Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Last Week of Lent

Lent: A forty day period for readying ourselves for the celebration of Jesus Christ's resurrection.

Holy Week: The last week of Lent. It is the time to reflect Christ's passion.

For some, the long weekend during the Holy Week, is a good time for a much-needed vacation. Thus, most people in the city are packing their bags to go to their provinces or to beach resorts or travel outside the country. This "exodus" is bringing with them traffic on their way. In the end, it is better to stay put in the city for it is one of the few times in the year that the city is minus its hustle-and-bustle.

Bottom line, I would be spending my Lenten break at home. (hehehe!)





This Holy Wednesday, a procession passed by our house. Preceding each image in the procession is a band playing praise songs. Prayers and songs are heard from the congregation who participated in this activity.

This (procession) is just one of the practices during Holy Week. Other activities include the pasyon (retelling in verse or song the life and suffering of Jesus), senakulo (Passion play) and penitensya. The common denominator of these activities is that each reflect Christ's life and suffering... reminding us of His passion and love for us.

Note: The issue on the practice of penitensya is another matter.

10 Comments:

At 3/23/2005 11:23:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

uhmm, kasi po di nag-invite yung relative mo nasa candelaria di ba sabi mo?eh di sana traffic ka din on the way to Quezon,hehehehehehe,bakit blurry ang pictures mo?besides dapat po pakita mo din yung mga tao,kasi di ba procession yun?ask lang ha,during my younger days,gawi namin is to walk to grotto,yung pinsan ng friend ko dalaw sa kanila,then,invite namin to walk to grotto,pagdating dun gf ko na,hehehehehehe,galing no,rac

 
At 3/23/2005 11:29:00 PM, Blogger ~GFA~ said...

hehehe! nag-invite din po. kaso, nde pwede dahil walang driver. ayaw ko naman magmaneho dahil sigurado ma-traffic... c",)

parang nakwento mo na po yung "penitensya" mo papuntang Antipolo. ang tanong, penitensya nga ba?

 
At 3/23/2005 11:34:00 PM, Blogger ~GFA~ said...

ay! hindi ko nasagot yung comment kung bakit blurry ang pictures...

kasi po, walang flash. eh, gumagalaw ang procession (hehehe! ayaw pang sabihin gumagalaw din ang kamay!). hiya po kasi ako kuha ng pic na mag-flash yung camera.

 
At 3/23/2005 11:34:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

nawento ko na ba?sencya na po 40 ers old na kasi eh,hehehehe,penitensya nman po yun, hirap po lumakad papunt sa grotto no,layo po nun, mula sa min,yeah,sarap magdrive during that season,sa city baka pede kang tumakbo ng 100kph,bakit di mo try,hehehehe,rac

 
At 3/23/2005 11:38:00 PM, Blogger ~GFA~ said...

hehehe! inamin din na nag-uulyanin na.. este, tumatanda na.

mahirap pong mang 100kph ganitong panahon, paano kung may naglalakad pala na naka-paa sa may EDSA papuntang Antipolo at hindi ko napansin?

teka, nahirapan ka maglakad? kala ko, nde mo napansin yung "hirap"? c",)

 
At 3/27/2005 05:12:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

About the blurry pictures: Hindi lang talaga magaling si Tita! Muwahahahahahahahaha!!!

 
At 3/28/2005 08:20:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

blurry nga ang pics. hahaha ibuko ka ba ng pamangkin mo? :P

 
At 3/28/2005 09:37:00 AM, Blogger ~GFA~ said...

hindi ko napansin yung comment nung "luka-luka" kong niece... hehehehe!

sige nga, without any kind of support, sino sa inyo kayang kumuha ng pic sa gabi without any light at hindi gagamit ng flash light na steady pa rin ang shot? raise your right foot!!! c",)

 
At 3/28/2005 09:57:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

bkt kse di gumamit ng flash? kanino kaya nagmana niece mo? parang sayo? ;-)

 
At 3/28/2005 10:45:00 AM, Blogger ~GFA~ said...

kaya po ayaw ko gumamit ng flash, para ma-capture ko yung "ambiance"... yung mahal na "item" na binabayaran ni Erap dun sa isang restaurant! c",)

 

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