Holy week reflection: carrying out a job as a penitence...Holy week reflection: carrying out a job as a penitence...

Before i closed the door, i stared at the star studded sky and thanked God for giving us the next days free, so that we may do a penitence for the glory of His name and to show how much we love God...after this short prayer, i jumped to my bed and went to sleep.The next day, as soon as the sky is painted with light, i had to drag my body for an early work in our storage house. This is what i considered personally as my Holy Week penitence, though some say that we must just reflect for the things we've done in the past,this i argue, well, it depends on us of how we will use up our time these Lenten season. As for me and my family, we chose to spend Lenten Season together working on our storage house for junk. I consider this as a Holy week penitence because I do believe in the saying that "what defines a man is not what he is doing, rather, it's what he's actually thinking". This simply means that people can act the way they want the public to perceive them but that doesn't mean that they are really the person they make us perceive them to be. Persons can pretend to be sorry for the sins they've committed even though deep inside, they are not. As for me, I have to perform my part of the work in my family to eradicate that guilt inside me because at school days, i hadn't really did anything to help them, as the saying goes "free yourself of those guilty feelings and forgive yourself of your shortcomings to others because in the first place, God has already forgave you the moment you heartily repent".

The bottom line is that, reflection and repentance isn't really seen only on mere doings and actions of people,these are just bits of it, the hefty part is reflected on the person itself, it's the change of heart where in the person willingly accepts his fault and wrongdoings, open up his heart for forgiveness and let go of those sore feelings he/she feel for others...after that...he/she will find peace inside and he/she will see the real beauty and purpose of this Lenten Season. After all, Lenten Season is about love, forgiveness, sacrifice of oneself, repentance and fulfillment of a promise.

Well, i really enjoyed this Holy Week, we get together as a family by working, attending mass and that way, each of us found the real meaning of being a family...Staying as one, no matter what the situation may be.