ThOuGhTs, iDeAs, oPiNiOnS, cHaTtEr: Undas 2024

Friday, November 01, 2024

Undas 2024

Decided to leave the condominium unit 30 minutes earlier than usual because I wanted to be at the Sgt. Mariano Cemetery before 6AM--I offered Mass at the Our Lady of Sorrows Parish for my dearly departed in their 6AM Mass. Will attend the online Mass while I am already at Sgt. Mariano Cemetery where my parents, grandparents, and other relatives are buried.

At 3:30AM, we are already on our way to Manila Memorial Park to visit my aunt and uncles. When my Nanay was still alive, she always visits her sister who is laid to rest there. Now, I have been doing it for her. Aside from my aunt, her husband, and her brother (my mom's brother, too) is buried there. Visited them. Was not able to visit their other brother since I cannot recall where he is buried.

Manila Memorial Park

Prayed two (2) decades of the rosary--one for my aunt and her husband, the other for my uncle.

Next stop is the Sgt. Mariano Cemetery, it is a public cemetery in Pasay.

Sgt. Mariano Cemetery

We are really early that I was able to set-up before the 6AM online Mass started. My iPad mini, Marshall Bluetooth speaker, battery-operated fan and sports stool completed my set-up. I also prayed the last three (3) decades of the rosary--one for my parents, grandparents, and (direct) uncles, another decade for our other relatives buried there, and another decade for our dearly departed we are unable to visit.

Also lit a candle (it is candle in a container where I have written all the names of our dearly departed we are unable to visit) in the cemetery's chapel.

Every dead I have visited, I sprinkle holy and exorcised water on their tombs to give them comfort. Since Sgt. Mariano Cemetery is my last stop for the day, and I still have remaining holy water, I sprinkle it to the tombs that seems no one visits.

For our breakfast, we went to Pancake House at Paseo de Magallanes. Ate our breakfast there and bought food-to-go.

Back home, since I registered for the Halloween Holy Hour by Monsignor Rossetti, I have set-up my Chromebook to project to the TV. Unlike his monthly deliverance using (private) YouTube, we will be using GoTo for the webinar. This why I went to the mall yesterday after office to buy a USB-C to HDMI cable. It worked well.

Using YouTube, I simply cast the screen. But with GoTo, not sure if they intend for the participants to talk. Not sure if simply casting the screen, I would still be able to use the microphone of my Chromebook. To be safe, using the cable for my TV and Chromebook set-up, I am sure that the video and sound will be played on the TV and the microphone is still available in my Chromebook.

Well, they posted the Halloween Holy Hour in YouTube eventually.