Today we celebrated By the Dioceses of Orlando The Celebration of the Feast of SENOR SANTO NINO: January 26, 2014 Sunday at 2:00 pm. Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe. Presiding with Bishop John Noonan. Here is a beginning clip of Bishop John Noonan homily. Beautiful Mass this Afternoon. The Feast of Sto. Nino or the Feast of the Child Jesus is celebrated today in many parts of the country. The feast includes Eucharistic celebrations, fluvial processions, dancing festivals. History says that the image of the Child Jesus was brought to the country by Ferdinand Magellan on April 14, 1521 as a gift to Queen Juana of Cebu. The image, considered as the oldest Catholic relic in the county, is permanently housed at the Basilica Minore de Santo Nino in Cebu City, which is the oldest church in the country. The devotion to Sto. Nino is popular not only in Cebu but throughout the country. Almost every Catholic home keeps an image of Sto. Niño in their altars. The image is also visible in business establishments and even in public places. Every year, the feast of Sto. Nino is a big celebration to many devotees, towns and cities and the Catholic church. Behind the festivities and celebrations today, the Catholic Church’s message to the Catholic people is to live in the image of the Child Jesus, that is - to live with simplicity of the mind, and sincerity of the heart.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 00:14:04 +0000
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