Actually Lenten week starts on a Palm Sunday but unfortunately i wasn't able to go to mass (pero i watch Sunday TV mass at Channel2)... My brother and Dad attended the mass for the Palm that will be bless... hehehe... on Wednesday i have visited 2 different churches which is the Redemptorist Parish at Baclaran and the Shrine of St. Therese at Villamor Airbase (it is just across NAIA Terminal 3)... the next day was the start of the Tridum or the 3 important days of Lent... It was Maundy Thursday with our yearly routine, we attended the Annual Lenten Retreat at Araneta Coliseum., hehehe its from 7am up to 12noon., the speaker for Thursday was Teacher Pagsi, he is a teacher in Ateneo De Manila University and also an awardy for Gawad Henyo Lopez i think... he's sharing was good, because on his topic he discuss the importance of teaching... we went home around 1pm, hehehe.., my aunt and uncle went to our parish to attend the celebration of the Last Supper and the Washing of the Feet.., because of the tiring morning i wasn't able to join them... huhuhu.... (sayang nga din kc i wasn't able to do my Panata which is to have "VISITA IGLESIA" wherein we are visiting 7 different churches in our place just by walking). next was Good Friday., again Retreat in the morning at Araneta, for todays speaker it should be Fr. Pascual the president of Radio Veritas but due to he is sick that time he wasn't able to do his talk instead he was replaced by a good priest also Fr. Arlo Yap, this priest is funny, and during his talk he never let the listener or the audience feel sleepy because he mixed it with some joke, real application, or even some humour... hehehe after this retreat we alltogether watch the seven last word at Channel2., it was done in Christ The King Mission Seminary and was televised via Channel2.., my aunt and uncle together with my brother again go to our parish to join the proccession., as usual "di na naman ako nakasama"... hehehe... next day was black saturday again retreat araneta colliseum, it was Fr. Gomez who facilitated the retreat., "galing nga nya talaga eh"... Fr. Gomez is the president of the Healing Eucharist Group at Channel2... Healing Eucharist was the Sunday TV Mass that is televised via Channel2... in the evening was the Easter Vigil it is also the blessing of the Fire, Candle and the Water... the next day was the easter sunday for filipinos it is "Pasko ng Pagkabuhay"... it is usually started with Salubong which was joined by my Aunt, Uncle, Brother and Father... hehehe as usual i didn't join again... hehehe... there are easter egg hunting and celebration because JESUS has risen from the Dead.., of course my weekly responsibility is to sing with my Musikapella Choir at Santuario De San Jose Parish (greenhills, san juan)... every lenten celebration here in the philippines was special because as we all know filipinos are religious and during this days we reflect on the christ's suffering on the cross just to save the world from sin... "grabe noh iba ang pagmamahal ni GOD sa atin noh"... he let his son suffer on the cross just to save us from our sins... that's why there are lots of filipino who are "Namamanata" because they make themselves feel what JESUS feels on the cross... but for me we can feel in even without letting ourselves hang on the cross... we can just do fasting and abstinance at home and avoid for a while some worldy things... but we should put in our mind that the important thing during this days is to Forgive and be Forgiven... because it is the act or the deed that will make GOD happy...