Tag Archives: Lent

Palm Sunday Thoughts

Today is the celebration of Palm Sunday.

Ask the children and young people of today  if they know the significance of this special day and chances are, most of them don’t know what it is and why it is being celebrated. They just wave their coconut palms and get in line to be able to have the Holy Water hit their bodies.

People in the not-so-distant past have been so religiously attentive to these church celebrations, in contrast to how people are these days. And if those who belong to the older generation are gone, would these traditions still continue?

For those who are non-Catholics, they have their own versions of celebrating the Palm Sunday and one of these would be through prayers.

How did you spend Palm Sunday and what were your thoughts during that day?

My answer:

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Ash Wednesday Introspection

On Wednesday, February 25, 2009, the Roman Catholic Church community will be celebrating its Ash Wednesday.

For those who were baptized in this faith, whether they are devout Catholics or not, some look forward to this day not just to have ashes on their foreheads but as a starting point in the celebration of Lent, which is the commemoration of the passion and death of Jesus Christ.

The Weekly Question will focus on this church celebration:

Ash Wednesday means repentance but I will not ask you to list down the things that you feel you have to ask forgiveness for.

If you were asked to recall the things that you do, what were the things that you think should be improved and worked on for you to be a better person?

My answer:

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