THE PHILIPPINES WILL BE GREAT AGAIN!
If you would hearken to my commandments, your prosperity would be like a river. – Isaiah 48:18
Last
year, the news was abuzz with the suicide of General Angelo Reyes. He
was implicated in an ongoing investigation on high-level corruption in
the military.
The
carjacking incidents, anomalies in the government and other issues that
mar the peace and order would, at first glance, make us feel
disappointed and hopeless for our country. And in truth, these events
hamper our ability to move on. They obliterate whatever gains the
present administration has scored in its almost one year of running the
government.
But
God has a purpose for everything that happens in this world. Just like
what happens to a person trying to change his ways and move forward, I
believe that God is also allowing our nation’s ills and wounds to be
exposed so that we may be purified and healed.
And
so, with eyes of faith, I still am confident that the Philippines will
be a great nation again. It may or may not happen during my lifetime,
but I am sure God will prosper our country. But first, we have to obey
His commandments — individually and as a nation. Tess V. Atienza (svp_tvatienza@yahoo.com)
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REFLECTION:
How am I contributing to our country’s progress?
Lord, forgive our sins and heal our land. May we seek only Your face and turn from our wicked ways.
St. John of the Cross, priest and doctor of the Church, pray for us.
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