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Query: Two years ago, I married a man whom I believed
would make an ideal husband. Our marriage, however, elicited
opposition from my parents, because my future lifetime partner was
jobless. Thus, after our marriage, we resided at a squatters’ area
and I worked as a laundry woman for our survival. Initially, we had
no major problems until I became pregnant which forced me to stop
working.
Fortunately, my husband was able
to get a job as a bus conductor. In a short while, however, his
lifestyle character started to show—he oftentimes failed to come
home. I found out and verified that he was having relations with
another woman. That started my agony. Having observed that he
frequently made telephone calls at a neighbor’s place, I planned
to tap the same for the purpose of verifying the information I got.
However, I got scared of legal consequences. Subsequently, I got an
information that wiretapping is already allowed. Is it correct?
Having come across your
authoritative column in The Manila Times extending legal
assistance/guidance to desperate people, I am asking you if the
information I got is true. Is wiretapping already allowed?
Tina G.
Reply
The information you got is wrong.
If your information refers to Republic Act 9372, otherwise known as
the “Human Security Act of 2007,” they obviously misunderstood
the same. Said law refers to acts of terrorism punishable under six
articles of the Revised Penal Code and six special penal laws all of
which were mentioned in this corner last Wednesday. As we see it,
the purpose of your intended wiretapping is not related to
terrorism. Moreover, the allowed wiretapping under said legislation
requires an order from the Court of Appeals.
We wish to congratulate our
daughter, Grace, and her husband, Nong, for the divine blessing
showered on your family on the occasion of Lourdes’ baptism. We
had intended to be personally present on the significant event, but
delayed issuance of visa requirements aborted our plan. Nonetheless,
we were spiritually with you and the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us
were similarly renewed, thereby spurring us to pray for your
family’s good health, unity and prosperity.
By her baptism, Lourdes became
the property of the Blessed Trinity. The Holy Spirit infused into
her soul sanctifying grace and thereby made her His temple, in which
He dwells. Through this grace, which is called a new birth, the soul
becomes so precious, holy and beautiful, and pleasant, that the Holy
Spirit and together with Him the other two Divine Persons (God the
Father and God the Son) delight in making their abode in such a
sanctified and “deified’ soul and make it their special dwelling
place or consecrated temple.
Such dwelling of the Blessed
Trinity in our soul is the most precious that can be bestowed upon
us, because the three Divine Persons gave Themselves to us. It is
the beginning of the Beatific Vision which is the ultimate end of
our life and which consists in possessing God and seeing Him face to
face.
Finally, we are wishing Therese a
happy fifth and Joshua advance third birthday. May they have more
years to come!
Above all things, let us reflect
on the following statement of our Lord and master Jesus Christ:
“Everything is possible to one who has faith.” (Mark 9:23).
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