The news about Senator Bong Revilla reading the Bible in detention stirred not a few catcalls from denizens online and at least one columnist. Many doubted that the alleged pork barrel grafter was finding spirituality among rats and roaches in his un-airconditioned cell.

Yet it’s common enough for people to get religion when things go bad. Not just because distress makes people call out for any succor, especially the divine kind. Perhaps more crucial, our Lord chooses the weak and wayward of this world to turn into instruments of His will and grace. Then it would be clear that God Almighty, not frail humanity, accomplished the amazing.

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