Christ the King

An altar set up by the Parish Mother Butler Guild on the roadside to greet the procession as it passes down the street.

Today is the Feast of Christ the King and it was celebrated here with a very elaborate procession of the Blessed Sacrament that wsa performed in a relay fashion. The local deanery, the San Jose deanery consists of five parishes. The parish priest of the first parish carried the Blessed Sacrament til he reached the next parish when he then passed on the monstrance to the next priest and so on until the last parish, San Ezekiel Moreno was reached whereupon mass was offered by all five priests and, the chief celebrant being the Bishop of our diocese Deogracias Iñiguez. The walk was quite long and I was glad to be among the privileged few (the priests, myself and one of the parish councillors) who got to sit down and eat merienda (snacks) straight after the mass. Here's San Ezekiel's sanctuary:

I've just now realised my foolishness in writing a post about a procession only to realise that I in fact don't have any photos of the procession itself. Mea Culpa. Never fear, however because one of the brothers from Santo Domingo had his camera so I will email him and ask him to send me a few. Expect them shortly. Sorry about that.

In Christ through Mary,

Daniel

P.S. Going swimming at the hot springs resort again tomorrow. Going to stay overnight this time: yay!