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Re: CBCP lashes out graft, corruption in PH politics

aikz yco — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 00:02:17 -0000

Thus we are being chastised because of prevalent corruptions and wicked ways in the Philippines. We are all liable to what we have now for we put those evil into power. Unless churches will unite and lead their flocks into the right directions, our country will face its ultimate demise. Time is running short. Hear the voice of the Spirit.

Re: Life advocate chides ‘growing immorality in media usage’

voltaire — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 00:58:03 -0000

greed and pride are man's greatest folly and satan's greatest weapon,

Re: Batasan Pambansa consecrated to Mary

Golf56 — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 22:41:37 -0000

The 'likely effects of the highly controversial Reproductive Health law' will be fewer deaths among women. Thank you.

Re: ‘Sex ed’ will lead youth to culture of contraception, promiscuity—life advocate

RM MT — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 07:52:59 -0000

Very well said! Naturalism as the pervading philosophy of our educational system: so very true.Thanks to those who think we are nothing more than what we feel "between our legs", the condolences to virtue and devotion and the long thread to "sinking Titanic" has begun...

Re: Low birth rate a national threat on many levels: scholars

Phil Hartman — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:06:48 -0000

When a country gives into the idea that a falling population is inevitable, they are ultimately surrendering their country to extinction. Yes, there are too many people in this world, but this is not one world, it's 196 different nations, each looking to one up the other and take its resources. Once you become too weak, someone is going to take you down. Immigration can help a little, but if you rely on immigration for most of your growth you might as well kiss the country good bye. Immigrants, particularly first and second generation hold loyalties to their homelands, their people, their religion, and their culture. That's how Rome fell. Everyone in the army was German so they let the invading German army walk right in. And how long do you think an all-hispanic border patrol is going to keep out hispanic illegals. And what would happen is an all-hispanic army was sent to attack Mexico, most likely they would just turn their guns around and fight on their side. Maybe it wouldn't go down exactly like that, but it would happen in some form or another. If you really believe a USA with 100% Hispanic population and everyone speaking Spanish will be the same USA, you're delusional.

Re: Church attendance ‘on the increase’

edna — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 02:35:03 -0000

Amen... God is good! Parish Churches in Imus Diocese, Cavite do have Quasi parishes now. Some are two & even more to split the number of increasing faithful... that's aside from having more number/times of masses a day. Each barangays have our own chapel with a regular Sunday services done by Lay Ministers/Seminarians with at least once a month Priest Eucharistic Celebration.

Re: CBCP urges revival of St. Michael the Archangel Prayer

@tarsiote — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 02:49:06 -0000

The Bible directs us to invoke those in heaven and ask them to pray with us. Thus in Psalms 103, we pray, "Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, hearkening to the voice of his word! Bless the Lord, all his hosts, his ministers that do his will!" (Ps. 103:20-21). And in Psalms 148 we pray, "Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise him in the heights! Praise him, all his angels, praise him, all his host!" (Ps. 148:1-2).

Not only do those in heaven pray with us, they also pray for us. In the book of Revelation, we read: "[An] angel came and stood at the altar [in heaven] with a golden censer; and he was given much incense to mingle with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar before the throne; and the smoke of the incense rose with the prayers of the saints from the hand of the angel before God" (Rev. 8:3-4).

And those in heaven who offer to God our prayers aren’t just angels, but humans as well. John sees that "the twenty-four elders [the leaders of the people of God in heaven] fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and with golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints" (Rev. 5:8). The simple fact is, as this passage shows: The saints in heaven offer to God the prayers of the saints on earth.

Re: CBCP urges revival of St. Michael the Archangel Prayer

Pepe Alas — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 01:09:11 -0000

This is not about worshipping St. Michael, my golly. Read again.

Re: CBCP urges revival of St. Michael the Archangel Prayer

menemenetekelpharsin — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 23:58:20 -0000

One should not worship nor pray to angels. They are created beings. Only worship the creator.

