The information revolution as signified by the revolution in military affairs (RMA) at the advent of the information age is clearly and primarily a moral evolution.
To be sure, this information revolution is a planetary phenomenon the effects of which have only been becoming more and more tangibly felt across all the nations of the world as a whole.
Many things may be said about it, so many in fact that it is often difficult to know where to begin to understand its longer term effects.
However, its surest foundation, it may now be affirmed, especially in the universal profession of arms, must only be found in every human heart - the primordial domain of the human spirit.
Therefore, the necessary evolution of our AFP into a 21st Century force must also include, along with the Human Rights Office (HRO), its Chaplain Corps.
That there must be those lingering divisions and present confusion at the heart of the military Chaplaincy in general is in itself a sign of the times.
Because it is precisely this darkness in the soul itself that must first be confronted and overcome to set its will of faith against the greater darkness that plagues the human spirit in general and the noble military in specific.
And we shall do this, my fellow Filipino compatriots - together this time.
Toward this end is conceived the Order of Chaplains, Abrahamic:
The one Chaplaincy
The military Chaplain is a servant of God
and a dedicated instrument of the one Peace of God.
He does not bear arms against men
nor does he exists to fight against the nations of men.
He is an extension of the good will of all nations
and a constant reminder of our desire for better days.
He is faithful to the cause of the noble military
being jealous in the observance of honor and purity of arms.
He is a keeper of our sacred remembrances
lending noble strength to the martial practice of virtue.
He is a shepherd of the souls of our soldiers
and represents amidst conflicts our abiding hope for peace.
He labors to instill in every heart, a will of life,
and gives recourse to sorrow when life itself seems lost.
He brings comfort when despair seem to linger near
consoling spirits by his gentle sense of optimism and joy.
He is patient to understand each need to be understood
and leads the anxious heart toward greater trust in greater things.
He brings the light of God when darkness is deepest
and speaks the necessary truth when and where truth counts.
He provides for the spiritual needs of the soldier
and the Sacraments (Catholic) that strengthen them in the grace of God.
He counsels the doubtful, the confused he guides into reason, he instructs the ignorant in the truth and the lost he helps to be found by faith in God.
He prays for the safety of the person of the soldier at all times, in times of peace but especially in fields of battle, entrusting to God and Country, the victory of our noble military.
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Mabuhay ang Pilipinas! God bless us all.
and a dedicated instrument of the one Peace of God.
He does not bear arms against men
nor does he exists to fight against the nations of men.
He is an extension of the good will of all nations
and a constant reminder of our desire for better days.
He is faithful to the cause of the noble military
being jealous in the observance of honor and purity of arms.
He is a keeper of our sacred remembrances
lending noble strength to the martial practice of virtue.
He is a shepherd of the souls of our soldiers
and represents amidst conflicts our abiding hope for peace.
He labors to instill in every heart, a will of life,
and gives recourse to sorrow when life itself seems lost.
He brings comfort when despair seem to linger near
consoling spirits by his gentle sense of optimism and joy.
He is patient to understand each need to be understood
and leads the anxious heart toward greater trust in greater things.
He brings the light of God when darkness is deepest
and speaks the necessary truth when and where truth counts.
He provides for the spiritual needs of the soldier
and the Sacraments (Catholic) that strengthen them in the grace of God.
He counsels the doubtful, the confused he guides into reason, he instructs the ignorant in the truth and the lost he helps to be found by faith in God.
He prays for the safety of the person of the soldier at all times, in times of peace but especially in fields of battle, entrusting to God and Country, the victory of our noble military.
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Mabuhay ang Pilipinas! God bless us all.
Christmas Greetings!
Peace among the nations.
Good will to all men and women of peace.
Jus Cogens: The Four Faithful Causes