GOOD FRIDAY
OVERVIEW:
About 4,000 worshippers observed Good Friday at St Joseph's Church in Victoris Street yesterday. A 1 1/2 hour-long remembrance service conducted to mark the day that Jesus died on a cross moved some to tears. After the service, church-goers took part in a 30-minute walk around the church, holding white candles in their hands.
This service was one of many held across Singapore to commemorate Good Friday- the day Christians believe Jesus was crucified (hung on a cross to die) and sacrificed himself to pay for mankind's sins.
According to the Bible, Christ was buried on the evening of Good Friday and was resurrected on Resurrection (Easter) Sunday, three days later.
REFLECTIONS:
No, this is (unfortunately?) not a preaching session. In fact, neither is this directly related to this particular article. Read on!
As i read this article, i was just wondering- how many of us even know what 'Good Friday' is? The problem with so many of us in this technology-savvy era is that we become so obsessed with the (may i say) pleasures in life what we do not register things in our 'technologised' minds anymore. As long as we hear the word 'Holiday', our brains immediately jump to Shopping! Going Out! Catching up on homework! or whatnot.
What is even worse is Easter Sunday. After talking with some people, i have come to the conclusion that many of us are dreadfully misguided as to what Easter Sunday is actually about. Honestly, to those reading this, who thinks that Easter Sunday is about Bunnies and Eggs? Please do check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Sunday. Even if you do not actually believe it, you should at least have acquired basic knowledge about this. Afterall, we even have a holiday to commemorate this event!
For example, even though Thaipusam is not a public holiday, yet we all know that the festival (at least what i've heard of it) comprises of devotees praying and fasting, and for some, piercings of the body. How much more should we then know about why we celebrate Good Friday as a holiday every year?
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2 comments:
Interesting, Sandra.
Good idea for all of us to be well informed of all the other festivities we celebrate in Singapore, although I'm quite sure the Civics and Moral Ed lessons we were all supposed to be paying attention to in primary school were supposed to achieve that end.
My personal opinions (2 of them).
1. It seems to me that only Christian festivals have been torn from their original meaning. Chinese new year is still celebrated by Chinese in the same way, i believe, as when it started - with a few differences (what with the modern inventions of yusheng, and the ban on firecrackers here and what not) - and the same for all the other festivals i can think of, hari raya, deepavali...
How come we think of Easter bunnies and Santa Claus when we mention Easter Sunday, and Christmas? Perhaps its time for Christians to reclaim the festivals. Educate the public, or something like that.
2. I find it irritating that even up to last year, when i watched a "racial harmony" video as part of my army training, that they STILL divide Singapore's population into 4 distinct groups to educate us about traditions. Buddhist/Taoist Chinese, Muslim Malays, Hindu Indians and Catholic Eurasians.
I mean, when was the last time you've seen a Eurasian? They seem to be in even shorter supply than Caucasians here. Also, I believe there are at least more Chinese Christians here than Eurasians put all together.
Funny how a video purported to educate makes such sweeping statements about race, religion and Singapore.
2 Credits off.
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