Re: Comments on the interview of Pope Francis in the Italian Jesuit Journal “La Civilta Catolica”

M1911 — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:38:41 -0000

To Ricardo, whose post has not been approved as of posting time:

I actually agree with you. To clarify to those unaware, the doctrine is that it's not being gay per se that's wrong, but the act of actually exercising the lifestyle.

BUT--in practice, people are being discriminated for simply being gay even if they do not act it out. The CBCP is not very good at addressing this issue--ironic since so many priests have homosexual tendencies themselves, but are perfectly holy because they are not active. Again, your statement is true. But I submit, it's very ivory tower--great theory, but totally disregards reality. And to be clear, I am straight, but I am strongly against hatred.

And I also disagree with the idea that compassion extends only to those of goodwill. Theoretically it makes sense, as indeed the seeds that fall on hard soil won't grow.

In practice, it is again, very ivory tower. In the first place, it's not your place to label people as being of goodwill or not. That's God's problem, and even then it's not He who does it, but the people who actively refuse him. He's the one who metes out Divine justice, not us. Our job is to be unconditionally compassionate to everyone, even if they slap you in the face. In fact, you must turn the other cheek.

That's my issue. In practice, a lot of Catholics I know are zealots. I know that's not what we are taught. I did not attend an Opus Dei school for 11 years, learning the basics of Church History, Apologetics, Catechism, Moral Tehology and Scholastic Philosophy without at the very least figuring that out. But, did my prof really have to say in the middle of a retreat that all non Catholics are going to hell? My Latin teacher, a numerary, said that. Does the Varsitarian have to so aggressively label pro-RH educators as cowards? That's still within the scope of "tolerare," but it's already hateful and bigoted. Again, condemnation of PEOPLE is not our job.

Also, it's absurd to think of compassion as being selective. As humans, we are not allowed to express or keep hate in our hearts because it's a sin against our extended interpretation of the the fifth commandment. That's what I meant by inclusive. I never implied we must agree, and change our beliefs to conform with modern fads, but we must not be aggressively over-zealous in disagreement. We must be saintly even in our dissent, and not so condemnatory. I still hold that it extends tolerance beyond merely bearing the unbearable. It gives us an additional, new duty to show our loving side to the world instead of our condemnatory side. Instead of showing people why they're wrong, we focus on why we're right.I think we actually agree on this fundamental point.

And if the world still rejects us, we show our loving side all the more. It's not our job to condemn them. Our job is to love.

Re: Comments on the interview of Pope Francis in the Italian Jesuit Journal “La Civilta Catolica”

Guest — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:28:36 -0000

To Ricardo, since your post has not been cleared as of time of this writing:

That's my issue. In practice, a lot of Catholics I know are zealots. I know that's not what we are taught. One does not attend an Opus Dei school for 11 years as I did without at the very least figuring that out. But do your profs really have to say that all non Catholics are going to hell (my Latin teacher, a numerary, said that). That's already hatred.

In the second place, it's absurd to think of compassion as being selective. As humans, we are not allowed to express or keep hate in our hearts because it's a sin against our extended interpretation of the the fifth commandment.

That's what I meant by inclusive. I never implied we must agree, and change our beliefs to conform with modern fads, but we must not be aggressively over-zealous in disagreement. We must be saintly even in our dissent, and not so condemnatory. I still hold that it extends tolerance beyond merely bearing the unbearable. It gives us an additional, new duty to show our loving side to the world instead of our fierce side.

Re: Comments on the interview of Pope Francis in the Italian Jesuit Journal “La Civilta Catolica”

Ricardo — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 10:11:46 -0000

Sir,
The Pope has not ordered anyone to be more inclusive in the way that you think, at least not as far as accepting sexually immoral acts are concerned. The Pope's pastoral direction is to preach compassion and mercy to those people of GOODWILL who are sincerely searching for God. it was not directed to Catholics who refuse to change their immoral lifestyles or those who insist the church should change her teachings to suit that lifestyle. If by inclusivity you mean that one, then you are gravely mistaken and will be greatly disappointed. The mercy of God that the Pope preaches is premised on His justice as well.

