Today is a great day of celebration especially for the Visayans, and also for the rest of the Filipinos here and abroad. We feast because of the canonization of St. Pedro Calungsod who was a missionary layman and catechist in the 17th century. He died together with his rector St. Diego Luis de San Vitores in Guam as they faced the threats to their lives in converting and baptizing the Chamorro natives. I recall that the Church did not forget to canonize that Jesuit. But it seemed that the Church forgot to check that teenager who accompanied him. That Visayan catechist was killed first. He could have run away to avoid martyrdom, but he remained by the Jesuit's side. He kept in mind and practiced the words of the Lord that entitle this homily.