Marcos to Catholics: Maintain Holy Week traditions despite pandemic

Senator Imee Marcos on Wednesday rallied the Filipino Catholic community to maintain the same level of religious dedication and hope despite the Covid-19 pandemic attempting to spoil the traditional observance of Holy Week for a second year.

“Not even this pandemic can take away our Filipino traditions of faith – Pasyong Mahal, procession and the Senakulo, Bisita Iglesia, Via Crucis, The Seven Last Words, and Easter Mass,” the chair of the Senate economic affairs panel said.

“We will simply worship at home, or online, or wherever we can be alone and quiet with the Lord,” Marcos said.

She issued the statement as the government decided to impose four types of lockdown throughout the country – enhanced or general community quarantine (ECQ or GCQ) or modified versions of these (MECQ, MGCQ) – based on a given area’s infection rate.

The Filipino faithful have been left asking if general restrictions on masses and other religious activities applied where quarantine levels were different, Marcos said.

“Religious services should be considered essential services too, but the need to reduce viral transmission has put our famished souls on a strict diet,” she said.

“In this time of great uncertainty, religious fervor cannot be suppressed. The pandemic has shown the helplessness of even the world’s most powerful governments, and we can only lift up our fears and our hopes to a higher power,” Marcos added.

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