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Banat Opinyon

Makahadlok g’yud

IYO ANTOY - Antolin dela Cerna - Banat

Kinsay dili makugang? Kinsay dili matarantar? Kinsay dili mapugos pag-over-prepare? Ug kinsa’y dili malisang ug mahadlok niining mga scary headlines.

Dec. 5: “Ruby packs peak winds of 350kph; Supertyphoon Ruby: storm surge alert up;” Dec. 6: “Ruby remains super typhoon; Half a million evacuated; Ruby likely to spare Cebu from direct hit, but rain, flood, threaten;” Dec. 7: “Four days of rain.”

“More than P30M at risk from typhoon; ug usa ka cartoon editorial naghulagway sa super  typhoon Ruby nga magdala og makalilisang nga epekto: “Landslides, power outstages, storm surges, life threatening winds, rough seas, flash floods.” Di ka kuyawan sa maong mga headlines?

Moingon sila nga it’s better to be prepared than not to prepare at all. Husto, apan ang more appropriate: It’s better to prepare than to be unprepared, meaning di kinahanglan mo-over prepare.

Mura’g nanobra ang atong kabalaka. Didto pa sa gawas si Ruby, wala pa mosulod sa PAR, nag-panic-buying na ta. Hasta ko, nag-panic buying ko’g buwad danggit ug bulinaw, good for three days. Hinuon, ok lang kay naka-stock hinuon mi’g daghang buwad.

Anyway, usa sa positive nga epekto sa paglikay ni Ruby sa Cebu City, mao nga ang mga doubting Thomases, mikalit pagtuo sa ka-epektibo sa pag-ampo labi na kun daghan ang moampo.

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Focus on Jesus Christ, mao kini ang pahimangno ni Pope Francis, niining atong pagpangandam sa iyang pagduaw sa atong nasud, tingali’g masaag ang atong atensiyon ngadto kaniya, inay ngadto ni Hesus.

Pag-adto ni Archbishop Luis Cardinal Tagle sa Vatican, mipahimangno kaniya ang Papa pag-ingon: “I hope I will not be the focus of the pastoral visit but let Jesus Christ be the focus.”

Sa iyang bahin, si Tagle, nagkanayon: “The papal visit will be an occassion for us to turn our attention to Jesus. It is a mission of mercy and compassion.”

I Hope the Holy Father will be inspired and learned from us. He will come, not only as a teacher, but also as someone in need of inspiration, so let’s inspire him.”

Unya, si Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara, ang pangulo sa Information Committee on the Papa Visit, misanong usab: “The visit would be an encounter with God. The Pope is the Vicar of Christ, so meeting him is like coming face to face with God.”

Tinuod, kay sa pagkakaron, niining atong pagpaabot sa Santo Papa, ang atong focus atoa sa Papa mismo ug atong mataligam-an ang Ginoo nga iyang gi-representahan.

ARCHBISHOP LUIS CARDINAL TAGLE

ATONG

BISHOP MYLO HUBERT VERGARA

CEBU CITY

I HOPE THE HOLY FATHER

INFORMATION COMMITTEE

JESUS CHRIST

KINSAY

PAPA VISIT

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