When war is waged for the sake of pece

Last Monday, forty nine members of the Special Action Force of the Philippine National Police were massacred in Mamasapano, Maguindanao. Allegedly the police was to serve an arrest warrant to Zulkilfi bin Hir alias Marwan and Bait Usman. The former is a bomb expert from the Indonesian based terrorist group Jemaah Islamiya and the latter is a member of the MILF offshoot Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.

Come, follow me: Heeding God’s Call in this busy world

Today’s Gospel talks about the story of how Jesus called his first disciples. As the story goes, Jesus was walking along the shores of Lake Galilee. As He was walking He saw two fishermen, Simon and Andrew, casting their nets. Jesus told them, “Come, follow me.” The two abandoned their nets and followed Jesus.