The Spectacular Feast of the Nazarene

The Quiapo Church is actually just a 30 minute drive from our house, on a good day, and maybe an hour, on those daily traffic days.  Every January 9, that church is witness to an impressive display of faith that arguably is the most spectacular, in an already very reverent Catholic country like the Philippines!!  I have never actually been to one, and it maybe not a good idea to go unless you are really a devotee, but the pictures alone show you how devoted these men (and women in the periphery) are to the Black Nazarene!

Tomorrow, another batch of procession photos will come out to show the Filipinos' love for the Black Nazarene.

Feast of the Black Nazarene: Faith In Motion

The procession of the Black Nazarene of the Quiapo Church will happen later today, and this is probably one of the most fantastic outpouring of faith I've ever seen in my whole life. Every year, the feast becomes more and more grand in scope and because of it, the authorities have decided to move the procession route to the much wider Quirino Grandstand and Luneta area.  I think, because of it, more and more people have decided to join the procession and go along the route of the Black Nazarene.  Each one of us have our personal way of showing our faith to God, and this particular event shows a spectacular outpouring of faith for millions of devoted Filipinos.