I don't really have the plan of doing the sacrificial walk. I just said that I'll be watching it passing us by to save my energy. There were 95 floats that joined the Good Friday procession as I have estimated. They're not in exact order, sorry. By the way, Baliuag, Bulacan is the original district who introduced this well-known long procession that showcases life-sized tableaux of Christ.
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We've got different religions in the World. I am in a Roman Catholic religion and I just really want to give an emphasis with the Catholic's culture of having tableau of Christ. In and out of the Church, we have them, up to the altar down from our very own backyard (groto) and that's the major thing that the other religions are questioning about. It was even said in the bible, that God does not want us to praise and honor statues. I've got an explanation about the concern. We don't really honor statues, they're just the reflection of the Son of God, and it's Jesus Christ whom we praise. We don't want to get misled of imagining what Christ's face is like so for a clearer vision, we rely on what the tableau pictures us. It's like looking at your girlfriend/boyfriend's picture in your wallet. You hold and kiss it but you don't honor and worship the picture itself. The purpose is to remind you how does he/she look like. That's it!
HAVE A BLESSED HOLY WEEK
Migs Lorenzana
Nakakalungkot na ang mga Katoliko pa ang siyang nahihiya sa ibang relihiyon tungkol sa kanilang pinaniniwalaan. At kailangan pa talaga ng disclaimer?
ReplyDeleteIt only shows that we dont know our faith that well that we cannot defend it from our own selves. At nakakalungkot ng mula pa sa isang LecCom (na tagapahayag ng Salita ng Diyos) manggagaling ang ganitong uri ng pananaw.
Ang kasagutan sa kabulukang ito: hanapin at palalimin ang iyong pananampalatayang Katoliko.
My two cent on REBULTO/IMAGES of Catholics:
(1) Kapag may mahal kang tao (halimbawa GF o kapamilya), diba tayo ay nagdadala ng kanyang larawan sa ating mga pitaka para sa tuwing tayo ay nalulungkot o nais natin sila makapiling, ay madali natin sila makikita o mahahawakan? Ganito ang mga rebulto. Ito ay mga pagpapaalala sa atin sa ating mahal sa buhay na si Hesus, Maria o mga santo. Sila ang nagbibigay lakas-loob sa atin sa oras ng pighati at kalungkutan. At nagpapaalala sa atin na mahal tayo ng Diyos.
(2) Kung siya nga na sabi NILA sumasamba tayo sa bato o kahoy, simpleng sagot lang dyan: kapag ba nasunog ang rebulto/imahe na iyan, nasunog ba ang DIYOS mo? Kung ang sagot OO, then you confirmed that you are worshiping your GOD in those images. But if your answer is NO, then it simply means these images are not your GOD but simply a remembrance of your GOD.
(3) Bakit pinupunasan ng iba o tila inilalagay sa TRONO ang mga imahe. Sagot: kung mahalaga sa iyo ang picture ng GF, diba ibibili mo ito ng maayos na frame or ilalagay mo ito sa isang maayos na album. Pupunasan kung may alikabok...bibigyan ng lubos na pagpapahalaga lalu na ang DIYOS na nag-alay ng buhay sa iyo.
In the end, as servers of Christ in the Catholic Church, it is our responsibility to know our FAITH first and encourage/influence others to do the same. Yes, it is only proper to respect other's beliefs, but to put our own faith down is another question. If we don't know our Catholic faith that well, then it is only apt na hanapin at palalimin natin ito!
Very certain :) I know these explanations, but I've decided not to post it in here. Sorry for being the own disclaimer of my own religion. As I've said, we don't really honor those statues, but as a resemblance of our Lord Jesus Christ.
DeleteAnd in addition to your cent. There was a certain place around Europe or Africa where people honor and worship cows and animals because they were perceived and deviated that God might be looked like those animals. So the catholic people started to form these Godly-images. It is to remind the people that God is not an animal, and they did not create those to worship but to put in resemblance :)
But thanks for sharing your thoughts, what you've said were all true and knowledgeable