HOLY WEEK..

Holy Week (Latin: Hebdomada Sancta or Maior Hebdomada, “Greater Week” or Greek: Μεγάλη Εβδομάδα) in Christianity is the last week of Lent and the week before Easter. It includes the religious holidays of Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) and Good Friday, and lasts from Palm Sunday (or in the Eastern, Lazarus Saturday) until but not including Easter Sunday, as Easter Sunday is the first day of the new season of The Great Fifty Days. It commemorates the last week of the earthly life of Jesus Christ culminating in his crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday.

Holy Week in the Christian year is the week immediately before Easter. The earliest allusion to the custom of marking this week as a whole with special observances is to be found in the Apostolical Constitutions (v. 18, 19), dating from the latter half of the 3rd century and 4th century. In this text, abstinence from flesh is commanded for all the days, while for the Friday and Saturday an absolute fast is commanded. Dionysius Alexandrinus in his canonical epistle (AD 260), refers to the six fasting days implying that the observance of them had already become an established usage in his time.

I was in the office on Maunday Thursday and Good Friday (04/09-10/09).  I have to be in the office for work but the next 2 days was my RD.  Unfortunately, I was not able to go to church and I can’t think of any reason why.  However, I’m proud to say that I was able to keep my promise not to use my Cellphone for a week as my penitence.  You, what was your penitence?