Marcelino Biliran last Tuesday, June 27, 2017. On the Loboc Parish Facebook account, photos of the mass celebrated at the Necropolis, the cemetery of the priests of the Diocese of Tagbilaran, were posted. Someone had commented: “Happy Death Anniversary Fr. Mar Biliran May Rest in Peace.” Most Rev. Alberto S. Uy, Bishop of the Diocese of Tagbilaran, presided as main celebrant of the mass for the repose of the soul of Fr. Mar. When a priest pointed it out to us and when I saw it for myself, it felt for the moment that the world had turned upside down and I simply ranted, “What the heck was this person thinking?!” At first, I felt it was a rather insensitive comment. Surely, everyone knew that Fr....
