Jose Rizal's Religious Views and Practices

RIZALS EARLY AND LATTER RELIGIOUS VIEWS AND PRACTICESThe Religious Philosophy of RizalJose Rizal was bor a! "rew #$ i a %er& !e%o#' Ca'(oli) *a+il&, -is e!#)a'io. *ro+ ele+e'ar& 'o )olle"e. was *ro+ '(e $res'i"io#s Ca'(oli) s)(ools o* '(e $erio!, I' was e/$e)'e! '(ere*ore. '(a' (e s(o#l! (a%e bee also. a !e%o#' Ca'(oli), Al'(o#"( (e was *or a w(ile. (owe%er. i la'er li*e (e !e%elo$e! a reli"io#s $(iloso$(& o' 'o'all& i a))or! wi'( '(e Ca'(oli) reli"io, Why the transformation?I' all s'ar'e! w(e Rizal 0rs' we' abroa! i 1223, A' '(e a"e o* 31. (e erolle! a' '(e Ui%ersi!a! Ce'ral !e 4a!ri!. wor5i" *or !e"rees i +e!i)ie. $(iloso$(& a! li'era'#re, I S$ai (e *o#! '(e bois'ero#s a'+os$(ere o* *ree!o+6 w(ere )oser%a'i%es a! liberals. so)ialis's a! aar)(is's. $ro'es'a's a! Ca'(oli)s. a'(eis's a! a"os'i)s. !eba'e! a! !is)#sse! a' +ee'i"s. i )a*es. o s'ree' )orers. i '(e 'a%ers a! +ore es$e)iall& i '(e $ress. 7 wi'(o#' '(e *ear o* bei" a$$re(e!e!,-e rea! '(e ra!i)al '(eolo"i)al wri'i"s o* 8eli)i'e R, !e La+eals. w(o a!%o)a'e! '(a' C(ris'ia +#s' ser%e '(e $oor a! 0"(' i9#s'i)es i)l#!i" '(ose $er$e'#a'e! b& '(e Ca'(oli) C(#r)(, 4e li5e Ra*ael Labra. 4a#el L#is Zorilla a! 8ra)is)o Pi & 4ar"all. w(o s'r#""le! 'o re*or+ S$ai a'i:#a'e! *e#!al s&s'e+. were )lose *rie!s o* Rizal,Rizals Work (Corazon sagrado)N(ell&Sacred HeartMaterial:Terra CottaRemarks:Made In Dapitan, 1894While a student at the Ateneo Muniipal in Intramuros, !ose Ri"al made a small statue o# the $ared %eart, a&out nine inhes in hei'ht( %e ar)ed the statuette in &atikulin' *ood *ith a penkni#e, at the re+uest o# his pro#essor, ,ather !os- .leonard, $(!( While preparin' to return to $pain, ,ather .leonard intended to take this statuette *ith him, &ut the house&o/ helpin' him pak, #or'ot to plae it in his trunk( Conse+uentl/, the statuette *as le#t &ehind, and it *as taken &/ Ri"al0s #ello* students( This *as plaed on a shel# a&o)e the door o# their stud/ hall, *here it remained #or t*ent/ /ears(In Au'ust 1881, Ri"al returned #rom 2urope and he sta/ed in the 3hilippines till earl/ 1888( 4o* a li&eral in matters politial as *ell as reli'ious, he )isited *ith his !esuit #riends at the Ateneo( 5n his *a/ out, the !esuit porter sho*ed him the same statuette( Ri"al replied: 65ther times, 7rother, other times8 I no lon'er &elie)e in suh thin's(6Sacred HeartI De)e+ber 12;? De)e+ber. 9#s' be*ore lea%i" (is )ell *or @a"#+ba&a. Rizal re%ere'l& (el! '(e s'a'#e''e 'o (is li$s *or '(e las' 'i+e, Wi'( (is 'wo (a!s (ol!i" '(is )lose 'o (is (ear'. (e +o%e! slowl& 'o "i%e '(is ba)5 'o '(e Jes#i's. w(o were wi'( (i+ 'o (is las' !a&,San Pablo Ermitano | St. Paul the HermitMaterials: Terra Cotta3laster o# 3aris 9 :i)es as a 'i#t to ,r( 3a&lo 3astells in Dapitan, 189;$ulpted &/ !ose Ri"al durin' his eC &ears ol!G, E/e)#'e! i @a"#+ba&a 8iel! o '(e 32'( o* 8ebr#ar&. 12B3, JT(e C(#r)(. b& re*#si" 'o !e"ra!e &o#. (as $la)e! i !o#b' '(e )ri+e '(a' (as bee i+$#'e! 'o &o#L '(e Go%er+e'. b& s#rro#!i" &o#r 'rials wi'( +&s'er& a! s(a!ows. )a#ses '(e belie* '(a' '(ere was so+e error. )o++i''e! i *a'al +o+e'sL a! all '(e P(ili$$ies. b& wors(i$i" &o#r +e+or& a! )alli" &o# +ar'&rs. i o M%iN sese re)o"izes &o#r )#l$abili'&, I so *ar. '(ere*ore. as &o#r )o+$li)i'& i '(e Ca%i'e +#'i& is o' )learl& $ro%e!. as &o# +a& or +a& o' (a%e bee $a'rio's. a! as &o# +a& or +a& o' (a%e )(eris(e! se'i+e's *or 9#s'i)e a! *or liber'&. I (a%e '(e ri"(' 'o !e!i)a'e +& wor5 'o &o# as %i)'i+s o* '(e e%il w(i)( I #!er'a5e 'o )o+ba', A! w(ile we awai' e/$e)'a'l& #$o S$ai so+e !a& 'o res'ore &o#r "oo! a+e a! )ease 'o be aswerable *or &o#r !ea'(. le' '(ese $a"es ser%e as a 'ar!