UPDATES ON THE LIFE OF ST. PEDRO CALUNGSOD AS REVEALED TO A VISIONARY, SIS.FLOR SATO. Sister Flor Sato narrated the following events which lead to the revelation of the biography of St. Pedro Calungsod: One day Fr. Larry Narsico, Parish Priest of our St. Gregory the Great Parish in Ginatilan, Cebu approached and told me “ You and your town folks are blessed and lucky because there will be saint who will come from your place.” Fr. Larry told me that Pope John Paul II has summoned Cardinal Ricardo Vidal and told him that there will be a saint who comes from our town and that the exact location of his residence must be traced. I said “Is that so father? Thank you very much.” From then on I wished I could find the exact spot where the house of the coming saint was erected. I never expected that in a dream I would be led to the exact location. In that dream I was shown a very miserable house made of cogon roof and bamboo slat walls (sa-sa). Many said that the place where St. Pedro Calungsod exactly came from could not be determined. That dream happened before the beatification of St. Pedro Calungsod and I forgot it because it was just a dream. In the last week of February, 2012 I made a novena to Saint Pedro asking for his help in my prayers for the cure of my physical problems especially for the healing of my eyes which was infected with glaucoma and cataract and heart ailment which had not be healed for a time already. That novena was followed by another novena before his canonization but the above-mentioned physical sufferings were never healed. On October 22, 2012 (Monday) at 8 o’clock in the morning my heart was hurting while I was praying the Holy Rosary but I did not feel the presence of Saint Pedro. At 1 o’clock in the afternoon while I praying again the Holy Rosary I felt the presence of Saint Pedro. I cried so much because he said in my heart that what I dream is not only a dream but was a message. Saint Pedro said “Many people have claimed that I came from their place but I tell you I am really from Cagsing, Ginatilan, and we are four (4) siblings in the family. I am the second child and I was baptized in Boljoon, Cebu because there was no parish yet here in Ginatilan. When a chapel was built in Ginatilan I became a catechist and an altar boy and I taught catechism to the children. When missionaries came, though I was still young I went with them because I pitied the missionary priests.” Since October 29, 2012 (Monday) I started daily praying from 3:00AM and usually finish between 8:00AM to 9:00AM. At 5:15AM on October 29, 2012 Saint Pedro let me feel his presence and again he showed me his poor house; the roof was made of cogon grass, the walls and doors were made of bamboo slats (sa-sa). There was only one room and the house utensils were made of coconut shells (hungot sa lubi). The plates were made of scraped coconut shells (paya). There were earthen basins (dulang), and pots made of clay for cooking (kolon). They did not have tables. Bamboo poles (sag-ob) were used in getting water. The house utensils showed how poor they were. The house did not have wooden floors. The floors were made of bamboo slaps which used twines (bagon) to tie them in place. The windows were made from weaved buri leaves which could be easily opened from time to time (tukas-tukas). Their clothes were made from abaca or woven fibers. They used bamboo rafts (gakit) for fishing. The clay pots, the earthen basins and jars came from Negros. They were brought by traders from said island. That was why the town is presently named Ginatilan, corrupted from the Cebuano word “hinatdan”. During said date Saint Pedro told me to tell the parish priest (Fr. Gerry) and ( Dra. Lily) the owner of the lot where their old house was erected to build a house which would show that he is from “Cagsing” and to follow the features of the old house where he lived. He finished showing me all these within 45 minutes. I asked him to tell me the names of his parents. On October 31, 2012 (Wednesday) St. Pedro woke me up at 11:30 in the evening and he let me feel his presence again. He said “My father is Paulino, my mother is Epifania and my eldest sister is Josefina and I, Pedro is the second child and the third child is Alexandro and our youngest is Filomena. The father of my father or my grandfather is Florencio and my grandmother is Josefa. The mother of my mother or my grandmother is Hermana and my grandfather is Gaudensio. The father of my grandfather Gaudensio is Simeon and his wife is Paula. During the old times people do not have family names including us. My uncle who is the brother of my father is Francisco and their source of income is fishing and we really came from Cagsing. However, Hermana and Gaudensio lived in the mountain of Boljoon and their source of income was farming. The fish they caught would be brought to Boljoon by riding on horsebacks which made Florencio and Gaudensio close to each other (Florencio stayed at the house of Hermana and Gaudensio when he goes to Boljoon). The fish brought by my grandfather Florencio will be bartered with corn grits because during that time there was no corn grits for sale. From said closeness, the parents of Epifania and Paulino decided to pair them. Then my parents, Epifania and Paulino lived together in one roof without marital blessings because weddings were not known during that time. Going up and down the mountains on horseback riding was the practice during that time. The business of my grandmother Josefa was trading boyo, (betel leaf), a native leaf used for “ma-ma” (betel quid). When they heard that there was a missionary priest and that a church in Boljoon was being constructed (I was born during that time) they brought me and our whole family there to study/practice how to pray. There my parents learned how to pray and talk Spanish and our whole family was baptized. I was baptized when I was 2 years old and that was the time when we started using the family name CALUNGSOD. Calungsod has meaning for us and my grandfather Florencio chose it for our family line. That time many were baptized and wed. But there were no Birth Certificates issued because there was no municipal hall nor recognized government during that time. When a chapel was already erected in Ginatilan and a priest was already assigned my brother Alexandro and my sister Filomena were baptized. There was also no baptismal nor birth certificates issued because there was no municipal hall yet. When I was 10 years old a priest asked me to be an altar boy (sacristan) and a catechist to teach catechism to the children. When I reached 13 years old missionaries riding on sail boats (paraw) arrived and I joined them because I pitied them and also because of my intense desire to help spread our Christian faith. Due to my firm stand for the truth and defense of our Christian faith I shed my blood.” Narrated by: Sis. Florita “Flor" Sato VISIONARY-CAGSING, GINATILAN,CEBU.philippines MORE DETAILS & PICTURES-FB: christifdelesian ako contact person: brod rey-09209456427,09234634489 email add: christifidelesian@yahoo
Posted on: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 11:51:02 +0000
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