HOLY WEEK REFLECTION
(Holy Week Schedule below)
Palm Sunday – Don’t Stop Halfway
We are entering Holy Week.
The holiest time of the entire year.
And sadly — also the most neglected.
Today the Church places palms in our hands and we sing “Hosanna.”
But in a few moments, that same crowd will cry out: “Crucify Him!”
And the question is very simple:
where am I in that crowd?
Am I there only for “Hosanna,” for tradition, for beautiful gestures… or will I follow Christ even when the road leads to the Cross?
Because the truth is demanding:
it is possible to be in the Church, and still not be with Christ at the most important moment.
It is very easy to stop at Palm Sunday. To come, bless a palm, maybe take a picture… and return only for Easter. But that means one thing:
missing what matters most.
Because Christianity does not begin with the empty tomb. It passes through the Upper Room and Calvary.
So this year we want to say it clearly and strongly:
you cannot “skip” Holy Week.
Holy Thursday is not just “another Mass.”
It is the moment when Christ kneels before His disciples and gives us the Eucharist.
If you are not there, something essential in your faith remains unexperienced.
Good Friday is not a “sad tradition.”
It is the day on which the fate of the world is decided.
The Cross is not a symbol. It is the price of our salvation.
You cannot be a disciple of Christ and stand far away from His Cross.
The Easter Vigil is not “one Mass among many.”
It is the most important liturgy of the entire year.
If you do not live it, you will not understand Easter.
So I ask you—not as an organizer, but as your pastor:
come for the whole Triduum.
Not selectively. Not “if there is time.”
Make room for God.
Rearrange your schedule.
Give something up.
This year we have prepared full bilingual worship booklets so that everyone—regardless of language—can participate fully and consciously.
Bilingualism is no longer an excuse.
What remains is a decision of the heart.
Do not stand on the sidelines.
Do not run away from the Cross.
Do not come back to God only for the holidays.
Let us truly enter these holy days together.
Because Holy Week is not about “watching something.”
It is about allowing God to change your life.
Only then will Easter truly become ours.
