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Article: Why only one 'Holy' Week?(Word Alive)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- March 16, 2008
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Byline: Fr. Bel R. San Luis, SVD
A FRIEND of mine, Atty. Braulio Tansinsin, shares his insight on "Semana Santa." He writes: "Almost three decades ago during Holy Week, we came across a procession in Libertad Street, Pasay City where drug addicts, snatchers, thieves and robbers, and petty criminals joined.
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"We joked that the priests and bishops are at fault because out of the 52 weeks in a year, only one is a Holy Week and the other weeks are not called holy.
"Maybe it is now timely to change Holy Week to 'Holiest Week' or 'Santisima Semana' so that many Christians and the criminal will not be misled in believing that even ...