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Roman Catholic Filipinos should mark Palm Sunday, with piety and contemplation on the Passion of Jesus Christ and not with superstitious beliefs, an official of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said Saturday. amazon coach handbags Msgr. Pedro Quitorio III, CBCP media office director, said Palm Sunday, which coincides with the observance of April Fools Day, should not be marked with pranks and jokes. We should not deviate [from the message of Palm Sunday] and not focus on superstitious and pagan practices, Quitorio said. April Fools Day is said to have its origins in the ancient Roman festival of Hilaria and in the Festival of Fools in the Middle Ages, where people played pranks on others and indulged in foolishness. Pranksters are also active on Holy Innocents Day in December. For Quitorio, the belief that the palm fronds (palaspas) blessed on Palm Sunday can ward off evil spirits and lightning strikes are examples of Fools Day foolishness that should be discarded. A person becomes a fool if his being a Christian is reduced to becoming superstitious, Quitorio said. Our concentration should be on [the Palm Sunday] Mass, on the gospel about the Passion of Christ. We should not veer away from it. Quitorio said the palaspas has only one symbolic meaning: To welcome Christ as He enters Jerusalem and into the will of God. all gucci bags The Church, Quitorio said, is partly to blame for the persistent superstitious beliefs about the palaspas. Maybe [the people] think that way because of the Churchs failure to catechize [them], Quitorio said. So I think there is really a need for parish priests to teach the people to understand its real meaning. Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma, CBCP president, called on Catholics on Saturday to commemorate the important mysteries of our faith with the start of the Holy Week. Let us have time to participate, especially in the many important and significant activities of the Church like Palm Sunday, the Paschal Triduum, Chrism Mass, Last Supper Mass, the Seven Last Words and Easter, Palma said in an interview over church-run Radio Veritas.

If others are thinking about going on vacationand its true that we need to have rest from work I [hope] they can still participate in the celebrations of the Church [this Holy Week], Palma said. We should pray to have renewal in our country. Let us pray that we can improve. Too much partying Marinduque Bishop Rey Evangelista called on the youth not to forget the meaning of Holy Week as he discouraged them from too much partying. Our Holy Week gatherings should not be for fun but for prayer and contemplation, Evangelista said. Also on Saturday, Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo, chairman of the CBCPs National Secretariat for Social Action, called on the faithful to donate to Alay Kapwa Sunday, which also coincides with Palm Sunday. The Alay Kapwa (offering to ones neighbor) Sunday is the culmination of the Lenten evangelization program of the Church that aims to raise social consciousness about the plight of the poor. This years proceeds will be used as emergency fund for the poor who have been affected by natural and man-made calamities. They may donate their time or talent. There are a lot of people in need of help. That has been the call of Alay Kapwa, for [the faithful] to share their time, talent and treasure, Pabillo also said. No to crucifixions Palma reiterated the Churchs opposition to crucifixions on Good Friday, which some Catholic devotees, particularly in Pampanga province, continue to practice. While we are trying to discourage these practices, we could also not judge the intention of some devotees, Palma said. They have different vows, which, if they cannot fulfill them, [make them] feel very guilty. But the challenge really is, you do not have to [be], if your participation [in Holy Week rites] is really solemn and wholehearted. Palma added: Its not so much the external manifestation of and identification with the Christ. Its internalthe change of heart, the change of life. This, I wish, is the beautiful thing that we should do, not on the physical but more in the spirit. We do not judge and condemn, but we discourage it. Archbishop Paciano Aniceto of Pampanga and retired Novaliches Bishop Teodoro Bacani have similar observations. Aniceto said the body is a gift from God and should be taken care of, not tortured by crucifixion. He observed that the Good Friday crucifixions had become commercialized and turned into tourist attractions.

The self-flagellations and crucifixions must be stopped, Bacani said. Caring for each other, doing good deeds is the best restitution [for sins], Bacani said. Hard-boiled virgin boy eggs for breakfast? Tags: how to boil eggs, saks fifth avenue, alicia silverstone, how late can i buy a mega millions ticket, winning powerball numbers Its springtime and a yearly tradition has begun in the eastern Chinese city of Dongyang, virgin boy eggs. The pungent aroma of these local delicacies permeate the air as local merchants began the long process of cooking them, in urine. Not just any urine will do, it must be the urine of virgin boys. At the end of the school day buckets of urine are collected from the primary school toilets. It is the primary ingredient for marinating and cooking the virgin boy eggs. The eggs have been a tradition for centuries and are said to promote health, decrease body heat, and promote better blood circulation. If you eat this, you will not get heat stroke. These eggs cooked in urine are fragrant, said Ge Yaohua, 51, who owns one of the more popular virgin boy eggs stalls. Its takes almost a full day to properly cook the urine soaked eggs. They are started by soaking for several hours in the collected urine and then they are boiled until hard. The shells of the hard-boiled eggs are then cracked and the eggs continue to simmer for hours. Vendors must continually pour urine into the pot and carefully control the fire to keep the eggs from overcooking.

Ge, a local street merchant has been making this popular snack for more than 20 years and sells each egg for approximately $0.24, more than twice what a regular eggs sells for. By eating these eggs, we will not have any pain in our waists, legs and joints. Also, you will have more energy when you work, said Li Yangzhen, 59, who bought 20 eggs from Ge. Local residents will also collected the urine of young boys from nearby schools and cook the delicacies at home. Not all residents are a fan of this salty treat, some Chinese medical experts give warnigns about the sanitary issues involving the use of urine to cook eggs. We have this tradition in Dongyang that these eggs are good for our health and that it would help prevent things like getting a cold, said Wang Junxing, 38. I dont believe in all this, so I do not eat them.

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