KATANUNGAN TUNGKOL SA BODILY INCORRUPTION OF THE SAINTS

Gherardo di Jacopo (Starnina), The Dormition of the Virgin. 1401-1405 Tempera on panel, Art Institute of Chicago. At the head of the bed, one of the apostles holds the ritual book for St. Peter (balding from the crown) while he sprinkles the Virgin with the aspergillum and St. Paul (balding from the forehead) prepares the censer. At the foot, the beardless figure is St. John the Evangelist. Mary's soul is represented as a baby in the arms of Christ, whose mandorla is a common feature in images of this type.

andee of talisayan misamis oriental said...

Father Abe, di ba ang tao ay galing sa lupa at babalik sa lupa? bakit may di na-aagnas gaya ng ibang santo natin? lahat ba ng tao na di naagnas ay pwedeng matawag natin na isang santo gaya ni Inday Potenciana ng Bohol, she's being revered by some of the people there especially during friday.

October 17, 2010 7:52 AM

Fr. Abe, CRS said...

[Father Abe, di ba ang tao ay galing sa lupa at babalik sa lupa?]

YES, BRO. ANDEE.

ANG KAMATAYAN NG TAO AT ANG PAGKA-AGNAS NG KATAWAN AY IPINAGKALOOB NG DIOS BILANG PARUSA SA KASALANAN:

Genesis 3:19 [KJV] "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return."

[ bakit may di na-aagnas gaya ng ibang santo natin?]

DAHIL MAY MGA TAONG PINAGKALOOBAN NG DIOS NG SPECIAL GRACE. SILA AY NAMUHAY SA GRASYA NG DIOS, NAGING MATATAG SA PANANAMPALATAYA AT NAMUHAY SA KABUTIHAN AT KABANALAN NG MAY KATAPATAN SA DIOS.

ANG DOCTRINA NG 'BODILY INCORRUPTIBILITY' AY IPINAHAYAG NG BANAL NA KASULATAN:

Psalm 16:10 [KJV] "For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption."

THIS IS A PROMISE TO CHRIST THE LORD BUT REMEMBER THAT JESUS IS THE FIRST BORN AMONG THE DEAD. THIS BLESSING GIVEN TO CHRIST IS ALSO SHARED ON THOSE WHO LIVED IN HOLINESS AND FIDELITY TO GOD:

Colosians 1:18 [KJV] "And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence."

ILAN SA MGA EXAMPLES SA BIBLIA AY ANG MGA SUMUSUNOD:

1. ENOCH

Genesis 5:24 [KJV] "And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him."

HINDI NAAGNAS ANG KATAWAN NI ENOCH DAHIL INIAKYAT NA SIYA SA LANGIT.

2. PROPHET ELIJAH

2 Kings 2:11 [KJV] "And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven."

GAYON DIN SI ELIJAH. HINDI NABULOK ANG BANGKAY DAHIL INAKYAT NA SA LANGIT.

3. MOSES

Jude 1:9 [KJV] "Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee."

THE DEVIL WANTED TO TAKE THE BODY OF MOSES. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? THE DEVIL WANTS TO DEFILE HIS BODY WITH THE EFFECTS OF SIN, i.e., CORRUPTION AND DECAY. GOD DIDN'T ALLOW IT AND LET THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL PROTECT HIS BODY.

SOME OF THESE HOLY PEOPLE ARE BROUGHT TO HEAVEN IMMEDIATELY LIKE ENOCH AND ELIJAH, AND ULTIMATELY JESUS AND MARY, BUT SOME WERE ONLY GIVEN PROTECTION FROM THE CORRUPTING INFLUENCE BY THE DEVIL AS IN THE CASE OF MOSES.

SO, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO BY SPECIAL GRACE OF GOD ARE PROTECTED FROM CORRUPTION AND DECAY WHICH IS THE INFLUENCE OF THE DEVIL AS EFFECTS OF OUR SINFULNESS. AS ST. PAUL SAID:

1 Corinthians 2:9 [KJV] "But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."

THIS IS PRIMARILY ABOUT THE GLORIFICATION OF THE SAINTS IN HEAVEN. BUT, IT IS NOT ONLY LIMITED TO THE GLORY OF HEAVEN. IT ALSO REFERS SECONDARILY TO THE POWER OF THE SAINTS TO PERFORM MIRACLES, TO SPEAK VARIOUS LANGUAGES, SUCCESS IN MISSIONARY GOALS AND EVANGELIZATION EFFORTS AND EVEN MIRACULOUS INCORRUPTIBILITY AFTER DEATH OR FOR SOME RELEASING ROSE LIKE PERFUMES FROM THE DEAD SAINTS' BODY EVEN YEARS OR DECADES AFTER HIS OR HER DEATH.

[ lahat ba ng tao na di naagnas ay pwedeng matawag natin na isang santo gaya ni Inday Potenciana ng Bohol,]

SIEMPRE HINDI LAHAT. THE CHURCH MUST INVESTIGATE FIRST THEOLOGICALLY AND SCIENTIFICALLY IF THE INCORRUPTIBILITY IS MIRACULOUS. HALIMBAWA, NABAON SA YELO SIEMPRE HINDI MIRACULOUS YON. HE, HE, HE...

THE MIRACLE OF INCORRUPTIBILITY MUST FIRST BE ESTABLISHED BY THE CHURCH. ALSO, THE CHURCH MUST INVESTIGATE THE STATE OF SANCTITY OF THE PERSON AND IF IT IS PROVEN THAT THE PERSON HAS LIVED HOLINESS OF LIFE IN A HEROIC DEGREE THEN THERE IS REASON TO BELIEVE THAT IT WAS INDEED DUE TO THE DIVINE INTERVENTION.

KAYA NGA IF ONE IS FOUND TO BE INCORRUPTIBLE AND IS KNOWN IN THE AREA AS A HOLY PERSON THE PARISH PRIEST MUST REPORT TO THE BISHOP AND THE BISHOP MUST FORM AN INVESTIGATING TEAM COMPOSED OF THEOLOGIANS AND DOCTORS.

IF THE PERSON DIDN'T LIVE A HOLY LIFE DURING HIS OR HER LIFETIME, THEN FORGET IT.

[ she's being revered by some of the people there especially during friday.]

WE MUST BE VERY CAUTIOUS. WE DO NOT ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO REVERE ANY INCORRUPTIBLE BODY OF THE DEAD. O NO, NO, NO... FIRST, HER CASE SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE BISHOP.

IF THE PEOPLE REALLY WANTS TO VENERATE HER AND ARE CONVINCED OF HER SANCTITY THEN THEY SHOULD FORMALLY PETITION THE BISHOP OR IF IN CEBU - THE ARCHBISHOP OF CEBU. THE FACT THAT THERE IS ALREADY AN EXISTING LOVE AND RESPECT ACCORDED HER BY THE PEOPLE IS FAVORABLE TO HER CAUSE. BUT HER HOLINESS DURING HER LIFETIME MUST BE ESTABLISHED BY DOCUMENTS AND CONCRETE TESTIMONIES NOT JUST BY HEARSAY. HER SO-CALLED MIRACLES BY GOD'S GRACE MUST BE PROVEN UNEXPLAINABLE BY SCIENCE.

October 17, 2010 11:24 AM