2nd District Solon relays info on recent projects
Second district Cong. Erico Aristotle Aumentado (fifth from left) and Buenavista mayor Dave Duallo (third from left) pose with the members of the Rufo Hill Green Ladies Association of barangay Rufo Hill. The members received P625,000 worth of funds for the egg laying food production livelihood project of the said association coming from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Contributed photo
Second district Rep. Erico Aristotle Aumentado delivers a speech during the turnover of the check worth P616,150 from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for the livelihood project of Hini-usang Kusog sa Mag-uuma ug Magnanagat sa Popoo (HKMMP). The amount will be used for a fish cage livelihood project in barangay Popoo, Carlos P. Garcia town. The said turnover rite happened on March 30, 2021. Contributed photo
Aris sees Easter as a time for renewal
by June Blanco
The meditation and “conversations” with the Almighty, the opening of the hearts to forgiveness, reconciliation and love through the Holy Week are the necessary fodders for catharsis in the run-up to Easter that celebrates Christ’s resurrection from the dead. Easter is also a time man to repent for his sins.
Thus Rep. Erico Aristotle Aumentado captures in a nutshell the potpourri of emotions most people go through as they contemplate on the life, death and resurrection of the Savior and burn with zeal and fervor to imitate Him.
“My ultimate wish, is for the people to change for the better – and for them to sustain that change – so that we can all contribute to make this world a better place to live in,” he said.
But more is expected of leaders than the ordinary man next door. Humility and sacrifice are attributes of leaders. For one, the Lord showed His love by dying on the cross for His people. He did not want to give them difficulty. Being all-powerful, He could have enriched Himself, but He chose to live as a pauper.
Riches are not the ticket to heaven – we cannot bring earthly possessions as we face the Maker.
Unless man shows the capacity to understand the angst and pain, love and empathize with fellow men, give less priority to the mundane and renews himself like an innocent child, Jesus, in His teachings had said, “It would be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God”.
Man must care for his fellow men. After all, he was not born for his life alone. Men are born for each other, the congressman stressed.