Post priesthood
IF HE indeed loves the priesthood so much, as he professes, he should forsake it altogether.
A paradox there, worthy of your philosophical studies with the Dominicans, I told a seminary senior as he mused over the dispensation case of suspended- priest-now-gubernatorial-loser Eddie T. Panlilio.
By leaving the priesthood, Panlilio would even serve as an instrument to its strengthening as an institution. If he so insisted in returning to it after his indulgence in purely partisan politics, Panlilio would be demeaning, nay, desecrating the priesthood.
So, it’s “Save the Priesthood, Keep Panlilio Out”?
If you so put it bluntly. Just think of the consequences of a Panlilio returned to the priestly ministry:
What will now prevent other priests from seeking dispensation to engage in purely lay activities, break their vows, and then after finding it not to their liking would return to the priesthood?
Yeah, like I once wrote the priesthood reduced to a trapo, a rag, discard it when not in use, reclaim it when needed.
How will the nearly half a million who voted for Baby Pineda whom Panlilio accused of having been paid, take anew to a “Rev. Fr. Panlilio”?
Panlilio has caused too wide a division among the people of Pampanga – the good, who voted for him; the evil, who supported his opponent – that his return to the priesthood would further aggravate.
Panlilio has caused too wide a chasm among the clergy, not only in Pampanga but even in the Philippines that his return to the fold will cause more dissension.
I am most certain these thoughts are principal in the minds of those who make up the panel that studied his dispensation case here and were forwarded to the Vatican. Yes, your book Reverend Governor too, I heard, made it there too as a reference document.
Given that Rome will approve the dispensation, what do you envision for a post-priesthood Panlilio?
He ran under the wing of the Liberal Party. The incoming President is the LP standard bearer, so he can just angle for a government post.
Yes, Panlilio – with his acclaimed honesty – will be good in graft-ridden government agencies. Like the Bureau of Customs.
So honesty aside, has he what it takes to make a good commissioner, like say basic know how on tariffs, export-import duties?
Well, he can make – again with his publicized honesty – a good chief of the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
Same concern, the need for a thorough knowledge of taxation laws there.
Okay, how about Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways. Surely, his having removed SOPs in the bidding of construction of roads and bridges will serve him, and the country, in good stead there.
Yeah, like accomplishing the cementing of 20 kilometers of roads in his first year in office, which would translate to less than a kilometer of cemented road for each of Pampanga’s 20 towns and one city.
There is one government post best fit for Panlilio. It was Don Robert David, also an ex-seminarian, that intruded in our exchange over espressos and cappuchinos at Starbucks SM Clark.
The Don declared: Panlilio can be named Philippine Ambassador to the Holy See.
Yes, in the Vatican, with his penchant for dividing people and institutions, Panlilio may yet succeed where the various heresies, cults, movements failed – dividing the Holy Roman Catholic Apostolic Church. So sneered our seminary elder Don Luisito.
It is still in the field of religion that Panlilio can find most fulfillment, post-priesthood, post-governorship. He can start his own church, with his most trusted ally, Atty. Vivian Dabu as co-founder. He can call it the P-D ministry.
Panlilio-Dabu ministry? You’re getting too personal again.
No, bobo, the acronym stands for Pentecostal Dispensation church. It’s all about dispensing healing prayers from the Holy Spirit. As in: “Come to me all you who are sick and afflicted, and I will pray for you.”
So you think Panlilio-Dabu can attract enough souls to comprise a decent congregation?
You yourself have said it often: E mu tatasan ing kamulalan da ring Kapampangan. Do not underestimate the gullibility of the Kapampangan.
Three cups of espresso make me drowsy.
A paradox there, worthy of your philosophical studies with the Dominicans, I told a seminary senior as he mused over the dispensation case of suspended- priest-now-gubernatorial-loser Eddie T. Panlilio.
By leaving the priesthood, Panlilio would even serve as an instrument to its strengthening as an institution. If he so insisted in returning to it after his indulgence in purely partisan politics, Panlilio would be demeaning, nay, desecrating the priesthood.
So, it’s “Save the Priesthood, Keep Panlilio Out”?
If you so put it bluntly. Just think of the consequences of a Panlilio returned to the priestly ministry:
What will now prevent other priests from seeking dispensation to engage in purely lay activities, break their vows, and then after finding it not to their liking would return to the priesthood?
Yeah, like I once wrote the priesthood reduced to a trapo, a rag, discard it when not in use, reclaim it when needed.
How will the nearly half a million who voted for Baby Pineda whom Panlilio accused of having been paid, take anew to a “Rev. Fr. Panlilio”?
Panlilio has caused too wide a division among the people of Pampanga – the good, who voted for him; the evil, who supported his opponent – that his return to the priesthood would further aggravate.
Panlilio has caused too wide a chasm among the clergy, not only in Pampanga but even in the Philippines that his return to the fold will cause more dissension.
I am most certain these thoughts are principal in the minds of those who make up the panel that studied his dispensation case here and were forwarded to the Vatican. Yes, your book Reverend Governor too, I heard, made it there too as a reference document.
Given that Rome will approve the dispensation, what do you envision for a post-priesthood Panlilio?
He ran under the wing of the Liberal Party. The incoming President is the LP standard bearer, so he can just angle for a government post.
Yes, Panlilio – with his acclaimed honesty – will be good in graft-ridden government agencies. Like the Bureau of Customs.
So honesty aside, has he what it takes to make a good commissioner, like say basic know how on tariffs, export-import duties?
Well, he can make – again with his publicized honesty – a good chief of the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
Same concern, the need for a thorough knowledge of taxation laws there.
Okay, how about Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways. Surely, his having removed SOPs in the bidding of construction of roads and bridges will serve him, and the country, in good stead there.
Yeah, like accomplishing the cementing of 20 kilometers of roads in his first year in office, which would translate to less than a kilometer of cemented road for each of Pampanga’s 20 towns and one city.
There is one government post best fit for Panlilio. It was Don Robert David, also an ex-seminarian, that intruded in our exchange over espressos and cappuchinos at Starbucks SM Clark.
The Don declared: Panlilio can be named Philippine Ambassador to the Holy See.
Yes, in the Vatican, with his penchant for dividing people and institutions, Panlilio may yet succeed where the various heresies, cults, movements failed – dividing the Holy Roman Catholic Apostolic Church. So sneered our seminary elder Don Luisito.
It is still in the field of religion that Panlilio can find most fulfillment, post-priesthood, post-governorship. He can start his own church, with his most trusted ally, Atty. Vivian Dabu as co-founder. He can call it the P-D ministry.
Panlilio-Dabu ministry? You’re getting too personal again.
No, bobo, the acronym stands for Pentecostal Dispensation church. It’s all about dispensing healing prayers from the Holy Spirit. As in: “Come to me all you who are sick and afflicted, and I will pray for you.”
So you think Panlilio-Dabu can attract enough souls to comprise a decent congregation?
You yourself have said it often: E mu tatasan ing kamulalan da ring Kapampangan. Do not underestimate the gullibility of the Kapampangan.
Three cups of espresso make me drowsy.
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