Image of Sto. Niño de Tondo

Nissa told me they didn’t go home to Cavite so they could celebrate the Feast of Sto. Niño in their place in Tondo. Fiesta is always a grand affair in their place, there are processions  with people holding the images of Child Jesus which Filipinos call Sto. Niño. The name was taken from the Spanish words Santo (holy) and Niño (child).

Obet took some shots of the Sto. Niño de Tondo. Here’s one of them.

Viva Pit Señor!

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Undo It

If you could un-invent something, what would it be?

I guess it is not of a thing but more on the attitude of the people in our government. Greediness and corruption seem to be the  norm for them nowadays. Instead of helping the people, they  are enriching themselves with those billions of pesos in their pockets. Corruption here and there, they have no shame.

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Viva Pit Señor Sto. Niño

“At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, ‘Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?’ Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. ‘Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me’.” – Matthew 18: 1-5

We celebrate the  Feast of  Sto. Niño every 3rd Sunday of January, the Holy See has granted us special permission to celebrate it, a unique devotion among  us Filipinos.  It is a festive celebration which recalls our conversion to Christianity.

We are also celebrating our town fiesta in Pangasinan.  Our church is named Sto. Niño Parish.  I grew up having two grandparents (my lolos) being active in the Parish and I remember the days when I used to tag along every Sunday to hear mass.  One of the highlights of the Sunday masses was visiting the image  of Sto. Niño and praying and touching his lovely face.   The place where the image was enshrined was behind the altar  and you have to climb the stairs to see  it.The stairs were made of stones, roughly about a foot from one step to the next so you can just imagine how a child of six or seven  would find it hard to climb it but always, the lovely image of the Sto. Niño was worth it all.   During the nineties, the lovely image was stolen and it was never returned.  I wonder why some people have the heart to steal religious images.  What would they do with it? it was eventually replaced by a lovely image of baby Jesus.

Obet’s family are also celebrating the Feast Day of Señor Sto. Ñiño in Tondo, Manila. The previous years, we have attended their town fiesta. Traffic is so heavy in that place every Feast day.

Have a nice and blessed Sunday everyone!

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