02/04/2026
๐๐ช๐พ๐ท๐ญ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐พ๐ป๐ผ๐ญ๐ช๐: ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐๐ธ ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ช๐ผ๐ฑ? ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ธ ๐๐ธ ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐๐ท๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ซ๐ต๐ฎ?
โNow that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one anotherโs feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.โ (John 13:14-15)
โAnd he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, โThis is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me. In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, โThis cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you โ (Luke 22:19-20)
Maundy Thursday is a significant event in the Christian calendar as it commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with His Apostles, and a day where he demonstrated His love and service through the symbolic act of washing the feet. Many Christians choose to commemorate this through tradition - Visita Iglesia, pabasa, and most especially the washing of feet.
However, it is indeed getting more difficult to follow our traditions in the midst of crises such as the ongoing oil crisis amid the backdrop of war that worsens even further the living conditions of the common Filipino. With sky-rocketing crude oil prices, generation of sufficient energy and the movement of goods are affected. This is further aggravated by corruption and the culture of impunity that has since prevailed, allowing those in power to walk away from accountability. With corruption, basic services are degraded, and the people are forced to wait for another round of ayuda that are obviously not enough to get by even for a week. This ayuda, a band-aid solution to every crisis, creates an illusion that the government is doing something relevant.
Meanwhile, some people choose to be detached from the situation to shield themselves from the suffering by displaying how โbountifulโ their โblessingsโ are in their own supper table. Wealth, sufficiency, and plenty are being displayed right in front of our eyes, as if we arenโt all entitled to these - and these are credited to the โLordโs workโ.
All of these begs the question: who is truly invited to the Lordโs table? Is it the rich who managed to fuel their vehicles and stockpiled on their goods in time for the ongoing energy crisis? Is it those who managed to provide more than enough for themselves? Or, are the common people - drivers, laborers, workers, students, and everyone else in between - also invited to the table?
Amid the current hardships, we are encouraged to invite others to our table of plenty, just as Jesus would invite all of us to the table. Even as Filipinos are encouraged to invoke the spirit of bayanihan in these challenging times, we are still invited to a greater invocation of a much more meaningful collective action towards uplifting lives. Through supporting community drives, advocating for pro-people policies such as lifting the excise tax on fuel products and speaking for the people most afflicted by the energy crisis such as transport workers and laborers, we make sure that everyone gets a share of their fill in the table filled with bountiful blessings.
Let us also be enlightened and empowered by Jesusโ symbolic act of washing His disciplesโ feet: an act of selfless servitude and leadership. Where leaders intentionally neglect their sworn duties to serve, is where we, the people, rise against all odds. We, as Godโs people, especially the youth, have the power to speak out against injustices, just as how Christ spoke out against the Pharisees. We can lead the community in our own ways during this crisis, as young as we are.
Bilang Kristiyanong kabataan, tayo ay tinatawag ng ating pananampalataya na hamunin ang sistemang nagpapahirap sa mamamayan. Tayo ay may obligasyong manawagan sa gobyerno para hustisya, buhay, at karapatan.
๐ฃ๐พ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ท๐พ๐ป๐ธ ๐ท๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ผ๐พ๐ผ, ๐ต๐พ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช ๐ฝ๐ช๐๐ธ ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ช๐ผ ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ช๐ผ ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐๐ช๐ด ๐ท๐ช ๐ฑ๐ช๐น๐ช๐ฐ ๐น๐ช๐ป๐ช ๐ผ๐ช ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ช ๐น๐ฒ๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ผ๐ช๐ผ๐ช๐ถ๐ช๐ท๐ฝ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ทโ๐ช๐ท๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ช ๐ถ๐ช๐ฐ๐ผ๐ช๐ผ๐ช๐ด๐ช, ๐ถ๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ญ๐ช, ๐ถ๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฐ๐ช๐๐ช, ๐ซ๐ช๐ฝ๐ช ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ด๐ช๐ซ๐ช๐ซ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ช๐ท, ๐ฒ๐ท๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ท๐ธ๐พ๐ผ ๐น๐ฎ๐ธ๐น๐ต๐ฎ๐ผ, ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐+. ๐๐ช๐๐ช ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ท๐พ๐ป๐ธ ๐ท๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ผ๐พ๐ผ ๐ผ๐ช ๐น๐ช๐ฐ๐ฑ๐พ๐ฑ๐พ๐ฐ๐ช๐ผ ๐ท๐ฒ๐๐ช ๐ท๐ฐ ๐น๐ช๐ช ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐๐ช๐ท๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ช ๐ช๐น๐ธ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ต๐ฎ๐ผ, ๐ฝ๐ช๐๐ธ ๐ช๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ท๐ช๐๐ช๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ผ๐ช ๐ถ๐ช๐ฝ๐ช๐ช๐ผ ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ท๐ช๐น๐ช๐น๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฑ๐ธ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐พ๐ท๐ฐ๐ด๐พ๐ต๐ฒ๐ท ๐ท๐ช ๐ถ๐ช๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ต๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐น๐ช๐ฐ๐ฝ๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต ๐ช๐ท๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ช ๐ช๐น๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฝ ๐น๐ฒ๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ผ๐ช๐ผ๐ช๐ถ๐ช๐ท๐ฝ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ท.
Sa gitna ng lumalang krisis at nananatiling atrasado ang gobyerno habang pinapabayan ang malalaking pribadong korporasyon magkamkam ng malaking tubo, ang ordinaryong Pilipino ay patuloy na naghihirap. Kung kayaโt makatwiran ang manindigan. Nararapat tayong lumaban.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ธ๐๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ผ๐ผ๐ป. ๐๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐: ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ด, ๐๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐?
๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฟ & ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ, ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฌ๐
Photo Credit: Kalakbay by Joey Velasco (A modern depiction/reimagination of the Last Supper of Jesus Christ)
