Every year thousands of Filipinos mark Holy Week by marching in the processions. HolyWeek2023
The Holy Week processions are a spectacle. Life-size images parade in beautiful dresses carried by flower-decoratedIts purpose, according to Ateneo de Naga University Press director Father Wilmer Tria, “is to remind us of the biblical characters during the public ministry of Jesus and of His passion and death.”joining the processions: Jesus’ entry to Jerusalem, His apostles, the Stations of the Cross, His mother Mary, and the people that showed compassion during His suffering.
to show that He will not abandon man in the darkness of sin. It must give us hope, especially in times of terrible suffering, be it physical or spiritual.Jesus rises from death It is called soledad because we remember the solitary moments of the Blessed Mother, after the death of Jesus. She is now alone, “ulila” as we say in Filipino, ADNU professor Patrick Balmaceda explained.
For Balmaceda, “this becomes the poignant moments of reflection among the faithful to accompany Mary in her sadness, in her sorrow, lamenting the death of her Son and pondering it in her heart.” This also shows us how spiritual contemplation can be possible with solitude.
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