Sinulog's Novena Mass Schedule
Author: heavenly-inspired
•11:24 PM


Novena Masses Jan. 8-16, 17-18, 19 & 23, 2009
Theme: “ Growing together in grace with Señor Sto. Niño”


Day 1 - January 8, Thursday Opening Salvo - Walk with Jesus
4:00 a.m. Assembly - Fuente Osmeña
4:30 a.m. Penitential foot procession, Jones Ave. Colon - Basilica
5:30 a.m. Holy Mass ( Rev. Fr. Rodolfo A. Bugna, O.S.A and the Augustinian Community)

- Installation fof Hermano & Hermana Mayores 2009


Day 2 - January 9, Friday
Mass schedule:
5:30 a.m. — 7:00 a.m. — 8:30 a.m.– 10:00 a.m. — 11:30 a.m. — 1:00 p.m. — 2:30 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m. — 7:00 p.m. — 8:30 p.m.


Day 3 - January 10, Saturday
Mass schedule:
5:30 a.m. — 7:00 a.m. — 8:30 a.m. — 10:00 a.m. — 11:30 a.m. — 1:00 p.m. — 2:30 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. — 7:00 p.m. — 8:30 p.m.


Day 4 - January 11, Sunday
Mass schedule:
5 -5:30 a.m. — 7:00 a.m. — 8:30 a.m. — 10:00 a.m. — 11:30 a.m.– 1:00 p.m. — 2:30 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. — 5:30 p.m.


Day 5 - January 12, Monday
Mass schedule:
5 -5:30 a.m. — 7:00 a.m. — 8:30 a.m. — 11:30 a.m. — 1:00 p.m. — 2:30 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. — 5:30 p.m.


Day 6 - January 13, Tuesday
Mass schedule:
5:30 a.m. — 7:00 a.m. — 8:30 a.m. — 10:00 a.m. — 11:30 a.m. — 1:00 p.m. — 2:30 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. — 5:30 p.m. — 7:00 p.m. — 8:30 p.m.


Day 7 - January 14, Wednesday
Mass schedule:
5:30 a.m. — 7:00 a.m. — 8:30 a.m. — 10:00 a.m. — 11:30 a.m. — 1:00 p.m. — 2:30 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. — 5:30 p.m. — 7:00 p.m. — 8:30 p.m.


Day 8 - January 15, Thursday
Mass schedule:
5:30 a.m. — 7:00 a.m. — 8:30 a.m. — 10:00 a.m. — 11:30 a.m. — 1:00 p.m. — 2:30 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. — 5:30 p.m. — 7:00 p.m.


Day 9 - January 16, Friday
4:00 a.m. mass
Assembly area: Fuente Osmeña
5:30 a.m. Dawn Rosarians mass
7:00 a.m. Misa de Tranaslacion
8:30 a.m. with Fr. Andrew P. Batayola, O.S.A

Prior, San Agustin Center of Studies

VA SRA Quezon City
10:00 a.m. — 11:30 a.m.
12:30 p.m.- 2:30 p.m. District teachers traditional halad
Other masses: 2:30 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. — 5:30 p.m. — 7:00 p.m. — 8:30 p.m.


January 17, Saturday Vesperas
5:30 a.m. with Most Rev. Jesus Tuquib, D.D

Visayan Mass
7:00 a.m. with Most Rev. Patrick A. Buzon, SDB. D.D

English Mass

Mass for the OFW families

Fluvial procession
9:00 a.m. Re-enactment of the first mass and baptism
1:30 p.m. Solemn foot procession of the Miraculous Image
6:00 p.m. Pontifical mass
8:00 p.m. Religious “Sinulog to Sr. Sto. Niño Pit Señor One hour Dancing to the beat of the drums with candles


January 18, Sunday Fiesta Señor Day
4:00 a.m. Mañanita mass
6:00 a.m. Solemn Pontifical
Other masses: 8:30 a.m. — 10:00 a.m. — 11:30 a.m. — 1:00 p.m. — 2:30 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. — 5:30 p.m. — 7:00 p.m.


Fiesta Señor 2009 January 19, Monday Thanksgiving Day
5:00 a.m. Cebuano - High Mass
6:00 a.m. Cebuano - High Mass
7:00 a.m. English - High Mass
8:00 a.m. Mass for the OFW’s
10:00 a.m. Thanksgiving mass
2:00 p.m. Thanksgiving mass
4:00 p.m. Rwquiem mass for the deceased members of the devotees and Cofradia del Sto. Niño
4:00 p.m. Motorcade of the Blessed Virgin Mary from Basilica del Sto. Niño back to Guadalupe Shrine
5:30 p.m. Healing mass for the sick and the aged


Fiesta Señor 2009, January 23, Friday
4:00 a.m. Hubo mass
Other masses: 6:00 a.m. — 7:00 a.m. — 8:00 a.m. — 9:00 a.m. — 10:00 a.m. — 11:00 a.m. — 12:00 p.m. — 1:00 p.m. — 2:00 p.m. — 3:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m. — 6:00 p.m. — 7:00 p.m.


Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/blogs/sinulog/2009/01/08/novena-mass-schedule/



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History of Sinulog
Author: heavenly-inspired
•10:49 PM

On April 7, 1521, the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan arrived and planted the cross on the shores of Cebu, claiming the territory in the name of the King of Spain. He presented the image of the child Jesus, the Santo Niño, as baptismal gift to Hara Amihan, wife of Rajah Humabon. Hara Amihan was later named, Queen Juana in honor of Juana, mother of Carlos I. Along with the rulers of the island, some 800 natives were also baptized to the Christian faith. At the moment of receiving the image, it was said that Queen Juana danced with joy bearing the image of the child Jesus. With the other natives following her example, this moment was regarded as the first Sinulog.

This event is frequently used as basis for most Sinulog dances, which dramatize the coming of the Spaniards and the presentation of the Santo Niño to the Queen. A popular theme among Sinulog dances is Queen Juana holding the Santo Niño in her arms and using it to bless her people who are often afflicted by sickness caused by demons and other evil spirits.


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Background of Sinulog
Author: heavenly-inspired
•10:37 PM

The word Sinulog comes from the Cebuano adverb sulog which is "like water current movement," which describes the forward-backward movement of the Sinulog dance. The dance consists of two steps forward and one step backward, done to the sound of drums. The dance is categorized into Sinulog-base, Free-Interpretation. Candle vendors at the Basilica continue to perform the traditional version of the dance when lighting a candle for the customer, usually accompanied by songs in the native language.

The Sinulog dance steps were believed to originate from Rajah Humabon's adviser, Baladhay. It was during Humabon's grief when Baladhay was driven sick. He then ordered his native tribe to bring Baladhay into a chapel where the Santo Niño was enthroned. Moments later, surprisingly, Baldhay was heard shouting, and was found dancing with outmost alertness. Baladhay was questioned as to whether why was he awake, and was shouting. Baladhay explained that he found a small child, pointing to the image of the Santo Niño, on top of him, and trying to wake him up. He, at great astonishment, scared the child away by shouting but couldn't explain why he was dancing the movements of the river. Up to this day, the two-steps forward, and the one-step backward movement dance is still used by the Santo Niño devotees believing that it was the Santo Niño's choice to have Baladhay dance what the holy child wants them to dance.

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Sinulog Festival
Author: heavenly-inspired
•10:12 PM
The country’s biggest, and grandest festival. Sinulog festival is the country’s biggest pageantry of sights, sounds and colors as it honors and pays homage to the patron saint of Cebu , the child Jesus — Sr. Sto. Niño. One of the most widely known festivals in the Philippines, and one of the most colorful too. On the 3rd Sunday of January in the city of Cebu, Sinulog is held in honor of the Santo NiNo, or the infant Jesus. The patron saint of the whole Cebu. It is a celebration of dance rituals to remember the recognition of Christianity from their paganism.
The participants move to the sound of the beat of drums and gongs, clothed in bright-colored costumes, in preparation for the ceremony which the country boasts to be one of the most colorful festivals being celebrated.
Sinulog lasts for 9 days, and on the 9th day, it ends with the Sinulog Grand Parade. From the wharf of Mandaue City to the wharf of Cebu City, the Santo NiNo being carried on a pump boat, in a vast decoration of various flowers and candles, the Fluvial Procession, a water parade at dawn, is observed the day before the parade. A re-enactment of Catholic Baptizing of Cebu is one of the highlights, as the parade ends at the Basilica. Due to the huge population of Cebu, the formal procession takes place by people who gather to join from all over the city in this religious event, lasts for hours.
And on the feast day, given by the Cardinal with the assistance of few numbers of bishops of Cebu, a Pontifical Mass is held at the Basilica. It is a habit that the majority of the Cebu's population would flock to the Basilica, attending the mass, and a parade takes place right after.

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THE THREE KINGS
Author: heavenly-inspired
•11:45 PM

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow




Three Kings came riding from far away,

Melchior and Gaspar and Baltasar;


Three Wise Men out of the East were they,


And they travelled by night and they slept by day,


For their guide was a beautiful, wonderful star.




The star was so beautiful, large and clear,


That all the other stars of the sky


Became a white mist in the atmosphere,


And by this they knew that the coming was near


Of the Prince foretold in the prophecy.



Three caskets they bore on their saddle-bows,


Three caskets of gold with golden keys;


Their robes were of crimson silk with rows


Of bells and pomegranates and furbelows,


Their turbans like blossoming almond-trees.




And so the Three Kings rode into the West,


Through the dusk of the night, over hill and dell,


And sometimes they nodded with beard on breast,


And sometimes talked, as they paused to rest,


With the people they met at some wayside well.




"Of the child that is born," said Baltasar,"


Good people, I pray you, tell us the news;


For we in the East have seen his star,


And have ridden fast, and have ridden far,


To find and worship the King of the Jews."




And the people answered, "You ask in vain;


We know of no King but Herod the Great!"


