I promised myself I won’t start the week in front of my PC and I didn’t. Know what? Our service provider Globe did it for me. We didn’t have internet connection yesterday. It was quiet around the house with only the radio on playing some old songs.
Today is Holy Tuesday. Most shows on television are about the passion and death of Jesus Christ. The best times to watch and reflect. Holy Week is that time of the year where we need more of these – reflections and spiritual readings.
I started on The First Phone Call From Heaven. I guess this is not one of the best books by Mitch Albom. Except for his two latest books, I read all starting from Tuesdays With Morrie which I like the best. Like the rest of his books, this is an inspirational one. A glimpse of how we perceive what life is like in Heaven.
Gotta start The Seven Storey Mountain in a while, a book by Thomas Merton, a Trappist Monk. Accordingly, is one of the most influential religious works of the twentieth century. I encountered his works the first time when I was in college working as a student librarian at the Humanities Section of the UST Library. And this book used to be on my wish list but a friend gave me a copy when she went home for vacation a month ago. I completed posting the whole Bible readings for the month of April at our Catholic page on Facebook.
It’s a nice start for the Holy Week. Holy Thursday and Good Friday are official holidays here.
Tuesdays with Morrie is an excellent book
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It is Derrick, one of my favorites!
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I hope you enjoy your holy week, Arlene. For me, it is just another week. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thanks a lot.
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I disliked Tuesday’s with Morrie, but have enjoyed some of Albom’s other works. I have Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling on the laptop so it may not be appropriate for the time but is about God so will give it a go.
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Not really much into his other books. I’ve read a third of Merton’s autobio, learning a lot from his journey till he entered the monastery in his twenties. It’s not an easy read. Thanks Ste J for the visit.
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Here Good Friday is a state, but not a national, holiday.
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Good Friday is celebrated here with early processions, mass readings, reflections on the Seven Last Words, Visita Iglesia etc. I love the solemnity of the celebration.
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Tonight we have a whole church dinner then foot washing and the Maundy Thursday service.
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I love the quiet these days bring. Looking forward to Easter!
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Tonight we go to the Easter Vigil service which lasts about 2 1/2 hours. I love it. The church will be all decorated after having been stripped earlier. Very exciting music too.
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Easter Vigil, the long Psalms and Readings. I love everything about it.
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