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Holy Place Perfect for Philippine Easter Celebration by Maria Antoinette Del Castillo
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It is tradition for many Filipinos to spend their time to celebrate the Holy Week by visiting holy shrines found all over the Philippines. One of the most notable places in which devotees had visited to celebrate the Holy Week was at the Kamay ni Hesus (Hand of Jesus).
A New Holy Place Although most of us have enjoyed the Holy Week by spending their time in family gatherings, or going to resorts and beaches, or just spending their time at home, most of us had spent their time by recollecting traditions of Holy Week, such as the popular Visita Iglesia.
However, many of us had also enjoyed the Holy Week by visiting a number of Holy Shrines all over the country. And one of the most popular today was that of Kamay ni Hesus or Hand of Jesus in Lucban, Quezon.
“Awesome!” This was how Fr. Joey Faller, the priest who built the Kamay ni Hesus (Hand of Jesus) shrine here, described the throngs of devotees who had been flocking to the religious site to mark the Holy Week.
“Such tremendous expression of faith is really heartwarming. It is a manifestation of the strengthening spirituality of our people,” Faller, a renowned healer, said in an interview on Good Friday.
He said this year’s visitors—devotees, picnickers, curiosity seekers, kibitzers and balikbayans—had been arriving in droves since Palm Sunday. With more people expected to come until Monday, a holiday, Faller predicted the multitude of visitors would surpass his estimate of one million for the entire Holy Week observance.
“The shrine will surely reach an estimated 1.5 million visitors,” he said. “They came from different parts of the country. Most visitors were newcomers, as reported to me by the shrine staff,” said Faller, a native of this quiet town at the foot of Mt. Banahaw according to the Philippines Current Events.
According to Philippines News Today the shrine staff gave no specific figures on how many devotees have actually come as of Saturday.Since past midnight on Friday, hikers and bikers from Lucena City (24 kilometers away) and Tayabas City (12 km away) had started their trek to Lucban. Residents along the route had also offered free hot coffee and cold water to the walking pilgrims.
According to Lucban policemen, similar groups came from the neighboring Luisiana and Majayjay towns in Laguna. Faller said he had received text messages that devotees from Candelaria, Quezon, some 50 km away, were also hiking toward the shrine.
He attributed the rising number of shrine visitors every year to media reports, word of mouth and the contemplative yet jovial atmosphere at the complex. Faller built the shrine in 2002 on a hilly part of Barangay Tinamnan, 2 km from the town center.
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