10.4.23 John's Reflection on Holy Week

Enter goal for Passion Week 2023:
Make Holy Week count. Don’t be distracted.

We can achieve this goal by following these four points:

Reflection - reflecting our strengths and weaknesses to find areas of improvement.

Repentance - open conversation with God on our reservations to living a godly life.

Revival - rejuvenated sense of wonder in our walk with God.

Revelation- the clarity and focus required to make us diligent in our faith.


These brilliant points help us gain a taste of what our whole life could be. We should not rely on just Holy Week to be spiritually rejuvenated. Rather, we should use Holy Week to pray hard and ask God to reveal something in us personally. Such revelation will lead to our focus for the rest of our spiritual paths.
In addition, as St Cyril of Jerusalem quotes : “As Christ suffered for us leaving us an example…. So we too must suffer ….. that we would be like him”. This quote confirms that in our life, we will face suffering of all sorts. But we can trust that through God, we will overcome the sufferings. What is more, it is through sufferings we endure, that we become Christ-like. It's a win- win situation, if you ask me.
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Published on April 14, 2023 02:38 Tags: holy-week-orthodox-john-church
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