Friday, January 13, 2017

AN PAGTUBOD ASIN RELIHIYON

AN PAGTUBOD ASIN RELIHIYON

An pagtubod iyo an makina
Na nagpapaandar sa relihiyon.
Haleon mo an pagtubod,
Asin an relihiyon tigbak.

Nin huli ta an pagtubod
Iyo an butang pagsunod
Sa gabos na ipinagbuboot
Kan mga awtoridad nin relihiyon,
Kaya an pagtubod asin relihiyon
Saro, na pirmeng garo mag-agom.

Alagad, sosog sa Hudyong kaisipan,
An saindang relihiyon nag-aandar daa
Sa tolong makina, o gawe, base sa Shema:
An pagpamibi, an pag-ayuno,
asin an paglimos.

An Hudyong kaisipan na ini
Sinubli kan kristyanong relihiyon
Kun saen an mga ebanghelista
Nagtukdo man dapit sa siring na mga gawe.

An katukdoan na ini kan mga ebanghelista
Sinupurtaran ni Pedro Crisologo
Kan magsabi siya na:
“Kun namimibi ka, mag-ayuno ka,
Kun nag-aayuno ka, maglimos ka.”

An kristyanong Apostol Pablo
Iyo an nagribay sa katukdoan na ini
Nin mga ebanghelista kan sinabi niya
Na tolong bagay iyo an nagdadanay:
An pagtubod, paglaom asin pagkamoot.
Asin an pinaka-orog sa tolong ini,
sosog sa apostol na ini, iyo an pagkamoot.

An duwang kristyanong katukdoan na ini,
ni Pedro Crisologo asin Apostol Pablo,
nagkakapareho nin huli ta an pagpamibi
gibo kan pagtubod, an pag-ayuno, kan paglaom,
Asin an paglimos, kan pagkamoot.

Kun kukumbinaron an duwang
kristyanong katukdoan na ini,
an ki Pedro Crisologo asin an ki Apostol Pablo,
nagluluwas na an paglimos iyo an
pinaka-orog sa tolong kristyanong gaweng ini.
Alagad, an tolong kristyanong gaweng ini
Nagpupoon sa pag-pamibi, o sa pagtubod,
Sosog sa pagkasurunod-sunod ni Pedro Crisologo.

Kaya mayong mangyayaring pag-ayuno asin paglimos
Kun mayo nin pagtubod, asin kun mayo nin pagtubod
Mayo man nin relihiyon. Kun siring, an  makina
Kan relihiyon iyo man sana an pagtubod.

Magigin mas maraot kun an relihiyon
Papaandaraon sa makina nin paglimos,
Arog kan ginigibo sa mga grupong pangrelihiyon
Na pinapaandar sa makina nin kuwarta.

6 Enero 2017


THE CONNECTION BETWEEN FAITH AND RELIGION

Faith is the motor
That makes religion run.
Remove faith
And religion dies.

Because faith
Is the blind obedience given
To everything that
religious authorities dictate,
religion and faith is one,
almost an inseparable pair.

But according to Jewish thought,
Their religion runs essentially
On three motors, or acts,
Based on the principle of the Shema:
Prayer, fasting and almsgiving.

This Jewish teaching
Was borrowed by the Christian religion
Where the Christian evangelists
Also affirmed the same principle and acts.

This teaching of the Christian evangelists
Was supported by Peter Chrysologus
When he said that: “If you pray, fast;
if you fast, give alms.”

The Christian Apostle Paul
Modified this teaching
Of the evangelists when he said
That three things remain:
Faith, hope and charity.
But the greatest of these three,
According to this apostle, is charity.

The teaching of these two Christians,
That of Peter Chrysologus and Apostle Paul,
Is similar because prayer is the outward
expression of faith; fasting, of hope;
and almsgiving, of charity.

If these two Christian teachings were combined,
That of Peter Chrysologus and Apostle Paul,
The result will be that almsgiving is the greatest
Of these three Christian acts.

However, according to the hierarchy
That Peter Chrysologus used,
these three Christian acts
Start on prayer, or on faith,

Hence, no fasting and no almsgiving will happen
If, in the first place, there is no prayer,
Which is the expression of faith.

Eventually, if there is no faith,
There is no religion.
Therefore, ultimately, the motor
that makes the engine of religion
run is faith.

It could be worse if religion is run
With the motor of almsgiving,
Like what many religious groups do
That run on the engine of money.


☼ 6 January 2017
@ Camaligan, Camarines Sur



















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