Holy Week

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2 decasdes ago, here in our country, the Holy Week is being celebrated as a very solemn week. As a child, I was not permitted by m father to watch TV, play or laugh out loud. The elders duuring those times believed that it is the time reflect about our lives. The Holy Week is the week that the Son of God went through his passion, his sacrifice. It is the time that one man called Jesus, underwent a lot of suffering due to man's mistakes. Therefore, many believed that it is during this week that we should reflect on Jesus' teachings. And I believe this very much. Not only because I am a Christian but because as per history, a man, Jesus, did suffer and die due to man's mistake and stubborness. So, you see how disappointed I am to have realized that less and less number of people celebrate this week with solemnity that is dued. There are a lot of people who take this holiday opportunity to enjoy and go on out of town with their friends instead of go to pilgrimages. There are a lot of robbers who lurk the streets who disguise themselves as believers. But what's worse is that there are people who pretend to be believers and go to pilgrimages but who swear the loudest instead of tolerate their brother's wrongdoing. People practice abstinence or even more they fast. They do this using food. But they do not open their minds to the fact that abstinence or fasting can also be done using some other means. People can try to sacrifice their yearning for alcohol or say for cigarette or even from looking at another person disrespectfully. Whether or not a person is a Christian, I would still recommend for them to celebrate the Holy Week in order to commemorate one man's tolerance, one man's perfect example of humility, of faith, of peace and of love. So, as for me, I will try and influence as many people as I can to use this week to reflect and to practice love and sacrifice. Will you?