This Week
Editorial
Special
EYEBALL launching: SI PARING ERICK NG TUNDO
Segments
BEFORE SUNDAYS: Mga Pagbasa para sa Misa sa June 19, 2005
BITS AND BOBS: Behind Anluwage's Wheel
TANGGERO: Si "kwan" na-Kodakan sa Sabungan?
UTAKAN CHALLENGE presents PacMAN
CLOSING REMARKS
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EDITORIAL:
Si Francisco ay kilala sa pagiging mahusay na magsasaka ng lupain sa Laguna. Sa pamamagitan ng kanyang trabaho at matuwid na pamumuhay naitaguyod niya at ng kanyang asawang si Teodora ang kanilang pamilya.
Kaalinsabay ng kaarawan ni Rizal ipinagdiriwang din natin ang Araw ng mga Ama. Isa na sa mga dakilang tungkuling ipinagkatiwala ng Diyos sa tao ang maging ama o ina. Sa pamamagitan ng pagsasama ng lalaki’t babae sa Sakramento ng Kasal, nakikiisa sila sa tungkulin ng Maykapal bilang Amang pinagmumulan ng buhay.
Maging pagkakataon nawa ang mga selebrasyong ito para makilala ng mga ama ang halaga ng kanilang responsibilidad bilang tagapangalaga ng kanilang mga anak – ang mga bagong Jose Rizal ng bayan.
Isang malaking karangalan para sa Tanghalang Anluwage, Inc. ang pagpapaunlak ng nag-iisang Fr. Erick Santos, ang Parish Priest ng Santo Nino de Tondo.
Si Fr. Erick, or Rev. Fr. Enrique Santos, ay ang sagisag ng mga kabataan ng Simbahan: matalino, masigla, makulit, kwela at higit sa lahat maka-Kristo. Sa taglay niyang karisma at dedikasyon sa kanyang ministry, walang madugong pagtutol kung idedeklara natin siyang isa ng ALAMAT. Buhay na alamat.
To start our EYEBALL, allow us to quote another popular priest about Fr. Erick - si Fr. Jerry Orbos, " At the "Concert for the Missions," Fr. Erick Santos brought the house down with his natural and contagious sense of humor. He is funny, without even trying. What makes him so effective I think is his willingness to give himself, even make a fool himself, for the sake of others. Give na give talaga. He is one priest who knows how to be self-effacing to make the flock happy and see again the bright side of life. Father Erick, in so many ways, reminds us again of the "11th Commandment," i.e. "Do not take yourself too darn seriously!"
ANLUWAGE: Mula po sa mataas na altar table ng isang simbahan sa Pasig hanggang sa paglangoy sa Malabon, Father, sa tingin po ba ninyo ay nalagpasan na ninyo ang pinakamatinding challenge ng pagkapari?
FR. ERICK: Mahirap sabihin kasi everyday me dumadating na bagong challenge. And I love challenges. It brings out the best in me.
ANLUWAGE: Kakaiba ang karisma mo bilang pari. At iba rin po ang style ninyo pati sa pagmimisa. Are you just being yourself or meron po kayong mensahe na gustong iparating sa ating Simbahan?
FR. ERICK: PAREHO. I'm being myself. There's no place in the church for hypocrisy. God made me this way. But it should not hinder me from being the BEST OF MYSELF. At the same time, I wish to convey a nessage, too. Kahit ano pa ang paraan ng pag- atake natin sa buhay (at sa buhay-simbahan), there will always be a place for everybody. Kahit hindi ako mukhang pari at di rin tunog-pari, I can still be effective for as long as I'm sincere.
ANLUWAGE: Can you call yourself a "rebel priest"?
FR. ERICK: Rebel, in a way, yes. Kasi nga unconventional ang approach ko. But I will always prescribe to the teachings of the Church. Medyo rebelde lang ang pamamaraan.
ANLUWAGE: Totoo bang tinanggihan mo raw pong hawakan ang Gagalangin?
FR. ERICK: NOT TRUE. It could have been a dream assignment. Kasi kahit hindi ako naka-asign sa Gagalangin, the people love me as their own.
ANLUWAGE: How'd you describe your friendship with Fr. Bong Guerrero?
