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FROM VIVA NAZARENO TO PIT SEÑOR: QUIAPO CHURCH COMMEMORATES THE FEAST OF STO. NIÑO, THE CHILD JESUS, THE NAZARENE

Jan. 25, 2025 02:32 PM

On January 19, 2025, 3:00 PM, Rev. Fr. Cristopher Crucero, LRMS, presides his last mass at the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno this Holy Feast of Sto. Niño (Child Jesus).

In his homily, Fr. Crucero says that the ‘greatest gift’ received by mankind is by becoming children of God, too, through the birth of Jesus, the son of God.

“Nakaisa tayo ng Panginoon sa ating pagiging tao” (The Lord has become one with us in our being human), Fr. Crucero tells the faithful that the Lord is aware and understands every human experiences we are encountering.

Also, he says that the Lord continues to unite with us and may we become one with Him in His kingdom.

“Nagkaroon ng chance na buhay na walang hanggan dahil naging tao ang Anak ng Diyos” (We got the oppprtunity to achieve an everlasting life because we become the children of God).

Towards the end of the Holy Mass, Rev. Fr. Robert Arellano, LRMS, delivers his message of gratitude to Rev. Rev. Fr. Cristopher Crucero, LRMS, for the past more than six months of serving Quiapo church as both parochial vicar and priest-in-charge of the Parish Youth Ministry (PYM). His new church assignment will be at the Immaculate Conception Parish at Tayuman, Manila, where Rev. Fr. Jesus Madrid Jr. former parochial vicar of Quiapo church was assigned after.

After the mass, a procession is held in honor of Sto. Niño around the church. In the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar feast, the Feast of Sto. Niño falls every third Sunday of January after the newly declared liturgical feast of Jesus Nazareno every January 9th. In the history of Catholicism in the Philippines, three oldest images of Sto. Niño are in the following: Sto. Niño de Cebu (1521), Sto. Niño de Tondo (1572) and Sto. Niño de Arevalo, Iloilo City (1581).

Dear Sto. Niño, pray for us that we, children of God, may be able to follow Him, His ways and teachings that we may share in His glorious kingdom! Viva Pit Señor!

– Kidanzac A. Tallada (Shrine & Pilgrims’ Ministry)