Divine Intervention

January 26, 2008, 4:53 p.m.

Sender: Beneboy

“St. Therese’s relics will be at sta. teresita parish at mayon st. q.c. mass and exposure wil be at 10am. Sana makapunta kau”


A famous bar reviewer once told us that “If you’re an atheist, you will find your religion during the bar exams.”

“Lahat ng santo tatawagin nyo. Kahit si sta. mesa at si st. cinnamon tatawagin nyo.”

At this point I am bordering on, wait, I am already desperate and depressed. I have not found a job yet and I have been job hunting since late October. I had long dropped my pride and asked relatives if they can refer me to a job and started applying for positions requiring lower qualifications. I can already feel the enormous pressure and I didn’t want to be called a bum and I hate the feeling of having to ask for allowance at my age.

The strain of waiting for the results of the bar exams is also bearing down on me, with every text message received from other barristers I feel a small shudder before opening it that it might be the news I was dreading to hear.

I don’t remember going to the Sta. Tersita Parish to visit the relics but I do remember visiting St. Jude in Malacanang during the waiting period. I am a practicing catholic, I go to church every Sunday, I pray the rosary every night. I think it was my faith that helped me survive those long arduous period in my life. I remembered my prayers back then was ended with “your will be done” and “help me accept the things I cannot change”. But secretly (if that’s even possible with God) I wanted to directly ask for me to pass the bar exams, even how selfish it might sound.

Whatever the outcome was I only hoped that I would have the strength to accept it.