FR. ERICK: Yan yung tipong magkaibigang kahit di laging nagkikita, alam namin that somewhere, somewhow meron kaming kaibigang laging matatakbuhan. Di kami nagkaroon ng kahit na kaunting pagtatalunan.
ANLUWAGE: Sinong mas pogi sa inyo?
FR. ERICK: OBVIOUS NAMAN, DI BA?
ANLUWAGE: Bakit hindi kasali si Fr. Bong sa Six Priests in the City?
FR. ERICK: He chose to be mellow by now. Eh ako kasi pinilit lang ding sumama sa grupo. Di naman ako singer.
ANLUWAGE: Bakit six lang po? Wala po ba kayong balak mag-expand?
FR. ERICK: Six lang talaga. And upon reaching the age of 45, automatic, papalitan na.
ANLUWAGE: Temporary lang ba ang Six Priests? Ano po ang objective nito?
FR. ERICK: sIX pRIESTS IN THE cITY IS HERE TO STAY. It is meant to be a group of singing priest friends - jamming-jamming, bonding-bonding. Parang magkakapatid. We wish to entertain and help poor parishes and church groups through concerts. Check our friendster page: sixpriests_inthecity@yahoo.com.
ANLUWAGE:Cardinal Sin or Archbishop Rosales?
FR. ERICK: Pareho.
ANLUWAGE: Ano ang pagkakaiba ng dalawang arsobispo?
FR. ERICK: Mas agresibo si Sin. Low profile si Rosales. Pero nagsasalita din kapag kailangan. Sin guided me through my 18 years of ministry. Rosales is a father who is always willing to listen.
ANLUWAGE: Please describe the new pope in 1 word.
FR. ERICK: MATINDI.
ANLUWAGE: Kung ibabalik ang time, would you still study in Torres High School?
FR. ERICK: SYEMPRE.
ANLUWAGE: Sino po bang idol ni Fr. Erick? Yung buhay pa.
FR. ERICK: BO SANCHEZ
ANLUWAGE: Kumustang parishioners ang mga taga-Sto. Nino?
FR. ERICK: Kasingkulit ko.
ANLUWAGE: In your personal view, ok lang po bang mag-casino ang mga pari?
FR. ERICK: Di yata maganda.
ANLUWAGE: How do you prepare for Mass?
FR. ERICK: I reflect for some minutes.
ANLUWAGE: What's your biggest disappointment, kung meron man?
FR. ERICK: Wala.
ANLUWAGE: Most embarassing moment po?
FR. ERICK: Pinagalitan ako ni Cardinal Sin sa harap ng maraming tao.
ANLUWAGE: Kung hindi naging pari si Fr. Erick, ano kaya siya ngayon?
FR. ERICK: Mayor of Manila.
ANLUWAGE: Should celibacy stay?
FR. ERICK: Defnitely.
ANLUWAGE: Paano po kayo naging close ni Ai-ai delas Alas?
FR. ERICK: We met 12 years ago. We talked and discovered na pareho kami ng Wavelength. Sya ang babaeng Fr. Erick ako namang ang lalaking AiAi. I love her very dearly. She is also supportive of my ministry.
ANLUWAGE: Smart or Globe?
FR. ERICK: Globe.
ANLUWAGE: Ano po ang dream ninyo para sa Church?
FR. ERICK: A church truly journeying with the poor and the youth. A successfull Pondo ng Pinoy.
ANLUWAGE: ABS or GMA?
FR. ERICK: Kahit kaibigan ko si AiAi, alam niyang GMA ako.
ANLUWAGE: Ano pong libangan ninyo?
FR. ERICK: Nature-tripping. The great outdoors.
ANLUWAGE: Pinakaluho ninyo, Father?
FR. ERICK: Travels abroad. Lagi namang libre eh. Lacoste apparels.
ANLUWAGE: Ok po ba sa inyong magkaroon ng paring babae?
FR. ERICK: Hindi pa oras.
ANLUWAGE: Ano po so far ang masasabing greatest accomplishment ninyo, Father?
FR. ERICK: Having sent several young people to high school and college. Remaining poor and simple. That's an accomplishment.
