Today is Good Friday, and it's actually one of my favorite times of the year. The city seems so peaceful, and everything feels as if the world is paused for a moment. No malls, no restaurants, no worldly distractions. There should be more days like this.
I went to Our Lady of Perpetual Help for the commemoration of Good Friday, and it was such a solemn mass. Well, except during the sermon when there was so much clapping as prodded by the Officiating Priest. (Who, by the way, I fondly call "Father Clapper" because he asks us to clap for everything.)
Whenever I hear mass, I miss the "old songs" that are sun in the church. When I say "old songs," I mean the church songs that they used to sing when I was in Elementary and High School. A few weeks ago, they sang "Pananagutan" at EDSA Shrine, and that was such a thrill since it's been ages since they last sang that song in Church.
Today, another old song was sung by the choir. It's a song entitled "Hesus na aking kapatid." Ever since elementary school, I've enjoyed listening to this song. Mainly because it has a beautiful message, and that is "Jesus is in all of us." In the lyrics, it states that Jesus can be seen in a farmer, in a person with tattered clothes, or those with muddy garments, and more importantly, in people who are humble in their service to the Lord. As the verse goes: "Ikaw Poon makikilala, sa taong mapagkumbaba."
(this very nice video courtesy of youtube. Credits go to the owners.)
Maybe there should be a revival of songs like these in masses. I mean, if there's Friday Magic Madness on radio where they play the best of the 80s, maybe they can do the same for masses. Sunday Magic Masses, perhaps?
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