Lea Zappa in blue with Fr. Abe and Mrs. Hermie Butler
The Splendor of the Church
LAST SATURDAY, NOV. 22, 2014 FR. ABE WENT TO ILLINOIS TO GIVE BIBLE STUDY TO THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY IN THE AREA. WHAT IS SPECIAL THIS TIME IS THE FINAL DECISION OF LEA ZAPPA TO FINALLY DECLARE HER INTENTION TO RETURN TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AFTER SOME MONTHS OF CATECHESIS AND BIBLE STUDIES WITH OUR GROUP. SHE CONFESSED TO THE PRIEST BEFORE THE HOLY MASS AND IN THE HOLY MASS SHE RECITED THE CREED TO SHOW HER FULL ACCEPTANCE OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH.
LEA WAS BORN CATHOLIC IN THE PHILIPPINES BUT WHEN SHE WORKED IN MAKATI SHE WAS INVITED BY FRIENDS TO JOIN THE JESUS IS LORD MOVEMENT [JIL], A BORN AGAIN GROUP LED BY THE POLITICALLY HUNGRY EVANGELIST EDDIE VILLANUEVA WHO IS ALWAYS LOOSING IN NATIONAL ELECTIONS DESPITE HIS CLAIMS THAT GOD SPOKE TO HIM TELLING HIM TO BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES. LEA ENJOYED THEIR SINGING AND DANCING YET DEEP IN HER HEART SHE WAS LONGING TO RETURN TO THE SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH. SHE FINDS THEIR NOISES EMPTY AND MERELY ON THE LEVEL OF EMOTIONS.
Newly returned to the Faith, Lea Zappa with Fr. Abe and friends studying Catholic Apologetics in Illinois, USA
WHEN SHE FINALLY SETTLED IN ILLINOIS, LEA BECAME FRIENDS WITH DEVOTED FILIPINO CATHOLICS LIKE MRS. HERMIE BUTLER, MRS. ENGIE WALKER AND MR. MARIO DOTDOT. THIS FRIENDSHIP LED HIM TO FR. ABE WHO ANSWERED HIS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FAITH THROUGH THE SACRED SCRIPTURES. EVENTUALLY, SHE RENOUNCED HER BORN AGAIN AFFILIATION AND HAS BEEN RESTORED TO FULL COMMUNION IN THE CHURCH THROUGH THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION AND HER PUBLIC DECLARATION OF FAITH THROUGH RECITATION OF THE APOSTOLIC CREED.
TO GOD BE THE GLORY. PRO DEO ET ECCLESIA!