Kaban ni D_BystandeR: SULUGUON SA DIYOS, NAHIMONG POLITIKO

It is not a new development that we heard of a priest joining politics and won.

In Pampanga, a priest was elected a few years back as its provincial governor. But he lost in a succeeding election when he ran for reelection. In the case of Fr. Oscar Banzon, who ran and won as Barangay Captain of Kawit, Medellin, Cebu the feat is not new although it is only of a lower level compared to that in Pampanga. If Fr. Banzon was seen in some occasions joining cockfights it is only natural because "all work and no play makes Jack a lazy dog." The priest is a normal human being and what he is doing is just what a man ordinarily does "to unwind himself."

In any undertaking, if taken just for the "heck of it" is not a matter to cause concern; what is alarming is if one gets to a point of making it "extraordinarily" more than what it normally takes. Just like drinking for purposes of socializing is not bad; what is bad is if one gets to the point of being drunk.

The question about priests failing to observe the celibacy code is not new. (This is regarding the case of Fr. Oscar Banzon who ran for a position of a barangay captain of Kawit, Medellin, Cebu and won. He was said to be in a "relationship" with a barangay councilor in that place, who

is single, which dated as far back when he was first assigned to that place in 1995 up to 2001). I remember years ago about a Cebu Provincial Attorney Delfin Quijano (of Carcar?) who was himself a priest and who made a family of his own.

His campaign to have priests win their "right" to enjoy freedom to have their own family while serving as a servant of God didn't prosper. It is a sad reality that some priests who were doing good in their chosen vocation had to bow to their submission to the "call" of human nature to procreate and in the process had to give up their priesthood in compliance with the "celibacy" requirement. Pope Francis is known to have actively and robustly engaged in several issues that his predecessors "fear to tread." I just hope that during his watch he will be able to solve this lingering issue that touches the lives of our well-meaning "men of the cloth."

(Bug-os ang  pasalamat sa KAHAYAG ngadto sa magtatampo  nga si JOHNNY LOVE. Nagtakuban siya sa pangalan, "D_BystandeR".  Natawo siya sa Sugbo apan anaa na karon manimuyo sa Illinois sa tinipong nasod sa Amerika. Ang kusog nga koneksyon sa kasayuran pinaagi sa internet kanunayng naghaling sa iyang kadasig  pagtuki sa mga nagbukalbukal nga hisgutanan dinhi sa atong nataran. Usa siya ka magsusulat nga gradwado sa kursong komersiyo padulong sa pagka accountant sa University of San Carlos kaniadtong tuig 1961.  Nahimo siyang miyembro sa usa ka hugpong sa mga batan-ong magsusulat nga gitawag ug STUDENT PRESS.  Nahimo usab siyang   Associate Editor sa basahon  USC-JPIAN sa tuig 1962-63. Magtatampo usab siya isip magsusulat sa nasudnong magasin,  "Philippines Free Press" ug sa mga nag-unang peryodiko dinhi sa dakbayan sa Sugbo sa lunhaw pa ang iyang pangedaron. Nahimo siyang mamumuo sa usa ka pribadong kompaniya sa dakbayan sa Sugbo, ESCAÑO LINES, sulod sa napulo ug duha (12) ka tuig  dayon niyang tapon  ngadto sa NAPOCOR  ug nahimong kawani sa kagamhanan  sulod sa bayente dos (22) ka tuig. Niadtong tunga-tungang bahin sa tuig 2000, nilalin siya ngadto sa tinipong nasod sa Amerika ug sulod sa napulo (10) ka tuig, nagtrabaho siya sa  buhatan sa kagamhanan sa nasod sama  sa  UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE (USPS).  Karon sa pangedaron nga 68,  gihuptan gihapon niya ang walay pagkutat nga kadasig ug walay busganan nga kaikag sa pagpaambit sa iyang nahuptang abilidad  ug kabatid sa panulat.  Dili niya mapugngan ang kaugalingon sa pagpaambit sa iyang mga hunahuna labi na kon molambigit kini ug hisgotanan nga makadani sa iyang mga mata. Makadawat siya sa inyong mga hunahuna mahitungod sa iyang sinulat sa johnnylobedica@yahoo.com)