Last Friday, I walked around the main commercial district of Antipolo carrying my camera. I went to the Antipolo Cathedral to take more photos of the interior but my attention was diverted. There was an exhibit of images of saints in an outbuilding and I was curious. I wasn’t sure if I could take photos because there was an ongoing pabasa (reading of the Pasyon, or Christ’s Passion). Lenten season, after all.
I peeped inside and the organizers of the exhibit encouraged me to go ahead and take photos. I would have taken more but I did not want to disrupt the pabasa.
Above is an image of Santa Maria Cleofe (Jacobe).
curious pictures.
i ask: if a person decides to put faith in the bible, shouldn’t he/she be venerating what it specifically condemns? what is the basis of religious images, and does it supersede the bible canon?
something related: an article i browsed by a few years ago said a celebrity couple decided it’s not gonna work for the two of them because he reads the bible while she is loyal to mama mary. whatda?!
i guess, maybe just there’s too much cynicism when it comes to matters of faith and religion that turns off many people from really digging into it with as much passion and reason as they do with secular issues, e.g. politics, science.
wala lang! hehehe. have a fun, well-deserved break!