READY WITH A REASON FOR OUR HOPE
Sixth Sunday of Easter (A) May 29, 2011 I am amazed at how people focused and bent on doing something, find every reason under the sun to justify whatever it is they want. We all know that. We always find what we are looking for. The New Agers call it the Law of Attraction, using pseudo science and pseudo spirituality to talk about attracting positive ions to oneself, by sheer force of focus and mind control. They speak about the Age of Aquarius, replete with planets aligning and forces gathering to bring about a new age of splendor, a new age of peace, and everything nice, fine, and dandy. Wishful thinking, no less … But one has to give it to them that they do have a ready answer at hand to non-believers. The conviction with which adherents of the “flower power” movement of yore stood for what they believed, is, indeed, remarkable. So is the rabid enthusiasm of those who are for or against the RH bill in Philippine setting. Both sides are ready with reasons gal...