This country is being led by a very sick man.
Barely a day from the President Rodrigo Duterte’s seemingly offending attack
on the practice of the faithful of the Catholic church during the days of November
1 and 2, a bishop slams the President and has asked the flock to pray for the
former.
Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David has asked the public to pray for
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, the former described the latter a very sick man.
“Please remember, Jesus taught us to be merciful when dealing with sick
people,” the bishop said in a Facebook post.
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| Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David (photo credit to owner) |
“I think it should (be) obvious to people by now that our country is
being led by a very sick man. We pray for him. We pray for our country,” the
Bishop added.
Bishop David said that the mocking and calling the saints as fools and
drunkards are not new. He said even Jesus Christ himself was called at one
point as a “glutton and a drunkard.”
“There’s nothing new about our saints being called ‘fools and drunkards.’
St. John the Baptist was even called ‘devil-possessed.’ Jesus himself was
called a ‘glutton and a drunkard,’ a ‘friend of tax collectors’ and sinners,” Bishop
David said.
“The apostles at Pentecost were
also called ‘drunkards.’ To be a Christian is to be ready to be branded as a
fool for Christ,” the Caloocan Bishop added.
Bishop David was reacting to the pronouncement of President Duterte
mocking the commeration of the All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day being celebrated on November 1
and 2, respectively.
“Happy All Saints’…Bakit naman…tarantado talaga itong mga Katoliko ang
puta, bakit ba may All Souls’ Day at All Saints’ Day?” Duterte said during a
conference last November 1.
“Hindi natin alam kung sino mga santo na ‘yun. Mga gago na iyon, mga
lasenggo. Dito na lang kayo. I’ll give you a patron. Get hold of a picture of
mine, iyan lagay niyo sa altar, Santo Rodrigo,” he said.
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2 Comments
Why? are you not sick too? the thing that you commented the president is sick turns out that you too is sick. - look at your values Mr. David. It is a sign that you lack the effort of evangelisation, what you've done to spread the good news and truth is not enough.
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Ikaw padre Damaso khit wala sa bibliya tinuro nyo n sumamba sa santo iisa lng ang dyos at un ay dyos ama lng sya lng
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