TO THE GOD OF GODS, LORD OF LORDS BE THE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN.
KADOSH, KADOSH, KADOSH, ADONAI ELOHIM TZEVAOT ASHER HAYAH VEHOVEH VEYAVOH
PRAYER, WORSHIP, THANKS AND PRAISE TO THE GOD OF GODS, LORD OF LORDS.
Luke 10:27
He answered: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"
MATTHEW 25:40
And the King shall answer and say to them,
Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you have done it to one of the least of these my brothers, you have done it to me.
MATTHEW 25:45
Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
EARLY MORNING OF WEDNESDAY- HOLY WEEK:
LEFT FOR THE AIRPORT
THE AIRPORT
WENT ON BOARD A BUS GOING TO THE AIRPLANE.
THE AIRPLANE WE WILL BOARD.
BOARDED THE AIRPLANE GOING TO BACOLOD CITY.
ARRIVED AT THE AIRPORT OF BACOLOD CITY.
TOOK OUR LUGGAGE AND WENT TO SEE OUR FRIEND.
ARRIVED AT OUR FRIEND'S PLACE.
DURING HOLY WEEK, THERE IS A PROCESSION AT THIS AREA:
COMMEMORATING THE PASSION OF CHRIST- FROM TRIUMPHANT ENTRY OF JESUS TO JERUSALEM TILL THE DEATH OF JESUS.
WENT OUT TO BUY CERTAIN PROVISIONS AND ITEMS.
ATE LUNCH TOGETHER.
SPENT TIME IN SHARING STORIES, TEACHINGS AND LESSONS WITH THEM.
RESTED FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
HOLY THURSDAY:
WENT TO THE CHURCH.
THERE IS HIGH MASS CELEBRATED AT THIS CHURCH
OUTREACH TO THE POOR AND THE NEEDY.
PROCESSION OF THE PRIESTS OF VARIOUS PARISHES OF THE WHOLE OF BACOLOD CITY.
THE BISHOP AND HIS COMPANIONS.
THE MASS IS THEN CELEBRATED.
WENT TO VISIT THE CRYPT OF THIS CHURCH.
THE CRYPT FROM INSIDE.
WENT TO THE OTHER PARTS OF THE CHURCH.
LIGHTED A CANDLE DURING MASS.
SAT AT THE SIDE OF THE STORE INSIDE THE CHURCH.
CONTINUED WITH THE OUTREACH TO THE POOR.
THE PARADE OF PRIESTS AFTER THE MASS.
AFTER THE MASS, ONE OF OUR ELDERS RECEIVED BLESSING FROM THE BISHOP.
AFTER THE MASS, WENT ON ANOTHER VICINITY.
OUTREACH TO THE POOR DONE.
WENT PASS THIS CEMETERY LOCATED AT THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
WENT TO VARIOUS PLACES IN SEARCH OF A CERTAIN ITEM.
WENT BACK TO THE HOME OF OUR FRIEND.
ASSISTED IN MAKING VARIOUS BANNERS TO BE USED IN THE PROCESSION.
IT WAS AFTER MIDNIGHT WHEN WE FINISHED THE VARIOUS BANNERS.
VARIOUS PEOPLE ARE WORKING HAND IN HAND TO FIX THESE FOR THE PROCESSION.
WENT TO SLEEP.
GOOD FRIDAY: PREPARED VARIOUS ITEMS TO BE DISTRIBUTED LATER.
VARIOUS ROSARIES TO BE DISTRIBUTED LATER.
REPACKED THESE ITEMS TO BE GIVEN TO OTHERS.
WENT WITH OUR FRIEND DURING THE PROCESSION.
DISTRIBUTION OF ITEMS WHEN THE PROCESSION IS ABOUT TO END.
OTHER PICTURES DURING THE PROCESSION.
WENT TO THE CHURCH.
OUTREACH TO THE POOR.
WENT AT VARIOUS POINTS OF THE CHURCH.
THE HOLY SEPULCHRE.
VARIOUS DEVOTEES OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE IS PRESENT AT THE CHURCH.
OTHER PORTIONS OF THE CHURCH.
LEFT THE CHURCH AT EARLY MORNING.
WENT HOME.
BLACK SATURDAY:
BOUGHT VARIOUS ITEMS FOR OUR FAMILY IN METRO MANILA.
OUTREACH TO THE POOR.
PREPARED OUR LEAVE TOWARDS THE AIRPORT.
SAID FAREWELL TO OUR FRIENDS IN BACOLOD CITY.
GOING TO MISS THEM- THEY HAVE BEEN VERY KIND TO US AND HAVE TREATED US AS FAMILY IN THEIR HOME.
EVEN THEIR CHIHUAHUA HAS BEEN KIND AND AFFECTIONATE WITH ME THAT SHE GREETS ME WITH AFFECTION EVERY TIME SHE SEES ME.
TO OTHER PEOPLE THIS DOG IS FIERCE AND BARKING ALL OVER.
WENT ON OUR WAY GOING TO THE AIRPORT.
THE AIRPORT.
DRANK COFFEE WHILE WAITING FOR OUR FLIGHT.
WENT ON BOARD THE AIRPLANE.
INSIDE THE AIRPLANE.
ARRIVED IN NAIA TERMINAL 2.
COLLECTED OUR BAGGAGE.
DID A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT INSIDE THE AIRPORT.
I LAID A ONE PESO COIN ON THE CONVEYOR TO TEST THE HONESTY OF THE PEOPLE AROUND US.
THE ONE PESO COIN WAS NEVER RECOVERED.
THIS LEADS TO THE CONCLUSION:
IF PEOPLE CANNOT BE TRUSTED WITH SIMPLE THINGS, HOW CAN THEY BE TRUSTED ON BIGGER THINGS?
WENT HOME AFTER OUR TRIP, THANKING GOD FOR EVERYTHING.
AFTER THIS HOLY WEEK VACATION, WILL RESUME MISSION WORKS TO HELP THOSE IN NEED TOMORROW.
THANKING ARTIKULO RELIHIOSI FOR THEIR KINDNESS UPON US.
WE HAVE ENJOYED OUR STAY IN BACOLOD CITY THIS HOLY WEEK...
THANKING THE GOD OF GODS, LORD OF LORDS, FOR EVERYTHING.
AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM
UT IN OMNIBUS GLORIUS DEUS
ALPHA ET OMEGA
