The Advent of NEO-SCHOLASTICISM

              Although I was raised by a religious family in Bohol still it was very inevitable that I have in my mind some modern secular world-view especially during my high school years in which I was equipped with a lot of assumptions from among the body of sciences while having insufficient background about God and religion. This secular world-view reflects the methods of empirical science and on the one hand rejects the notion of God. Modern science, especially, do not see any need to affirm the existence of God because of the so called theory of evolution. In fact, at that time the young mind of mine was put into dilemma. Until such time I reached in college and there “scholasticism” aided me in seeing the world in another way.

            Scholasticism helps me in my faith by way of presenting to me another way of seeing the world. Although it is in this way of thought that the evolutionary theory is taken for granted, however it firmly affirms the existence of God. Indeed, it is in this way of thought that we have to acknowledge our Creator and Great designer inasmuch as scholasticism sees God as an essential part of reality that without Him no reality at all. Scholasticism cures away my questions on God’s existence by giving and presenting the proofs for His divine existence. It also shows what it is to be human accordingly by the guide of the scriptures. Scholasticism really showed me that human experiences when honestly and carefully observed pondered and reflected at, it will really invite us beyond in recognizing the existence of a Personal Being who is the source of all. And with the grace of the Holy Spirit I was able to pursue my spirituality more firmly and mature enough to pray for the world and not just for my own.

a man is at his best when he prays!

       As a seminarian through the help of scholastic philosophy, I acknowledge that these events in our vast universe though we cannot embrace the whole of reality still I have a grasp that these experiences are part of our journey with God. The healthy skepticism I had in my high school years had now turned into a stepping stone for a deep faith in God and become a good man because scholasticism had played a great role in my life. More profoundly, without which (scholasticism), I may not be what I am today: a man who earnestly prays, respects the dignity and right of others, love my neighbors and one who acknowledges the presence of a loving God through showing a good example.