{"id":32956,"date":"2011-04-19T06:50:10","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T10:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/?p=32956"},"modified":"2011-04-19T06:50:10","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T10:50:10","slug":"concerning-holy-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/concerning-holy-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerning Holy Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Holy Week is upon us. It is a time when we fast with joy, submitting ourselves to spiritual struggles in preparation for the sorrowful Passion and joyful Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

What is demanded of all Christians at this time is fasting, abstinence, restriction of personal desires and pleasures, intense prayer, confession, and similar ascetic elements.<\/p>\n

Holy Week is a sacred time of divine grace, which seeks to detach us from things material, lowly and corrupt in order to attract us toward things superior, wholesome and spiritual. It is a unique opportunity to remove from the soul every inordinate passion so as to make room for the immense rejoicing and gladness of Easter.<\/p>\n

Limiting ourselves to what is absolutely essential and necessary in an attitude of dignified, deliberate simplicity is a formula for patience and tolerance; it is an opportunity to acknowledge and emphasize our need for God\u2019s assistance and mercy, placing our complete trust in His affectionate providence; it is a prescription for salvation.<\/p>\n

Let us be up and on our way.<\/p>\n

The views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of the management and staff of Dominica News Online and its parent companies.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Holy Week is upon us. It is a time when we fast with joy, submitting ourselves to spiritual struggles in preparation for the sorrowful Passion and joyful Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ. 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