Our dear Br. Felix Masson FSC has fulfilled his promise to pass on. He was reunited with our Creator early morning of February 6, 2008.
We treasure the years he animated our Lasallian communities in the Philippines and genuinely touched the hearts of many of our employees and students.
Let us pause for a moment of silence and say a short prayer for the repose of his soul.
Eternal rest grant unto the soul of Br. Felix Masson, Oh Lord, And let perpetual light shine upon him.
May he rest in peace. Amen.
(from the De La Salle Santiago Zobel website)
it's hard for me to think of anything appropriate to say about him. if you knew him, i don't think i could add to what he left you with; if you didn't, and i hope you don't think i'm being smug or self-important or just plain full-of-myself, you'll probably never fathom what it is we've lost. Brother Felix was never the sort of man you'd sum up with words; he was the kind of man you had to meet for yourself. and you only had to meet him once, usually as he stood on the sidewalk on campus beside the yellow patintero, step-no and piko lines on the pavement, shaking everybody's hands with a smile as though he were running for congress but without the icky smarminess that implies...
Brother Felix was the one person who made having a birthday in Zobel seem worthwhile to me. that probably sounds like such an inadequate summary of who he was, but you can't imagine what a big deal that was then.
while the impulse to grieve may be strong, i'm pretty sure he'd want us to pick ourselves up from this, give the world our brightest smiles and have ourselves a fine day. wasn't that what he always wanted, all he ever really asked of us, standing reliably out in the sun the way he did?
2 comments:
Zobel was not the same after brother Felix left for the States to spend his remaining days with loved ones. I can still remember him stooping down to pick up trash from the ground, "I feel like cleaning my BOWdeyGA", "Hi MAGANda and POWgi", "Do you want a STAMpeetah?"
It was wonderful to be in his presence, to feel his smile on you. Rest in peace Brother. You are loved still.
Brother Felix was the true epitome of a La Sallian Brother. He made it a point to know everyone in school and that made us feel extra special. He truly loved Zobel and knowing that the younger generation now studying in Zobel won't have him around makes me feel sorry for them. They really are missing out on a truly great person.
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