Last Wednesday we invited Fr. Ramon Atanacio, our parish priest to officiate a blessing rite for our Sibol school and as well as our GK houses in our Gawad Kalinga site. After my wife and I fixed the things in the school, I went to pick up my three year old son Pio at home and on we went to the church where fr. Mon is waiting. I prepared Pio prior to meeting the priest by telling him that we will be fetching a friend, our local priest, while also telling something about him and what to expect.
And so when we finally get to the church, I asked the good priest to sit in front with Pio in between us, since the front right passenger seat of the van is good for two. I introduced him to Pio and told him how he got his name. Fr. Mon greeted him with warm hellos and tried to ask questions from him but my son refused to answer and is in fact frowning a bit. Fr. Mon is already wearing his long, clean, off white vestment which I admire because of the intricate embroidery all over. That's when I asked Pio, "Would you like to be a priest someday? Look at the nice clothes that father is wearing." Pio answered in a disgusted tone, "Eh pang girl naman yan eh!" (that is for girls!). We both laugh our hearts out at him while fr. Mon continues, "Oo nga, pang girl ba ito?" (yes, is this for girls?)
After the rites, I told my wife the incident at home and she was quick to add, "so that's why, when father was blessing and touring the houses, Fr. Mon kept on sprinkling holy water over Pio while murmuring 'Pio, Pio,...'"
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