Ten Commandments
for a Public Servant
1. REMEMBER THERE IS GOD.
In the Church, In One Another…Everywhere
Faith in a Higher Being
c/o a Book: TO HELL on MONDAY
2. REMEMBER
THAT YOU
HAVE A SOUL.
God is conveniently laid aside
The Secularism in Fiestas
c/o Physically and Materially Wealthy BUT Spiritually Malnourished
3. REMEMBER EVERYTHING IS TEMPORARY
ALEXANDER THE GREAT’S DEATH WISH1.1 THE BEST
DOCTOR SHOULD CARRY
HIS COFFIN,
1.2 THE WEALTH HE HAS
ACCUMULATED ALONG HIS LIFE BE SCATTERED
ALONG THE ROAD DURING
HIS BURIAL PROCESSION, 1.3 AND HIS HAND SHOULD LET
LOSE / OUT OF THE COFFIN
AN EXPLANATION
2.1 TO DEMONSTRATE THAT EVEN THE BEST DOCTOR DON’T HAVE
THE POWER TO HEAL.
2.2 SO THAT EVERYBODY SEES THAT
WEALTH OF THIS WORLD STAYS
IN THIS WORLD.2.3 SO THAT PEOPLE WILL
UNDERSTAND, WE COME TO THIS WORLD EMPTY HANDED AND WE
WILL LEAVE EMPTY HANDED.c/o ALEXANDER’S GREATNESS
4. REMEMBER THERE IS GREATNESS IN ALL.
We were created in the image
and likeness of GOD (Gen 1:26-27)
We NEED each other,
We RESPECT one another
(even Opponents)
c/o Joey Ayala’s Song: MAGKAUGNAY
(Collaboration and Partnership)
5. REMEMBER
THERE ISSIN
IN YOU
We are WEAK, We are ALL
SINNERS
BUT We can GO BEYOND, We can MANAGE, We can
CONTROL
c/o With GOD everything is
POSSIBLE (Matthew 19:26)
6. REMEMBER GOD’S MERCY IS AVAILABLE
The NEED for GOD’S MERCY & FORGIVENESS
The NEED to look at ourselves the way GOD sees US
c/o Pope Benedict XVI’s stepping down NOT HOLDING
ON to POWERc/o Pope Francis’ Special Year
of Mercy
7. REMEMBER
THERE ISLIFE
EVERLASTING
A HEAVEN, A BETTER
PLACE for YOU and for ME and the
ENTIRE UNIVERSE
NO MORE PAIN, NO
MORE STRUGGLES… ALL JOYS AND
HAPPINESS
c/o GOD’S PLAN (and our DREAMS too)
8. REMEMBER YOU ARE ONLY A STEWARD.
Caretaker / Manager
NOT the OWNER
c/o GOD’S TRUST in US and OUR ACCOUNTABILITY
to HIM (Parable of TALENTS)
9. REMEMBER GOD HAS CHOSEN YOU TO BE HIS PARTNER
CO-CREATOR. WOW! That’s
great! Be HONORED!
GIVE YOUR BEST AND GOD WILL DO THE
REST!
c/o The JOY & RESPONSIBILITY of being CHOSEN (a STUDENT CHOSEN to REPRESENT his
SCHOOL, a CABINET MINISTER to help the PRESIDENT, an ATHLETE to
REPRESENT the COUNTRY, etc.)
10. REMEMBER THE DISADVANTAGED
"PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT...D
EFEND THE WEAKEST IN
SOCIETY" - Pope Francis in his
homily during the Inauguration of his Papacy. (19 March
2013)
Millstone around the
neck for those who teach sin
to children (Mt 18:6; Mk 9:42; Lk 17:2)
DO NOT ABUSE, DO NOT EXPLOIT BUT LOVE (The Greatest
Commandment: Matthew 22:37-39)
GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION
1. What are your difficulties in living with integrity as a government official?
3. Share the story of your entry into politics.
2. What makes you happy and fulfilled as a government official?