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Shrove Tuesday attained its name from rite of shriving that we Christians used to undergo since then. In Shriving, each and every one of us confesses our sins to the priest and receives forgiveness from Christ through the priest we confess to. By this rite, our soul will be cleansed.
The Paschal Mystery of Jesus is approaching, therefore, like Christ who loves us, crucified for us , and admits our sins just to save us. This is also a lesson to us that we should forgive one another.
Lenten season is coming, during this time, we are expected to reflect and prepare before the celebration of Easter. The Church says we must observe 40 days of lent and perceive fasting. Why 40 days? According to the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, Jesus fasted “forty days and forty nights” in the Judean desert. Forty days was the period from the resurrection of Jesus to the ascension of Jesus in Acts 1:3.
In 2019 The Philippine Statistics Authority recorded 108,116,615, the population with 16.6 percent of poor people. These people are striving to get themselves something to eat or to survive each day while we are over eating and obsessing ourselves to meaty cuts and alcoholic products. Praying to receive miracle, this is a call for us also by donating especially those who need it most.
