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BY ADRIAN STEWART CO
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Monday, January 9, 2017
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MANILA – Devotees of the Black Nazarene from Western Visayas and Negros Island Region may watch this year’s traslacion on Facebook Live.
Those who want to take part in one of the biggest annual religious events in the Philippines but cannot head to Manila can view the procession on the Quiapo Church’s official Facebook page, “Quiapo Church-Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene.”
“We will try to broadcast it on Facebook Live for the first time,” Monsignor Hernando Coronel, parish priest of the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene, said in a statement. “Filipino devotees thirst and yearn to be part of the procession. We will try our best to do it.”
“If you desire to take part in the procession but cannot do so, then God knows that already,” he added. “Filipinos really want to be part of it and have a connection with God.”
The yearly traslacion commemorates the first procession transferring the life-sized image of Jesus Christ from a church in Intramuros to the minor basilica in Quiapo on Jan. 9, 1767.
While one of the country’s biggest religious activities, the Feast of Black Nazarene is usually marred by injuries and deaths of some devotees, as millions brave the crowds and sweltering heat.
Still, the Quiapo parish priest stressed that personally taking part in the procession is a different experience.
“If you really can join the religious procession, it is better to be there live despite the convenience of modern technology,” said Coronel./PN
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