Musings From My Heart's Canvas...

Maundy Thursday, the day before the crucifixion day! If i were in India i would have gone for a Maundy Thursday church service, but here having a service for Good Friday itself is a big thing. Coudnt have asked for Maundy Thursday! Anyways, i was happy that my pastor had arranged to take us for a Passion Play at a nearby city.

The play called "Life of Jesus" is performed every year for 3 days during the Holy Week. For me, having something other than the usual routine will be considered special...so even if i did not know anything about this play i was still feeling excited to be able to witness it. I dint have much expectations with the play and was just going for it because i dint want to do the usual routine activities on a long weekend! Especially since i had fasted religiously the whole lent season!

We had a good drive to reach the place where the play was being performed. It was in a college called Felician College in Lodi, NJ. After struggling to find Parking when we finally got down from the car i was kind of not very happy to see that we has reached a complete 1 hour late for the show! The show started at 8:00 PM and we reached only at 9:00 PM. Anyways we had informed one of the volunteers to keep 5 seats reserved for us...as soon as we reached the hall...i was like almost taken away to another age with what i saw on the stage! It was beyond amazing! The background looked perfect, the sounds looked perfect, the characters looked so real, the lighting was so natural...everything was like a dream...a biblical dream!

Anyways i thoroughly enjoyed the play...was my first ever play in US and i must say i had not witnessed such a good one in my life yet! I had seen movies about the crucifixion and had seen plays in India but whatever i saw here really gave me goosebumps. It was i felt so close to reality. I was really feeling as if i am witnessing the night Jesus was betrayed. After witnessing something so great, i couldnt help but think how cruel that real night would have been. I couldnt help but feel guilty how painful my sinful afflictions would have been for Christ my saviour!