The 1st Holy Mass of 2017
happened on the 1st day, January 1, at the Basilica Minore Del Santo Niño De Cebu.
There maybe over a hundred
or two Catholic devotees but this number is far from the usual Sunday's 5:30 A.M. First Mass. Others must have been tired from the previous night's partying and revelry to welcome the New Year 2017. But we who attended the first ever Holy Mass of 2017 were fortunate and blessed to have the will to go to church even after sleeping past midnight already. This is one of the best ways to show our reverence to God literally putting Him first in the morning by going to church. Attending the Holy Mass with just few hours of sleep is a huge sacrifice already, it's doing something extraordinary. This is the kind of sacrifice we Catholics should always have no matter how busy or how tired we may be. Especially at this point in time, when the whole earth has been experiencing changes or upheavels - climate change that's making superstorms, the wars in parts of the world where innocent people suffer much, the economic crises in some countries that threatens businesses and jobs, the diseases and sicknesses that afflicts so many, etc. Going back to God and giving time and importance to our religion is the first step in resolving all of those. While world leaders do their part by relying on science and technology, we Catholics should do our part too by attending Holy Masses as much as possible and filling up the churches all throughout the year and not just on Christmas Season. We can't get rid of those if we don't go back to God because only He can do it. Also, we Catholics have the tradition of completing the 9-day Novena Masses before Christmas beginning on the 16th of December at about 4:00 AM and ending on the 24th at about the same time. We believe that completing the 9 consecutive days will give us more blessings and answers to all our prayers whatever they may be. Fortunate and blessed were those who complete. But for me, more fortunate and more blessed are those who go to church everyday of the year, beginning on the 1st day of the 1st month all through the last day of the year on the 31st of December! This you should practice.
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