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.