Shortly before daybreak, candles brightened the length of Osmeña Boulevard in Cebu City where the image of Santo Niño de Cebu was taken to a procession to start the 458th Fiesta Señor celebration.
But it was not just the Guaca family who was excited about joining the “Walk with Jesus” procession from Fuente Osmeña to the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño in downtown Cebu City, which started at 4 a.m.
The 2-kilometer prayer walk was last held in January 2020, two months before Cebu City imposed stringent health protocols due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Like in previous years, devotees, young and old, carried their own images of the Santo Niño, prayed the Holy Rosary and sang liturgical hymns which were broadcast live on radio and amplified by speakers during the procession and Mass.
They watched the Eucharistic celebration through large LED screens and television monitors installed around the church complex.In his homily, Fr. Nelson Zerda, OSA, stressed the need for people to have faith in life’s journey. The basilica complex, which has been the center of the four-century-old devotion to the Santo Niño, will be open 24 hours from Jan. 5 to Jan. 15 to accommodate the multitude of devotees who will pay homage to the original image of Santo Niño which is enthroned in a glass case at a side chapel inside the basilica.
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