Omnia in bonum

TO our readers and friends who feel bad that the Supreme Court only partly granted the petitions to permanently archive the so-called Reproductive Health Law because it is unconstitutional, we say “Omnia in bonum.” The words are an abbreviated reminder of St. Paul’s advise to Christians suffering from persecution and groaning from the pain of their own weaknesses (Roman 8:28), “Diligentibus Deum, omnia cooperantur in bonum. All things work together for the good of those who love God.”

To persons whose outlook is utterly earthbound—like the proponents of the RH Act whose principal concerns are to relieve the sufferings of women who have unwanted pregnancies, to make it easier to reduce poverty by preventing more births among destitute families and to rid Roxas Boulevard and the roads to the Batasan of children beggars—“Omnia in bonum” is sheer “consuelo de bobo.”