In our hurried and taxing lives, we often overlook the true spirit of Lent and Holy Week. We eagerly anticipate the joy and celebration of the Christmas season, but we seldom appreciate the significance of Easter. We need to constantly be reminded that Easter is the Christian occasion of greatest importance - even over Christmas. After all, everyone is born. But only Christ was reborn! What would be the significance of Christ's birth, if there were not a resurrection? What would be the meaning of Christmas, if Jesus did not go on to suffer, die, and rise again? This divine miracle of Easter came to pass for all of us. So in commemoration, we are invited to relive the journey He took down the sorrowful and glorious Easter road.
This Lenten season, come take this journey through prayer with Hangad. Share with us four weeks of reflection, to ask for the grace of the Holy Spirit to reveal to us once more how we are beloved by God despite our human frailty.
For four weeks until Easter, set aside ten to twenty minutes of your time as we are guided by different prayer themes*. Each week, scripture and music will lead us into recollection and prayer.
And during Easter season, we shall culminate our journey in a simple concert celebrating Jesus who saved, and us, God's beloved whom He saved.
We hope that, despite our busy everydays, this prayer series will aid us in sustaining a meaningful Lenten season and prepare our hearts for Easter.
*Adapted from Fr. Ramon Bautista, SJ's Wood for the Fire
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