They thought the Wise Men were men insane,


As they spurred their horses across the plain,


Like riders in haste, who cannot wait.




And when they came to Jerusalem,


Herod the Great, who had heard this thing,


Sent for the Wise Men and questioned them;


And said, "Go down unto Bethlehem,


And bring me tidings of this new king."




So they rode away; and the star stood still,


The only one in the grey of morn;


Yes, it stopped --it stood still of its own free will,


Right over Bethlehem on the hill,


The city of David, where Christ was born.




And the Three Kings rode through the gate and the guard,


Through the silent street, till their horses turned


And neighed as they entered the great inn-yard;


But the windows were closed, and the doors were barred,


And only a light in the stable burned.




And cradled there in the scented hay,


In the air made sweet by the breath of kine,


The little child in the manger lay,


The child, that would be king one day


Of a kingdom not human, but divine.




His mother Mary of Nazareth


Sat watching beside his place of rest,


Watching the even flow of his breath,


For the joy of life and the terror of death


Were mingled together in her breast.




They laid their offerings at his feet:


The gold was their tribute to a King,


The frankincense, with its odor sweet,


Was for the Priest, the Paraclete,


The myrrh for the body's burying.




And the mother wondered and bowed her head,


And sat as still as a statue of stone;


Her heart was troubled yet comforted,


Remembering what the Angel had said


Of an endless reign and of David's throne.




Then the Kings rode out of the city gate,


With a clatter of hoofs in proud array;


But they went not back to Herod the Great,


For they knew his malice and feared his hate,


And returned to their homes by another way.




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The Life and Ministry of Jesus
Author: heavenly-inspired
•4:12 AM

Meaning: Salvation, or “the Lord is salvation,” “the Lord Saves.”
“Jesus” is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Joshua which was originally Hoshea (Oshea) (Num. 13:8, 16 - the King James Version of the Bible spells it “Oshea”), but changed by Moses into Jehoshua (Num. 13:16; 1 Chr. 7:27), or Joshua. After the Exile it assumed the form Jeshua, from which came the Greek form Jesus. It was given to our Lord to denote the object of his mission, to save. An angel told Joseph (his foster-father), “You are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins” (Matt. 1:21).


JESUS CHRIST - Je'sus, the proper, as Christ is the official, name of our Lord. To distinguish him from others with the same name, he is spoken of as “Jesus of Nazareth” (John 18:7), and “Jesus the son of Joseph” (John 6:42).
The life of Jesus on earth may be divided into two great periods, (1) his private life, till he was about thirty years of age; and (2) his public life, which lasted about three years.

In the “fulness of time” he was born at Bethlehem, in the reign of the emperor Augustus, of Mary, who was betrothed to Joseph, a carpenter (Matt. 1:1; Luke 3:23; compare John 7:42). His birth was announced to shepherds (Luke 2:8-20). Wise men from the east came to Bethlehem to see him who was born “King of the Jews,” bringing gifts with them (Matt. 2:1-12). Herod's cruel jealousy led to Joseph's flight into Egypt with Mary and the infant Jesus, where they waited till the death of this king (Matt. 2:13-23), when they returned and settled in Nazareth, in Lower Galilee (2:23; compare Luke 4:16; John 1:46, etc.). At the age of twelve years he went up to Jerusalem to the Passover with his parents. There, in the temple, “in the midst of the doctors,” all that heard him were “astonished at his understanding and answers” (Luke 2:41, etc.).
Eighteen years pass during which we have no record, except that he returned to Nazareth and “increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man” (Luke 2:52). [Some have claimed that during this period, Jesus went to India and learned from Hindu Gurus? Is this true?]
He entered his public ministry when he was about thirty years of age. It is generally believed to have lasted about three years. Each of these years had particular features of its own.


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Why should Christmas matter?
Author: heavenly-inspired
•3:50 AM

By His fulfillment of prophecy, we are reminded that Jesus Christ is the center of God’s plan for the world.
His resurrection from the dead is further confirmation that Jesus is God’s Son who will deliver on every promise. Jesus in the stable is not a fable. And because the message of Christmas is true, the implications are enormous for you.
It means that God the Son, in love, came to fulfill the meaning of his name, which is “The Lord Saves!” In other words, as one modern writer name him, he is “God to the Rescue!” By Jesus’s death on the cross he paid for your sins and mine. By his resurrection he has opened the way to heaven to all who receive him by faith.
Jesus said, “He who [that is, “whoever”] has the Son has eternal life” (John 3:36). By receiving Jesus into your life you also are made a child of God (John 1:14), receive the forgiveness of sins (Acts 10:46), and become a new person (2 Corinthians 5:17). Your future becomes a life of discovery of His gracious plan for you (Ephesians 1:18f).
A long time ago he was born in a manger. But he wishes to be born within your heart today (Revelation 3:20). This Christmas season receive the greatest gift that can ever be given. Open your heart and let the One who was born in a stable in humility, died on a cross in love, and rose from the dead in power, enter in!
Have you accepted the most precious gift he has for you? You can right now.



Author: Gary Jensen


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