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  Lenten Season             Lent or  kwaresma  in Filipino is the season wherein Filipino people recall Christ's passion, his suffering, death and resurrection. Lent  is meant to be a time of repentance. These 40 days are set aside to praise and worship the Lord; to read the Bible more, and to pray more. But us Non-Catholic, we do not celebrate Lenten Season but here is my observations. What I observed about Lent is that it falls just about the time that our New Year’s resolutions have fallen to the wayside. It is also about forgiveness, and we all need to forgive someone. They have fasting that my religion don’t have. Catholics, remakes the sacrifice of Jesus. That’s the only observations that I had. But despite of our different religions, we are praising God. Image retrieved at https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.christianity.com%2Fwiki%2Fholidays%2Fwhen-is-lent-start-date-and-timeline.html&psig=AOvVaw3wKJLRHtbaPk5TcdOJvv-U&ust=16193309743550

  National Women’s Month             Every year, March is celebrated as National Women’s Month. This is to celebrate women’s social, economic, cultural and political achievements. But why? This is to promote women’s empowerment, and gender equality, and concerns and challenges and commitments.             Celebrating National Women’s Month, is a way of acknowledging the hardships and sacrifices women made. Sometimes men criticized women being weak. But little did they know that women can also do men’s work. By celebrating this, the world unites to appreciate women. I hope all men will seriously treat women professionally someday.             Someday the gap between men and women will be broken. To be equal and live as one. Image retrieved at https://bmb.gov.ph/index.php/gender-and-development/79-gad/gad-news/78-march-is-women-s-month