ANLUWAGE: Kung makakaharap po ninyo ang Diyos, ano ang pinakaunang sasabihin ninyo?
FR. ERICK: TARA NA PO.
ANLUWAGE: Maraming-maraming salamat po. Nga po pala, ilang taon na po kayo sa Priesthood? Sa UST po ba kayo nag-aral?
FR. ERICK: 18 years in the priesthood. I attended Our Lady of the Angels Franciscan Seminary (college), UST Central Seminary (Theology and Canon Law) and De La Salle (Masteral)
ANLUWAGE: MARAMING SALAMAT PO MULI, FATHER. Sana po'y hindi namin masyadong nagambala ang inyong oras.
FR. ERICK: ANONG HINDI?????
The Krusadang Bayan Laban sa Jueteng has a specific task based on its avowed mission-vision statement.
The professed mission of the organization is to eradicate jueteng in the country, to remove this flagrant corrupt and corrupting illegal numbers game from the national picture. The country has long since suffered much from the clutches of jueteng operators and their protectors.
The opted vision of the crusade is to see a jueteng free Philippines where the poor and helpless are no longer exploited by the jueteng gambling syndicates, where work and industry become the dignified and dignifying preoccupation of the simple people with the simple dreams.
To realize the mission-vision resolve of the anti-jueteng crusade, it has since then concentrated on identifying and naming the notorious jueteng lords in Luzon. And this task has been already achieved. And that is why the crusade is now subsequently collaborating with pertinent house and senate committees, and competent DOJ commission.
As far as the crusade itself is concerned, it has not taken the burden of naming the jueteng payola beneficiaries from the local to the national levels. Much less does it intend to assume the work of bringing them to court and seeing them behind bars. The crusade will help but would not assume a lead role in this complementary work.
Thus it is that the crusade ex professo considers all suspect jueteng payola beneficiaries innocent until proven guilty. This is the cornerstone of due process. And the organization has no choice but to subscribe to this judicial principle.
But there appears to be group of witnesses who are ready and willing to risk their lives in naming the jueteng payola beneficiaries, specially those in the provincial, regional and national levels.
And there likewise appears to be another group of legal experts who shall subsequently take over in proving the guilt of the identified jueteng payola beneficiaries pointed by the witnesses—premised on payments made by the jueteng lord named by the Krusadang Bayan Laban sa Jueteng.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Moral Aspect : DISTURBING
Technical : Below Average
For all intents and purposes, couple Jane (Angelina Jolie) and John (Brad Pitt) Smith, appear like any other couple in a plush suburban American neighborhood. They wear identical bathrobes, brush their teeth at the same time, and share a home-cooked dinner always at seven. Married "five or six years", they're now seeing a marriage counselor, trying to figure out why the highlight of their conversation never seems to go beyond the color of their new curtains or the addition of peas to the main dish. Their marriage used to sizzle, but now the only thing that sizzles between them is the steak. They're both assassins but each keeps the fact from the other: Jane believes John runs his own engineering firm; John thinks Jane owns a similarly harmless company. Comes the day when John gets an assignment to kill Jane, and Jane, to kill John. Who would want to pit them against each other is anybody's guess.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith is a first rate kiss-kiss-bang-bang movie that tickles and titillates more than anything else. On its second day of showing, on a Thursday, the movie house is almost filled to capacity—owing to the big names. Pitt and Jolie individually are crowd magnets, together they're—well—bombastic. From their performances as John and Jane, it would seem that all that showbiz babble about their off screen romance is not mere media-hype after all. They don't even need a bed scene to make the screen ooze with sex—their eyes already do it. The snappy dialogue perfectly matches the sleek editing and rapid fire action. The plot is something only a highly imaginative fiction writer can conjure up, but then you don't really see Mr. & Mrs. Smith for the story but to be entertained by couple's legendary stunts.
After watching a gorgeous house and an entire department store annihilated by enough ammunition to exterminate the whole of Baghdad, the viewer comes to ask what Mr. & Mrs. Smith could be trying to say in the crossfire. That honesty is a prerequisite to a good marriage? That sexual chemistry is not enough to keep the sparks flying in a conjugal relationship? That assassins could also fall in love? By the way the story ends it's clear that the couple would rather kiss than kill. Jane and John renew their commitment to their marriage but does this mean a new life with no more murders in the name of espionage? These sophisticated assassins may be a delight to watch but watch against being lulled into thinking it's cool to kill.
