{"id":42311,"date":"2021-04-04T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/?p=42311"},"modified":"2025-04-01T19:03:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T11:03:55","slug":"on-this-journey-of-the-unknown-an-easter-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/2021\/04\/04\/on-this-journey-of-the-unknown-an-easter-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"On this Journey of the Unknown: An Easter Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Main Section News&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/6D1CAF09-B721-4DC0-BE4B-65D66F7A7C4A.jpeg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Easter Sunday&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Via Crucis&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.3&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Image Caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Arial||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;12&#8243; text_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||30px|&#8221;][\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Main News Article \/ Blog \/ Content&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.3&#8243;]<p class=\"s3\"><span class=\"s5\">For the second time<\/span><span class=\"s5\">, w<\/span><span class=\"s5\">e celebrated the Holy Week in our<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> very<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> own h<\/span><span class=\"s5\">omes<\/span><span class=\"s5\">, <\/span><span class=\"s5\">exactly <\/span><span class=\"s5\">the same as last year when churches, schools, recreation centers and malls were closed and only <\/span><span class=\"s5\">few <\/span><span class=\"s5\">essential establishments remained open<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> <\/span><span class=\"s5\">in order<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> to contain the spread of <\/span><span class=\"s5\">this deadly <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Covid-19<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> virus<\/span><span class=\"s5\">.<\/span><span class=\"s5\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\"><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s5\">Sadly, this pandemic has stricken us fiercely this time. Just this Good Friday, we have hit the highest one-day tally with 15,310 cases. <\/span><span class=\"s5\">O<\/span><span class=\"s5\">ur fears and anxieties seem to have resurrected like the previous year<\/span><span class=\"s5\">.<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> <\/span><span class=\"s5\">W<\/span><span class=\"s5\">ith hesitation<\/span><span class=\"s5\">, I whispered to God<\/span><span class=\"s5\">, <\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u201cWhere do we go from here<\/span><span class=\"s5\">,<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> Lord?<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> \u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s5\">How are we going to get out of this uncertainty?<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> <\/span><span class=\"s5\">It has been so long. <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Are we going to <\/span><span class=\"s5\">walk <\/span><span class=\"s5\">also <\/span><span class=\"s5\">in <\/span><span class=\"s5\">the midst of darkness wandering <\/span><span class=\"s5\">for 40 years<\/span><span class=\"s5\">?<\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u201d<\/span><span class=\"s5\"><\/span><span class=\"s5\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\"><span class=\"s5\">But <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Isaiah 40:28 says, <\/span><span class=\"s6\">\u201c<i>Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s5\"><i>.<\/i>\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\"><span class=\"s5\">T<\/span><span class=\"s5\">his day, <\/span><span class=\"s6\">Easter Sunday<\/span><span class=\"s5\">,<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> the greatest miracle of all is the consolation for all our fears. <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Scary as it may seem, k<\/span><span class=\"s5\">nowing that Christ<\/span><span class=\"s5\">,<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> our Lord<\/span><span class=\"s5\">,<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> has risen, our hope and dream of a life resurrected <\/span><span class=\"s5\">from<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> this nightmare of <\/span><span class=\"s5\">battling the unseen enemy, give<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> us hope, courage, faith, and <\/span><span class=\"s5\">assurance that this uncertainty<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> shall also pass<\/span><span class=\"s5\">. <\/span><span class=\"s5\">That i<\/span><span class=\"s5\">n all<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> difficulties, <\/span><span class=\"s5\">we <\/span><span class=\"s5\">j<\/span><span class=\"s5\">ust <\/span><span class=\"s5\">have to <\/span><span class=\"s5\">l<\/span><span class=\"s5\">earn<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> the lessons\u2026 <\/span><span class=\"s5\">be molded by<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> <\/span><span class=\"s5\">the experiences<\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u2026 and <\/span><span class=\"s5\">keep them <\/span><span class=\"s5\">in <\/span><span class=\"s5\">our hearts<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> as God\u2019s refining moments<\/span><span class=\"s5\">,<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> <\/span><span class=\"s5\">for<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> <\/span><span class=\"s5\">in the end, we will<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> triumphantly<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> rise like<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> the <\/span><span class=\"s6\">Risen Lord<\/span><span class=\"s5\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\"><span class=\"s5\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\"><span class=\"s5\"><\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=&#8221;3.20.1&#8243;]<p>\n<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_post_nav prev_text=&#8221;PREVIOUS ARTICLE&#8221; 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