... *envy* *gets dragged to Mass every Sunday* ._.
The Lenten Season is a bad time to be Catholic and Filipino, because the practices get pretty crazy... I mean, down in the provinces, people still practice very medieval means of penance and celebration (read: self-crucifixion). What's cool, though, is that Holy Week is basically Vacation Week for working folk.
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Date: 2008-03-12 07:09 am (UTC)The Lenten Season is a bad time to be Catholic and Filipino, because the practices get pretty crazy... I mean, down in the provinces, people still practice very medieval means of penance and celebration (read: self-crucifixion). What's cool, though, is that Holy Week is basically Vacation Week for working folk.