Inside Job

During a time of terrible persecution in the early church, a 17 year-old boy named Origen wanted to leave home and die as a martyr like his father. But his mother hid all his clothes so he couldn’t leave the house! Origen went on to become a well-know Bible scholar. . . . → Read More: Inside Job

Feet Beat

Back in Bible times foot washing was an important part of hospitality. Since people usually traveled by foot on dusty roads, their feet became quite dirty. When Jesus washed the feet of His disciples, He performed an act usually reserved for servants. – . . . → Read More: Feet Beat

King Solomon-Did you know that…

King Solomon is considered the wisest king in the Bible? Aside from being king he was a thinker and a great writer. Consider these lovely verses found in the Bible books that he wrote:

To everything these is season, and a time . . . → Read More: King Solomon-Did you know that…

About the Feast of the Black Nazarene

The Black Nazarene is a life-sized, dark-skinned statue of Jesus Christ that a priest bought in Mexico, carved by an Aztec carpenter. The image is now enshrined in the minor basilica in Quiapo, Manila, Philippines and the day on which devotees go to the church is Friday.

-History-

The statue was brought to Manila by the first group of Augustinian Recollect friars in May 31, 1606.[1] The image was enshrined at the first Recollect church in Bagumbayan (now part of the Rizal Park), which was inaugurated on September 10, 1606, and placed under the patronage of Saint John the Baptist.

In 1608, the second bigger Recollect church dedicated to San Nicolas de Tolentino(Saint Nicholas of Tolentine ) was completed inside Intramuros (where the building of the Manila Bulletin now stands), where the image of Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno was transferred. The Recollect Fathers then vigorously promoted devotion to the Suffering of Our Lord represented by the image that in fifteen short years, the Cofradia de Jesus Nazareno was established on April 21, 1621. The confraternity obtained Papal approval on April 20, 1650, from His Holiness Pope Innocent X.

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