Misa De Gallo is a novena mass
that is done for nine consecutive days beginning on December 16 up to December 24 every year in anticipation of the birth of the Holy Child Jesus.
This is an act of Catholic devotion to God
with the traditional belief that attending the masses for nine consecutive days will have prayers granted. In Cebu City, Philippines the center of Catholic devotion to the religion is the Santo Niño Church or The Basilica Minore Del Santo Niño which gathers the most number of devotees attending the Misa De Gallo. The masses begin at 4:00 or 4:30 AM while some parishes already hold anticipated masses the night before. Many devotees attend the masses the whole nine days with the first day having the most number of people. In the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño, the 1st day gathered the most number of devotees that easily filled up the whole pilgrim center and even overflowed to the streets. On the 2nd day, the place was filled up but not as fast as the 1st day maybe because it was not that easy for some to wake up so much earlier for two consecutive days. On the 3rd day, there were still a lot of devotees but took more time for the place to fill up.
On the 4th day,
the rain was a big mess for everyone that the place was not filled up, but still the crowd was huge. On the 5th day, there were more devotees than on the 4th day, and the weather was finer. The crowd filled up the place but not as fast as the 1st day. On the 6th day, there was still a huge number of devotees that filled up the bleachers but the ground had lots of empty spaces. The 7th day and 8th day, the crowd was as huge as the 6th day, and only the bleachers were full. The ground had lots of empty spaces to be filled up still. And on the last and final day of the Novena Mass, the 9th day, there was some rain even before it started, and the bleachers and the ground had lots of empty spaces. But it was still a huge crowd of devotees who held on to their Catholic devotion.
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