Happy Easter to all! Black to blue, the world has turned solemn to busy. The Holy Week is over. The customs and beliefs all now go back to the deep. The working life, the boring summer, the endless heat are all back.
What did I do with my Holy Week? I admit, this is the most unholy Holy Week that I had. Maundy Thursday was quite a surprise. Yays, not that unholy though. We prayed the rosary at the Rosary Center of St. Benedict’s Monastery in Carmen, had some reflection in their chapel. But afterward was quite unnecessary and wrong timing: the beach.
Beach in Danao City
Cousins
I am sorry that I forgot the “shoulds” and “should nots” of each day of the Holy Week. I was primary schooled in a Catholic school but that was long ago, so never mind. One person sort of scolded me for enjoying the beach that day. Pffbt, I just love the beach, any day, any time! My grandma even enjoyed our beach moment, and she’s religious. Anyways, that was it. Visita Iglesia, a family/clan tradition, is supposed to happen during the night but my mother got a severe headache so we weren’t able to proceed. Good Friday, nothing happened. I don’t know if something must happen on that day. Poor and sinful me. On Black Saturday, we went to Redemptorist Church to attend the mass for the baptism of fire and water also called Easter Vigil.
Dancing angels lighting each person's candle
Jesus Christ has risen
We have been attending that Easter Vigil for three consecutive years already and this time, we secured a good seat since we arrived an hour before the mass. One word that I could describe the Easter Vigil: dramatic. Next year, try attending Redemptorist Church’s Easter Vigil. It is a mass with a hint of theater.
Today, Easter Sunday, we did not go to church. We did not attend the traditional Sugat or the meeting of Jesus Christ and Mother Mary. This is supposed to be a splendid celebration, heard of an angel being flown from the top to unveil the Blessed Mother. Well, I never experienced Sugat in my life. Maybe I’ll try it in the coming years.
That ends my unholy Holy Week. But it doesn’t mean I don’t give importance to this season. The only thing we probably did wrong is not to follow tradition which I think is unnecessary. I don’t want to rant about Kierkegaard and churchism here, but all I want to say is sincerity is better than following customs because they are customs.
Tomorrow, I’ll be back at work, solving internal and external tribulations, fighting myself not to fight myself. On Tuesday, I will have myself enrolled for my OJT. And on Saturday, well, the much awaited CBS campout. Yikes, too much excitement can kill the excitement! Woohoo!
How about everyone’s Holy Week? Was it holy, sad or nothing? Welcome back to our ordinary lives!
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