Ang Mga Dapat Umiral sa mga Paruko (Parishes) ng Pilipinas

Ang Mga Dapat Umiral sa Mga Paruko (Parishes)

Ng Pilipinas

Ni Apolinario Villalobos

 

Hindi ko maiwasang maglabas ng saloobin sa isyung ito dahil sa dami ng napuntahan kong mga paruko na ang mga simbahan ay gustong palakihin ng mayabang na kura paruko (parish priest), nalaman ko na ang resulta ay ang pagtiwangwang ng mga ito pag-alis ng mayayabang na pari na may limit o hangganan ang tour of duty. Ang kawawa ay ang mga parishioners na nagtitiis sa hindi natapos na pagpapalaki ng simbahan nilang maayos pa rin naman sana.

 

Sa isang bayan sa southern Luzon, ang isang mayabang na pari na gustong magpasikat ay umutang sa kanilang Archdiocese nang kung ilang milyong piso upang mapalaki ang dinatnang simbahan na maayos naman ang pagkagawa at hindi naman umaapaw kung Linggo. Ang kawawa ay ang mga parishioners na pinapatawan ng “assigned amount” na donation kuno. Palagi ring nagpa-fund raising at ang binebentahan ng mga tiket ay mga naghihirap din na mga parishioners. Ang masaklap pa, pati ang inutang sa Archdiocese ay pilit na binabayaran pa rin ng mga parishioners kahit umalis na ang pari.

 

Sa isa pang bayan sa central Mindanao, ang isang bahagi ng simbahan na kagagawa lang ay binakbak upang magkaroon ng extension…ang halaga ng project ay milyones! Sa inis ng maraming parishioners, tuloy pa rin silang nagsisimba pero hindi naman nagbibigay ng donation. Ang iba naman ay sa kabilang paruko na nagsisimba. Ang nakakabahala ay ang malaking utang na iiwanan ng mayabang na pari at ang nakatiwangwang na simbahan kapag umalis na ito.

 

Sa panahon ngayon, napapaghalata na nawala na ang pagka-ispirituwal NG ILANG mga pari na ang tour of duty ay kung ilang taon lang, na hindi inaabot ng sampung taon, isang indikasyon ng politicization ng sinasabing “vocation” or calling na ito….nagiging professional na. May kuwento tungkol sa mga bagong naitalagang mga pari sa kanilang parish, na ang ginagawa daw ay mag-apply agad ng “car plan” dahil pasok sa panahon ng installment period….hindi ko na sasabihin kung saan manggagaling ang pangbayad na installment.  At hindi lang diyan nagtatapos ang joke, dahil nag-aagawan daw sila sa malalaking paruko na mayaman ang mga parishioners…Joke yan!

 

Pagdating sa mga proyekto, dapat ang umiral ay desisyon ng mga parishioners na may mga representative naman sa Parish Council….HINDI ANG SA NAKATALAGANG PARI NA PANSAMANTALA LANG ANG ITATAGAL.

 

Ang nabanggit na dahilan kung bakit nagsusulputan ang mga Christian Communities na binubuo ng mga dating Katoliko na tumiwalag dahil sa nakita nilang kaaliwaswasan ng mga paring baluktot ang pananaw at desisyon. DAPAT UNAWAIN NG MGA PARING ITO NA SILA AY ITINALAGA UPANG MAGMISA AT GUMAWA NG IBA PANG SPIRITUAL FUNCTIONS.  MINISTERIAL LANG ANG KANILANG FUNCTION BILANG “PARISH PRIEST” DAHIL ANG MGA DESISYON SA LAHAT NG MGA PANGYAYARI SA PARUKO AY DAPAT IKINUKUNSULTA SA COUNCIL.

DAPAT DIN AY MAY TRANSPARENCY SA MGA EXPENSES SA PAMAMAGITAN NG NAGPAPASKIL O PAGLAGAY NG NOTICE SA BULLETIN BOARD TUNGKOL SA LAHAT NG MGA PINAGGASTUSAN NG PERANG INABULOY NG MGA NAGSISIMBA. KAPAG HINDI GINAWA YAN NG NAKAUPONG PARISH PRIEST, NANGANGAHULUGANG IBINULSA NIYA ANG PERA!…NAKAKAHIYA SIYA!

