Holy Week begins in a matter of hours, and I've done it again this year. I've wasted most of Great Lent and have not prepared myself as I ought. I finish every Great Lent (though this is only my second as a chrismated Orthodox person) feeling like a failure.
Holy Week is one of the only times I feel the great heaviness of my own sin and failures. Tonight is confession for me, and I sorely need it.
My brothers and sisters in Christ, this week we will all gather at the cross together and see our Lord crucified. We will mourn for Him at His funeral, and we will stand vigil at His tomb. Thankfully it does not end here, we will also rejoice in His resurrection together, but right now, in these final hours of preparation, I am lamenting the vast misuse of my time, my neglect of prayer, my lack of love for Christ (which is the root of all laziness and disobedience).
Since sinning against God is also sinning against His Church, I ask your forgiveness. I wanted to get this off my chest before confession this evening.
Holy Week is one of the only times I feel the great heaviness of my own sin and failures. Tonight is confession for me, and I sorely need it.
My brothers and sisters in Christ, this week we will all gather at the cross together and see our Lord crucified. We will mourn for Him at His funeral, and we will stand vigil at His tomb. Thankfully it does not end here, we will also rejoice in His resurrection together, but right now, in these final hours of preparation, I am lamenting the vast misuse of my time, my neglect of prayer, my lack of love for Christ (which is the root of all laziness and disobedience).
Since sinning against God is also sinning against His Church, I ask your forgiveness. I wanted to get this off my chest before confession this evening.