Traditional Roman Catholic Filipinos would spend their Holy Week in solitude and in prayer. They would pray all day and all night, recite different readings and reflect on their lives and on the life and suffering of our Lord Jesus Christ. This would reflect the devotion of these people to their religion and tradition. In the present times, the traditional people I was referring to earlier are already a scarce in the society. Typical Filipinos, including Roman Catholic’s, would spend their Holy Week vacationing, frolicking and resting from the hustle and bustle of our frantic city life. I don’t see it as a bad thing for I am not a Catholic myself. I read the papers during the Holy Week and read the opinions of the Priests of the Catholic Church saying that they’re saddened with the fact that the people are not that devoted to the Church in following the traditions of the Church during the Holy Week. Nevertheless, it’s a fact that we must all accept that times are changing......
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