Here comes the time of the year again just before Christmas
when Filipinos gather very early in the morning to attend the Holy Mass for 9 consecutive days called Misa de Gallo beginning on the 16th of December up to the 24th.
Hundreds of devotees come to the church as early as 2:00 AM
and that's few hours before the church opens. This time, I arrived at the church right before 3:30 AM and there were already people waiting outside the gates. There were some rains but they didn't last long and not that heavy. The Basilica Minore del Santo Niño de Cebu has always been drawing a huge crowd and the biggest crowd during the 1st day and the last day on the 24th of December.
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