We are almost at the time of Holy Week. Now, it is an excellent moment to reflect on what must happen in our life of faith, prayer and worship.
If someone is born into the Church they may go through life thinking that they were given a Christian label (i..e, identity badge) and that makes them a Christian person. Now there is a trap here. The label is often used to give the minimum of effort to living the Gospel of Jesus.
Now, this must happen in the life of every believer. It is not good enough to just believe in God. “I am a spiritual person and that is sufficient.”
The journey of faith (i.e., our life) must take shape like this for each person.
God became flesh, walked this earth and revealed what is in the heart of God. He suffered greatly at the hands of evil men who eventually sought to destroy him and erase his memory with the shameful death on the cross.
But God overpowered all evil in the resurrection. This is the outpouring and self-giving of the very life of God to us. The resurrection is not just a historical event that happened during the night, but it is the ever-present mystery that now must happen in the life of each believer. Jesus must be resurrected in us.
This is where Holy Week, 2026, can become such a gift to our life.
As best your can, listen and pray over the Scripture readings for the three days of Easter. Use your imagination, your memory to walk side by side with Jesus. Hear the tone of his voice, the pain and the frustration he experienced. Be with Jesus in the garden as he struggled and gradually accepted the horrible fate that probably awaited him next day.
Now, as Jesus gave his life in trust and fidelity to God the Father, you must also give your life to God the Father. But this is a prayer that seeks transformation.
This is the direction of our life of faith. What has happened in the life of Jesus must now happen in each one of us. Each believer is meant to become the living face and the hands of Jesus in our own space and time.
The mystery of Christ must take flesh in our life.
May your living of this Holy Week lead to a stronger transformation in Christ.
May you become the face of Jesus.
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