from a forwarded email... "The Call to Sacrifice" by Juan T. Dela Cruz III
One call we often hear today, when people ask
President Arroyo to resign, is the call to make the
ultimate sacrifice for the good of the country.
Now that is a call that we can endorse. No,
not the call for the President to resign, but the call
for everyone, not just her, to make sacrifices for
the good of the nation.
. Loren Legarda: you are challenging the
legitimacy of Vice President de Castro. If and
when the President does resign, de Castro will
ascend to the Presidency. That is the
constitutional process. Your continuing
proclamation of his illegitimacy can become
destabilizing. Can you make the sacrifice of
withdrawing your suit and just allowing him to sit
as President?
. The 10 Cabinet members who resigned:
many of you are known for integrity. Let your
record speak for itself. Can you make the sacrifice
of just shutting up now and not defending
yourselves, for this contributes to further instability?
. Frank Drilon: your salivating for the Vice
Presidency leaves a bad taste in the mouth. You
manifested extreme hypocrisy and political
opportunism in extolling GMA to high heavens and
then stabbing her in the back, within the space of
one week. Can you make the sacrifice of stopping
all moves, including those of your Liberal Party
cohorts, of political maneuvering?
. All traditional politicians: kayo ang tunay na
SALOT NG BAYAN! Can you make the sacrifice of
resigning your posts and fading into complete
oblivion?
. Activist bishops and clergy of the Catholic
Church: we appreciate your concern for the good of
our people, but we do not appreciate your being at
the forefront of political activism. Can you make
the sacrifice of sticking to your pastoral duties of
ministering to the spiritual needs of the flock and
leave the political posturing to the lay people?
. Brother Eddie Villanueva: God has blessed
you by giving you a big flock to take care of. That
is your calling. While many disagree with your
entry into politics, we leave that between you and
God. But what is difficult to take is your
insistence, and that of your apologists, that you
won the Presidential elections. For goodness
sake, you were number FIVE! If you were cheated,
it was not only GMA who did so but Fernando Poe
and the others as well. Can you make the sacrifice
of leaving partisan politics entirely and focusing on
the Father's business?
. Imee Marcos, Jinggoy Estrada, JV Ejercito:
is it not enough that your parents plundered the
nation and you were part of that, and now you have
not only kept all your loot but are also back in
power? Can you make the sacrifice of removing
yourselves from the limelight? In reality, you are
the major reasons why the middle forces are not
responding positively to the call to a change in
government.
. Big business: many of you really just care
about having a positive environment where your
businesses will thrive. Can you make the sacrifice
of some of your profits to give more to the poor?
. The poor: we understand that "sapagkat kayo
ay kapit sa patalim," you allow yourselves to be
exploited and brought to rallies of unscrupulous
politicians. Can you make the sacrifice of a few
pesos, of bearing with your hunger, and not allow
yourselves to be exploited, so that you maintain
your dignity and you help sow the seed for true
liberation and well-being, in God's time?
The call to sacrifice is a wonderful call. God
himself showed us the way. Jesus sacrificed his
life on the cross in order to win our salvation. Such
a call is pure, noble, worthy of emulation. Let us
not use it for selfish motives. Let us not prostitute
its purity by polluting it with the filth in our
HEARTS and our SOULS!
