Eloi Eloi lama sabachthani?

Veneration, swiped from williamnyk on Flickr.

Wanted to make it to the Maundy Thursday mass, but I was too late getting off work and the traffic wasn't conducive. Never mind that since I took Good Friday off. Wasn't a very productive day. Not exactly textbook example of a day of abstinence, fasting and reflection, but we did our best. Wanted to go for the earlier mass and Stations of the Cross, but mum decided against it as we still had to fetch little Cyan from pre-school, bathe him and feed him lunch. Was my first time seeing him in pre-school. By the time we arrived, he was still sitting at the bench chatting with his friend. The teacher told us that he wasn't focusing on wearing his shoes and that they purposely did not help him. Back home, the kid napped and sometime around 3:30pm, a distand relative of my mum's paid a visit. The old man came to pass us a wedding invitation for his daughter. By the time they left, it was already 4:00pm and the Liturgy of the Word was at 4:30pm! Aiyoh. Rushed to Taman Megah. And you know what? It was jammed even at that hour. Ugh. By the time we arrived, things had already started. Luckily could still find a seat. The crucifix was veiled. The statues of Jesus and Mary were veiled. The sepulcher was open and empty. The lamp over the sepulcher was dead. And they would remain covered until the Gloria in Excelsis of Holy Saturday. And also, no sacrifice was offered. As expected, Cyan was a little restless during the whole thing. But the cute thing was, he knelt everytime the liturgy called for it. Things ended at about 6:00pm and we braved another jam to get home. Bless the LDP! Dinner was also simple and we waited in joyful hope of Christ's resurrection...