As It Is Written...

Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer
and on the third day rise from the dead,
and that repentance and forgiveness of sins
should be proclaimed in his name to all nations,
beginning from Jerusalem. Luke 24: 46-47

It's Holy Week, and in my place we follow the Catholic way of practicing Days of Holy Week. It'll be a long weekend here starting tomorrow. As a Catholic country, Maunday Thursday and Good Friday are holidays here...some people hit the beach...and the majority just stay at home...some take it as a time to rest, relax and be with family, others make it as an opportunity to reflect and meditate. My family and I belongs to the latter... Usually every Holy Wednesday as we call this day here, we go to confessions...I'm still not sure if I can do it today, yet I make it a point that I go for retreat and confessions regularly anytime of the year so this is not really an issue for me. Tomorrow afternoon, we go to mass for the tradition washing of the feet which is called "pamasa" in our local dialect. In the evening I'm doing Visita Iglesia with my family and the IT Guy. We visit several churches within the City (traditionally we are to cover seven churches) and pray the Way of the Cross. Friday afternoon we go to mass for the Seven Words, which as normally call Siete Palabras and at around 3 o'clock there is a procession...

So that is how my holidays will be spent...but more than the church activities, I'm so looking forward to spending time with myself and read passages in the Bible...

Saturday will be a day for relaxing and getting ready for Easter! Ah, Easter, that calls for another post this Sunday...

What about you, how will you spend your Holy Week? Any plan for Easter?

I wish you all a blessed Wednesday and may you enjoy the rest of the week!


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