Holy Week at the Seminary
Well friends,
Holy Week has finally arrived. If it is customary in your churches, the statues and crucifixes have been covered for a week now. As of yesterday, Palm Sunday, the hymns of the ‘liturgy of the hours’ (which priests and religious pray five times a day) have changed, as we focus more and more on Jesus’s last week on earth.
Here at the seminary, we enjoy a special week without classes in preparations of Easter and all the other special days of this week. Our days are filled with extra prayers (usually we only pray the lauds and vespers together), several singing rehearsels (as you can imagine, there are several songs which are only sung on one specific day, and we gotta practise for them!) as well as two spiritual lectures a day. Today we spent some time thinking about Christ’s suffering and Cross, for instance and this evening we went to the cathedral (600 feet from the seminary) to receive the sacrament of Reconciliation during a special ceremony and time of Adoration.
All in all, it is a beautiful week! I can’t wait for Easter… and if you’re a Christian, too, I would really suggest that you let this anticipation of the greatest of Christian feasts grown in your own heart. Place a crucifix on your desk or some place where you can look at it regularly and really put your daily life in the shadow of his Cross. All Catholics have to confess at least once a year as well, so if you haven’t gone yet, this week would be a great time to look up a priest and ask for this beautiful sacrament. Also, come back tomorrow as I am set on writing a small article about preparing for confession.
God bless, everyone, and a beautiful Holy Week!
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