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