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ASH WEDNESDAY – THE BEGINNING OF THE LENTEN SEASON

Posted February 17, 2010
    

         February 17, 2010, is Ash Wednesday, the start of the Lenten Season. As a Catholic school, the (EPC) Educative Pastoral Community of our school gathered together for a meaningful Eucharistic celebration in observance of this important day.

         The main celebrant of this Holy Mass was Fr. Dindo Vitug, SDB, the Spiritual Moderator of the High School Department. Co- celebrants were the other Salesian priests of our school.

         Before the celebration, Fr. Renato de Guzman, SDB, gave a short commentary of what Ash Wednesday is all about. He said this day is an important day for Christians as it reminds us of our beginning to a walk of excellence with Jesus, our Light.

         The whole celebration was very simple with the altar void of decorations and pompousness.

         Fr. Dindo’s homily was thought provoking as he talked about the kind of life we have today, being influenced by modern technology. He mentioned about words like unfriend, intexicated and sexting which may influence our life style these days and other words Christians use like bishop, parish, chapel, monk, disciple, sin and devil being replaced in a dictionary with words like blog, chat room, MP3s and cut and paste. Surprising or perhaps even shocking is what he mentioned about European nations allowing crucifixes to be removed in classrooms because hanging them there violates children’s rights. And, how much time, he asked, do we spend surfing the internet?  And so, Fr. Dindo is posing to us a question - Is technology controlling our life that it shapes our mentality, value system and challenging our Christian beliefs?

         Fr. Dindo further elaborated on the importance of Lent – the beginning of life. It is a preparation for Easter. Before spring, which is Easter, we must die first. Before life, he said, there is death. And to attain a meaningful Christian life, we should pray, fast, and give alms to the poor and needy. We should GIVE in order to GAIN eternal life. We should focus on what is forever and eternal, not on temporary matters.