ALLELUIA, Black Nazarene!!!! A multitude of devotees will be in Quiapo today to pay homage to the Black Nazarene.

I had in the past joined the devotees who wipe the holy image with my hankie, but not anymore. I go there any day before January 9 when there is not yet that swarm of people. And there are so many images within the church and I suppose they provide the same protection and blessings. The horde has become a mob. Why can’t we line up in an orderly fashion along the length of Quezon Avenue and Taft Avenue to have the opportunity to be near the image and express our passion? Why can’t we behave in front of the Black Nazarene? Why do we have to jam the area around the image and the length of the parade? Is this devotion? Will the Black Nazarene in heaven appreciate such chaos in His name? I wonder.

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