It is rare that a 4-in-1 religious activity
happens in our parish. But tonight the faithfuls are treated to an overflowing
encounter that deepens their devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and strengthens
their faith in God.
It is expected among Catholic devotees to the Sacred Heart of Jesus to go to Mass every Friday. It is a commitment consecrating oneself to the Most Sacred Heart.
But every
First Friday of the Month, Ina ng Buhay Parish holds a Holy Hour with the Blessed sacrament being
exposed at the Altar and no less than the parish priest leads the prayerful meditations filled with litanies.
Concluding the Holy Hour is a
benediction with the Blessed Sacrament inspiring everyone to lift up
their supplications to God.
After reposition of the
Blessed Sacrament , a Holy Mass immediately follows with a choir invigorating
the celebration. Being in the highest form of prayer, the faithfuls take heed
of every word proclaimed by the priest with an open and receptive heart knowing
it is God’s Word for them. It is an opportunity to be not just in communion
with God but a fellowship in communion with one another as a community of
Catholic Christian believers.
The start of a weekly Station
of the Cross every Friday after the evening Mass at the Parish Garden Reception before life-size image presentation of the 14 stations during the Lenten Season
highlights the celebration. Not quite surprising that there are so many people
participating since it is First Friday. The season invokes everyone to offer a
sacrifice of self-denial thru fasting and abstinence to be one with the
sufferings of Jesus dying on the cross for the redemption of mankind.
What a solemn occasion
and everyone seems grateful for the threefold contemplation on how great the
love of God is! It yields a smile on everyone’s faces going home with a renewed
spirit commissioned to spread the Good News: Jesus is alive!
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