the story behind the painting:
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Here, they were singing Pabasa at the local chapel, so I gave our cook money to cook for the singers and visitors (not just my food: A lot of folks donate food or money and many of the neighbors and kids come to eat the noon meal).
here is an example someone posted on X to show you what I am talking about:
It is a tradition of uninterrupted chanting or reading of the Pasyon. It narrates the life of Jesus Christ from death to resurrection. pic.twitter.com/RFL09WGzSP
— noyskie (@dMorcosoINQ) April 17, 2025
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I am pretty well home bound so will not be attending the service.
It is summer time here: The hot season before the monsoon, so I am mainly staying indoors with the air conditioner on.
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and a film for your inspiration.
No, I can't watch it: There is an ambush of a priest in it, and several of my friends died in a similar ambush in Africa...
so what do you do? Join the revolution? Ignore what is going on? or just do your job: Which as a doctor means caring for people, or as a priest, being there as Christ's witness.
My favorite scene is 1:01, where the bishops comes to remove the Blessed Sacrament. He tries three times. The first time, politely. The second time, as a priest removing it despite the opposition of the soldiers, who then throw him out of the church, and the third time, in his robes as a bishop, with people praying with him.
Sort of like Cardinal Sin on EDSA during the people power revolution: where a million Filipinos blocked Marcos Senior's soldiers from arresting General Ramos (and the local army) because he backed the true winner, Cory Aquino.
Sigh.
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