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Holy Thursday – The Lord’s Supper
EVERY year Jews and Christians observe two different feasts that are connected in history. For the Jewish people, the ritual of the Passover supper recalls their liberation from slavery in Egypt and affirms their identity as children of Abraham and partners in the Sinai covenant. For Christians, the Lord’s Supper, begun in the context of the Passover, is a sacrament of how Jesus offered his suffering and death for the forgiveness of sins. Today, Filipino believers come into contact with the ancient mystery of the church’s life as they celebrate the Lord’s Supper.
Difference of opinion
IT’S difference of opinion that makes for politics and horse races. And, for that matter, the law.
Taking war crimes seriously
THE Serbian leader, Slobodan Milosevic, died before his trial for war crimes was concluded, but he surely would have been convicted and sentenced if he had survived. Saddam Hussien’s trial in Baghdad is still in progress, but with little chance of anything less than a guilty verdict. And now Liberia’s blood-thirsty and brutal former president Charles Taylor has been hauled before the international war crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone. As Reed Brody, the special council for Human Rights Watch, noted, "until recently if you killed one person, you went to jail. If you slaughtered thousands, you usually got away with it."
March to Crucifixion
(Editor’s note: The slow march to the cross meant dying a thousand times as noted by the author.)
EU universities struggle to attract Asian students?
BRUSSELS — As the European Union’s top official in charge of education and culture, Jan Figel has few illusions about the many challenges facing Europe’s universities.
Maundy Thursday — Christ’s great commands
HOLY Thursday, sometimes called Maundy Thursday, commemorates the "commands" (mandata) which Jesus gave us.
The washing of the disciples’ feet
BEFORE the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that His hour had come to pass from this world to the Father.
Strategic Objective: Good governance
THE realization is fast sinking that our affairs as a community are too important to be left to only a few people, let alone to only our public officials. Without the active involvement and meaningful participation of the people, i.e. of ordinary citizens, in shaping our destiny as one nation under God, as one national community, of which we can be truly proud, we would never enjoy the blessings of good governance.
Plaridel’s COMELEC
WHILE dodging the Cha-cha bullet train, I am shaking the dust off Marcelo H. del Pilar’s "Escritos," a copy of which I found in one of my mother’s closets. Believe it or not, diving into historical waters is an engaging sport. There is an incredible wealth of information in the articles he wrote for "La Solidaridad, quincenario democratico" (La Solidaridad, democratic bi-weekly) which have suddenly become relevant to the political turbulence we are weathering at this very moment. Take note of "Regimen Electoral para Filipinas" written on 31 May, 1890.
His cross was cut from a heavy tree
THIS Holy Thursday as most of us and the Christian world spend the day reflecting on the night that Jesus was betrayed, we think of Him having supper with His friends with bread and wine proclaiming, "Here is My body, and here is My blood: It will make you free," He paused, then said, "And when you do this, remember Me."
A fine example
TONY Pastor, despite his family name, is not one. Not a pastor in the religious sense of the word but a shepherd to the less fortunate and those in need of a lift from depression or worry, he has been called "patron saint" of his community.
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