CJ Sereno's Birthday Message 2021 | TugmaLahat

I'm on a scrumptious cake given by a beloved young person who calls me MommyCJ, and boy, did I enjoy my birthday!

By Maria Lourdes Sereno

July 2, 2021

What can I say about today’s events?

To be greeted with love as I woke up by the most honorable, most admirable man in the world, my beloved husband. To be greeted after breakfast by a video presentation of young leaders who practiced long hours to dance for me, who sang their impressions of me, named the food they thought best represent me, and picked memorable moments to relive with me–enthusiastic young people who have committed their lives to God and country and who trust me to journey with them?

To receive so many good wishes and prayers from countless people, friends, and strangers whom I now call friends?

To share my lunch and dinner with my family whom I love with my whole being, and to know that God infinitely loves them more and has been so zealously protecting them?

To partake of food sent by friends with so much love and kindness? To enjoy the beauty and fragrance of the gifts of flowers for many days?

To have meaningful conversations with international partners who dream of a better world?

To know that as we prepare to sleep, the world is in God’s sovereign hands.

Isn’t this such a God-sent birthday celebration? Aren’t all things working together for good?

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Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno is living proof that true courage is forged through adversity.

Sereno rose from humble beginnings to become the country’s first female Chief Justice in 2012. She attended public elementary and secondary school, then pursued higher education through scholarships. She graduated valedictorian from the UP College of Law in 1984, and holds a Masters of Law degree, specializing in law and economics and international trade law, from the University of Michigan.

She was a law professor at the UP for nearly 20 years. The World Trade Organization recognized her stellar credentials with her 1998 appointment as Counsellor of their Appellate Body in Geneva, Switzerland. She was also involved in successful international litigation as co-counsel for the Republic and was AIM’s Executive Director for their Policy Center.

With her modernizing outlook and firm belief in the power of technology, she co-founded a corporation that developed the first annotated electronic research system in Philippine Law. Her tenure as Chief Justice is marked by far-reaching reforms, including eCourts, automated hearings, case decongestion, continuous trials, and expanded small claims courts. At the heart of her reform program is the strong conviction that justice and the law’s protection should be accessible and responsive to the most vulnerable Filipinos. Because she was a staunch defender of judicial independence, Sereno was subjected to intense persecution.

Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno is now a major voice for people-centered change in Philippine society. She believes this change is part of God’s desire for this country, that every Filipino is precious in God’s sight, bawat isa mahalaga, and that each citizen and every community has a role in building up this nation. She is an advocate for faithfulness to the vision of a “just and humane society” in the Philippine Constitution, and integrity and accountability in governance.

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