Friday, April 3, 2015

It’s Good Friday




If you are a Catholic, you would know that today is a very important day.


I was born and raised as a Catholic and back in my country everything stops during this time and normal business resumes in Easter. When I say everything I mean everything. All shops are closed, no work, no shows on television except when you have cable and international channels, and people don’t eat meat.

On the contrary here in Holland, it’s just like any other day. We all go to work like any other working day. This to me in the beginning, circa 11 years ago was a bit of a culture shock and it took me a while to get used to things.  Today, I am going to work as well but my thoughts will be with my family back home.

I apologize if this post is a bit different from the light and fun posts you are used from me. Normal programming will resume after the Holy Week.

How about you, if you observe the Holy Week, what traditions do you normally do with your family? If you are not Catholic, do you have something of some sort? How do you observe it?

I would love to hear from you and what you all do during this Lenten Season.

Lots of love,

Jo xoxo

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18 comments:

  1. I am not Catholic, so for me it is a day off work to enjoy with my family.

    LindaLibraLoca: Beauty, Baby and Backpacking

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  2. Hey, what's up, you alright..?
    Great post hun, thanks for sharing.

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  3. Its same here in the UK. People are working, but its a holiday on Monday. I'm just relaxing and having some time with my lil man. :)

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  4. I'm Protestant but we celebrate Good Friday just like the Catholics, as both are Christian beliefs, of course. As I, personally, am not quite a religious person, this day doesn't really have a deeper meaning to me. In Germany, it is a holiday in the whole country, though - I didn't actually know that it's not like that in Holland!
    In my family, only Easter is properly celebrated and we still continue the tradition of the Easter Egg Hunt since I was little ^_^

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  5. Easter is not largely celebrated in Malaysia so this weekend is my first time celebrating it. I'm not even sure if my husband's family celebrates it so it'll be nice to see. xx

    Shireen | Reflection of Sanity

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  7. Dear Jo,
    I was also born and raised as a Catholic and I remember still these days in the Holy Week how they were in my childhood very well. During the Good Friday I was many time in the church and also on Saturday and Easter Sunday and Monday. Here in Bavaria Good Friday is still a public holiday and everything is really calm on this day. Today the altar boys rang on our door with some wooden noisemakers (the Bavarian name is "Ratsche") which are used instead the of the church bells which are silent until the Easter night. Therefore I understand that you were confused when you experienced this time the first time in Holland ... Wish you nevertheless Happy Easter, dear Jo!
    xx from Germany/Bavaria, Rena
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  8. Too cute!
    Happy Friday and have a lovely Easter!
    xoxo, Vanessa
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  9. I grew up in a Cristian family and I think it's overall a beautiful tradition to spend time with family, however I do remember the "true meaning" of Good Friday/Easter, whether you believe in it or not! Great post :)

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  10. Wishing you a Happy Easter, Jo!

    Sarah x
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  11. Happy good Friday and Easter Weekend!
    Melanie @ meandmr.com

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  12. Here in India it's not a national holiday but it is observed in pockets. Good Friday was always a holiday for me in school because I was in a convent. I actually did have work off this time because we have a lot of Christians who work here and observe it as a holiday.
    Hope you're having a great weekend! :)

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  13. Have a nice Easter weekend. New outfit is online...

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  14. I am a Catholic living in Denmark , here everything are closed and people normally use the holidays as an excuse for eating and drinking. So mixing these Danish traditions with the Catholics, are quite hard :) We don't eat meat in my family but at Danish easter traditions you eat fish so we can still combine it that way :)

    Cylia - http://noshandchat.blogspot.dk

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  15. In the UK we have an extended weekend which is a bonus. My parents are really into Easter and the likes but I'm just into it for the fun!

    Sarah

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