faith and the holy scripture

Faith and the holy Scripture

Many believers wanted to be holy by living their faith. Faith and scripture  are important entities in embracing a life holiness. This claim brings a radical demand of living our faith. It should not be delayed because every day is a great opportunity to realize it.

As I try to reflect on the subject matter of the importance of holy bible in my life as seminarian, it is an undeniable fact that the sacred scripture is always part of my seminary journey, for every now and then the bible is my guide towards fulfilment of my vocation.

To concretized my claim when I was still in college seminary, I was able to meet a catholic faith defender in the name of  Bro. Socrates Fernandez, I was really inspired by his conviction on defending the catholic faith, due to my curiosity I was able to approached him and converse with him privately. It is then that I was enlighten by the way he interprets and understand the holy bible, but still I said to myself that it is a long run of study, for according to him he was able to familiarized all the text of the bible for almost 3 years.

Now that I am already in my theological study in Seminario Mayor De San Carlos, I have alote of deep realization that in learning the sacred scripture it is very important that we should know to concretized it in our daily activities, for it will be useless if we just depend on theory for as the letter of James chapter 3 verse 17 says that faith without action is died.

In this reason what have learned in the said subject must be apply to my vocation journey, first in spiritual life it is being manifested in my daily encounter in the holy mass, secondly, in my community life that in order for me to be more active in my participation it is very important that I myself must be a man of communion in the holy church. Thirdly in terms of my pastoral exposure that I can encounter Christ in the midst of the poor to sympathize in there endeavours, lastly in terms of my academic endeavours that I must be a man of total conviction by not just reallying on my own intellectual capacity but by the wisdom of God. .

 In my deep reflection I was able to say to myself that learning indeed is a long process, that  is way from that very day I start to read the bible, and I was able to assimilate it all during the discussion of our active and energetic professor Rev. Fr. Dondon, Aquino. I would say that it is true indeed the saying that says ignorance of the bible is ignorance to Christ.

Man can only grasp the glimpse of Christ if he has the background of the holy bible. As one of the writers would say that we really need to read and read and read until we become a person who is a lover of wisdom.

Indeed pope francis had a great point in emphasizing the holiness of the family, for everything start within the family especially the vocation to the sacred priesthood and religious life.

 The Mission





 There are many ways to understand the essence and the richness of life; nevertheless it is not enough to accommodate them all. We can only penetrate and understand it, if we know how to enter into its meaning in our daily existence. In the movie the mission there are many good points that I can reflect into my very own existence, especially that I am aiming to become not just good but holy priest someday. The striking part that touches me so much is when the Jesuit priest was being asked to make an apology to the leader of the state for the misconduct that he has done. Even if it is painful in the part of missionary priest still he was able to say it out of the obedience to his legitimate superior the bishop. As I try reflecting into this particular scenario I was able to say to myself that as a missionary it is very important that we should know how to obey our legitimate superior, even if it is very painful to follow the desire of our superior, for in obeying it there is wisdom behind of it. In my part being a seminarian aspiring to be a diocesan priest in a future the virtue of obedience is very relevant in my existence for this vow was given an emphases in the diocesan way of life, that is in this early stage of my formation I must cultivate this said virtue so that I can become an effective diocesan priest in the my dioceses and to my bishop. And I would able to adapt the life style of pope francis the life of simplicity and humility. The Papal visit of Pope francis is one of the great manifestation of the mission of Christ, for he was able uplift the spiritual aspect of the dying believers.

francis the super pope

“Francis the Super Pope”

                As one of the famous dictum of a philosopher In the name of Socrates would tell us that unexamined life is not worth living, with this dictum it will always reminds me of the great responsibility of being a philosopher and theologian.

     In line with film of Pope Francis, I would say that Pope Francis was indeed a great philosopher and theologian, for it is clearly manifested in his works, especially in the area of his Papacy that he had done alote of legacy and the change in the area of uplifting the dignity of the mother church, despite of all the scandal of the church.

     Pope Francis was considered as the Super Pope, for in the early of his Papacy he was able to travel and was able to gain alote of followers in his Facebook and twitter account. This was the great contribution that I could affirm that indeed he is to be considered as one of the great Pope like Pope John Paul and Pope John the 23^rd

     In this new era, the Papacy of Pope Francis was not a co incident but a will from above. I firmly believed on this, because since from the start of his Papacy people from different walks of life will always find him as something spectacular, for there is a great image in him which is very different from the other Papacy.

     Finally I could say that in order for us to become effective servant we need to become a servant leader. Like Pope Francis that he was given the name as the Super Pope, no doubt for his works can testify on his behalf.