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Simbang Gabi
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Last night was the start of our yearly Simbang Gabi or Dawn mass. Back in the days, it used to be called Rooster Mass because 4am or 5am were usually when the rooster in your neighborhood crows. Simbang Gabi is a beautiful nine-day novena masses in Thanksgiving for all the blessing one received in the year. It’s traditional for us Filipino Catholics. I think it is only in the Philippines where you could find this. Times has changed, nowadays these Simbang Gabi are celebrated early, usually the night before the next day to give way for those who want to attend the novena after office. They are also brought to some malls where they are celebrated at noon and most offices also hold these masses during lunch break.
I was overjoyed seeing the Pope opening the Simbang Gabi tradition. The mass readings were read in Tagalog but there was a translator in English. Even the songs were sung in Tagalog by the Filipino community. I’d like to think we are special because they have adapted one of the lovely traditions in our Catholic life.
Although our country is now in the brink of…..how do you put it….the ship is sinking fast because of these non-performing powers that be in our government, I still have high hopes that this will end eventually and we will rise up again. It may just take one brave soul to start it, right now though, we are at the mercy of one man who holds everything from the Supreme Court to the Legislative Branch to our National Police down to the barangay level. I need not elaborate, perhaps you also read them online.
I digress.
We were talking about Simbang Gabi, right? There are many churches now and several congregations too that televise the celebration of the nine-day novena masses. They end the day before Christmas day.
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