It's Friday The 13th, Should You Be Afraid?

Do you fear Friday the 13th?
​Most people do. 
But if you have a strong faith, 
you must not fear at all.

Friday The 13th, October 2017 Cebu City, Philippines

​But why should you?
Friday may just be like
any other day of the week,
where you go about
your business or work,
but as some always say,
all days are not created equal.
Sunday is considered 
family day,
where families and friends
can get together
and more importantly,
the day preferred to go to church. 
​
Monday gives you the blues
most of the time
maybe because
you never got enough
of the weekend.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
give you the most energy
for doing your job
or keeping busy with business.
And Friday makes you 
excited for the weekend
that's why you're pretty fast
with all your tasks.
And Friday night
is the best time 
to go out and have some fun
and even extend up to Saturday. 

Every day of the week, 
the same sun rises, the same sun sets. 
The same moon you see 
though it changes its face every night. 
You look up and you always see 
the same sky, 
you breathe the same air like the others. 
So what is there in a particular day 
that sets it apart from the rest?

And what is there
in the number 13?
You can't see this number
when you take the elevator,
the 13th floor is named 14th
skipping the number 13.
Even in apartments,
door 13 is named 12A
or something else
​but not 13.
So hard to explain,
but to simply put it,
it's not the same as 1, 2 or 3.
So there must be
something about it.

For me as Catholic,
I know from the Holy Bible
that Jesus was crucified
and died on Friday,
the day before the Sabbath
or Saturday.
But on Thursday night,
he was eating bread 
and drinking wine
together with his 12 apostles
making Him the 13th.
Friday and 13 here
never happened at the same time.
If there were instances
when Friday and 13 collided,
then they won't matter
to me at all.

Nowadays,
the fear of Friday the 13th 
is still there
causing people to be extra careful
on whatever they do,
especially when 
they're driving on the road
and even not boarding a plane at all.
Some don't even wanna go out
fearing some danger
might come along the way. 
And avoiding going out in groups 
that will number 13 in all 
fearing they will meet an accident, 
or the 13th guy will be harmed in some way. 

​Sounds ridiculous but there are many 
who still practice this particular belief 
in the misfortune or bad luck 
associated with Friday The 13th. 
But if you are a good guy, 
if you are practicing your religion 
and you believe that there is a Supreme Being 
who made the earth and the whole universe, 
then there's nothing else to fear. 
That Supreme Being is the Only One 
you should fear!