Wednesday, February 6, 2008

LENT, CUARESMA & MAHAL NA ARAW


Today, 06 February 2008 marks the start of the Lenten Season this year, let me share with you, my very dear readers the meaning of this season in my own humble way.

LENT (a past tense of lend), as I know is used in the west to remind us that our lives were all lent to us by GOD, anytime He can retrieve this from us, thus we are being reminded to use this life for His greater glory.

CUARESMA is from the word cuarenta which means forty, forty weekdays before Easter in preparation for Christ’s passion, death and resurrection.

MAHAL NA ARAW ang tawag natin sa apatnapung araw na paghahanda sa pangako ng Diyos na Kaligtasan para sa ating lahat. Mga araw na dapat pag-ibayuhin natin ang pagmamahal sa ating kapwa. Mga araw ng paghahanda upang tunay nating madama ang tunay na pagmamahal ng Diyos sa atin, sa kabila ng napakarami nating kasalanan na sa umpisa pa lang ay naglalayo sa atin pag-ibig ng Diyos

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