'Against personal interests': Easter message from Indonesian Catholic community's leader in Sydney

Chistians around the world are preparing for Easter - a moment said to be more important than Christmas, which marks the end of a 40-day period of abstinence and fasting.

Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carrying his Cross, as shown at the Fifth Station in Lourdes. Credit: Flickr/Lawrence OP/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED

Christians around the world are in the final week of their 40-day journey of abstinence and fasting during Lent.

SBS Indonesian spoke with the Chaplain of the Catholic Indonesian Community in Sydney, Father Agustinus Handoko Hadisoemitro MSC - who is familiarly called Mohan - regarding this year's Easter message.

Fasting is not about not eating, not drinking, but how we control ourselves. And that's the hardest thing.

Father Agustinus Handoko Hadisoemitro MSC - Catholic Indonesian Community in Sydney, Chaplain

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