Hidalgo: The season for reflection

THE country's Christian community is once again doing the journey of Lent ending with the observation of the Holy Week. The Holy Week is an appropriate period to cool the conflicts of politics made more intensely with the incidence of heated election campaigns.

There must be a time for every citizen to pause and search one's soul. A time to free one's self of the forces of partisanship.

During this Holy Week up to the Glorious Easter Sunday, this is the time to learn and relearn from the journey of Christ. Relive once more the betrayal, suffering, and death of Jesus.

Christians across the country arrive at the moment of joy which burst forth in the Resurrection of Christ from the dead. The extraordinary event is at the heart of the Christian Faith. It is a celebration of the victory of love over hatred, of creation over destruction, hope over despair, and of life over death.

Easter, the most important and central celebration of the Christian year, carries a message which speaks to every human heart. It tells something which lies deep within us. Even those who are trapped in despair, the dream of having something to hope for, and the deep desire that things should and could be better than they are, never seems to die.

As we consider the conflicts and sufferings confronting Filipinos each day -- overwhelmed by the horrors of the sexual abuse of young people everywhere; the hatred and animosity in warring political parties; the struggles of the government to win a battle against crimes, corruption and illegal drugs -- it is refreshing to look at the qualities and attributes of the mind and heart which marked every moment of the life of Jesus.

We should all be open to transformation. The dream for peace and unity and harmony may yet be too elusive but when we all desire to leave our own interests and work together, then the events will be better than they are at this moment. Happy Easter to all my readers!

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