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All set for our 2012 Panaad

The Promise or as what we locally called Panaad (in Visayan) or Panata (in Tagalog) in our dialect. Majority of the Filipinos are devout Catholics. And we consider Holy Week as the season of Prayer and Reflection commemorating Christ's Passion and Death on the Cross. This is also the time we prayed to the Lord for mercy and forgiveness of our sins and not to mention the undying petitions to ask for something but not limited to cancer diseases, properties and even relationships in exchange for a renewed life - Panaad.

Because the Lord promised: "Knock and it shall be opened; Ask and it shall be given..." ,  We faithful Catholics, renew this Panaad every year during Holy Week. This may not be true to all but the faithful who believes in miracles believes that nothing is impossible with the Lord.

Our Panaad for this year 2012 was at the Divine Mercy Shrine, El Savador City, Philippines. Check some of the pics below:









We in the family believes in this Panaad practice and we will continue to live with it until our last day on earth. Rest assured, this practice will be passed on the to our future generations. Have a blessed Holy Week everyone!

As per Wikipedia:
Holy Week (Latin: Hebdomas Sancta or Hebdomas Maior, "Greater Week"; Greek:Ἁγία καὶ Μεγάλη Ἑβδομάς, Hagia kai Megale Hebdomas) in Christianity is the last week of Lent and the week before Easter. It includes the religious holidays of Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday), Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. It does not include Easter Sunday. In Eastern Orthodox tradition, Holy Week starts onLazarus Saturday, the day before Palm Sunday. (Easter Sunday, for context, is the first day of the new season of the Great Fifty Days, or Eastertide, there being fifty days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday.)


Palm Sunday commemorates the Triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. Here in Bulua, Cagayan de Oro city, the parishioners of the Immaculate Conception Parish celebrated it with a Holy Mass that had to be started some few kilometers away from the Church. After some ceremonial introductions, the priest celebrating the mass will then bless all the Palms with water before proceeding to the church. You may have noticed some artistry done to the palms. Those were not necessary. We Filipinos just wanted to showcase our craftsmanship and somehow made the celebration a little bit more artistic.


Some pictures during the ceremony.

Rev. Fr. Eddie Magtrayo, SSJV presiding the Holy Mass

Rev. Fr. Eddie blessing the Palms with water

Our beloved Mikaela with the parishioners

Have a Blessed Holy Week everyone!