NO MORE FLOODS LIKE NOAH’S

The week just passed imprinted the following names in the news for the Catholic, Americanized, Filipino citizen – Pope Leo XIV, POTUS Trump, and Witness Madriaga.

The Pope, spotlighted on Africa; the Donald, on the Strait   Hormuz; and the Witness, on his former Boss.

These personalities have changed our perception of the basic truths we have so far held  — the places visited so far by Pope Leo introduced us Filipinos to the great mosaic of African culture, a divine revelation because  we are only familiar with US, Europe, the Middle East and Asean; the Donald changed our concept of a just war from a defensive one, to a just aggressive war because intelligence reports predict a future nuclear capability of Iran; and finally, Witness Madriaga is changing the  perception of the Duterte brand of an honest and no-nonsense executor of laws.  Only time will tell whether the perceptions we now have will be overturned by history, on the part of the Donald; and as regards Witness Madriaga, from evidence that will come from testimonies and documents in an impeachment hearing in the Senate.

The next few days or weeks will therefore be anxiously awaited. The world seems to be on its trajectory towards a doomsday scenario, and we can only cling to the promise that God will not send the waters up again as in the days of Noah.  The rainbow is there to remind us of that promise, isn’t it? The only problem is that He did not say that He won’t prevent the end of the world if humans themselves set it on fire!