Holy Thursday in Covid-19 crisis
This year Holy Thursday is unique and special in that we celebrate this day the within the confines of our own homes, in compliance with the Movement Control Order (MCO) imposed to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. The church is broadcasting live via video streaming the mass so that we can we all follow the mass in our own homes. This goes to show that nothing can stop us from worshiping as God dwells in our hearts not in buildings.
The more important thing is the fact we are commemorating the Last Supper of Jesus with his apostles in the midst of a pandemic where thousands around the world are living in fear, and in loneliness confined to our homes due to the lockdown imposed by the government. Jesus too was lonely praying and fearful of his imminent arrest, torture and death we accompany him in his ordeal.
The main theme of Holy Thursday is humility, highlighted by Jesus himself washing the feet of his disciples. After the washing Jesus tells his disciples, “If I as your Master and Lord can wash your feet, you too should wash the feet of one another”. These may be simple words but has profound meaning.
Today with Covid-19, many in our midst who are helpless in the assault by the virus. There are many who have lost their jobs, staying overcrowded in their homes, lonely, without money to buy food for them and their children. There are the elderly and sick who are without access to regular medical treatment. There are parents whose children are working round the clock fighting the virus at the frontline, without adequate self-protection. Then there those infected and being treated in the hospitals. Like Jesus in the garden before his death, they are all lonely and living in fear of possible death.
Let us have the humility to appreciate the difficulties of those suffering in fear, loneliness and lack of daily essentials and go out of our way to offer some form of assistance o those less fortunate than us. We should see Jesus is those living in fear and loneliness and provide our company, prayers and support in whatever way we can in their ordeal. This is what Holy Thursday means to us in this time of crisis in the world and our country.
Have a blessed Holy Thursday
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