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Ghine Goes Places: Manaoag Pilgrimage
2:18 AM
“Every one of us is entitled to answer the call, the call to
love.”
Studying in a Catholic University, one of the spiritual
experiences we’ve undergone would be our 3rd year Manaoag
Pilgrimage. It is when we go to The Shrine of the Mother of the Holy Rosary of
Manaoag in Pangasinan to pray, reflect and ask for healing.
Since our call time is pretty early (5:30 am,) most of us
barely slept. Upon arriving to school, we looked for our section’s designated
bus and boarded. We’re lucky to be the first ones to do so for we get to pick
our seats. Like the typical barkada, we sat at the back most part. An hour
later, we finally moved and headed for the road.
The 3-hour trip was spent sleeping, eating and chatting.
Upon reaching the highway though, we were asked to pray the rosary, followed by
watching a documentary telling us about our destination.
Upon arriving, we went to this area where people light their
candles. The line for the candles was long that time so we just went ahead to
attend the novena and mass.
Lunch break was spent at the bus. The driver was nice enough
to turn on the aircon because it was pretty hot that day. Around 1:30, we
headed back to the church for the priest’s talk and to pray the rosary again.
We also took this chance to take more pictures.
While on the way home, my blockmates and I did
everything to entertain ourselves. It’s a good thing that our bus came with a
videoke. To cut the story short, our bus became a party bus.
xx Ghine
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