how's your holy week?

Holy Week is that time of the year when Christians are given the chance to feed their soul. This gives us the opportunity to embrace our faith and get reconnected with our spiritual side. A time of the year when we strive to perform our religious duties, to make up for those times when we all been busy dealing with daily concerns in life, that we fail to spend time with our Creator and God.

Above all, Holy Week gives us the gift of redemption, a chance to look back and reflect... how we have been? What have we done in our lives? How we live our lives? Are we good or are we not? Did we please God or just our worldly selves? Are we willing to stay where we are? Or we decide to mend our ways.

Holy Week is God’s gift to humanity as Christians, and as children of God, a gift to free us all from our sins, mend our ways, change our lives and remain child of God. It is a perfect expression of how unconditionally God loves his children, which he is willing to give everything just so we would not be astray, that we remain in our faith and in his love and care.

I cannot imagine life without Holy Week. For life is a journey...each and every day you encounter different people, different situations, A lot of decisions to make... And no particular human is perfect, I am not...we all make mistakes. Most often than not, we don’t know if we’re going to make the right decisions or not...most of the time we fail and we regret – there are things we wish we didn’t do. There are things we do, not because we want to, but because we have to. Holy Week, gives us the chance to reflect on all of these...and understand in or our hearts...admit we sinned...repent...move on and start anew. As Jesus, resurrects on Easter Sunday... so are we...so we could have a fresh start.

I hope everyone sees the value of Holy Week, how these days can contribute greatly to improve one’s being...one’s life. There are 365 days in a year, and God only ask for 7 days, for us to spend with him...is it too much ask? Definitely not. It’s just a pity that most people fail to see the essence of all of these, that they take it for granted...that it seems that Holy Week is made for God, so we would be obliged to fulfil our duties to him, that he is the one who would benefit out of all of these holy ceremonies...but really?! Think about it...God is God even without us, how about us? Can we live without God? Come to think of it..It is us not God who needs us rather, It is us who needs God! All the time.

So, i'd say we should appreciate Holy Week more...don't just spend your time travelling and having fun or vacation, you've got 365 days in a year to do that...why do it on Holy Week? instead why take advantage of the time to enjoin your family and participate in Holy Week activities and ceremonies, find time to confess, abstain and spend some time with your church and with God...God has given us so much, we ought to find ways to give back...how about you? how was your holy week? how do you intend to spend the week? :)

Have a solemn and meaningful Holy Week to all christians and faithful...God Bless us all..always! :)