St. Joseph of Arimathea

Lolo Jose - Holy Wednesday Procession 2014

Joseph of Arimathea was, according to all four canonical Gospels, the man who donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus after Jesus' crucifixion. According to Mark 15:43, he was an "honourable counsellor, meaning a member of the Jewish Sanhedrin, who was waiting for the kingdom of God". Matthew 27:57 described this Joseph as a rich man and disciple of Jesus. According to John 19:38, upon hearing of Jesus' death, this secret disciple of Jesus, "went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus".

August 31st, according to Roman Martyrology, is the feast of St.Joseph of Arimathea together with St. Nicodemus who provided and buried our Lord's body after His crucifixion.

Pilate, after a centurion confirmed the death, allowed Joseph's request. Joseph immediately purchased fine linen (Mark 15:46) and proceeded to Golgotha to take the body of Jesus down from the cross. There, according to John 19:39, Joseph and Nicodemus took the body, wrapped it in the fine linen, and applied the myrrh and aloes Nicodemus had brought. The disciples then conveyed the prepared corpse to the place previously bought for Joseph's own tomb, a man-made cave hewn from rock in the garden of his house nearby.

"Ama naming maawain,

buong puso at pagmamahal, galang at pitagang inihanda para sa paglilibing at inihimlay sa sariling libingan ng iyong tapat na lingkod na si San Jose ng Arimatea ang labi ng aming Panginoong Hesus.

O Panginoon Hesus. nag-iwan ka sa amin ng tanda ng iyong pagpapakasakit at paghihirap, ang banal na kumot na ginamit ni Jose para balutin ang iyong banal na katawan na pinahirapan sa krus

O Panginoon ipagkaloob mo sa amin at sa iyong tapat na sambayanan ang pagpapala at lakas na mahalin at paglingkuran ng buong katapatan ang iyong Anak na nabubuhay at naghahari kasama mo at ng Espiritu Santo, magpasawalang hanggan, Amen."

Rosas ng Pateros

Ika-9 ng Pebrero, 2014, ipinagdiwang ng Pateros ang kanilang Pistang-Bayan sa ngalan ng kanilang pintakasi na si Santa Marta. Dahil ako ay isang deboto, hindi ko pinalagpas ang pagkakataon na sumama at makilahok sa nasabing kapistahan.

Lucas 10:38-42

³⁸ Nangyari, nang sila ay nagpatuloy, na siya ay pumasok sa isang nayon. Isang babaeng nagngangalang Marta ang tumanggap sa kaniya sa kaniyang bahay. ³⁹ Siya ay may kapatid na babaeng tinatawag na Maria, na umupo sa paanan ni Jesus. Sa pag-upo ni Maria, siya ay nakinig sa salita ni Jesus. ⁴⁰ Si Marta ay abalang-abala sa maraming paglilingkod. Lumapit siya kay Jesus at sinabi: Panginoon, hindi ba mahalaga sa iyo na iwanan ako ng aking kapatid na naglilingkod na mag-isa? Sabihin mo nga sa kaniya na tulungan ako.
⁴¹ Sumagot si Jesus at sinabi sa kaniya: Marta, Marta, ikaw ay nababalisa at nababagabag sa maraming mga bagay. ⁴² Mayroong isang kinakailangan at pinili ni Maria ang mabuting bahagi na hindi makukuha sa kaniya.

Renewed Faith

I've been gone in the blogging world for about 5 years and my 

last entry was way back 2009. You might be wondering why? Eto ang sagot...

Besides working, what occupied my time was entering a new world, ang Mundo ng Pagsa-Santo. From my previous posts, I already displayed my love for the Religious and Ecclesiastical Arts (You can check it: Feast of St. Anne and Angono's observance of the Holy Wednesday and Good Friday processions) but during the summer of 2012 when I truly yielded to my long-lost passion.

kneeling in front of La Purisima Conception of Malabon

The Santo world is as complex as one can imagine. They have this distinct terms and words to describe things that only them can fully understand, a genre of music usually heard on town fiestas accompanied with a full set of marching band, dance-steps like no other but can make you watch them over and over and all these to show their faith and devotion.

Feast of St.Anne

Friends, last saturday, july 26, was the feast day of St.Anne and St. Joachim [parents of the Virgin Mary.]

pinalaki ako ng parents ko sa isang konserbatibong Katolikong pamamaraan kaya siguro ako fascinated sa mga religious images or poon, i always wanted to have one lalo na pag holy week.pero beside sa aking ambisyon, my mother's clan, lalo na grandparents ko, is really a devotee.

Sta. Ana, Brgy. Calzada, Tipas, Taguig City

sa prusisyon with my tita on top of

the carozza.

Last July 26, 2008 pumunta kami ng Mommy ko sa Calzada, Tipas kung san sya lumaki at nagkaisip. it was a special day for people in Brgy. Calzada cause St. Anne (Sta.Ana) is one of their patron saints. At bilang owner ng poon kami ang toka sa lahat from the flowers of the carozza to the vestment that the poon was wearing. Its a bit costly pero sabi nga ng mommy ko, its a form of sacrifice for our family but blessing will be poured down to us, and true enough... Poon Sta. Ana has been with our family since the 1950's and totoo na talagang maraming blessings na dumating at patuloy na dumarating.

nagstart ang prusisyon and the band plays a familiar song, 'Karakol' - a kind of music and dance that devotees dance to show their devotion. the older people dance in a very rhythmic manner, ang galing. siguro wala pang mga 10mins. sa prusisyon ng biglang umambon kala ko magtatakbuhan sa gilid ang mga tao but NO! while raining tuloy ang sayawan at kasiyahan, at may mga bahay din na nagpapa-agaw ng mga junkfoods, candies, puto at money... and take note coins na tig-10 and 5, they believe na pag nagbato ka ng mga pagkain at pera sa caroza ng sta. ana ay dodoble ang blessing sayo for the whole year and for the people na kasama naman sa procession, ang pagsalo sa mga binabato ay parang simbolo ng mga blessing na makukuha kaya the more the merrier. it was really fun and a good experienced for me na halos 10 taon na rin nung huling mapanood ang event na to.

kaya i promised myself na gagawin ko na din panata to every year.

yung mga tao nagiintay ng mga paagaw from different houses.

the ball shape figures na binabato nila ay malalaking santol na kasing laki ng baseball. hehehe. ilag!!!!

kaya next year ill make sure na makakapunta ko ulit dito specially kami ng mga cousins ko ang nakatoka para mag-ayos kay Poon Sta. Ana.

Till next year! Viva Sta. Ana!