Eulogy for myself!

Rev. Fr. Christian Rejano del Mundo, AA

1986-2066

(I know that at the age of eighty, I am already in the twilight of my life so I am writing this self-

eulogy and wish that this will be read upon my death. I am entrusting this to my personal

secretary and ask him to give this to the bishop whom will preach at my funeral as I requested)

Barrowing the words of our blessed Mother, “My soul proclaims the greatness of Lord, and my

spirit of rejoices in God my savior”. This is how I want to begin this Eulogy, that at the end of my

life, I will proclaim the goodness and graciousness of God for me from birth to the very last

breath.

God has always been in my life. My childhood is best described as wondrous. I was born in Manila

in October 10, 1986, the day my great-grandmother died. One of my aunts told me that during

that time, they were visiting a dead and a newborn baby one after the other. My parents were

both in business, dad was into handicrafts and farming while mom was helping managing the

bakery which her parent left behind. I was second from the 4 brood. Indeed, it was a very happy

childhood for me. I cannot thank God enough for such blessings and the love from the people

around me.

At my younger years, I often asked myself whether I will live a good life or not which is different

from having successful corporate career. I made this question to myself when I was about to

enter the seminary, the formation year and even after being ordained as a priest. This is the
answer, in case you are listening, “I believe you did as everyone dear to you believed so. You have

your own fair share of bad experiences and you carried it on. You are valiant not because of your

bravery but because of how you acknowledged your flaws and accepted them. You tried to fought

hard, not for perfection but for yourself and the ones you loved”.

Despite of my strengths, I had my doubts just like everyone else. It made me human all the more.

I know it is not easy to make a difference and to leave a mark in the world because I know cannot

please everybody. All throughout, I made a lot of friends, some became my enemies, later on,

after reconciliation became friends again. I have no regrets but I have so many learnings, after

all, we can all appreciate the greatest things after surpassing the worst and most of the time, our

worse enemy is our own self. I have tried to acknowledge my own demons. I befriend it and

destroyed it little by little. Seminary life and formation helped me a lot on overcoming these

especially in times of difficulty, for that I know I managed to inspire and make a difference in this

world in my own little way. Being Augustinians of the Assumption saved my life from destruction.

I cannot thank them enough that after dying from the painful past, they brought me back to life

again.

I always thought that it is not necessary for me to be kind to other person because they might

take advantage of me but I was wrong not to see and acknowledge even my own kindness, more

so of other people. I know God saved me from that false belief through the help of people in the

ministry, in the parish and apostolate area- the poor ones most especially. This made count my

blessings and be generous enough to share it with others. In sickness, I never question God

because there’s no serious illness and I know I deteriorated because of old age.
With this, I am done. Eighty years is not a joke. Now that everything is said and done, what is

then left for me to say? My worry when I was still working in the corporate was that I hope that

people will regard favorably after my stint with them. Now, it does not bother me anymore

because as God as my witnessed, I honestly did the best I could. So I would like to end with this

message and I hope you can hear this again: your life is not an easy life yet you know it is a life

well lived. You have made it your own and transcended it even to the great beyond. You are

terribly missed and will be greatly missed. Rest well and rest in peace. May God bless you and

welcome you in his heavenly abode. Good job and thank you for everything.