Praying for Truth and Justice

Posted by karlom87 on February 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment

I was passing by the collegeâ€™s oblation square on my way out of school yesterday afternoon when I came across Dr. Rhodora Buco y, the adviser of the UP Cebu College Student Council when I was its chairman, and Dr. Cherry Ballescas, my social sciences teacher during my first year in college.

They were about to begin a prayer gathering for truth and justice which was an answer to the Catholic Bishopâ€™s Conference of the Philippinesâ€™ call for communal action in the wake of Rodolfo Lozadaâ€™s damning testimonies against the Arroyo administration. (10,000 gathered in Makati. Also, the Black and White Movement has an online petition in its website).

Of course, I did not pass the chance to chat with my two esteemed professors and join the small group of fifteen people who were mostly members of a Christian-based campus organization.

I thought that by helping to overcome the general trend of apathy and the cynicism of the intellectual class in the face of the machinations and blatant disregard of the Arroyo administration for the truth and human dignity, we make not only our history but more importantly, etch a new chapter in the history of the human struggle for freedom, solidarity and social justice.

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