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Holy Thursday Evening

Holy Thursday evening prelude to Good Friday waiting in anticipation of Easter Sunday rising. Prayers, songs and hymns, resurrected in annual rituals of incense, washing of feet both profound and breathtaking Christians bow their heads and bend their knees and pound the heart in repentance of sin. Black grace surrounds my soul as others, genuflect accepting, acknowledging, welcoming desiring the presence of God. I kneel, beg and plead in constant supplication for that feeling and sensation, held back by that wanting longing need. My desperation frequents my mind and thoughts overwhelming me, my heart and soul from deep within. I want to believe more than living itself. I come here not because I do believe but because of the aching and yearning search; too long, I am deprived by this “black grace” that blesses me and makes me want to believe in the presence of God.

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Cynthia Buhain-Baello

Date: 3/27/2016 4:27:00 AM

A sad poem about the need & search for God, & how religion fails & frustrates that search. I'd like to clarify that we "Christians" "do not beat our breasts and pound the heart in repentance" we do not "genuflect" or use incense and wash feet on Holy Week. There is no need to "plead for forgiveness" because God is merciful and loving - He forgives the truly repentant person. "If we confess our sins He is faithful and just and will forgive us cleanse us of our unrighteousness." (1 John 1:9)

Dm Babbit
Date: 3/27/2016 12:10:00 PM

In 2016 it was announced that the Roman Missal had been revised to permit women to have their feet washed on Maundy Thursday; previously it permitted only males to do so. In 2016 Catholic priests around the world washed both women’s and men’s feet on Holy Thursday "their gesture of humility represented to many the progress of inclusion in the Catholic church. It never hurts to ask God for forgiveness, genuflecting adds to that respect in the Catholic church.