Kim Atienza, nais maging pari noon: 'I wanted so badly to be a priest'
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Kim Atienza: "Even as a young boy, Jesus Christ was always my best friend."
Isang big revelation ang inamin ng kilalang Kapuso TV host na si Kim Atienza na ikinagulat ng netizens.
Sa online show na, Surprise Guest with Pia Arcangel, ibinunyag ni Kuya Kim na dati raw may plano siyang maging isang pari.
Pumasok daw siya sa seminaryo noong siya'y nasa high school sa Pampanga. Doon, nag-aral ang batang Kuya Kim para maglingkod sa simbahan at sa Diyos.
"My theology, my catholic theology is quite solid. I can even pray in Latin and I know Latin because I took two years of Latin. I know the Our Father in Latin," kuwento niya.
Dagdag din niya, "I used to pray in Latin in the seminary because I wanted so badly to be a priest because early on, even as a young boy, Jesus Christ was always my best friend. I would talk to him, I would pray to him. I was a very prayerful kid. Pag binu-bully ako sasabihin ko, I would pray to him."
Ngunit sa panahon na iyon, hindi pa rin malalim ang kaniyang relasyon sa Diyos. Tinuring niya lang talaga ito na kaibigan lamang at hindi ang tagapagligtas.
"But Jesus Christ growing up was not my Lord and Savior and that makes a difference. Jesus Christ was only a friend to turn to. Of course, he was my Father, he was Papa Jesus, he was best friend Jesus. But he was not Lord Jesus and that makes a difference," pahayag niya.
Mas lumago raw ang kaniyang pananampalataya nang naranasan niyang magkaroon ng Guillain-Barre syndrome, isang sakit na ang kaniyang katawan ay magiging paralyzed at maaari niya ito ikamamatay.
"[In] 2010, I suffered a stroke. 2013. I got sick again and [had] another mortal illness. It's a rare disorder called Guillain-Barre syndrome. My hands and my feet got paralyzed. I was totally going to be paralyzed and eventually die," sabi niya.
Ikinuwento ni Kuya Kim kung paano niya piniling tanggapin si Kristo at maging isang Born Again believer. Inimbitahan niya raw ang kaniyang kaibigan at ang asawa nitong pastor. Sa ICU mismo tinanggap niya ang Diyos sa kaniyang puso at nag desisyon na ipagpatuloy ang kaniyang bagong pananampalataya.
Nang tanungin ang relihiyon ng kaniyang pamilya, inamin ni Kuya Kim na siya at ang kaniyang anak na si Jose ang active bilang mga Kristiyano.
Dahil iba raw ang relihiyon ng kaniyang asawa na si Felicia, nirerespeto ni Kuya Kim ang paniniwala ng kaniyang asawa at dalawa pa niyang anak.
Pakinggan ang kabuuan ng interview rito:
Samantala, kilalanin pa si Kuya Kim sa gallery na ito:
