Diocesan Shrine and Parish of Nuestra Senora de Aranzazu held the traditional Santacruzan yesterday, May 27. Early in the morning, the participants of Santacruzan 2018 gathered in the house of Hermana Mayor along Daangbakal to pray the Holy Rosary. From there, they participated the procession going to the parish with the image of Our Lady of Aranzazu.<\/p>\n
The procession arrived at the parish at around 9 in the morning where parish priest, Rev. Fr. Bembol Hiteroza presided the thanksgiving mass. In his homily, Fr. Bembol shared a story about the child who asked the Pope, \u201cAno po ang ginawa ng Diyos bago niya gibain ang sanlibutan?\u201d <\/em>Pope answered, \u201cGod is always busy loving.\u201d Meaning to say, God never stops loving us; God is always in action. He never leaves us behind because we are important and precious in His eyes. Remember that at the end, God will always be at our side.<\/p>\n Also, he quoted Raphael Simon saying, \u201cTo fall in love with God is the greatest among romances; to seek Him is the greatest adventure; to find Him is the greatest human achievement.\u201d If we found God, we don\u2019t have to look for anything else.<\/p>\n Fr. Bembol also recalled the message during the Pentecost Sunday, \u201cevery human being in this world has differences but despite of those dissimilarities and inequalities, we can still be united as one just like what happen on the day of Pentecost<\/em>, \u201cThen there appeared to them forked tongues as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.<\/em> Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven. And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language.\u201d (Acts 2:3-6) <\/em>With this language, we are expected to be an instrument to proclaim the good news to everyone.<\/p>\n At the end of the mass, certificates of appreciation were given to Hermana Mayor of Flores de Mayo, Ms. Bianca dela Pe\u00f1a, Hermana Mayor of Santacruzan, Ms. Ma. Therese Marie Linco, and Hermana Mayor of Thanksgiving Mass, Ms. Giorgia Denise Danga.<\/p>\n Later in the afternoon, the traditional Santacruzang Bayan was held where many young ladies dress up in a procession and re-enact the finding of True Cross.<\/p>\n