cross

Probably, holy week is one of my much-loved seasons aside from Christmas. It appears that, it is on my top two if I rank all the celebration. I grew up with this kind of sacred commemoration, from Maundy Thursday down to Ester Sunday.

Why do we commemorate? As a roman catholic, well apparently this is not only exclusive to catholic folks but to the whole Christian community as well. We have only one Christ isn’t it? One Cross as well as one reason why he was crucified, and that’s for us, mankind to be free from sins.

There are lot of activities we usually do at this time of religiousness: One would be probably confession. Affirmation of sins to the priest would be the focal point to this holy celebration. Why not? Sins are the main reason why he suffered and lay on to the cross. So it is righteous for us to affirm and repent our sins. Second, the way to the cross or often times called as “via cruces”. Apparently this doings is somewhat the re-enactment to the journey of Jesus Christ to the mount Calvary where he was crucified and eventually died. There are fourteen stations and each station has its cross for the people to pray and state: “We adore you Christ and praise you…Because of your holy cross you have redeem the world.” Holy week wouldn’t be complete without listening to the Seven Last word of Jesus Christ. The words he uttered just before he died. These words served as his last will for us to reflect. The significant of these expressions are to respect, obey, to be humble and to forgive. The suffering of Christ gives us the chance to transform ourselves to the be a betterBeing that Christ wants us to be. This time of devoutness is the point to reflect and To give us the moment to show appreciation to him! If not because of that holy cross, we wouldn’t enjoy the freedom of eternal life. Christ doesn’t deserve to be treated like that… but because of great love for us. He manages to accept his destiny to suffered and died. In times like this, we need to pray and express our gratefulness to his great love for us. Its time to give back! Its time to praise and most essentially to FORGIVE. After all, this is for us. For us to be renew… and most importantly to replenish!

Have a blessed holy week everybody and godbless us all