Author Topic: The Black Nazarene (Read 1908 times)

poche · « **Reply #5 on:** January 25, 2018, 02:02:38 AM »

CNA: Explain to us the devotion to the Black Nazarene at Quiapo.
Msgr. Ignacio: In the words of Archbishop of Manila, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, “To understand the devotee you have to be a devotee. Only a devotee could best understand a devotee.”
People have sensed the spiritual wealth in Quiapo Church and there is a huge attendance for Mass every day and especially on Friday.
However, it’s the feast day that gathers together millions of devotees who walk in the procession, called the “Traslacion” of the Black Nazarene. Here in Quiapo Church you can witness many stories of the faith of the people, those who are patiently lining up for seven hours without any complaints. They just want to pray and touch the image of Black Nazarene. There are huge queues for confessions.
They say Filipinos are resilient, but where is this resiliency coming from? It’s the practice of our faith.

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poche · « **Reply #6 on:** January 27, 2018, 02:03:11 AM »

NA: Tell us more about the procession called “Traslacion” of the Black Nazarene.
Msgr. Ignacio: “Traslacion” means the transfer of the Image of Black Nazarene. In a way it is imitating the Calvary experience: the sacrifice and suffering that our Lord endured for our salvation like when Jesus was walking barefoot, carrying the cross to Mount Calvary.
The devotees also want to give back to God by participating in the suffering of our Lord and entering into the Paschal mystery of Christ.
It is also commemorating the transfer of the image from Lunetta to Quiapo, when we first received the statue in 1868. Since then, because of the many answered prayers, people have been celebrating the feast on January 9.
The barefoot procession of an almost 4.3-mile journey starts from the Quirino Grandstand at Luneta and snakes its way towards the narrow streets. Passing through the city’s winding roads, after 19 hours of spiritual euphoria, the procession eventually reaches Quiapo at the Basilica Minore de Nazareno. The devotees flood by to touch the image and throw cloths to touch the image, before receiving the cloths back.
Our culture is a culture of touch and, significantly, in a way we want to touch heaven.

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poche · « **Reply #7 on:** January 29, 2018, 04:19:12 AM »

NA: How do you explain this popular devotion and its importance to bring people to faith?

Msgr. Ignacio: Maybe in the past in the Western world the contemplatives' experience of undergoing retreats in monasteries, retreat houses etc. was a contemplative way of entering into the mystery of Christ.
But there was also another, lay-focused way of having retreats by making pilgrimages. St. Francis of Assisi, St. Anthony, St Ignatius of Loyola--they also undertook pilgrimages which involved suffering and bodily penance in the process of entering into the Paschal mystery of Christ.
The devotion in Quiapo is somewhat similar to a pilgrimage experience and every year they come and somehow something changes in the people.
Popular religiosity is not being encouraged because there are elements that need purification... but we cannot dismiss this, because through popular piety our faith has been introduced in our home and in our families. We have been introduced to the prayers, the Rosary, the statues of the saints, the Way of the Cross.
Somehow it has a value and I guess the people here know that there is a very deep gold mine of the spiritual fruits that they can experience in Quiapo Church.
Somehow some theologians have not fully grasped this wealth that is these popular religious devotions. The Second Vatican Council encourages them and does not dismiss them. Pope Francis is asking us to support and strengthen, understand and find meaning in popular piety.

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poche · « **Reply #8 on:** February 02, 2018, 11:12:19 PM »

CNA: Tell us more about the procession called “Traslacion” of the Black Nazarene.
Msgr. Ignacio: “Traslacion” means the transfer of the Image of Black Nazarene. In a way it is imitating the Calvary experience: the sacrifice and suffering that our Lord endured for our salvation like when Jesus was walking barefoot, carrying the cross to Mount Calvary.
The devotees also want to give back to God by participating in the suffering of our Lord and entering into the Paschal mystery of Christ.
It is also commemorating the transfer of the image from Lunetta to Quiapo, when we first received the statue in 1868. Since then, because of the many answered prayers, people have been celebrating the feast on January 9.
The barefoot procession of an almost 4.3-mile journey starts from the Quirino Grandstand at Luneta and snakes its way towards the narrow streets. Passing through the city’s winding roads, after 19 hours of spiritual euphoria, the procession eventually reaches Quiapo at the Basilica Minore de Nazareno. The devotees flood by to touch the image and throw cloths to touch the image, before receiving the cloths back.
Our culture is a culture of touch and, significantly, in a way we want to touch heaven.

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/understanding-the-fierce-devotion-behind-the-black-nazarene-83225

poche · « **Reply #9 on:** February 05, 2018, 11:39:30 PM »

CNA: How do you explain this popular devotion and its importance to bring people to faith?

Msgr. Ignacio: Maybe in the past in the Western world the contemplatives' experience of undergoing retreats in monasteries, retreat houses etc. was a contemplative way of entering into the mystery of Christ.
But there was also another, lay-focused way of having retreats by making pilgrimages. St. Francis of Assisi, St. Anthony, St Ignatius of Loyola--they also undertook pilgrimages which involved suffering and bodily penance in the process of entering into the Paschal mystery of Christ.
The devotion in Quiapo is somewhat similar to a pilgrimage experience and every year they come and somehow something changes in the people.
Popular religiosity is not being encouraged because there are elements that need purification... but we cannot dismiss this, because through popular piety our faith has been introduced in our home and in our families. We have been introduced to the prayers, the Rosary, the statues of the saints, the Way of the Cross.
Somehow it has a value and I guess the people here know that there is a very deep gold mine of the spiritual fruits that they can experience in Quiapo Church.
Somehow some theologians have not fully grasped this wealth that is these popular religious devotions. The Second Vatican Council encourages them and does not dismiss them. Pope Francis is asking us to support and strengthen, understand and find meaning in popular piety.

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/understanding-the-fierce-devotion-behind-the-black-nazarene-83225

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