Re: Comments on the interview of Pope Francis in the Italian Jesuit Journal “La Civilta Catolica”

M1911 — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 06:30:40 -0000

To the CBCP: there's a huge difference between being merely tolerant (from the Latin "tolerare," meaning "to bear") and actually being inclusive. The former does not disallow measures such as the racial segregation of the early 20th-century America. It's enough that one bear in silence what one dislikes. The element of hatred is not necessarily removed, but merely dormant.

You were told in no uncertain terms to be more inclusive, and not just tolerant. Focus on that. No one's saying the Church's teachings changed. What the millions of disillusioned, educated Catholics such as myself are trying to say is that you've focused too much on what divides us rather that what ties us together.

Re: Pope’s comments not breaking Catholic teachings – CBCP

M1911 — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 04:38:25 -0000

Re: Prelate calls for ‘restitution’ of stolen pork funds

pinoy sa puso pati sa buto — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:05:22 -0000

Tama ka po dyan dapat hindi lang sila ikulong mabawi ang mga na gantso nila sa atin...Bravo!!!

Re: Pope’s comments not breaking Catholic teachings – CBCP

Vic Sevilla — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 22:14:49 -0000

Love or Charity must also come from our sincere effort to admonish and teach our erring brothers and sisters on God's Laws, specifically that Contraception, Abortion and Homosexuality are wrong and are SINs against our God. We can catechize with an outpouring of love. The central battleground of our Faith is this: that we counter and contradict in specific terms what sin is and what sin is not, that Contraception, Abortion and Homosexuality can not be tolerated.

Re: High sense of morality, factor in PHL’s low HIV rates—chastity speaker

John Ritchie — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 16:31:11 -0000

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Re: High sense of morality, factor in PHL’s low HIV rates—chastity speaker

PK — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 11:08:13 -0000

Clearly, the author and Mr. Evert did not do their homework. The number of HIV cases has been increasing to a point where there are 10 new cases of HIV diagnosed per day.

"Rao added that the Philippine government should now intervene to prevent the “fast and furious prevalence” of the HIV-AIDS"

http://www.businessmirror.c...

Just because numbers are low compared to other countries does not mean we are better off. It is also incorrect to attribute low HIV cases to morality without proof. Just because one number is up and another variable is down does not mean one causes the other – a very common and dangerous logical fallacy.

To the readers of this article, do not take this lightly.

Re: High sense of morality, factor in PHL’s low HIV rates—chastity speaker

Walter Robles — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 01:38:13 -0000

High sense of morality also a factor why there are so many priests who break their vow of chastity and father illegitimate children?

Re: High sense of morality, factor in PHL’s low HIV rates—chastity speaker

npaulp — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 22:50:50 -0000

It is more fun and moral in the Philippines. That is why we have less cases of mail order brides, child prostitution, and rape. Just watch the evening news if you don't believe me.

Re: High sense of morality, factor in PHL’s low HIV rates—chastity speaker

Desmond Starr — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 22:45:24 -0000

This is an inaccurate depiction of HIV in the Philippines. CBCP talaga oh, daming lies!

Re: The Church and the Pork Barrel Protest – Abp. Socrates B. Villegas D.D.

philip hernaez — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 06:18:11 -0000

God bless the Holy Mother Church!!!

Re: Pork barrel, stewardship and the poor – Abp. Socrates B. Villegas Archbishop of Lingayen Dagupan

youthsector — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 09:26:51 -0000

Filipino people should stand their faith in address to this issue,,,
Ituturo ko po ito sa students ko...

Re: Where Fr. Bernas is right and where he’s wrong

Simply — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 03:16:09 -0000

Not just the moral but the intellectual arguments as well are on the side of the pro-life movement. A brilliant mind we have in Sen. Tatad.

Re: Where Fr. Bernas is right and where he’s wrong

Black Talon — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 00:26:19 -0000

Amen!!! Very well done!!!