( Source: cbcpworld.com/cinema )
What is compulsive gambling?
The explanation that seems most acceptable to Gamblers Anonymous members is that compulsive gambling is an illness, progressive in its nature, which can never be cured, but can be arrested.
Many compulsive gamblers thought of themselves as morally weak, or at times just plain 'no good'. The Gamblers Anonymous concept is that compulsive gamblers are really very sick people who can recover if they will follow to the best of their ability a simple program that has proved successful for thousands of other men and women with a gambling or compulsive gambling problem.
What is the first thing a compulsive gambler ought to do in order to stop gambling?
The compulsive gambler needs to be willing to accept the fact that he or she is in the grip of a progressive illness and has a desire to get well. Our experience has shown that the Gamblers Anonymous program will always work for any person who has a desire to stop gambling. However, it will never work for the person who will not face squarely the facts about this illness.
How can you tell whether you are a compulsive gambler?
Only you can make that decision. Most people turn to Gamblers Anonymous when they become willing to admit that gambling has them licked. Also in Gamblers Anonymous, a compulsive gambler is described as a person whose gambling has caused growing and continuing problems in any department of his or her life.
Many went through terrifying experiences before they were ready to accept help. Others were faced with a slow, subtle deterioration which finally brought them to the point of admitting defeat.
Can a compulsive gambler ever gamble normally again?
No. The first bet to a problem gambler is like the first small drink to an alcoholic. Sooner or later he or she falls back into the same old destructive pattern.
Once a person has crossed the invisible line into irresponsible uncontrolled gambling he or she never seems to regain control. After abstaining a few months some of our members have tried some small bet experimentation, always with disastrous results. The old obsession inevitably returned.
Our Gamblers Anonymous experience seems to point to these alternatives: to gamble, risking progressive deterioration or not to gamble, and develop a better way of life.
Why can't a compulsive gambler simply use will power to stop gambling?
We believe that most people, if they are honest, will recognize their lack of power to solve certain problems. When it comes to gambling, we have known many problem gamblers who could abstain for long stretches, but caught off guard and under the right set of circumstances, they started gambling without thought of the consequences. The defenses they relied upon, through will power alone, gave way before some trivial reason for placing a bet. We have found that will power and self-knowledge will not help in those mental blank spots, but adherence to spiritual principles seem to solve our problems. Most of us feel that a belief in a Power greater than ourselves is necessary in order for us to sustain a desire to refrain from gambling.
I only go on gambling binges periodically. Do I need help?
Yes. Compulsive gamblers who have joined Gamblers Anonymous tell us that, though their gambling binges were periodic, the intervals between were not periods of constructive thinking. Symptomatic of these periods were nervousness, irritability, frustration, indecision and a continued breakdown in personal relationships. These same people have often found the Gamblers Anonymous program the answer to the elimination of character defects and a guide to moral progress in their lives.
GAMBLING , for the compulsive gambler is defined as follows : Any betting or wagering, for self or others, whether for money or not, no matter how slight or insignificant, where the outcome is uncertain or depends upon chance or 'skill' constitutes gambling.
If I stop gambling won't it make it difficult for me to keep some desirable business and social contacts?
We think not. Most of the world's work of any consequence is done without the benefit of monetary wagering. Many of our leaders in business, industry and professional life have attained great success without knowing one card from another or which way the horses run around the track. In the area of social relationships, the newcomer will soon find a keen appreciation of the many pleasant and stimulating activities available - far removed from anything that is remotely associated from gambling.
How does someone stop gambling through the Gamblers Anonymous program?
One does this through bringing about a progressive character change within oneself. This can be accomplished by having faith in -- and following -- the basic concepts of the Gamblers Anonymous Recovery Program.
There are no short cuts in gaining this faith and understanding. To recover from one of the most baffling, insidious, compulsive addictions will require diligent effort. HONESTY, OPENMINDEDNESS, AND WILLINGNESS are the key words in our recovery.
