incessant rambling

"Lord, give me a sign..." no, i haven't fallen victim to overly melodramatic movie lines. on the other hand, i actually did use these words while attending mass last sunday (Redemptorist, Cebu City). you see, i have been increasingly dissatisfied with matters regarding the church but not necessarily my faith. to a point that i am debating whether i should even attend mass. i was asking myself if i wanted to attend mass given the fact that the church is getting more political. sure, i understand liberation theology and standing up for what is morally right. but that is exactly the same thing that has been bothering me, the moral thingy. the local church is proclaiming that the current administration has no moral leadership. i am not refuting that claim, on the other hand, the church could have said the same thing about itself. except that they rather not comment on anything when it comes to issues facing the institutional church. and there are tons of dirt, make that hun...

the recent statement made by the pope about christian CHURCHES as ecclesiastical communities is expected to draw flak, not only from the protestant group, but from catholics who are already feeling alienated by the direction the pontiff is taking. a quick reminder that we are of the gentilis stock, a group previously excluded from salvation by virtue of our faith in Jesus Christ who is one and the same as Yaweh. yes, at one time, before the catholic faith became a vast practice, we were the prosecuted ones. his recent pronouncements to return to old practices sends shivers up my spine as it is reminiscent of pharisees putting more importance to form and titles rather than the message of salvation. the title said it all, are we in for a theological crusade to which a mythical dream for catholic christian supremacy is the goal? the older crusades accomplished the brutal gain of wealth and power by the catholic church, but it also succeeded in widening the crack between religious sects. b...