Being in a Catholic country, Holy Week is a pretty big deal. Palm Sunday was fun, but then of course I
would say that-it's mass. On Tuesday,
peopel from church came into the school to talk about the meaning of Holy
Week. Wednesday was a half-day and Thursday
and Friday were off. On Thursday, I was
going to do a pilgrimage-ish walk to El Angel with some of the teachers, but it
was pouring rain and it scared me off. So I went to mass instead. It was
alright, but it made me miss Holy Week at home.
Friday, I went to Potrerillos Arriba with Yova (my host mom) to see a
passion re-enactment. We had Eucharist
and then sat around a little while waiting for it to start. Finally, it did, and let me tell you: it was
the most detailed rendering of the passion I think I have ever seen! We stayed for 2.5 hours and Jesus had just
been convicted; there was easily an hour left.
We walked most of the way back (an hour or so). It was a good chance for me to get to know my
host mom better. Easter Vigil was good,
but there were no Sacraments of Initiation, which was kind of
disappointing. Easter Sunday mass was in
Rovira 5-10 minutes up the road (side note-there's another volunteer from the
environmental project living there!), and that was really fun! They had a guitar and it was really full and
joyful; just like Easter should be :)
The end.
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