Friday, December 26, 2025

Friday Mass

 I would be attending the Friday Mass at Sto. Niño de Paz Greenbelt Chapel.  Left the condo around 10:30 AM with my Tudor Black Bay 54 on my left wrist and my Apple watch in my right.

I was able to finish my morning prayers, my Precious Blood Chaplet devotion, and joined the community to pray the Rosary before the Mass.

The Mass presider is Fr. Marthy.  I do think he is an exorcist.

The Christmas octave includes witnesses to the fidelity of the Lord which happened on Christmas day.

St. Stephen stoned to death while his enemies deride him looked up intently into Heaven--focusing on the person, on the Godhead of Jesus.

St. Stephen teaches us not to focus on the pain, the negativities, the things of this world; but, focus on on the goal--to be with God.

Eternal damnation versus eternal salvation.

Every learning you obtain during the Octave of Christmas, make it a foundation for your New Year resolution.

Prayer:  "Lord, unworthy as I am, grant me the grace to spend eternity with You."

This is also where I learned from Fr. Marthy that today ends the Jubilee Year.  There is a Eucharistic Celebration with Rite of Closing of the Jubilee Year to be presided by Cardinal Advincula at the Manila Cathedral.  It will also be aired online.

This would be the last time (next Jubilee year would be 25 years from now) I hope to gain a plenary indulgence by visiting a Jubilee church.  So, I went to Mary, Mother of Hope Chapel at The Landmark, one of the Jubilee churches, hoping to gain a plenary indulgence and I offer it to the souls in purgatory who stifled the Holy Spirit in the church, those who could have but instead had little love for Our Lady, and those who sinned against the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Before leaving The Landmark, bought a timer and stop watch with seconds so I can use for the activity to perform two (2) minutes before sleeping:

  • No food for two (2) hours before bed
  • Squats for 60 seconds
  • Marching knee lifts for 30 seconds
  • Calf raises for 30 seconds
  • Deep breathing for 6 counts (4 seconds inhale, 2 seconds hold, 6 seconds exhale)
  • Shower
And, of course, my go-to place every Friday, Bacolod Chicken Inasal.  I ordered Bangus Lumpia ni Mama (PhP187.00), plain rice (PhP45.50), Adobong Kangkong with no meat (PhP137.00), and Toto's Suman Surprise (PhP173.00) for dessert.

Again, I went to U Name It, one for the shops in the pop-up store at Glorietta 2 Activity Center.  

Also, I went to the National Bookstore to buy more Googly Eyes Steno Stan notebooks.  In the end, I decided against it.



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posted by ~GFA~ @ 12/26/2025 04:24:00 PM

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