ILOILO City – For the faithful to plan their schedule, the Archdiocese of Jaro has released the schedule of activities of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Candles-Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral for Holy Week.
“May our Holy Week celebration be a time for us to journey with Christ in His Paschal Mystery: Passion, Death, and Resurrection. We await in joyful hope amidst great silence as Christ triumphs over the sting of death,” read the Facebook post of the Archdiocese of Jaro.
The religious activities for Holy Week at Jaro Cathedral are as follows:
For Tuesday (March 26)
* 5:30 a.m. (mass) – Rev. Fr. Jose Alberto E. Guillen
* 6:30 a.m. (mass) – Rev. Fr. John N. Tadifa
* 12:15 noon (mass) – Rev. Fr. Aris James G. Java
* 5:30 p.m. (mass) – Rev. Fr. Aris James G. Java
* 6:00 p.m. – Parish Lenten Recollection for Youth at Jaro Cathedral with Rev. Fr. Ronnie Gonzales as speaker
* 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. – confession at the Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Kinder School
For Wednesday (March 27)
* 5:30 a.m. (mass) – Rev. Fr. Jose Alberto Guillen
* 6:30 a.m. (mass) – Rev. Fr. Aris James Java
* 12:15 noon (mass) – Rev. Fr. Jose Alberto Guillen
* 5:30 p.m. (mass) – Rev. Fr. John Tadifa
* from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. – confession at the Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Kinder School
For Holy Thursday (March 28)
* 7:00 a.m. (mass) – main celebrant: Most Rev. Jose Romeo Lazo
* 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. – confession at the Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Kinder School
* 4:30 p.m. – mass for the last supper headed by Most Rev. Jose Romeo Lazo
For Good Friday (March 29)
* 4:30 a.m. – Via Crusis, to be ministered by Rev. Fr. Aris James Java
* 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. – confession at the Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Kinder School
* 12 noon – Siete Palabras at the Jaro Cathedral
* 3:00 p.m. – Sugat sang Santo Entierro to be ministered by Rev. Fr. John Tadifa
* 3:30 p.m. – Pagsimba sa Santa Crus, Pagsaulog sang Kasakit kag Kamatayon ni Kristo to be ministered by the main celebrant, Most Rev. Jose Romeo Lazo
* 6 p.m. – procession sang Santo Entierro kag tanan nga mga pasos to be ministered by Rev. Fr. Jose Alberto Guillen
* 9 p.m. – procession sang Soledad to be ministered by Rev. Fr. John Tadifa.
For Saturday (March 30)
* 8 p.m. Bihilya sang Paskwa to be ministered by the main celebrant, Most Rev. Jose Romeo Lazo kag pagbendisyon sang mga santos, binhi, salakyan, kag iban pa
For Easter Sunday (March 31)
* 4 a.m. to 5 a.m. – Pagkita/Encuentro (belfry and front of the Jaro Cathedral), procession, and resurrected Jesus from the Barangay Democracia Chapel to minister by Rev. Fr. John Tadifa
* 5 a.m. (mass) – Rev. Fr. Jose Alberto Guillen
* 7 a.m. (mass) – Rev. Msgr. Meliton Oso
* 9 a.m. (mass) – Most Rev. Jose Romeo Lazo
* 12 noon (mass) – Rev. Fr. Aris James Java
* 3 p.m. (mass) – Rev. Fr. John Tadifa
* 5 p.m. (mass) – Rt. Rev. Msgr. Higino Velarde, Jr.
* 7 p.m. (mass) – Rev. Fr. Ricardo Panghulan
In his Lenten message, Lazo said Holy Week is a time for reflecting on the days of the Lord’s life before he died.
“Ginapakilala sa aton ang Dios, indi lamang matuod nga tawo kundi matuod nga Dios man. Ang iban nga mga tawo sadto indi makabaton sang iya pagka-Dios, gani ang Ginoo nagpahayag nga sia naghalin sa Dios kag ginpadala sang Dios sang iya tatay sa langit,” he said.
According to Lazo, this observance of Holy Week reminds us of the pains, hardships, and burdens the Lord went through, and that the sufferings people face are a test of a person’s faith in the promise of salvation.
“May himaya nga magaabot sa aton pagma-lampuwasan naton ang mga kasakitan nga magalabay. Kaupod naton ang aton Ginoo sa aton mga pag-antos kag mag-abot ang himaya nga iya ginasaad sa iya mga pinalangga,” Lazo added./PN
