Welcome to Week Six of my Video Friday series (previous videos here). This week's topic is Good Friday. Let's start with an overview of Holy Week.Holy Week is huge in Mexico. It's one of the biggest vacation times of the year. Schools close down, employees get off, company executives and their families hit the beach...you get the idea.
Religiously speaking, Good Friday is the highlight of the week. Throughout the country, re-enactments of Good Friday go on all day long. Processions featuring Jesus dragging a cross and getting beaten fill the streets. The soldiers eventually tie him (or in rare places nail him) to the cross.
Many of these processions filled the streets of Torreon today. Mike and the vicar went out to watch one of them. Here are some clips of what they saw.
Here they are praying the rosary to Mary...
And near the end...
I'm sad to say that after this, not much happens. Sometimes a vigil is observed on Saturday, to remember Jesus in the grave. But Easter is practically overlooked. The fact that Jesus is no longer on the cross, but that he rose from the dead and rules eternally, is just not a big deal.
It is for this very reason that we are so compelled to stay in Mexico. On Sunday, our churches in the area will celebrate Jesus' resurrection. The people will sing loudly as they remember that Jesus is no longer dead, but alive! What wonderful, lasting news.
Next week I'll take a closer look at what Easter means for the Lutheran church here. Stay tuned!
In the meantime, we wish you all a blessed Easter filled with hope of eternal life with Christ.
2 comments:
Oh Wow. Makes you grateful for His sacrifice, doesn't it?
Yes, it certainly does. And so thankful for Easter when he rose, too!
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