My 2022 Holy Week Offering

At the school Seven Pillars, we were trained for the Easter Vigil Sunday in our parish because we were going to sing three songs “Regina Coeli”, “Magalak Tayong Lahat” and “Ang Pagkasalubong ni Hesus na Muling Nabuhay”. All songs are somewhat hard to memorize but we practice again and again and started to memorize the three songs. 

When Palm Sunday came, we needed to parade for the church while holding the two palms and the parade has the church members, as I call them, parading with us. I did good and I had fun doing it. My family were able to attend the 6:30 am mass. After the mass, I was asked by my friends at the church to play tag with both of them and so I did. They were like, “why is he so fast?” because they would try to get me but I was too fast for them.

We repeated this parade but inside the church only and without palms on Maundy Thursday after the night mass.

As a member of Kid’s Feast, I was also asked to play and record the piano and sing the song

“Here I Am to Worship”. It took me five tries to record the song. Somebody else did the editing and it took long but the video finally got released on Maundy Thursday too. The link was sent to us so that we can see the finished video. 

                               

On Good Friday my brother needed to attend the Seven Last Words presentation because he has a role as the father of a daughter in trouble. He actually did really good and the acts they were doing were about the words, for me, of Jesus which happened at the cross.

Then, there was the procession that my father is going to lead. It ended and we talked to some people while we’re there. We saw the youth ministry members and they gave me a snack to eat, I did and it tasted nice. I needed to practice for Easter Sunday because I was going to sing a solo which is hard to do but I needed to go anyway. I will try to memorize the one song and I don’t have the best memory. I’m starting to feel nervous but when the time comes, I have to be ready and prepared.

The procession took really so long that we got hungry at the time we got home. I ate so much pasta and after I ate so much wanted to rest but since I was full I needed to wait for a while, and then I was finally able to sleep.

On Easter vigil mass started at 8:30pm which was weird for me but it started anyway. I was holding again a basket with flowers and I was like, “why am I holding basket with flowers?” But then I was told that it was for the stage that we were going to sing on but first is the mass. We were holding another flower as we walked to the front of the altar and we gave the flowers to the church members and then walked back to our seats. The mass continued until 11:00pm. After that we practiced again, this time on the angel choir stage. It was good to be prepared.

                  

So, we practiced the three songs and I practiced my part of the solo. It took a while but I got the hang of it but got a little hungry. Me and my mom went back to our car so that I can eat my snack but, a little later, I was called by my brother because the Salubong was coming and I was needed at the stage. But actually it was still far so I just stayed on the stage anyway and until the moment really came.

At the time we were on stage friend Roxelle, another angel soloist, was wearing an LED lighted halo and wings. It was very nice to look at and some of us made jokes that Roxelle was going to fly into the sky after singing. That was funny.

That’s when things got a little harder. When the time came I was so nervous so I kept telling myself to stay calm and I did. But I still made a mistake when I sang my part of the solo but my mom said ,“It’s ok because they don’t know the lyrics anyway” and I felt good. After the singing, I talked to my friends and took pictures before they left. It was already past midnight. We all felt energetic like as if we were not tired at all.

And so this is me with my good friend Roxelle and our parish priest Father Edwin who was leading the mass celebration of Easter Sunday.

But a little later I was starting to feel really tired so we went home.

Happy Easter to all.