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Today we celebrate the oldest devotion in the Philippines, the Feast of the Santo Niño. With the Cross of Magellan, the Santo Niño is one of the first icons of the Philippine Catholic Church.
Today we celebrate the oldest devotion in the Philippines, the Feast of the Santo Niño. With the Cross of Magellan, the Santo Niño is one of the first icons of the Philippine Catholic Church.
Filipinos celebrate two great feasts at the start of the year: the Traslacion of the Black Nazarene on Jan. 9; and the Feast of the Santo Niño on the third Sunday of January, which is today. These two events cause much fervor. Some criticize it as fanatical.
Today, the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, is for Filipinos the “real” start of ordinary time. Last Sunday was still an extension of Christmas with the Feast of the Santo Niño.
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