UN-HOLY WEEK

This Holy week, we recall the suffering and death of Jesus Christ.

- NESTOR CUARTERO

For many, the idea of cuaresma has been reduced to long hours of vacation spent on the beach.

To those who can afford it, it’s the time to fly to some foreign destination.

Are these practices wrong? I myself used to feel guilty when I couldn't visit seven churches on Maundy Thursday or walk the Stations of the Cross on Holy Wednesday.

Or, heaven forbid, when I touch morsels of adobo on those sacred days.

Or, when I miss the annual, long and winding procession in my hometown on Good Friday.