The world of today is surrounded by different social issues
that drag the sanctity of the human life. Most of the countries are now
allowing immoral practices such as contraception, euthanasia, death penalty and
anti- birth policies. This ideology seems to be practical and in support for
the freedom and desire of the people but completely against the will of God. The danger
of it is drawn into the eclipse of the sense of God and the importance of the dignity of man. Man is now focus on the things that the
society demands forgetting his/her ultimate purpose as a creation of God...called to live a holy life..
In the Philippine context, most of the ordinary citizens are
struggling for their day to day needs. Some of these people are engaging to
different unlawful jobs such us prostitution, robbery, or even hired as serial
killers. If we try to realize what happened to these people, and trace back the
root of their situation, then we can identify that poverty, abuses, and
selfishness of the evolving society are the primary reasons of their
sinfulness. We can easily judge these people for being immoral and label them
as the problem of the society, and yet we contributed in their suffering which can
be seen in the prevalent structures of sins in the society. Most of us are in
the seeing level of the social problem, we even judge and yet we are not giving
any response as to help these people. If we can't break this cycle of
injustices in the society then we will carry the same problem in the future.
Our country right now is manipulated by mostly greedy and selfish leaders, who
don't mind for the authentic development of the people. Instead they focus all
their energies for the economic development of the nation, even if the
inviolability and sanctity of life is at risks. We hope that the development of
our country must be dual, both in economic aspect and in the human development
side. For what is a progressive society if the holistic formation of a person
is destroyed? The most priority must be the human wellness and transformation.
If only this concern will be addressed then, we can't see people doing
such any immorality.
That is why the late Pope John Paul II would emphasized in
his encyclical letter Evangelium Vitae the role of the church in helping the
people to have a strong moral conscience that enables them to choose what is
good over evil. Our task for now is to consistently educate every person
especially the youth, and stress out the importance of conscience formation in
fighting the dark phase of the society today. This mission is not only in the
teaching level but there must be the witnessing too in order to inspire others to
do the same. We need to form not only the head but also the heart, and we need
to form the feet as to lead the people to walk in the light of Christ's love.
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