blackshama's commentary on Philippine issues

Jesus Christ is known to have only held money once in the whole Gospel and it wasn't his own, it was from one of the crowd who was trying to frame him! The coin had the Image of Caesar and Jesus said it belonged to the Emperor and not to him! In contrast, Judas held the Apostles moneybags and probably held money every day. In the end it is the money that did him in! And so do we really have our own money? The Catholic Catechism says that money is for the universal destination of human goods (and that means for the good of all as God willed it to be). This is my take on the President's defenders when they say that if he used his own money to buy a Porsche then that is his own business. I believe that many people who share that view are Catholics who go to Mass. Well I have to say that your money is like your life, it isn't yours to keep forever. The reason why God allowed cash to be is that it should be for God's purpose just like your life. The only difference i...

An estimated 60% of Filipinos have no Bible in the home or have difficulty getting hold of one and yet an overwhelming 90% or more Pinoys claim to be Christian. This is the estimate of Philippine Bible Society officials (PBS) in a recent press conference. Perhaps nothing shows the failure of catechesis as clearly as this Bible shortage. The Evangelical churches could make being born-again a business (and counting how many have been saved) and the most numerous Roman Catholic Church can raise hell about wearing the right attire for Mass, scream and excommunicate about the RH bill but yet many Catholics have no Bible. Despite the efforts of the churches, Filipinos seem to have very little appreciation for the written Word of God. I'm not saying that Pinoys have no reverence for Sacred Scripture ( which they do) but because they have no habit of reading, whether be it sacred or secular books. A devout Catholic was interviewed. She owned a Bible but hasn't read it in 5 years! It wa...

The Philippine Senate is delibrating on an anti-obscenity and pornography bill. But before I go further, these are the words in literature that really turns me on! "Your lips drip honey, my bride,sweetmeats and milk are under your tongue; And the fragrance of your garments is the fragrance of Lebanon. " and this one "Your very figure is like a palm tree,your breasts are like clusters. I said: I will climb the palm tree,I will take hold of its branches.Now let your breasts be like clusters of the vineand the fragrance of your breath like apples, And your mouth like an excellent wine that flows smoothly for my lover,spreading over the lips and the teeth." These words are the apex of sensual literature. No work since it was penned, has equalled the eroticism of these words. BTW the work also counsels something about foreplay that you and I may have forgotten. "Do not arouse, do not stir up love before its own time." If done properly then your myrrr will frag...