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ISANG KAKULANGAN NG CHURCHES ANG EQUIPPING NG MEMBERS FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY

By Maria Lourdes Sereno

Kapag pumunta ang mananampalataya sa pastor o priest at sabihing naiipit siya sa isang moral dilemma, hindi dapat na ang isasagot lamang sa kanya ay “ipag-pray natin.” Kawawa ang mananampalataya, at ang pastor o pari naman, will feel helpless.

Ang kailangan ng Kristiyano ay wisdom from teachers and shepherds who can help them make the right choices. Ano ang gagawin mo sa youth leader na inaalagaan mo nang husto at pagpasok sa serbisyo ng kapulisan o customs agent, ay uutusan ng superior niya na mangikil o mangotong? Kailangan, naturuan na siya kung paano mag-resist sa evil.

Dahil ayaw nating imulat ang ating mga mata sa structural o institutional evil, kaya parang mahina ang moral fortitude ng karamihan ng mga Kristiyano.

Walang makikitang pinagkaiba sa karupukan ng mundo ang maraming mananampalataya.

Let’s all stop saying: “BASTA, SUBMIT NA LANG.”

What we are doing is to deaden the consciences of our people. And when their voices are muted, when their feelings are calloused to the sufferings of their fellowmen, then our government and powerful people in the private sector, are emboldened to inflict the most horrible evils. Hitler was able to do so because most German Christians submitted to abusive government officials and not enough resisted the evil that Hitler had been promoting early.

It is the role of every Christian to resist every form of evil. Being salt and light means we go out to the world to preserve good like salt, and dispel darkness as light. Hindi po pwedeng personal piety ang asikasuhin at hintayin na lang na makarating sa langit habang lumalaganap ang kasamaan kasi hindi lumalaban para sa mabuti ang mga Kristiyano.

Sa sitwasyong inilarawan ko sa itaas, malinaw po ang kakulangan natin sa pagtuturo ng Mabuting Balita. Kasama po sa Mabuting Balita ang tamang paraan ng pakikipaglaban sa mga naiipit ng kasamaan sa mundo.

HINDI PO PWEDENG IPAG-PRAY NA LANG NG PASTOR O PARI ANG MGA KAPATID NA NAIIPIT SA MORAL DILEMMA, KAILANGANG MA-EQUIP DIN SILA NG CHURCHES TO FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION. LET’S ALL LEARN TO DO THAT UNDER THE CONSTITUTION AND OUR LAWS. KASAMA IYON SA PAGIGING SALT AND LIGHT NATIN.

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Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno is living proof that true courage is forged through adversity.

Sereno rose from humble beginnings to become the country’s first female Chief Justice in 2012. She attended public elementary and secondary school, then pursued higher education through scholarships. She graduated valedictorian from the UP College of Law in 1984, and holds a Masters of Law degree, specializing in law and economics and international trade law, from the University of Michigan.

She was a law professor at the UP for nearly 20 years. The World Trade Organization recognized her stellar credentials with her 1998 appointment as Counsellor of their Appellate Body in Geneva, Switzerland. She was also involved in successful international litigation as co-counsel for the Republic and was AIM’s Executive Director for their Policy Center.

With her modernizing outlook and firm belief in the power of technology, she co-founded a corporation that developed the first annotated electronic research system in Philippine Law. Her tenure as Chief Justice is marked by far-reaching reforms, including eCourts, automated hearings, case decongestion, continuous trials, and expanded small claims courts. At the heart of her reform program is the strong conviction that justice and the law’s protection should be accessible and responsive to the most vulnerable Filipinos. Because she was a staunch defender of judicial independence, Sereno was subjected to intense persecution.

Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno is now a major voice for people-centered change in Philippine society. She believes this change is part of God’s desire for this country, that every Filipino is precious in God’s sight, bawat isa mahalaga, and that each citizen and every community has a role in building up this nation. She is an advocate for faithfulness to the vision of a “just and humane society” in the Philippine Constitution, and integrity and accountability in governance.

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