Is compulsive gambling a vice?
No.
Is knowing why we gambled important?
Perhaps, however insofar as stopping gambling, many Gamblers Anonymous members have abstained from gambling without the knowledge of why they gambled.
What are some characteristics of a person who is a compulsive gambler?
INABILITY AND UNWILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT REALITY. Hence the escape into the dream world of gambling.
EMOTIONAL INSECURITY. A compulsive gambler finds he or she is emotionally comfortable only when "in action". It is not uncommon to hear a Gamblers Anonymous member say: "The only place I really felt like I belonged was sitting at the poker table. There I felt secure and comfortable. No great demands were made upon me. I knew I was destroying myself, yet at the same time, I had a certain sense of security."
IMMATURITY. A desire to have all the good things in life without any great effort on their part seems to be the common character pattern of problem gamblers. Many Gamblers Anonymous members accept the fact that they were unwilling to grow up. Subconsciously they felt they could avoid mature responsibility by wagering on the spin of a wheel or the turn of a card, and so the struggle to escape responsibility finally became a subconscious obsession.
Also, a compulsive gambler seems to have a strong inner urge to be a 'big shot' and needs to have a feeling of being all powerful. The compulsive gambler is willing to do anything (often of an antisocial nature) to maintain the image he or she wants others to see.
Then too, there is a theory that compulsive gamblers subconsciously want to lose to punish themselves. There is much evidence to support this theory.
What is the dream world of the compulsive gambler?
This is another common characteristic of compulsive gamblers. A lot of time is spent creating images of the great and wonderful things they are going to do as soon as they make the big win. They often see themselves as quite philanthropic and charming people. They may dream of providing families and friends with new cars, mink coats, and other luxuries. Compulsive gamblers picture themselves leading a pleasant gracious life, made possible by the huge sums of money they will accrue from their 'system'. Servants, penthouses, nice clothes, charming friends, yachts, and world tours are a few of the wonderful things that are just around the corner after a big win is finally made.
Pathetically, however, there never seems to be a big enough winning to make even the smallest dream come true. When compulsive gamblers succeed, they gamble to dream still greater dreams. When failing, they gamble in reckless desperation and the depths of their misery are fathomless as their dream world comes crashing down. Sadly, they will struggle back, dream more dreams, and of course suffer more misery. No one can convince them that their great schemes will not someday come true. They believe they will, for without this dream world, life for them would not be tolerable.
Isn't compulsive gambling basically a financial problem?
No, compulsive gambling is an emotional problem. A person in the grip of this illness creates mountains of apparently insolvable problems. Of course, financial problems are created, but they also find themselves facing marital, employment, or legal problems. Compulsive gamblers find friends have been lost and relatives have rejected them. Of the many serious difficulties created, the financial problems seem the easiest to solve. When a compulsive gambler enters Gamblers Anonymous and quits gambling, income is usually increased and there is no longer the financial drain that was caused by gambling, and very shortly, the financial pressures begin to be relieved. Gamblers Anonymous members have found that the best road to financial recovery is through hard work and repayment of our debts. Borrowing and/or lending of money (bail outs) in Gamblers Anonymous is detrimental to our recovery and should not take place.
The most difficult and time consuming problem with which they will be faced is that of bringing about a character change within themselves. Most Gamblers Anonymous members look upon this as their greatest challenge, which should be worked on immediately and continued throughout their lives.
O God, help all fathers to be true to the great privilege and great responsibility which you have given them. You have entrusted to them the care of your family, help them to be an example and friend to their children and a real partner to their wives.
Don't let them get busy with work and with outside things that they become almost strangers to their own home, and that they take no interest in household things. Don't let them take for granted all that is done for them, and help them to keep love alive within the home.
Keep them from habits which make the work of the house harder, and from ways which irritate and annoy, or which get on the nerves of those who live with them.
Give them health and strength and work to do, to earn a living for those who depend on them and whom they love so much; but help them to remember that love is always important than money.
O God, You have given them the name of father; You have given them Your own name; help them to be true to it.
This we ask for Your love's sake. Amen.
(adapted from "A Father's Prayer", My Travel Companion)
(Wholesome gimik tayo, Gagalanginenos!!!)
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