I love Fridays. It is the day of the week with the most potential, and is also probably the week that most people really look forward to. It marks the beginning of the weekend and it is the day where things like Friday the 13th, Good Friday First Fridays happen.
All I really want to say is, I love Fridays specially this particular Friday because I can enjoy a lazy, cloudy afternoon at “home”. There’s no work, and I hadn’t made any particular plans which is cool. And I also have two non-working days ahead of me and I’m diggin’ it.
Good Friday. It’s my first time being away from the family on a Holy Week. During this time of the year our family prays the Stations of the Cross and on Maundy Thursday we would hear mass. Just in case you don’t know, Maundy Thursday is Holy day of obligation. You better not miss mass on this day like I did because I could not make it because of work. I get off at 6pm and most masses start at that time. (Excuses… excuses…)
A lot of people go on vacation with their families on Holy Week, because back in the Philippines, this has got to be one of the weeks with the least number of working days besides the Christmas-New Year holiday. Although a lot of people say it is the perfect time to bond with the family, by traveling, going to the beach and such, it also is the best time for a family to get together and pray. Be involved and be aware of the Passion of Christ. Think about he got killed because of us. Emphasis on the word killed. He didn’t after all just die of some natural causes. He was murdered. I assume you (Christians) know why.
I am not being preachy here or anything. Believe me, I’m not as devout a Catholic as I hope to be, but I do try. I know I’m not one to preach but, show me a judgmental person and I’ll show you a hypocrite.
If I were with my mom today, I’d have been more careful about my fasting and do more than just not eating meat. For years, during the Holy Week, I would not turn on the radio. You guys should know that I am an avid radio listener. I used to say. I would be alive if you placed me anywhere just as long as I had radio (and in English please). Well, that was before the internet.
So that’s that. I hope you guys, who say are not skipping on meat because their fasting on other things anyway, are actually fasting on these said things. I used to also try fasting on complaining; come to think of it this is one area everyone should “fast” on every day. Seriously.
vonskie said,
March 21, 2008 at 12:39 pm
wow shants!i am fasting on gtalk…hehe..mabaw kaau noh as if bisyo na gyud nako. bitaw,im spending my good friday at home spending time with my God.missing my family too coz we usually do bisita iglesia this time of the year too.seriously, im fasting gyud…40days fasting that is. pero late kaau nagstart pag thursday pa..hehe better late than never, they say
shanta said,
March 21, 2008 at 12:51 pm
That’s true von
It’s hard enough to start fasting, and it gets harder when your like on the 20th day maybe of your 40-day fast. I hope you go through the 40 days with no lapses though! 
dru said,
March 25, 2008 at 8:21 am
I only fasted on Good Friday. But it only worked for Breakfast and Lunch. I couldn’t hold back at dinner. >_< The best I did was that I went strictly fish every Friday during the Lenten season. And right about now, I’m craving for just that, fish.
If I think about it though, I’ve fasted on a lot of things BUT food. And I’m proud of those that I’ve already fasted, and have grown accustomed without.
Reading this blog actually made me feel nice. I don’t know why. hehehe But thanks!
didee said,
April 5, 2008 at 2:45 pm
very nicely written roomie
hmmm this brings me back to our cellgroup about fasting. Haaaay those were rly good times noh?
The miracle of the empty stomach .. 
i know you could relate to it even more right now *wink wink*
true fasting happens inside.. not just what you do , but the discipline that takes place in your heart. After all, that’s what really God is after for… si Heart hahaha.
Kung baga, everybody can fast, skip meals or live like a hermit away from the world… but true fasting is communing with our Papa up there and celebrating the miracle of His love.
Like how it was depicted during our sharing shants noh? remember that? A bride to be forgetting her meals all because all she had in mind is her soon to be groom.
usually people associate fasting with pain and suffering.. but it shouldn’t be, it’s a celebration of being ridiculously happy in love with Someone that you set aside everything else. 
note to self : ipadala ang book dre sa SG… hahahaha