Up, Down and All Around

Break!

Holy Week has never been a time of reflection for me.

Isn't that strange? It's one of the most sacred traditions of the Christian religion, but it's never really held any kind of special signficance. It's a break, a holiday, a vacation more than anything else.

Every year, I am invited to join a retreat or a reflection, but I'm never interested. I guess I still think of religion as a personal experience, an intimate walk. Plus I don't like it when I'm forced by social/peer pressure to behave a certain way, or to say the expected things. Too many of these holy week activities are group activities. Too many of them are brain-washing/feel-good sessions that play on your emotions rather than bolster your faith.

Of course, I'm being too cynical, and I really have no right to pass judgment on those activities since I've never been to one. I only have hearsay as my basis.

Bottomline, I still have too many questions about my own faith. I work on it, I keep getting on the horse each time I fall off, but at the end of the day, I'm still not ready for primetime.

Maybe next year.

Tags: Religion

Posted by CF at 9:30 PM