& wrea'( o* !rie! lea%es o%er &o#r #5ow 'o+bs. a! le' i' be #!ers'oo! '(a' e%er& oe w(o wi'(o#' )lear $roo*s a''a)5s &o#r +e+or& s'ais (is (a!s i &o#r bloo!O J, Rizal,PTo the "hild )esus*l %io )esus was )o+$ose! b& Dr, Jose Rizal !#ri" (is s'a& i A'eeo !e 4#i)i$al i 12BC w(e (e was 9#s' 1D &ears o* a"e, -e wro'e '(is s(or' $oe+ wi'( ei"(' %erses ol&. iQ#e)e! b& '(e S$ais( s'a!ar! o* $oe'r&, I' is also )lassi0e! as a $cta%e Real,&h ha%e ou come to earth,Child'#od, in a poor man"er(Does !ortune )nd ou a stran"er*rom the moment o* our birth(Alas, o* hea%enl stoc+no, turned an earthl resident-Do ou not ,ish to be presidentbut the shepherd o* our .oc+(To the +irgin &aryMar, s,eet peace, solace dear $* pained mortal- /ou0re the *ount &hence emanates the stream o* succour, That ,ithout cease our soil *ructi)es. !rom th throne, *rom hea%en hi"h, +indl hear m sorro,*ul cr- And ma th shinin" %eil protect M %oice that rises ,ith rapid .i"ht. Thou art M Mother, Mar, pure2 Thou0ll be the *ortess o* m li*e2 Thou0ll be m "uide on this an"r sea. I* *erociousl %ice pursues me, 3elp me, and m dri%e a,a m ,oes- * ,a +irgen &aria is a sonnet *ritten &/ the 3hilippine national hero, !ose Ri"al( The stor/ o# this sonnet is said to &e a&out the last mem&er o# a prominent lan in the Muslim @in'dom o# :ranada around durin' the 1Dth entur/( It *as *ritten durin' Ri"al0s aademi sta/ in Ateneo Muniipal de Manila on ; Deem&er 181E( The $ntimate *lliance -et.een Religion and (ood EducationD#ri" '(e s#++er o* A$ril 12Bther Religious $deas of RizalI a ar'i)le e'i'le! JA %opeP $#blis(e! i La Soli!ari!a!. 1C J#l& 12;?. Rizal sai!6 9#od has made man *ree and has promised %ictor to one ,ho perse%eres, to one ,ho stru""les, to one ,ho acts ;ustl.:I (is essa& JThe Creator :a"es on the 3hilippinesP. Rizal (a! '(e Lor! Jes#s 'al5i" 'o -i+sel*6J&hen one dies *or lo%e or *or the con%iction that his death ,ill do some "ood, death is a pleasure. ther Religious $deas of RizalDr, Rizal wro'e a essa& i 8re)( e'i'le! JDimanhe de Rameauenerable 5aster at the 7ilad 6odge, 5anila, where he gave a lecture titled, 6a 5asoneria. ?hile living in Europe, )r. ;izal obtained affiliations with 5asonic lodges in 0rance, England and @erman+ and then visited lodges in 7ew Aork.$ose ;izal as a 5ason=e condemned the corrupt wa+s of the church and upheld individual and national libert+. )imasalang B 5asonic name of ;izal, which means Cntouchable5asonic friendsD 0eodor $agor, ;udolf >inchow, and 0riedrich ;atsel EBerlinF?ho influenced ;izal to *oin 5asonr+G=is brother /aciano was a student of /adre Burgos, whose brother:in:law, )r. 5ariano 5arti, 44rd 5ason, most likel+ became one of /acianoHs influences. %eodora (lonzoHs brother, $ose (lonzo, was also a 5ason and it was in his house in Binan where +oung $ose sta+ed when he was a student. .n his first vo+age, when the+ docked temporaril+ in 7aples, he wrote his famil+, how impressed he was with the posters of 5asons announcing the death of @aribaldi, their former @rand 5aster. Who in%"&ence' #i$a" to (oin Masonry??hen he got to the Cniversidad de 5adrid, his histor+ professor was 5iguel 5ora+ta, whose being a 5ason figured prominentl+ both in "panish and 0ilipino 5asonic histor+. (ll these plus the fact that the powerful people in the "panish government Eamong them, Becerra, "agaste, /i + 5argallF mostl+ belonged to the 0raternit+, its indelible impact on the +oung student in all likelihood made him *oin (casia 6odge 7o. 8 :: under @rand Iriente de Espanol, whose @rand 5aster then was Becerra.Jose #i$a" as a Mason.n &''4, ;izal began to write 7oli 5e%angere to e1pose the political and religious corruption of /hilippine societ+. 