redstar2000
10th August 2005, 17:39
At first, I thought this story was going to be another "joke/mocking" thread...
Originally posted by Philippine Daily Inquirer
Holy water, incense exorcise House 'devils'
WEARING a white cassock and a purple stole, Fr. Robert Reyes, popularly known as the "running priest," yesterday "exorcised" the House of Representatives to rid it of evil spirits on the eve of impeachment hearings against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Reyes and Fr. Raul "Puti" Enriquez led members of the Akbayan party-list group in sprinkling holy water and burning incense on the grounds and in the halls of the Batasang Pambansa complex in Quezon City to drive away "demons out to hide the truth."
"We vigorously implore the Spirit of Jesus to expel Satan and his evil presence in Malacañang and Congress. We command you Satan in the name of God and the Good of God's People [to] leave Malacañang ... leave Congress ... leave [the] Senate. Leave Satan! Satan leave! Let go! Let God!" the priest said.
He said acts of evil like dishonesty and cheating in whatever form were in collusion with the Prince of Darkness.
Akbayan members brought along a wreath of garlic to "ward off evil."
http://news.inq7.net/nation/index.php?index=1&story_id=46389
Very funny stuff, right?
But down at the bottom, it stops being funny...
"Remember, the voice of the poor has not been heard. Do not be sure that the poor are quiet because they are for you. They are quiet because they do not yet know the truth," Bishop Tobias said.
"If you do not give them that, the time will come that they will take the truth in their own hands. God forbid this becomes the scenario in our country. So you either give the people the truth or we go down," he said.
Emphasis added.
Now there is a plain-spoken bishop! "God forbid" that the poor should "take the truth in their own hands."
Because if that happens, "we" (the clergy? the church? the whole leading elite in the Philippines?) "go down."
Yeah...and not even an ocean of "holy water" would save your asses then, would it!
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Originally posted by Philippine Daily Inquirer
Holy water, incense exorcise House 'devils'
WEARING a white cassock and a purple stole, Fr. Robert Reyes, popularly known as the "running priest," yesterday "exorcised" the House of Representatives to rid it of evil spirits on the eve of impeachment hearings against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Reyes and Fr. Raul "Puti" Enriquez led members of the Akbayan party-list group in sprinkling holy water and burning incense on the grounds and in the halls of the Batasang Pambansa complex in Quezon City to drive away "demons out to hide the truth."
"We vigorously implore the Spirit of Jesus to expel Satan and his evil presence in Malacañang and Congress. We command you Satan in the name of God and the Good of God's People [to] leave Malacañang ... leave Congress ... leave [the] Senate. Leave Satan! Satan leave! Let go! Let God!" the priest said.
He said acts of evil like dishonesty and cheating in whatever form were in collusion with the Prince of Darkness.
Akbayan members brought along a wreath of garlic to "ward off evil."
http://news.inq7.net/nation/index.php?index=1&story_id=46389
Very funny stuff, right?
But down at the bottom, it stops being funny...
"Remember, the voice of the poor has not been heard. Do not be sure that the poor are quiet because they are for you. They are quiet because they do not yet know the truth," Bishop Tobias said.
"If you do not give them that, the time will come that they will take the truth in their own hands. God forbid this becomes the scenario in our country. So you either give the people the truth or we go down," he said.
Emphasis added.
Now there is a plain-spoken bishop! "God forbid" that the poor should "take the truth in their own hands."
Because if that happens, "we" (the clergy? the church? the whole leading elite in the Philippines?) "go down."
Yeah...and not even an ocean of "holy water" would save your asses then, would it!
http://www.websmileys.com/sm/cool/223.gif