Surprised

I am now looking for words to get through with this entry, so help me God.

Yesterday, Sunday. A couple of us went to church to hear mass. The church was in Wisconsin, a state just along side illinois, it was almost a 2 hour drive or so i think. The ride was kinda long and boring mainly because we dont talk that much in the car.Blah, blah. After sometime, we eventually got to the destination. The Holy Hill.

There were so many people there so we ended up parking at the base and walk up-hill to get to the church. As we went up, we were greeted from people you were up and about. There were so many Filipinos too but we just walked not paying that much attention because everyone just minded their own business.

The short walk from the elevators to the main church was nothing but breathtaking. W-O-W! The view of Wisconsin from above was such a wonderful sight, it actually felt like im on top of the world, but that was just me.

We said our wishes and prayers then attended mass. It was the first mass I attended since I got here, and besides the place it was pretty much the same feel. Then the bewildering part happened. During communion as everyone lined up, it was already my turn. I looked up to the priest ready to receive the Eucharist, that's when I heard him say "Katawan ni Kristo". He spoke tagalog! It wouldnt be so weird if he was Filipino to begin with but no he was so white and american, now you see the shock? I actually thought I was hallucinating and just kept my mouth shut about it not until after the ceremony. I asked my brother about it but he said that he heard the priest say "Body of Christ". Aargh! Was i going crazy? I could've sworn that i heard otherwise. And I asked again, this time it was my aunt, to my relief she said that she heard the same thing. Oh was I relieved! For one I was not going insane, and second why does he know our language.

Before leaving the place, I eventually got the answer to my query. The priest said that their congregation(whatever that's called, sorry for not knowing) had a chapter in Davao and that he was once stationed in the Quezon province. Soo that was why. Thrilled as I was, we said "salamat" and he answered us with a smile "walang anuman".