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Christian Call and
Thomasian Response
By Robert Louis SM. Sotto
Being a Catholic university,
religion plays a big role in our motivations
in our endeavors, be it helping a whole
community reestablish or establish their
homes or educating the children in a
certain community to help them be the
best they could, even for just a little while.
These activities may seem to be
fleeting for us and, unfortunately, there
are some who don’t take it seriously, but
whatever help we could offer them goes a
long way. After all, there is strength in
numbers and even those joking around
eventually passes on the joy and laughter
to the community.
No matter the degree of
underdevelopment, we could see everyone
exerting great effort into bettering their
situation. But we all know that pure effort
solves only half the battle, they need
supplies and more manpower to produce
more satisfying results, and this is where
the Thomasians come in.
Human dignity is present everywhere,
we could see it in the eyes of those in the
unfortunate communities. We could see in
them the will to live, the will to survive,
and most importantly, hope.
Albeit being in unfavorable
circumstances, they never lose the Filipino
trademark; to smile despite being faced
with seemingly unbeatable odds. Their
faces when they see the bus arriving are all
of pure joy and warmth.
Their endurance is a force to be
reckoned with. They never lose sight of
their goals, and despite countless
misfortunes, they never once doubted
God. There was a time when the NSTP
activity ended in a chapel, there were
many events of thanking and gratitude,
and it ended in a prayer.
Aside from St. Thomas Aquinas, we also
have another saint we revere with a
burning passion: St. Dominic de Guzman.
Thomasian qualities are closely patterned
to the teachings and values of St. Dominic.
These are Fidelity, Study, Prayer, Active
Involvement, and Simplicity and
Evangelical Poverty.
Us Thomasians concern ourselves
with the truth of every situation to better
arm ourselves with knowledge on how to
repair or improve it. We also keep this in
mind as to analyze if what we are actually
doing is for the greater good and for the
benefit of many. Fidelity also enables us to
see through the lies of those who mean us,
or anyone, harm. This gives us our innate