Sunday, June 1, 2014
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Biseta Iglesia 2014
Every H0ly Thursday during lent als0 kn0wn as Semana Santa 0r Cuaresma, it has been the traditi0n 0f the Filipin0 Cath0lic faithful t0 d0 the Visita Iglesia,
literally, church visit. This practice intr0duced by the Spanish
c0l0nizers g0es back t0 the time 0f the early church where Christians
w0uld visit seven great basilicas in R0me f0r the ad0rati0n 0f the
Blessed Sacrament during Maundy Thursday.
F0r us Filipin0s, it is n0t 0nly the Blessed Sacrament but a c0ntemplati0n 0f the f0urteen stati0ns 0f the cr0ss. Traditi0nally seven churches are visited where tw0 stati0ns per visit. While 0thers, with m0re time and eff0rt visit f0urteen.
For the first time, my family and neighbor gathered together and went to a Biseta Iglesia on the eve of Jesus' crucifiction. About more than fifteen years since I stopped this one activity that we used to do with my friends during Lenten Season. This time kids were the majority of our company. It was fortunate of them to have experienced this major occasion in the Catholic Church. I didn't have this when I was their age.
Last year, several Mission Stations were built in the city. Hence, it has become more convenient for us to do the Bisita Iglesia unlike in several years when one has to travel for other Municipalities which are far from each other.
F0r us Filipin0s, it is n0t 0nly the Blessed Sacrament but a c0ntemplati0n 0f the f0urteen stati0ns 0f the cr0ss. Traditi0nally seven churches are visited where tw0 stati0ns per visit. While 0thers, with m0re time and eff0rt visit f0urteen.
For the first time, my family and neighbor gathered together and went to a Biseta Iglesia on the eve of Jesus' crucifiction. About more than fifteen years since I stopped this one activity that we used to do with my friends during Lenten Season. This time kids were the majority of our company. It was fortunate of them to have experienced this major occasion in the Catholic Church. I didn't have this when I was their age.
Last year, several Mission Stations were built in the city. Hence, it has become more convenient for us to do the Bisita Iglesia unlike in several years when one has to travel for other Municipalities which are far from each other.
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| St Padre Pio Mission Station, Brgy. Gabuan, Roxas City |
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| Jesus of Nazareth Mission Station, Brgy Baybay, Roxas City |
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| Sto Nino Chapel, Brgy. Cagay, Roxas City |
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| Sto. Nino Quasi Parish, Brgy. Balijuagan, Roxas City |
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| Carmelite Monastery |
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| Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish Church |
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| Immaculate Conception Metropolitan Cathedral |
Monday, January 20, 2014
Roxas City Plaza after Yolanda
I took these pictures of our city plaza the next day after the supertyphoon Yolanda hit us.
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Remembering Supertyphoon Yolanda
It was more than a month since the Supertyphoon Yolanda hit our place. I would have shared these pictures then but it was only recently that I had my computer back, too. Anyway, for me this is a sort of a journal of what the typhoon has brought us.
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| one of the street the next day |
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| one of the street the next day |
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| this is the front view of our house |
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| side view of our house |
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| side view |
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| our roofless kitchen |
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| our roofless kitchen |
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| kitchen |
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| kitchen |
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| kitchen |
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| kitchen |
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| kitchen |
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| kitchen |
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| our roofless kitchen with my niece and nephew comfortably sleeping in a rocking chair with a naturally air conditioned kitchen |
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| This is my brother's house |
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| My brother's house |
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| This is my brother's house |
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| My mother planted this Indian mangoe tree more than 15yrs ago. It's big branch that broke fortunately fell between my brother's house and his neighbor. |
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| My grandparents' house. |
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| My grandparents' house |
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| My grandparents' house |
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