Bontoc prelate rejects RH bill
Posted on | Monday 14 March 2011 | No Comments
by Vency Bulayungan
KIANGAN, Ifugao, Tuesday March 15 - The prelate of the Vicariate of Bontoc–Lagawe(BonLag) vehemently rejects the Reproductive Health agenda and called on the faithful to do the same.
In a pastoral letter of Bishop Rodolfo Beltran read by Fr. Sammy Maximo, the Mission rector here during his homily in last Sunday’s mass, he said that the stand of the Catholic Church is to reject the RH agenda and choose life.
“The Lord has spoken, thus in the gospel of John, it has helped us clarify who the thieves are and who the good shepherds are. And his clarification should lead us to the right choice: His own choice. The example of the Lord Jesus, the true good shepherd, on the cross is the central message of this season of lent: a choice of life in full for all. We can only be partakers of Him by making the first step of choosing life above all," the Bishop stated.
Beltran disclosed that the stand of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines on the controversial RH Bill in congress is anchored on two fundamental principles: 1) Human life is the most sacred physical gift with which God, the author of life, endows a human being. Placing artificial obstacles to prevent human life from being formed and being born most certainly contradicts this fundamental truth of human life. 2) It is parents, cooperating with God, who bring children into the world. It is also they who have the primary inalienable right and responsibility to nurture them, care for them, and educate them that they might grow as mature persons according to the will of the creator.
“We have always been clear since the beginning the RH Bill is a moral issue. It is about our fundamental Filipino values. There is no way that the RH bill can be made into law without hurting human sensibilities and disrespecting Filipino values,” the letter stated.
Beltran disclosed that the central theme of Lent is this self-giving redemption which the Lord has gained for us on the cross. “As we enter this holy season of Lent, I enjoin the Catholic faithful of this Apostolic Vicariate of Bontoc-Lagawe to make a special reflection on the value of life-a life which the gospel of John had clearly distinguished when it differentiated the good Shepherd from the thief,” the letter read.
He added that every conscientious Christian, therefore, who possesses to follow Christ, must embrace this life-giving stance.
In the same pastoral letter, Beltran said that the people have spoken and it is time to watch whether the congressmen and congresswomen we have voted into office are truly Representatives of the people.
“I await with enthusiasm how our congressmen will decide and vote on this matter. This is indeed a time of revelation, a time of knowing what skin they wear. I enjoin every Filipino to watch all the proceedings in the House of Representatives and the Senate. This issue will reveal who they are whom we have entrusted with our suffrage,” Beltran said in his letter. *(PIA-CAR/ Ifugao)
KIANGAN, Ifugao, Tuesday March 15 - The prelate of the Vicariate of Bontoc–Lagawe(BonLag) vehemently rejects the Reproductive Health agenda and called on the faithful to do the same.
In a pastoral letter of Bishop Rodolfo Beltran read by Fr. Sammy Maximo, the Mission rector here during his homily in last Sunday’s mass, he said that the stand of the Catholic Church is to reject the RH agenda and choose life.
“The Lord has spoken, thus in the gospel of John, it has helped us clarify who the thieves are and who the good shepherds are. And his clarification should lead us to the right choice: His own choice. The example of the Lord Jesus, the true good shepherd, on the cross is the central message of this season of lent: a choice of life in full for all. We can only be partakers of Him by making the first step of choosing life above all," the Bishop stated.
Beltran disclosed that the stand of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines on the controversial RH Bill in congress is anchored on two fundamental principles: 1) Human life is the most sacred physical gift with which God, the author of life, endows a human being. Placing artificial obstacles to prevent human life from being formed and being born most certainly contradicts this fundamental truth of human life. 2) It is parents, cooperating with God, who bring children into the world. It is also they who have the primary inalienable right and responsibility to nurture them, care for them, and educate them that they might grow as mature persons according to the will of the creator.
“We have always been clear since the beginning the RH Bill is a moral issue. It is about our fundamental Filipino values. There is no way that the RH bill can be made into law without hurting human sensibilities and disrespecting Filipino values,” the letter stated.
Beltran disclosed that the central theme of Lent is this self-giving redemption which the Lord has gained for us on the cross. “As we enter this holy season of Lent, I enjoin the Catholic faithful of this Apostolic Vicariate of Bontoc-Lagawe to make a special reflection on the value of life-a life which the gospel of John had clearly distinguished when it differentiated the good Shepherd from the thief,” the letter read.
He added that every conscientious Christian, therefore, who possesses to follow Christ, must embrace this life-giving stance.
In the same pastoral letter, Beltran said that the people have spoken and it is time to watch whether the congressmen and congresswomen we have voted into office are truly Representatives of the people.
“I await with enthusiasm how our congressmen will decide and vote on this matter. This is indeed a time of revelation, a time of knowing what skin they wear. I enjoin every Filipino to watch all the proceedings in the House of Representatives and the Senate. This issue will reveal who they are whom we have entrusted with our suffrage,” Beltran said in his letter. *(PIA-CAR/ Ifugao)
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