I applaud the decision of Prez Noy, a deeply religious person which is a legacy from his parents, on not allowing divorce in the Philippines. However, allowing legally separated couple to remarry, isn’t that tantamount to divorce? Some members of society are pushing for divorce purposely for remarriage.
Please be enlightened by these passages from the Bible:
Matthew 19:6, 9
6 Let no man separate what God has joined together.
9 Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
Please reconsider your decision on allowing remarriage by a legally separated couple.
http://
ph.news.yahoo.com/gma/20100819/tph-aquino-no-to-divorce-yes-to-remarria-d6cd5cf.html
On the lighter side, It is interesting to note the relationship of a busy Philippines President Noy with his sweet girl, Congresswoman Shalani Soledad.
Watch the video on the interview with Shalani Soledad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGtMbT7LGjs
Thank God, the legalization of abortion in the Philippines was rejected.
We now have moral suasion coming from the top post, who is setting a good example.
We are talking here of induced abortion. If it is legalized, it is immoral.
A fertilized egg has already life in it.So, if aborted it means murder!
Exodus 20:13
"You shall not murder."
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/mb/20100807/tph-legalization-of-abortion-rejected-020e1c8.html
Below is a reflection of Fr. Steve Tynan on the "Precious Gift of Life" as published in the Kerygma Family:
The readings for today speak of how seeds grow into shrubs or trees. The same is true for the seed of life from which each human being begins. We celebrate today the Feast of Sts. Joachim and Anne, the parents of Mary. It is difficult to discern any greater gift we can give to a person than the gift of life itself, yet we seem to be living in a world that no longer upholds the sanctity of this gift. More and more each day, we discover the degree to which the utilitarian concept of the human person has taken over the way we think as a society.
The debate between abortionists and pro-lifers continues. Is an embryo just an amorphous mass of cells or actually a human life? The problem is that it is never simply an indeterminate mass of cells. From the very beginning, the gametes carry the genetic programming from which a new human life can develop. The only sensible and defensible position to take is to say that human life is there right from the start and thus we must treat any embryo with the same degree of respect that we give to any human being that is born into the world. If we lose this fundamental respect for life, it will not be long before society implodes on itself in an ever growing spiral of self-absorption.
It is precisely here that we begin to close in on the heart of the matter. We become more obsessed with our own concerns and comfort that we are less willing to sacrifice for the good of another person, even our own offspring. A child now would be an added burden to our finances — a cry that is often heard in justifying abortion. It may be true that another child is a financial burden to the family; well then, it is time to be more sexually responsible by abstaining from sex when there is a high likelihood of pregnancy.Fr. Steve Tynan, MGL
It is often said that the truth will set you free. So, what is the motive of some congressmen and some senators who want to block the formation of a Truth Commission?
Why don’t they attack the proposed laws on legaling abortion and divorce?
These human laws are immoral.
John 8:31-32 says:
If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth will set you free.
Dark forces do not want to go into the light. They will be revealed.
Pres Noy went through a lot of struggles from the time his senator father was incarcerated to the time his mother became the president of the Philippines. There were dark forces who wanted to topple them down.
During the coup attempt against Pres Cory, a bullet was lodged on his neck, and it is still there.
He didn’t want to be the president of the Philippines because of the great responsibilities it entail, but through the urging of the Filipino people, he gave in to the call of duty. He is sacrificing so much, for the country.
I think the events that happened to him and his family led him to this awesome job of being head of the country, he was destined to it.
Please take note of the parallelism to his life on the book of:
2 Samuel 22:17-29
He reached down from on high and took hold of me;
He drew me out of deep waters.
He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
from my foes who were strong for me.
They comforted me in the day of my disaster,
but the Lord was my support.
He brought me out into a spacious place;
he rescued me because He delighted in me.
The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
For I have kept the ways of the Lord;
I have not done evil by turning from my God.
All his laws are before me;
I have not turned away from his decrees.
I have been blameless before Him
and have kept my self from sin.
The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness.
according to my cleanness in His sight.
To the faithful you show yourself faithful,
to the blameless, you show yourself blameless,
to the pure you show yoursef pure,
but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.
You save the humble,
but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.
You are my lamp, O Lord.
the Lord turns my darkness into light.
With your help I can advance against a troop;
with my God I can scale a wall.
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/gma/20100804/tph-palace-welcomes-legal-challenges-to-d6cd5cf.html
Why would an outgoing administration issue midnight appointments. What could be the purpose?
Your answer is as good as mine. So I hail Pres Noy's revocation of the midnight appointments of the past administration.
Got to the news on the appointment revocations:
http://
ph.news.yahoo.com/gma/20100804/tph-palace-revokes-arroyo-admin-s-midnig-d6cd5cf.html
A Philippine president’s monthly salary is a measly P60,000, considering his great responsibilities, and the hazard of the job, especially the threat to his life by the bad elements.
Isn’t this a form of injustice? This reminds me of churchmate who served our parish for quite sometime from the time he was a young boy. He served until his late 20’s, and at that time he was already getting P60,000 per month from a multinational company as an IT.
Yes, he has tech skills, but there is no threat to his life.
A relative who works in a foreign country, a mechanical engineer, gets P300,00 a month, five times more than what our president gets.
Is the salary scale of the government employees being reviewed annually. Of course, increases will be determined by the inflation in the country and the effectivity of the
B.I. R. to collect taxes, and corruption is not rampart. “Sabi nga ni Pnoy, walang mahirap kung walang corrupt.” (If there is no corruption, there is no poverty.)
Something is wrong here. Officials of MWSS, and NAPOCOR and other government utilities are receiving much, much more than the president of the country!
Go to this news on Pres Noy’s salary.
http://p
h.yfittopostblog.com/2010/08/04/aquino-receives-first-paycheck/
