
JUSTICIA N~G DIOS
MGA ILANG BAGAY NA INASAL DITO SA FILIPINAS NANG MANGA FRAILE,
Talaan ng Nilalaman - Sa Inang Filipinas. - Pasimulá. - Puno nang salita.
Sa Inang Filipinas.
Pasimulá.
Puno nang salita.
Set against the waning years of Spanish rule in the Philippines, the narrative opens with a lyrical tribute to the motherland, echoing the voices of ordinary Filipinos who pray, labor, and mourn together. In a modest town, a young mother struggles to raise her children amid poverty, while a newly arrived friar brings the weight of ecclesiastical authority and promises of salvation. Their first encounters reveal a fragile balance between faith, duty, and the yearning for a better life.
As the friar’s sermons stir the villagers’ hopes, the mother’s quiet resilience begins to shape the community’s response to the challenges they face. The story weaves together personal devotion, social injustice, and the subtle clash of tradition and change, inviting listeners to feel the pulse of a people caught between old hierarchies and emerging aspirations. The early chapters lay a rich foundation of character and place, promising a thoughtful exploration of love, sacrifice, and the search for justice in a time of upheaval.
Language
tl
Duration
~23 minutes (22K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Tamiko I. Camacho, Jerome Espinosa Baladad and PG Distributed Proofreaders. Produced from page scans provided by University of Michigan.
Release date
2004-10-10
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
A little-known Filipino writer remembered for a sharp late-19th-century Tagalog work, this author used fiction to push back against abuses of power during the Spanish colonial period. The surviving record is sparse, but the work linked to the name has continued to circulate through public-domain archives.
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