For all those of you celebrating the feast of the Risen Lord, Wishing you a very Happy Easter. Hope you’ve had a wonderful weekend. People of Melbourne have a public holiday on Monday too and they call it Easter Monday, I’m not sure what that means. Hmmm…..Last year it was my first Easter away from home and I went to three different churches (I’ll explain why I tried 3 different churches later) to attend the holy week, Palm Sunday (still have the palm from last year), Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Easter is supposed to be the biggest feast for us Christians but yet we give Christmas that extra edge. For 40 days (the Lenten period) we are meant to abstain from bad things (cigarettes, alcohol, eating meat) and anything that we find tempting. People above the age of 18 are expected to skip one meal on important days like Ash Wednesday and Good Friday (I can’t recall even one year where I might have fasted, I’m not proud of it, but I somehow cannot not eat on those days).
I belong to St. Vincent Pallotti Parish, Marol (Mumbai, India). And during the holy week we have the mass on our church grounds because our parish community is very large (not really sure of the stats, but we have a huge crowd). The air is different on those days, it makes you very pious. And with the choirs of angels you feel like you’re in heaven (lol don’t take me literally, but yes its divine). Our parish mostly always finds a priest who preaches a sermon that moves you and makes you want to change yourself i.e. if you’re not already a good person heheehe….. But on a serious note, that whole week is just different, it’s a period of transformation for many and you feel it from the very moment you step onto those grounds for mass. I think because its done on a large scale the effect is magnified. It’s truly a wonderful experience because each day of the holy week leaves an impact on you and it just doesn’t feel like a routine even though it happens every year. So back to why I tried 3 different churches in Melbourne last year, it’s because none of the churches compared to what I’ve experienced back home and it only depresses me that people here are not religious. That’s the reason I decided against going to church this year. Here’s link to my parish website. http://www.vinpalparish.com/cgi-bin/index.pl Take a tour.
Happy Easter once again!!! Enjoy the holiday.
PS: I miss being home, Miss my church, Miss the Easter Eggs, Miss Mum’s food and all the deliciousness on a feast like this.
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“I can’t recall even one year where I might have fasted, I’m not proud of it, but I somehow cannot not eat on those days.”…. paaaaapiiiiiii
n i bet u dint go 4 confession after u did dis…lol…even bigger paaaaapppiiii….
Belated Happy Easter!
@ Vincy – LOL look who’s talking!!! Only if people knew the truth which they now will, is that you’re the GURU of all the paapi’s. How often do you go to church?? how many times have you kept a fast?? And how many confessions have you gone for??? LMAO Don’t judge lest you be judged. you Hypocrite hehehehe…
@ Vikas – Thanks for your wishes.