Three Bishosp Blog

Three Pin@y bishops have joined the cyberworld with their blogs:

Mgr Jose R. Manguiran, Bishop of Dipolong

Mgr Oscar V. Cruz, Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan

Mgr Leonardo Medroso, Bishop of Borongan

They comprise the Pin@y Blog of the Day for June 5 in the year of the Pin@y 2005.

I was speaking to a friend today. I had made comments about how those people in the Catholic Church really took sacrifice and death and sacrifice and unhappiness very seriously. I also mentioned how it almost seems like there is a pointed reference to a celebration of the pain and suffering.

My friend then was truly offended and said "How can you keep referring to the Church as "Those people?" I did not broach the subject because I try not to introduce conflicts. I have not learned how to completely deal with conflicts. In my life, I have had to deal with my anger and in my experience most people are unable to separate their personal life (anger) from what the conflict is. I don't have the time to educate people on how to deal with their repressed selves.

However, I was disturbed about how my friend acted. If one can not be honest in a friendship, and one can not discuss in a rational manner certain facets of life such as theology, then one is just shutting out rational discussion. I suppose this is why people are turned off by "politically correct speech." In most cases, people are not open to the discussion. They just prefer to shut down the conversation.

I suppose that I expect more from people and it disturbs me when they just shut down in the face of honest discussion. It's not as if I was wearing the white hood of the KKK. Besides, the KKK I know wear straw hats and carry bolos. And for those who don't know Filipino history, KKK in the Philippines stands for Kataas-Taasang at Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan. KKK is the revolutionary group which rose against the Spaniards in the Philippines.

At any rate, enjoy the blogs of the bishops.