In the Sermon on the 7 Words, parish priests lament abortion, administrative corruption, lack of opportunities for young people, injustice and social inequality.
The first word “Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing”, was read by Father Pelagio Antonio Tavéras, who said that the human body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and becomes a tomb through abortion.
They continue to ask forgiveness for what they want to ignore and want to take God out of the center of life “and we live in a society that wants to move God from the center of the universe and put their interests and beliefs more above God ”
They ask for forgiveness when more attention is paid to the life of an animal than to human life, because there are those who they do not value human life and that is why there are so many unnecessary deaths, such as abortion.
He said that the Lord has a greater tolerance for the ignorant than those who know what they are doing, and the latter are the ones who maintain the chaos in the transportation system, the ones who, through their attachment to money, keep people crucified.“We live in a country with a lot of wealth, but poor people.”
“They know what they are doing,” Father Pelagio always said, quoting those who teach natural wealth through counterfeit contracts, and people cannot enjoy that wealth that belongs to them. To those who destroy natural resources such as Loma Miranda.
Bad services
He said that they know what they are doing, when they provide poor quality services in hospitals, schools, transportation, when people deserve dignity; when bureaucratizing procedures for citizens to carry out any paperwork.