‘The Filipinos’ penchant for frequently finding ways to break laws and local ordinances made evident in countless traffic violations will be just as common this holiday season if the IATF and the PNP relax the current restrictions.’
THERE is something extraordinary on how the Let Us Worship Ministry has traversed 22 states in the US hosting outdoor concerts for unmasked audiences close to each other.
Hitting their 19th state in California, band leader and Bethel Spirituality Pastor Sean Feucth claims that no one has been infected with COVID since they began their services in Colorado, an open defiance of quarantine protocols.
Strangely, news outlets in the US have not carried any reported case of infection among the group and its audiences. The controversial Feucth would tell overflowing crowds that the church has lost its people but what they do is bring the church out to the people.
In California, where COVID cases continue to surge, the group held its vibrant worship and praise concert at the capitol in Sacramento. Health experts have warned repeatedly against the virus spreading in those gatherings but Feutch and his team remained unfazed, constantly claiming victory over the demonic spirit that brought the pandemic.
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A bank holds a party after office hours while a security guard stands watch at the door on Bayanan-Bayan Ave. in Barangay Concepcion Dos in Marikina. People in office attires spill out into the street from a restaurant with gift-wrapped packages and balloons on E. Fernando Ave in Marikina. Those were glimpses last Wednesday of what may be a large number of violations in Metro Manila alone against the ban on Christmas parties, mass gatherings and reunions.
The Filipinos’ penchant for frequently finding ways to break laws and local ordinances made evident in countless traffic violations will be just as common this holiday season if the IATF and the PNP relax the current restrictions. One real danger is allowing relatives from other areas into homes of Metro Manila residents.
According to the World Health Organization, Canada experienced an alarming rise in coronavirus cases in November after the Thanksgiving celebrations in October.
Virus incubation lasts for 12 to 14 days. The local entertainment media is to blame for the festive atmosphere that prevails and persists as the stars and celebrities’ fixation on extravagant clothes, food delights and fancy gifts continue to dominate TV and radio programs.
Most radio news commentators unable to shake off the holiday indulgence of being treated to sumptuous parties of politicians along with abundant cash and other Christmas gifts are not in the mood not to be celebratory.
As the deadly virus took away the value of our worldly possessions, Evangelist David Jerermiah speaks of three astounding truths that the current ordeal has unraveled on the deeper meaning of the birth of Christ — Deity entered humanity, the Kingdom into poverty and Eternity into time.
