Fulfilling my vows to the Lord and to His Holy Mother is something that puts my life in the right perspective. Let me share with you some tidbits of this - my little "Sunday experience".
The Photo below is the bell tower of the Parish Church of home city in Tabaco. I took this photo using my mobile phone while I was on the van waiting to depart for Naga. I woke up early so I can be in naga in time.
The Photo below is the bell tower of the Parish Church of home city in Tabaco. I took this photo using my mobile phone while I was on the van waiting to depart for Naga. I woke up early so I can be in naga in time.
I arrived in Naga almost 9:00 a.m. and was able to hear mass at around 9:30 a.m. in the Basilica Minore of Our Lady of Penafrancia. See photo below.
The Main Sanctuary of the altar. The blessed sacrament is reserved at the middle. there is a new golden altar cross, although sadly placed on the side. There are also two new candle holders on the altar. and the six candelabras are situated near the Blessed Sacrament. An improvement from the past. It use to be that they dont have these candles on the altar. They use the simple ordinary votive candle. But there has been much improvement. "Brick by brick" as Fr. Z. often say. I was also surpise to hear the priest celebrant say in the Preface " May my sacrife and yours be acceptable to God the Amighty Father....." then in the consecration he said "...this shall be shed for you and for many," instead of the usual "for all". I think that the priest is knowledgeable of issues in the liturgy and I find this a very positive development as many Novus ordo Priests don't espouse this kind of mentality. Lets pray harder so that Pope benedict's Reform of the reform will work.
2 comments:
Hi Dr Herbert,
The Basilica Minore looks like another church, atleast from outside, who call themselves "Iglesia ni Kristo".
Why was it commisioned like so?
I really have no idea. It is a modern church at least. But the interior is basically very much Catholic. It was planned and designed in 1960s. Although there some lull in the construction and it was only in 1980s that the progress continue. But despite of it the interior remained very traditional in form. Minus of course the railings. Sometimes it looks like the INC in appearance externally but a careful look at will indicate that it is not so. INC structures are most often Gothic in style. This one is not, I would suppose.
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