 

Gusto ko lang linawin na hindi lahat ng parish priest ay mala-demonyo ang ugali. Marami sa kanila ay mababait. Pero hindi talaga maitatago ng puting sotana ang maitim na budhi at kawalan ng kaluluwa ng ilan sa kanila….DAHIL TAO LANG RIN SILA!

Faith Should Never be Wavered by Hatred Toward Some Priests and Nuns

Faith Should Never Be Wavered

By Hatred toward SOME PRIESTS AND NUNS

By Apolinario Villalobos

 

It is worrying to note that lately, many faithful in whatever spiritual leanings are becoming more vocal about their hatred toward their parish priest, minister and other church leaders, including nuns. In this regard, their emotion should not affect their steadfast Faith, as they have the liberty to choose which congregation to join. After letting go of their pent up emotion, they should move on. If they do not want, for instance, to see the face of their parish priest, they should attend Mass somewhere else. They have the choice in the meantime, and just go back if another parish priest has been assigned after the hated priest’s tour of duty. If they believe in the power of prayer, they should pray that the hated parish priest be transferred posthaste to another area for reasons that only the Bishop knows. Meantime, I admire the guts of those who openly denounce their parish priest due to his unbecoming acts.

 

ALL Christian-based churches are monogamous and teach the goodness of the same God which in this regard, even Islam does…. they are there for our appreciation. Hatred should never be nurtured in one’s heart, especially, if it has been triggered by a hated religious leader. In this regard, the Catholic Church should never threaten members with “ex-communication”, just because they love Duterte and advocate sex education. This issue is founded on the glaring choice between: slow death caused by the evil drug and poverty due to uncontrolled sex, especially, among the impoverished… or saving the future of the youth and affording comfort to the financially deprived.

 

Faith is innately set in our heart, and manifested at the right time through action as dictated by our consciousness as we grow. For some religious denominations, it is dictated by the parents, hence, the baptism of the infant several days after he or she has been born. Other denominations wait until the child has come of required age before baptism is done. For the Catholics, there is a so-called “Confirmation” ceremony for the kids, but I have observed that not a single baptized child has “denounced” the dictated Faith. Understandably, it is because the kids have not yet experienced and observed the unbecoming acts of SOME priests, specifically, their parish priest. As they grow, observations are stored in their consciousness until the time of their crucial decision to attend Mass at another parish, or even move to the fold of any Christian Churches that have proliferated lately, due to spiritual awakening.

 

All Churches should focus on their spiritual responsibilities and shy away from politics. Special mention can be made on SOME Catholic priests and nuns who join political rallies against the present administration, denouncing the killing of drug lords and pushers. But I doubt if they have ever handed out a piece of 2peso bread to a child begging on the street, or give a 10peso recycled plastic bag to a homeless elderly couple to sleep on the sidewalk or to protect them against the pelting rain. If these hypocrites would say that it is not their duty, but DSW’s as they are corporal matters, then why dip their finger into the dirty politics?  If they insist that the DSW and other related agencies are staffed with paid workers out of the people’s tax, they should bear in their wormed mind that churches live on the tithes or donations of their members, for them to do their spiritual duty. Still, if they tenaciously insist that their conscience dictates that they must denounce Dueterte in front of TV cameras, then…IT IS HIGH TIME FOR THEM TO REMOVE THEIR HABITS (UNIFORM DESIGNATING AFFILIATION TO A RELIGIOUS ORDER OR WHATEVER), AND SHOUT THEIR OUTMODED COMMUNISTIC SLOGANS WITH THE LEFTISTS TO THEIR HEART’S CONTENT. IF I SEE ANY OF THOSE “RELIGIOUS” KUNO ON BROADSHEETS AND TABLOIDS WITH TIGHTLY-CLOSED FIST AND AGAPE MOUTH IN STREET CLOTHES, THEN, I WILL BE OBLIGED TO PRAISE THEM IN A BLOG!

 

Finally, the noise from these misled and religious misfits (to be clear, only SOME), should not add up to the discontent which peoples around the world are harboring against the Churches, and which even made many of them openly declare their being Atheist. These religious kuno – spiritual hypocrites, are practically leading people away from God by confusing their mind. Their mandate in joining Religious Orders is to propagate spirituality and NOT TO FOMENT UNREST AMONG THE EXPLOITED AND ALREADY CONFUSED PEOPLE.