I practically grew up hearing all sorts of news – whether rumors or facts. And believe it or not, I often hear these stories in a very unlikely place: the church. I’ve been an active music minister in our parish for the past 17 years. Actually, my ears have grown accustomed to the various stories that have circulated within the parish: from scandals involving priests, down to the intrigues within the various communities, even the personal issues involving certain individuals.
Yes, there were even times when I had my share of the so-called “limelight”, owe it to the fact that I hold a big responsibility which puts me in a position where I can be easily seen by the prying eyes of the other “servants”. I couldn’t count the number times when my name got involved in nasty issues. Now as I look back to these times, it’s just so pathetic to find out that they were just petty ones. What a waste of time!
Well, I haven’t been seriously involved with the church now. I decided to "roll-off" from my extremely toxic task of being the Music Ministry Coordinator, now that the parish has its new parish priest and newly-appointed leaders. I still have my regular 6PM Sunday Mass service, anyway.
Little did I know that I was in for a surprise. ;p
Yes, there were even times when I had my share of the so-called “limelight”, owe it to the fact that I hold a big responsibility which puts me in a position where I can be easily seen by the prying eyes of the other “servants”. I couldn’t count the number times when my name got involved in nasty issues. Now as I look back to these times, it’s just so pathetic to find out that they were just petty ones. What a waste of time!
Well, I haven’t been seriously involved with the church now. I decided to "roll-off" from my extremely toxic task of being the Music Ministry Coordinator, now that the parish has its new parish priest and newly-appointed leaders. I still have my regular 6PM Sunday Mass service, anyway.
Little did I know that I was in for a surprise. ;p
A few weeks back, the person who’s now in-charge of the Music Ministry came up to me and asked me if its true that I was leaving for abroad. I asked him about the source of the information but he simply said that it was the latest news that’s been circulating in the parish. I denied the rumors, of course, and I made mention that probably the reason why this issue has surfaced was because I had my name fixed at NSO and that I was bound to apply for a passport, a primary requirement in my current workplace.
During the wake of a dear friend’s mom, I heard the issue again. This time, the rumor had more weight. According to some “news scribes”, I was bound to leave for Australia. Imagine that, now we have an exact location!
Apparently, the story didn’t end there. Last Sunday, I came across a good friend while doing some window shopping at Powerplant Mall. He asked me if its true that I was leaving for abroad (he didn’t say Australia, though). He said that he was surprised when he heard about the “news” because we’ve met about a week ago and I didn’t mention that I was leaving. What really surprised me was his next line: “Kaya ka daw aalis papuntang abroad kasi hindi ka naman daw naa-appreciate sa parish natin.”
I was flabbergasted! Of course, I denied the rumor and the allegation. Yes, I knew that news have wings but I didn’t know that the wings could be that humongous! Its very obvious that the people behind this issue have been putting words into my mouth. I really couldn’t help but laugh. Should they made it to Eat Bulaga’s “Sa Pula, Sa Puti” contest, they will never win the jackpot prize. Tsk, tsk, tsk!
Well, come to think of it, the rumor was not so bad at all. In fact, I just realized something:
I am still a newsmaker. ;-)