At our regular village Sunday mass last week, I was listening intently to the parish priest's homily as he discussed the importance of being vigilant about what was happening in the Philippines. He kept talking about the importance of the Fifth Commandant 'Thou shall not kill' and how it is relevant to what is happening on a large scale these past few months.

I think he was trying to remind us not to turn a blind eye to the rising numbers of deaths in just the past two months.

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