QUESTIONing the authorities including the Mayor and the Priest and they will also tell you they have no means, ability meron but capability to act as superman is not their lingo. I asked one priest about how they can cope up with today's calamity...here are his answers. Very honest siya.
As a new priest with only few churchgoers he as a priest end up paying for the rent or mortgage of the Church. He pays for the hydro bills and electricity including miscellaneous. With only few churchgoers with no capability to do the maintenance of the church, with no helper doing the cleaning, gardening and lawn care he end up doing all the custodial work. When you end up looking after and caring for a medium sized church and the other priest left with too many bills and debts the new priest is responsible for the payment of the bills. What's the worse thing? The priest has to pay the rent for being there. For living in the church dedicated to the priest and its churchgoers, the priest need to pay for being there! Ha?! Imagine that eh? Who wants to become a priest nowadays?
Nuong panahon ng kastila ang mga nagpapari ay may alay sa Panginoon. Ang mga nakakapag- pari ay mula sa angkan ng mga mayayaman. Kasi ang pinipili noon ay bukod sa matalino na ay kailangan pa ay mayaman. Bakit mayaman? Kasi po para makatulong sila sa kapwa nila. Sila lang kasi ang can afford to donate gifts to the Church. You may ask what kind of gifts they have to donate. First, at least 5 acres of their family land + aside from cash donation. Yung mga pari ang unang mga scholars. Mga gardeners sila, magaling gumawa ng cheese, wine, beer, at iba pang processed meat gaya ng sausages, spaghetti, oo magaling silang cook . Carpenters and architect din sila.That's why if you'll see the images of the old churches talaga namang ang gaganda di ba? Kasi kung asa abuloy lang ng mga churchgoers na mamera lang hindi gaganda ang mga simbahan. Pero may mga tao na kung mag- abuloy ay palihim lang. Yung iba kaban ng ginto ang dala. Wow! Tutuo ba yun? The story is real! NOON. Bakit kasi pinapaganda ang simbahan noon? Kasi bukod na yan ang simbahan na bahay ng Diyos, yan ang place of worship at lighthouse. Sa simbahan lagi ang puntahan ng mga taong nasalanta ng giyera, bagyo at baha. Ang simbahan ang may pinakamataas na puesto sa lupa. Yan ang mountain nila. Pag nagpunta ka sa simbahan tiyak safe and secured ka. Kumbaga yan ang tinatawag na fortress dahil na rin sa pagkagawa sa kanyang haligi na ubod ng tibay. Gawa sa bato, semento at matitibay na materyales. Sa panahon ngayon na wala ng nagsisimba, napansin nyo ba na kokonti na lang ang simbahan na may maganda at matibay na pundasyon? O meron paring nakatayong simbahan yun ay mga simbahan na pilit na trying to withstand the test of time and calamity despite of its cruel critic.
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