President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and the Church
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo makes a big deal out of being Pious and asking for God's guidance when facing the big decisions of her career, pretty much like President George W. Bush. President Cory C. Aquino also was very much identified with the Church and Jaime Cardinal Sin, a powerful force in Philippine Politics. In times past kings and rulers arrogated unto themselves the very lineage of divinity. They were descended from God and therefore, supreme on earth. The Pope also claims pretty big credentials with God which is not surprising since he is God's chief priest on Earth. Priests are human beings after all and many fall prey to the weakness of preying on their parishioners.
A friend of mine asked me what I thought of the current crisis in the Catholic Church regarding sexual abuses by priests and even bishops. I asked him what he thought and he answered Satan is vigorously waging his fight against the church and that priests are not totally immune from his persuasive powers. I suggested to him that perhaps the Catholic Church is reaping its just rewards, being exposed for its sins and transgressions and spiritual and temporal arrogance. I cited the many people killed in the Inquisition and how the frailes in the Philippines fathered countless children while pontificating on piety and faith, chastity and obedience.
It is not Satan assailing the Church. It is Power rearing its ugly head and corrupting whoever wields it. JRR Tolkien had a better understanding of power when he designated Frodo who was the weakest of the Fellowship of the Ring to be the chief protagonist and Ring Bearer. His innocence and purity of heart was just what was needed to triumph over Evil which is not just an external force but a reality that also exists in all beings.
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A friend of mine asked me what I thought of the current crisis in the Catholic Church regarding sexual abuses by priests and even bishops. I asked him what he thought and he answered Satan is vigorously waging his fight against the church and that priests are not totally immune from his persuasive powers. I suggested to him that perhaps the Catholic Church is reaping its just rewards, being exposed for its sins and transgressions and spiritual and temporal arrogance. I cited the many people killed in the Inquisition and how the frailes in the Philippines fathered countless children while pontificating on piety and faith, chastity and obedience.
It is not Satan assailing the Church. It is Power rearing its ugly head and corrupting whoever wields it. JRR Tolkien had a better understanding of power when he designated Frodo who was the weakest of the Fellowship of the Ring to be the chief protagonist and Ring Bearer. His innocence and purity of heart was just what was needed to triumph over Evil which is not just an external force but a reality that also exists in all beings.
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