Austerity and simplicity characterized this year’s
thematic celebration of the Lent. This is a clear break from the dramatic and
pageant-like interpretation of the passion, death and resurrection of Christ of the past.
According to Fr. Noel, when we have the ashes imposed
on us, we commit ourselves to follow Christ through his suffering, death and
eventual resurrection. When we have our palms blessed and enter the church on
Palm Sunday, we make a solemn commitment that we shall be with Christ every
step of the way. That is the reason why the new emphasis is on participation
where we sacrifice with him through the heat of summer as we recall his great
love for us.
In closing, he said that the Lenten celebrations must
be rooted in the truthful adherence to the liturgical teachings sans drama and
pageantry.
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