Why is there violence of these proportions occurring in our country purportedly Catholic, and caring of lives? Today is Cory Aquino's birthday. Is the bombing a reflection of anger at PNoy, son of Cory? Why so, if this is true?
Until now, we have not been able to make life significant enough to be valued by everyone, after all the weekly Sunday masses that 80% of the people attend, and the various worship services from the Protestant to the Born-Again groups held more than once a week. It seems our spiritual intents do not match the physical outlook of some violence-prone people whose mindsets could be difficult to analyze and change, if at all. Only a Godless mindset could think of killing another life.
I propose that the Church, the NGOs, and other concerned groups put up billboards and tarpaulins containing spiritual quotations that uplift the soul and deepen our belief in God. I proposed this a few years ago in a movement that was supposed to re-educate the people (before the 2010 elections and hatched at a downtown universtiy. Unfortunately it was shelved.
But having Pilipino quotations everywhere about the need to care for life -- not just the foetus, but even the mature adults, everyone, regardless of class, sex, creed and skin color, could bring about a whole change in the people's outlook -- especially in terms of solving social and personal problems. No longer will we focus on using hardened solutions but rather humane ones that bring out the good and Christian qualities of everyone.
So be it.
A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.
- Rita Mae Brown
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