LA CRISE ... MÊME L'ÉGLISE ?


Crise dans la Foi ?

Crise de la croyance, de la spiritualité ou crise de l’église catholique ?

Les valeurs familiales foutent le camp et les traditions se perdent constate Msgr. Sabillo.
Famille, mariage, éducation, religion, les Philippins sont-ils en train de perdre une partie de ce qui faisait leur force ? L’église ou plutôt les églises ne seraient-elles pas un peu responsable de cette situation ?

A Ternate, petite ville de province de 20.000 habitants, combien de mariages sont célébrés chaque mois ? Quatre, cinq, en tout cas moins d’une dizaine j’en suis certain.

Un déclin de la croyance en Dieu, la perte de la Foi ?

Pas seulement, il y a aussi plusieurs facteurs qui s’additionnent et semblent détourner le Philippin, peut-être pas de Dieu, mais tout du moins des églises que je qualifierai de traditionnelles.

D’où l’émergence de courants plus ou moins religieux qui s’apparentent plus à des sectes et le déclin constant de l’église Catholique et Romaine.

Une crise économique profonde, la difficulté de plus en plus grande d’avoir une vie stable, l’incapacité des églises à apporter une quelconque réponse aux difficultés quotidiennes de la population, l’impossibilité de divorcer, la position très dure de l’église Catholique sur la contraception, le train de vie de certains prélats, un fossé qui s’élargit entre une ‘’certaine élite’’ et le peuple.

Les églises de la ‘’secte’’ Iglesia Ni Christo poussent comme des champignons sur l’ensemble du territoire, des vaisseaux de luxe sur des terres de misère. 
New Era annonce cette secte qui prolifère dangereusement. 

Pensez-vous que des familles qui n’arrivent plus à se nourrir, qui ne peuvent envoyer leurs enfants à l’école, qui ont difficilement accès aux soins les plus élémentaires, vont aller passer une heure pour écouter de parfois beaux sermons, des promesses de vie meilleure, sans jamais rien voir arriver de concret.

Iglesia Ni Christo a bien compris le problème et propose une autre approche : des fêtes, des rassemblements, des sorties, une vie communautaire pour certains, une forme d’entraide communautaire, oui, mais qui a un prix !


These are the days of torn family values, spiritual immaturity, said Msgr. Ben Sabillo.

Sabillo, a spiritual director and family counselor at Aram House of Renewal in the city, said Filipinos are no longer spared on these types of difficulties today despite them being traditionally family-oriented people.
“Sad to say, I’m witnessing some breakdown of some traditional and lasting family values. 
Even the name of family indicates that it’s a union of man and woman. Why? FAMILY acronym means F =Father A=and M=Mother, ILY is I love you. Meaning to say, love is to be inculcated in children by parents,” Msgr. Sabillo said.

He further said that marriage is not just procreation but also the obligation of value education in the family.

“Marriage is more than just a contract (a civil union); it has been raised to a sacrament by Christ. In so doing, marriage is a means toward holiness and couples are called to transform their homes into domestic churches (a school of love),” he recounted this online being the “mantra” during his renewal or retreat with couples.

The sad part, however, is that many Filipino families have already been experiencing its opposite, he noted earlier.

Msgr. Sabillo also took notice on same sex marriage being allowed in other countries (which has slowly crept into the moral fiber of the Filipino families) plus the prevalence of live-in unions being contributory factors to dysfunctional families.

As of 2004, there have been around 2.4 million Filipinos who are managing family thru live-ins or cohabitation.
Another issue threatening Filipino traditional values are the ongoing debate on legislating divorce in the country.
Meanwhile, Msgr. Sabillo stressed that the physical and emotional hurts in a family if it is to be solved, have to be faced and discussed.

When asked on the reason why this happened, Msgr. Sabillo, however, said that no family is exempted from difficulties yet it doesn’t mean that it has no solution.

“This is part of being human, and with it the challenge to grow in wisdom and grace. Even the model family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph went through these difficulties. Did we not hear Mary said to the “pasaway (unruly)” Jesus: “Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety (Luke 2: 41-52).” Yet this family became holy as we all are called to be. Why? There was love, mutual respect, listening and understanding. These are solutions to family problems,” he said.

Also the Spiritual director has seen a decline in spiritual growth and maturity among Filipino families, at the same manner he continued in reminding them to live out and practice their faith.

He said that having “crisis of faith” brings lose of management to traditional family or individual values.

He then summed up that nurturing one’s family, friends and faith—not selfishness and greed—are essential to love in marriage and family life.


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