Holy Wednesday

@eileenleyva (27567)
Philippines
March 27, 2013 12:16am CST
It's a hot Holy Wednesday. Swept the yard and watered the plants. Triduum of Easter begins tomorrow, so might as well clean my front porch, too. The "kalakal" has accumulated: brown paper bags and boxes, newspaper and plastic water bottles, a few tin cans, sigh, I sometimes wonder why we never got rid of all these, when we had been trying our best to be eco-friendly! When that is done, I'd open the Good Book and read the Gospel according to Luke, then continue with the Acts of the Apostles, written by Luke also. If you want a detailed narrative of our Lord's life story, I recommend Luke because he wrote the Good News telenovela style. :) Hmmm, but if it is so hot to read, I'd put Ten Commandments and Ben Hur on viewing, ha ha, love Charlton Heston, really. Wish to see you guys at the Vigil and the Visita iglesia (can't believe that Good Friday has become a tourist attraction, and not only in places like Pampanga where devotees flagellate and nail themselves on the cross, but look here now, at Padre Pio Shrine and some other pilgrimage churches, they have real wooden crosses for visitors to bear). Would you believe that the young boys and girls I meet during this Holy Week exercise are the bright and the good ones. Which makes me conclude that the shallow ones are probably on the beach of Boracay, or the like, frolicking. Just saying.
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@maharlikah (1045)
• Philippines
27 Mar 13
This is a great reminder to every Roman Catholic. A Blessed holy Wednesday to you friend.
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@eileenleyva (27567)
• Philippines
28 Mar 13
A quiet Semana Santa to you, too. and may the glory of Easter bring you the joys and blessings.
@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
27 Mar 13
Indeed the Holy Week is here once again, this time it brought severe humidity and it's really too hot where I'm at right now! I wouldn't dare go to the beach for it would perhaps disintegrate my skin that's no longer accustomed to severe heat due to several months working indoors. Sometimes it bothered me (seeing that Holy Week has become a tourist attraction) but as long as they don't disturb the ones who have the real purpose there, then that's fine. We usually go to vacation during the Holy Week to be able to "see" how the others spend these days. We went to Camiguin last time and it was really crowded ~ lots of people walking around the island ~ it was said to be the "devotion" of those people there. We also went to Baguio, there were few religious activities there, more concerts though (at least that time). Now, we're just spending it here in my home city. Have a great week ahead!
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@eileenleyva (27567)
• Philippines
28 Mar 13
When I saw the mini crosses at a Shrine grounds, I was temporarily shocked, and did think that some businessman is taking advantage of our Lord's Passion. Oh well, I do hope those crosses are heavy enough for the bearers to feel the weight of our Lord's suffering.
@rog0322 (2829)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
27 Mar 13
Hi, Nice to hang around the house on this day and the days afterwards. With the coming low pressure bringing in rains and the cool weather, it is nice just to stay indoors and bang away at the keyboard to my heart's content. When the outside temperature soars to boiling point, there's not I can do but lie around and wait for it to subside. The church bells nearby rings to call the faithful to worship and reflect on this grand scheme of God's salvation. I hope this shall not become a yearly event to celebrate but it should bring us real salvation from the curse of sin and we may live as God meant us to be, no more tears and sorrows, life in its fullness, now and for always all the days of our life.
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@eileenleyva (27567)
• Philippines
28 Mar 13
rog, this is a good course, and the ivory keys for our Lord, wow! You're a good person.