‘Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.’
With those words, Catholic priests place the cross symbol on the forehead of Filipino Catholics reminding them of their mortality and the need to repent.
Tag Archives: Lent
Colorful Palm Sunday marks the concluding week of Lent
Monsignor Bobby Canlas said the blessing of palm fronds and olive branches is to remind devotees the need to have a "fresh" renewal of their faith. Photos and video by Bullit Marquez for VERA Files
Reviving spirituality through rare religious antiquities
An exhibit featuring Lenten images by Filipino artists is on display at the Manila Cathedral.
Holy Week in Mt Banahaw: Mysticism meets Catholicism
Around this time each year, hundreds of devotees flock to Barangay Sta. Lucia in Dolores, Quezon on the slopes of Mount Banahaw to celebrate Holy Week. Here, mysticism meets Catholicism, as members of various sects engage in what a local priest calls traditional spiritual practices at the height of the town’s Lenten rituals.
Batangas women bear ‘the cross’ to save loved ones
Text and photos by JANE DASAL NASUGBU, Batangas—At the break of dawn on Good Friday, Celilia Zafra donned a black dress and shrouded her face with a black cloth. Then she walked to a place called “putol na ilog” along the seashore of Wawa where devotees who
