EDSA People Power Revolution and Lenten Season

• On February 25th, 1986, the EDSA People Power Revolution occurred
• This was a nonviolent revolution by the people
• It was referred to as a "Prayer Revolution"
• Jaime Cardinal Sin, the Archbishop of Manila, was the voice of the Church during this time
• Fidel V. Ramos, Juan Ponce Enrile, Camp Aguinalde, and General Ver Marcos were key figures
• 1/3/29 refers to 2029, March 5 marks the start of the Lenten Season on Ash Wednesday

Lenten Season

• Lent lasts for 40 days
• It emphasizes humility - referencing Genesis 1 - and mortality
• Repentance: From the Old Testament referencing Jonah, taking 3 days
• Palms from the previous Palm Sunday are used

Three Pillars of Lent

• These are practices to observe and focus on during Lent:
• Prayer dedicated to the God
• Fasting for self-discipline
• Almsgiving/Charity focused on others

Fasting

• Abstaining or withholding particular foods or senses as a sacrifice for a certain amount of time
• Abstinence means refraining from eating meat

Fall of Man

• Learning Targets: Explain the cause of the fall of man into sin
• Assignment: Story of the fall of man in the Book of Genesis
• Lesson 1: The Fall of Man
• Intellect is the capability to think and rationalize
• and Will is the capacity to choose between good and evil
• Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden
• The Tree of Wisdom was involved, which means it was not about an apple, it was a raspberry,
• Everything was provided to them
• The Devil, as a Serpent, tempted Eve and then Eve tempted Adam, leading to the first sin of man and Sin of Disobedience
• The only commandment of God was not to eat from the Tree of Wisdom
• When the devil tempted Eve, it was a deliberate act resulting from their own free will to disobey
• The first sin of man is Disobedience
• God wanted eternal happiness for man, but because of their disobedience they lost their state of grace

Consequences

• Death as a result of
• Embarrassment
• Being Cast out of the Garden
• Deliberate Action
• Feeling Naked and Scared, so they Hid Adam had to labor Eve had to endure Child Birth and there was Separation from God
• It resulted in Lying, and Sanctifying Grace

Chair of St. Peter

• Observed February 22 as the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter
• Teaching authority, which aligns with the Cathedral or "Cathedra", in Latin
• A Bishop from the Latin words - (lat) Petus
• 266 Popes
• Chair represents Pope Francis and the Apostolic Succession
• Rock: The Price of the Apostles, the First Pope
• St. Peter
• Simon became Peter
• Was a Fisherman, and St. Andrew