December 16th will be the start of the traditional Aguinaldo Mass. This is a tradition inherited from the Spaniards who ruled the Philippines for more than 300 years.
They say that if you complete the Aguinaldo Mass for 9 straight days from the 16th of December to Christmas Eve, your wish will come true. Mass starts very early in the morning around 3:30 or 4:00 am. Recently though, the Church has improvised and held 2 additional masses in the morning and an anticipated mass in the evening for those who cannot make it to the morning masses.
I'm again looking forward to attending the original early morning masses and hopefully completing the whole 9 days. And I look forward to the early morning hot "bibingka" and "puto bumbong" that are sold outside the church. Though this is now available year-round in big stores, the Aguinaldo Mass and feeling of Christmas are never the same without these vendors selling the traditionl food just outside the Church.
With a lot of faith, my wish will come true. It certaily wouldn't be the first time if it did.
They say that if you complete the Aguinaldo Mass for 9 straight days from the 16th of December to Christmas Eve, your wish will come true. Mass starts very early in the morning around 3:30 or 4:00 am. Recently though, the Church has improvised and held 2 additional masses in the morning and an anticipated mass in the evening for those who cannot make it to the morning masses.
I'm again looking forward to attending the original early morning masses and hopefully completing the whole 9 days. And I look forward to the early morning hot "bibingka" and "puto bumbong" that are sold outside the church. Though this is now available year-round in big stores, the Aguinaldo Mass and feeling of Christmas are never the same without these vendors selling the traditionl food just outside the Church.
With a lot of faith, my wish will come true. It certaily wouldn't be the first time if it did.
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