Lent successful and peaceful

The Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal parish celebrated the Lent season successfully and peacefully.

Commencing on Ash Wednesday, March 6, 2019, many parishioners were noted to have participated in the said holy rites.

Every Friday after Ash Wednesday, the Way of the Cross was solemnly done inside the church.

This year, the celebration of Palm Sunday on April 14, 2019 was done at St. Joseph the worker GKK chapel, Molave Homes, Indangan. After the blessings, all parishioners went on a procession going to the parish church where the Holy Eucharist continued.

On April 15 and 16, 2019, Holy Monday & Holy Tuesday, an open recollection and Confession were held.

The Speakers of that recollection were Seminarian Nicanor Balabat, T.O.R on Holy Monday and Rev. Fr. Jason Caba-Caba, Cavanis, led the Holy Tuesday activities.

While the talk was ongoing, a Sacrament of Confession was held by Fr. Jess Samaniego, OLMM parish priest. On Holy Wednesday, the Sacrament of Confession continued at 3:00 pm until 6:00 pm and it ended with a Holy Mass.

On April 18, 2019, Holy Thursday at 4:00 pm, the Mass of the Lord’s Supper was celebrated followed by the re-positioning of the Blessed Sacrament held at St. Joseph GKK chapel.

All ministries and GKK Servant Leaders offered a vigil prayer until midnight.

At dawn of Good Friday the way of the Cross started at 4:00 am at Sagrada Familia GKK.

The Easter vigil on Black Saturday was also celebrated solemnly outside the church, which started at 6:00 in the evening.

This was the longest celebration throughout the Holy week because there were 4 parts of liturgy celebrated, namely, the Liturgy of the Blessing of Fire, Liturgy of the Word, Baptism and the Eucharist.

On Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019, the reenactment of the meeting of the risen Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, popularly known as the ‘Sugat,’ was done outside the church where many parishioners attended and joined in the joyful celebration of the Risen Christ.

It was indeed a joyful, successful and peaceful celebration with the cooperation of all GKK Servant Leaders, parish staff and members of parish pastoral council and with the help of Bantay-kalinaw personnels composed of Davao City Police force and the Barangay Police Auxiliaries. (Anabelle Ejercito Encluna | OLMMP-Indangan SoCCom)