6ater that +ear, he delivered a speech at a ban3uet organized in honor of $uan 6una and 0eli1 ;esurreccion =idalgo, who had both won gold and silver medals at the E1posiciJn 7acional de Bellas (rtes. .n the speech, ;izal e1pressed his deep regard for "pain, but condemned the friars in the /hilippines. ?hen copies of the speech reached 5anila, he earned the anger and enmit+ of the authorities who called him a filibustero or a subversive. Jose #i$a" as a Mason.n =ongkong, he got to know his brother $ose 5a. Basa. .n 7ew Aork he secretl+ wrote in his diar+ the street ad*acent to the street of 7AHs @rand 6odge. .n 6ondon, he hooked up with his brothers ;einhold ;ost and (ntonio ;egidor. =is "ucesos was smuggled in =ongkong b+ Basa and another brother ;odriguez, in 5anila. )espite his hectic itinerar+, he became affiliated with the /ropagandists in "pain, most of whom were 5asons like del /ilar, 6opez $aena, 6una, /once, /anganiban, etc. : even with his old professor 5ora+ta. =e became an officer in their lodge "olidaridad 7o. 54 in &'89. %he+ decided to spread 5asonr+ in their miserable countr+ because the+ strongl+ felt it was needed there. Jose #i$a" as a Mason=owever, a controvers+ remains on whether or not ;izal recanted 5asonr+ before he died. %here were allegedl+ three e+e:witnesses to his retractionD 0athers Balaguer and >iza of the "ociet+ of $esus and aptain ;afael )ominguez, who claim that ;izal had signed a document of retraction and conversion before he was e1ecuted. aptain ;afael )ominguez, who was with ;izal during ;izal#s last hours, mentioned it in his notes, which were an hour b+ hour record of ;izal#s last moments E2afra, &85&F. In the other hand, others believe that the documents produced b+ the $esuits were fake and altered and the testimonies given were coached. %he+ assert that the atholic hurch onl+ started to claim ;izal as their own once the+ realized that the people had learned to love and admire ;izal E0a*ardo, &88,F.Jose #i$a" as a Mason.n &8&9E#NAL AU9HO#I9= grows to become a criterion of truth which draws our soul an assent, a certaint+, which is reall+ INFALLIA;LE.tisthisG#EA99#U9HE.nfallibletruthFthatthegreat0(%=E;E@odFofallfamilies hasgiventoeachofhissonsforhis*ourne+throughthislifehisownLAN9E#NO# JUDGEMEN9,butthislanterndieto!ooroi"providedforusb+ourdisinheritedfirst parents Ethe reference is to originalsinF,gives"itt"e"i,ht,andbecauseofourin'o"enceElazinessFthelamp:glass,"o+s,rimy,orthewick,ro+s'am!,ortheoi",etss!i""e',and then+e%o""o+%it%&"an'!hos!horescent"i,htsElightwithoutsensible heatF that s&''en"y 'a$$"e &s and then "ea0e &s in the mi''"e o% the roa' in a terrible and heartsick 'ar?ness. .nthisDA#T * RE,$($>%b#' a )i%i) or"aiza'io !e!i)a'e! 'o libera'i" $eo$le *ro+ i"ora)e. s'a"a'io a! o$$ressio, W(i)( was (i"(li"('e! wi'( (is boo5s, D#ri" '(is 'i+e. Ca'(oli)s w(o 9oie! '(is 5i! o* or"aiza'ios were e/)o++#i)a'e! b& '(e C(#r)(, T(e& be)o+e ee+ies o* '(e )(#r)(,The DiCerene &et*een the Churh and ,ree Masonr/ $/lla&us o# 2rrorsThank Lou(