HOLANDA, ALEX B.

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How well did you participate in your

church's religious activities from October 23
to November 1?
1. Have you participated in masses or worship services either online or offline? If your
answer is yes, write:

a. Type and medium of the Religious activity

 Church's preaching
b. Date and time of the activity
 November 8, 3:30-5:30 PM
c. How did you participate?
 Actual participation in the Church
d. What spiritual nourishment did you get from this religious activity? Write a
reflection about it.
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2. Our work can be our prayer if we dedicate it to God. Did you help in the household
chores in the past week? What were the chores you regularly did for your family? How did
you feel about you doing the work? Where in your daily routine can you become more
aware of God’s glory? (5 points)

Yes, household chores can be tiresome and exasperating, but just like prayer, doing those
takes me right out of myself. When I finish folding all that laundry, ironing that shirt, washing
that window, scrubbing the toilet, vacuuming the rug, filling up the drying rack, my own
problems shrink into more manageable size. I feel a part of humanity, all those people
throughout the world attacking dust kitties, smudges, grease, wrinkles, brown stains that come
out of nowhere, and they and I are all at one in the first-person plural universe that we inhabit in
the Lord’s Prayer, looking for our daily bread, asking forgiveness for ourselves and others,
leading us not into temptation.

And then when you finish, you get that real sense of accomplishment. Wow, that shirt is
ironed, that sink is empty, those clean sheets on the bed smell divine, and that view out that
window, did it ever look this good? The window all clean, I got out my phone and took a
snapshot of a beautiful autumn day outside. Refreshed, renewed, a little knackered, I’m ready to
put my feet up and meet the challenges of the week ahead. Knowing the process will all be
reversed, giving me the chance to clean up my act, inside and out, next weekend and the weeks
ahead. Amen, I say, Good Lord, thanks for dirt.
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