POETRY
In the End, It is the Word Made Flesh That
Counts*
(In memory of Rev.
Alfredo Faurillo, United Church of Christ in the Philippines [UCCP] pastor
and human rights advocate, 1935-2006)
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN
REMOLLINO
Posted by
Bulatlat
There are those who think they are
Christians
by their continually speaking out the
words of Christ.
In the end, however,
it is not only the word that counts –
but the word made flesh.
Here lies a man whose life was a
continuous sojourn
in the company of Christ.
He took up the cross of serving the people
and struggled hard against Caesars playing
God.
He was one who strove to usher in the day
when all men,
all men shall have become brothers
of one another.
In the end,
it is not only the word that counts –
but the word made flesh.
This was a man who spokes the words of
Christ
and made the word become flesh.
By this, he was a real Christian.
*This poem was recited at the tribute to
Rev. Alfredo Faurillo on Jan. 5, 2007 at the UCCP national chapel in
Quezon City
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